New York Yacht Club
The host club’s dominance of the Hinman Masters Team Race continued this weekend with a fifth-consecutive win in the 24th edition of New York Yacht Club’s oldest team race regatta. The title came down to a best-of-five championship series against Eastport Yacht Club from Annapolis, Md. After dropping the first race, New York Yacht Club Levesque roared back to win the next three races and claim the championship.
“It feels awesome,” said Clay Bischoff, one of the three skippers for the NYYC Levesque team. “We had a great event from beginning to end. It was amazing competition, so we knew it was going to be tough. In the finals, we faced a really experienced and impressive team. We’re thrilled to win.”
Eastport and NYYC Levesque were the top two teams throughout the round-robin portion of the regatta, with Levesque’s crew winning 16 races against only two losses and the Eastport team, which is composed primarily of Naval Academy alumni, losing just four races while winning 14. Third place went to Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club from Centre Island, N.Y., with New York Yacht Club Kirkpatrick and Corinthian Yacht Club in Marblehead, Mass., rounding out the top five.