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2009 Kirby Cup at Noroton Yacht Club
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For Immediate Release
2009 Kirby Cup at Noroton Yacht Club
By Karl Ziegler
The 2009 Kirby Cup was held last weekend at Noroton Yacht Club under sunny skies and fickle winds that would prove as tricky as the final score was. A remarkable level of talent showed up to contest for the title of the Sonar Class Association's team racing champion. Teams representing Noroton, Seawanhaka Corinthian, and New York Yacht Club joined those traveling from Marblehead, Texas Corinthian and Vineyard Haven Yacht Clubs for the right to receive the trophy from none other than Bruce Kirby himself, who hails from Rowayton, and was on hand to be part of the action.
Racing was extremely competitive from the start with the local team from Noroton Yacht Club, represented by skippers Tom "TK" Kinney, Lee Morrison and Steve Shepstone demonstrating good speed and smart team racing to take the lead going into the second day. Hot on their heels, only a half point back ,were Vineyard Haven YC, and the team from Marblehead. Showing no signs of jet lag were the sailors from Texas Corinthian who were only another half point behind. With the top four teams separated by only a single point, the regatta seemed poised for a dramatic finish. But Sunday proved to be too beautiful for the wind to show up, and the regatta ended with the scores as they were on Saturday.
Wes Whitmyer and his race committee team received tremendous accolades at the awards ceremony for running sixty great races on the event's only day, and the chief judge, Peter Wilson presented team captain and event organizer Lee Morrison the trophy, along with the help and inspired remarks from Mr. Kirby. For winning the event, Noroton Yacht Club gets the honor of hosting the event again next year.
They're left to pray for more wind and the same quality of sailor to return next year to guarantee another success.
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paulbbarringer@gmail.com203-979-7977
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