New York
Classic Week 2008
Round Governors Island Race - Oct 2, 2008
"Black Watch" holds off "America II" at finish line.
"Pride of Baltimore II" and "When And If" finish neck & neck.
Gusts to 25 knots make first day of racing super exciting.
New York Classic Week 2008 is underway and the harbor has been transformed into a thing of beauty. Classic yachts are racing up and down for honor and a trophy.
Strong winds from the west averaged near 20 knots with some gusts to 25. This made the competition super exciting as you can see from the video above.
Black Watch's secret weapon to win the day was America's most famous sailor Dennis Conner. He was calling tactics and helping set the course as Black watch finished first ahead of all the competition.
Photo: Dennis Conner (center left) and Lars Forsberg (center right) with the rest of the winning crew on Black watch after the Round Governors Island Race.
New York Classic Week will continue through Sunday. One race is held every day starting at 12 noon. The races start off North Cove marina in Battery Park City, Lower Manhattan. Yachts normally return to the marina by 4 p.m. and can be viewed by the public.
Members of the public can participate in New York Classic Week by buying tickets to race either on the Pride of Baltimore II or Adirondack. Tickets to race on Pride of Baltimore II
Press interested in covering New York Classic Week will be invited to sail on one of the boats. Please contact Michael Fortenbaugh at 917-816-3799.
| Round Governor's Island Race - Thursday, 2 Oct 08 | |||||||||
| Elapsed times before ratings applied | |||||||||
| Yacht (#) | Elapsed Time | ||||||||
| Black Watch | 1:23:15 | ||||||||
| America II | 1:23:18 | ||||||||
| Adirondack | 1:27:30 | ||||||||
| Pride of Baltimore 2 | 1:36:28 | ||||||||
| When and If | 1:36:29 | ||||||||
| Kittaken | 2:26:50 | ||||||||
| Pinta | 2:27:08 | ||||||||
| Corrected Times | |||||||||
| 6-Oct-07 | Yacht (#) | Rating | Scratch | hr/mi | min/mi | sec/mi | TCF | elapsed time | corrected |
| 1 | Blackwatch | 48 | 67.8 | 0.0137 | 0.8241 | 49.4446 | 1.0843 | 1:23:15 | 1:30:16 |
| 2 | America II (provisional RC rating) | 48 | 67.8 | 0.0137 | 0.8241 | 49.4446 | 1.0843 | 1:23:18 | 1:30:20 |
| 3 | Adirondack | 48 | 67.8 | 0.0137 | 0.8241 | 49.4446 | 1.0843 | 1:27:30 | 1:34:53 |
| 4 | When and If | 40.6 | 67.8 | 0.0213 | 1.2778 | 76.6685 | 1.0372 | 1:36:29 | 1:40:05 |
| 5 | Pride of Baltimore 2 | 67.8 | 67.8 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 1.1818 | 1:36:28 | 1:54:00 |
| 6 | Kittaken (provisional RC rating) | 18 | 67.8 | 0.0686 | 4.1132 | 246.7924 | 0.8158 | 2:26:50 | 1:59:47 |
| 7 | Pinta (provisional RC rating) | 18 | 67.8 | 0.0686 | 4.1132 | 246.7924 | 0.8158 | 2:27:08 | 2:00:02 |