Seventeen (17) participants raced in the first day of the Hoedemaker Series, last Saturday, January 27th. The Hoedemaker Series are part of the Grant Thornton Dinghy Season Championship and is hosted and organized by the Sint Maarten Yacht Club. This first day of the series competitors from the Friars Bay Sailing School, Club de Voile de Fryers Bay joined the regatta.
The race committee, lead by sailing instructor and race officer Grace Cheasley was able to start 4 races for 3 different classes, Laser, Optimist and RS Zest.
With two competitors in the RS Zest class, Robbie Ferron took the win over Massimo Lapierre, who came in second.
The Optimist class was the biggest class with 10 participants. Racing Coach Sam Peeks: “We are training hard with the young sailors in the Optimist group, every Wednesday, to introduce them to racing. It is great to see that more and more sailors feel comfortable enough to join a race. Sophia Chamas participated in her first race last Saturday, and she finished all races”.
Nathan Sheppard from the Sint Maarten Yacht Club came third in the day results and even managed to win one race. Sarah Michaux from the Club de Voile de Fryers bay finished second. It was Corentine Corroy that took the win of the day, with 3 races won and one, fourth place.
In the Laser Class race committee saw 5 participants. Francener Faustin from the SMYC came third, Emma Lennox, representing the SMYC came second and Emilien Le Normand came first, representing the Club de Voile de Fryers Bay, with only one point ahead on Lennox. This will be an interesting competition during the second day of the Hoedemaker Series on February 18th, 2023.
The results for Hoedemaker Day 1 can be found on the Sint Maarten Yacht Club Website.
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