Morgan Cup
Corinthian Yacht Club won the 22nd edition of the Morgan Cup Team Race by two points, but it wasn’t nearly that close. Over the course of three days, the Marblehead-based club showed why it has become a dominant force in team racing over the past few years. The reigning team racing world champions went 15 and 3 in the early stages of the Morgan Cup and then cruised to victory today, clinching the title with four races still to sail.
“It’s been a big year for us,” said team captain Will Bailey. “We’re super fortunate to have a fleet of Sonars at the club in Marblehead. We’ve been getting a lot of time in the boats, which allowed us to get off to a pretty good start and then capitalize from there. Racing got a lot tighter in the gold fleet; we saw teams get better as they spent more time in the boats.”
While Corinthian was able to coast through today’s double gold round robin, Larchmont Yacht Club saw an opportunity to surge toward its best finish in the Morgan Cup since 2009. The Western Long Island Sound club went 5 and 1 against the cream of the crop in this year’s event and clinched second place with Eastern Yacht Club taking third and Newport Harbor Yacht Club finishing fourth. Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club claimed fifth as the best team in the Silver Fleet.
