Offshore PHRF Series Features 69 Boats at Cleveland Race Week

Cleveland Race Week concluded its 10-day event with 69 boats competing in the PHRF Offshore Series, hosted by Edgewater Yacht Club in Cleveland, OH. The “Big Boat” portion of the regatta (June 19-22) began Thursday night with beautiful breeze on Lake Erie, and continued Friday night with lighter air. Friday featured a finish line at the William G. Mather steamship in the heart of downtown Cleveland’s harbor. Both Saturday and Sunday’s races took place under sunny skies and winds that started on the low end each day but built in the afternoon.

The winners in the 11 Classes are:
PHRF Spin A: Flat Stanley, John McSweeney, 2-[4]-1-1-1-1-2-1 (9 points)
PHRF Spin B: Black Seal, Seth Young, 2-1-1-2-2-[3] (8 points)
PHRF Spin C: Fever, William Odell, [7/RET]-3-1-1-1-2 (8 points)
PHRF Spin D: TY-LEE, Jay Hawkins, 1-1-[3]-1-1-1 (5 points)
PHRF Spin E: it, Sminchak/Moose, 1-1-1-1-[3]-2 (6 points)
PHRF Spin F: Cracker, Taylor Sackett, 1-[2]-2-1-1-2-1-2 (10 points)
PHRF Spin G: Wizard, Jeff Mackay, 1-[3]-1-1-2-2-3-1 (11points)
PHRF Spin H: Hardtack, George Raynor, [2]-1-1-1-1-1-1-1 (7 points)
JAM A: Bonafide, Dave Krotseng, [7/DNC]-1-3-1-1- 3-1 (10 points)
JAM B: Vanquish, Kim Oleski, 2-1-2-[4]-1-1-2 (9 points)
JAM C: Epic, Bryan Bradley, 1-[2]-1-2-1-1-1 (7 points)

Results – Event website

Background:
Cleveland Race Week is the largest sailing regatta on Lake Erie and one of the most prominent on the Great Lakes. The annual event, now in its 34th year, will be held June 13-22, providing 10 days of racing, live music, parties and special events for over 1,500 national and international men, women and junior sailors.

The 10-day regatta continues its legacy by incorporating two separate series. A One Design Weekend, June 13-15, followed by four days of Offshore Division Racing, June 19-22. In addition to the two series, there will be a Women’s Race and Men’s Doublehanded Race the evening of June 17, as well as Junior Race Day on June 18.