Recently, nine boats from the Oswego Yacht Club and seven from Selkirk Yacht Club traveled to the Annual Eastern Yachting Circuit Regatta held in Henderson Harbor, NY. Oswego County Sailors placed in each of the divisions that they were represented.

Oswego YC sailors placed first and second overall with “Seaweed” from Oswego Yacht Club taking first overall in the forty-two boat fleet capturing the Overall Regatta Spinnaker Champion PHRF-LO trophy and the City of Belleville Overall Lowest Corrected time for all races. Fran Enwright’s “Sail A’Vie” was second overall on lowest corrected score.

The Long Distance Race held on Thursday was a thirty mile race from Henderson Bay around Point Peninsula Buoy then around Stony Island and back to Henderson Harbor. In Division 1 Bob Porter sailing “Hiawatha” from Oswego placed first and took home the Barnes Trophy. In Division II taking home the Youngs Trophy for first place was Herb Clark sailing “Fifi” from Selkirk YC in third from Oswego on “Blaze” was Brendan Benson. From the Oswego YC taking first place and the Brickford Trophy was Charlie Krylo sailing “Seaweed”. Placing first in Division V “White Sails Division” from Selkirk sailing “Shebeen” was Andy Ruddy capturing the Bob Wells EYC Trophy.

Two days of course racing were scheduled for Friday and Saturday, however Saturdays races were cancelled due to lightning, high winds and thunderstorms, therefore only three races were scored for the series. In the three race course racing series, Fran Enwright of Oswego sailing “Sail A’Vie” was first Overall and first in Division III taking home the Collins Bay trophy, second overall and second in division III was “Seaweed” . In Division I “Hiawatha” from Oswego YC was first taking home the Farrell trophy and second was “Dream On” sailed by Dave Rahm from Oswego YC. First in Division II was “Blaze” from “Oswego”. In division V “Holey Moley “ sailed by Gary and Judy Phillips of Selkirk placed third and was second overall for all racers in the Non-Spinnaker fleet.

Many of the EYC competitors will be in Oswego on harborfest weekend to compete in the 22^nd Annual Sail Oswego Regatta.

The local boats that participate in regattas around the lake bring honor and prestige to the Oswego and Selkirk Yacht Clubs. It is evident that some of Lake Ontario’s best sailors are members of these Oswego County Yacht Clubs. With 32 boats registered for sailing this year at the OYC, Oswego’s fleet is the largest Lake Ontario fleet with the exception of the metropolitan cities of Toronto, Buffalo and Rochester. The fleet is from all over Central NY creating a high caliber, competitive local racing program. Racing at the OYC weekly races fine tunes the skipper and crews skills to prepare them to compete on the regional, National and International Levels.