Young Sailors Race RS Boats In RYC Small Boat Midwinters #3

On Sunday, February 1, Richmond Yacht Club hosted the third day of racing for its Small Boat Midwinters Series. The series has four different race days with 15 different classes, including two classes specifically geared toward junior sailors: the RS Aero and RS Feva classes.

Eighteen boats have raced in the RS Tera class at various points so far, though not all of the boats have sailed every day of racing. Six boats have raced in the Feva class throughout the series. With one day of racing left in the series, RYC’s Tucker Cook is leading the Feva class, having finished in the top three in each of the eight races sailed so far. Cook has won four of the eight races, including the second race sailed this past Sunday.

Cook sits on a net total of 11 points for the series, eight ahead of second-place Grace Anderson (RYC), who has a net total of 19. After the first two days of racing, the third day saw a significant increase in participation in the Tera class, which jumped up from six boats on day one and five on day two to 17 on day three. RYC’s Skylar Dubuc, who hadn’t raced the first two days, won the first race of the day on Sunday, and recorded a second and a fourth in races two and three, respectively.

StFYC junior Trey Roost recorded back-to-back thirds to start the day on Sunday, and won the final race of the day. (Roost also hadn’t raced in day one or two of the regatta.) The aforementioned Cook won the middle race of the day.

In the Feva class, the RYC duo of Brooks Juger and Ronan Storesund have been dominant through three days of racing. The duo have won seven of the 10 races, including all of the races from this past weekend. They sit on a net total of 12 points after 10 races (dropping a fourth-place finish from the second day of racing).

In second place behind Juger and Storesund are Hailey Anderson and Niko Pratt, on a net total of 18 points. They have finished second in seven of 10 races, and have won one race.

The final day of the RYC Small Boat Midwinters will be sailed on March 1.

You can find the full, up-to-date scores from the series here.