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Larchmont

Shields Western District Championship

Saturday and Sunday June 21 & 22, 2025

#SailSkipperTotalR1R2R3R4R5
123Weisenfluh, Kurt621214*
254Crocker, Com910*DNF2421
3106Mawe, John107*3133
426Ronan, Dan12145*52
541Hays, Matt203567*6
6220VanderWoude, Daniel238*7745
7182McGuire, Skip2566310*DNS10 DNS
85Lawless, James2759*967
9205Krumeich, Jonathan3048810*DNS10 DNS

127th Larchmont Race Week

Saturday & Sunday, July 12, 13, 19, 20, 2025

The racing area will be in the waters off Larchmont Harbor.

Registration


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New York Yacht Club Annual Regatta Around-the-Island

June 13, 2025

Congratulation to Malcolm Gefter for winning the Around-the-Island race. Thank you to the Organizing Authority (the New York Yacht Club Regatta Association, Inc) and the host New York Yacht Club for a great event.

#NumberNameSkipperRace 1Total
1109Helm of AweMalcolm Gefter1.01.0
274KaraseletCarol Swift2.02.0
323RascalKurt Weisenfluh3.03.0
417WeetamoePeter Fernberger4.04.0
56Bit-O-HoneyKen Deyett5.05.0
6238White RabbitRichard Robbins6.06.0

New York Yacht Club Annual Regatta

June 14 -15 2025

Congratulation to Clayton Deutsch for winning the 171th annual regatta. Thank you to the Organizing Authority (the New York Yacht Club Regatta Association, Inc) and the host New York Yacht Club for a great event.

#NumberNameSkipperTotalYacht ClubRace 1Race 2Race 3Race 4Race 5
1258TinkyClayton Deutsch14.0New York5.01.02.02.04.0
26Bit-O-HoneyKen Deyett17.0Beverly2.05.01.01.08.0
3158GloryRon Oard20.0New York3.03.07.06.01.0
474KaraseletCarol Swift21.0 1.02.06.03.09.0
523RascalKurt Weisenfluh22.0New York9.04.03.04.02.0
6238White RabbitRichard Robbins29.0Beverly7.07.05.05.05.0
7249RobinNed Nielsen31.0South Carolina6.06.04.08.07.0
817WeetamoePeter Fernberger34.0Newport4.09.08.07.06.0
9109Helm of AweMalcolm Gefter39.0New York8.08.09.011.0/DNC3.0

Michael Allen Schwartz

Eight Bells: Michael Allen Schwartz

October 18, 1939 - May 25, 2025

The Shields community mourns the passing of longtime member Michael Allen Schwartz, who passed away on May 25, 2025, at the age of 85. Mike owned Shields 90 and 130 and was a past president of the Shields Class Sailing Association and long time board member.

In Memoriam


winners
Team Tango #26 Larchmont, NY
Trophy

Shields Ocean-Great Lakes Challenge Cup

Organizing Authority – Shields Fleet 9 and Ida Lewis Yacht Club
Friday June 6th – Sunday June 8th, 2025
Newport, Rhode Island

Congratulations to Dan Ronan and the team from Larchmont, NY on #26 Tango for winning the regatta.

#BoatSkipperTotal12345
126 TangoDan Ronan
Kevin Hynes
911142
2181 HelenCaila Johnson MacDonald1433611
317 WeetamoeWhitney Slade1927424
433 MaverickTed Slee1942373
5237 Bit-O-HoneyKen Deyett2265236
6219 Deja VuSteve Mettler2876555
7158 GloryRon Oard2954767

US Sailing

Dave Perry Rules Seminar - April 23, 2025

What’s in the New Rules for 2025-2028
An Interactive, Fun & Educational online Webinar
With Dave Perry hosted by Newport Shields Fleet #9

Recording


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2025 National Championship Regatta

Edgartown Yacht Club
Edgartown, MA
September 3 to 6, 2025

Notice of RaceRegistration

Fleet #10 and the Beverly Yacht Club is pleased to convert our normal August 30, 2025 Saturday racing into a stand-alone Shields Nationals Tune-Up Regatta. The plan is to start at 1100 and run five race. All local and visiting Shields (boats that have been launched in Marion in preparation to sailing over to Edgartown) are invited to register and race.

More Information and Registration


National Regatta
# Sail Number Yacht Name Skipper/Crew Yacht Club 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 X Total
1 107 Grace Reed Baer / John Burnham / Rachel Balaban / Matt Buechner / Pete Schott Ida Lewis 1 2 4 2 1 3 3 23/DNS [23] 16.0
2 254 Aeolus Matt Hirsch / Tim Dawson / Mark Van Note / Scotty Innes-Jones / Nate Frizell Conanicut 3 1 10 3 2 5 2 23/DNS [23] 26.0
3 25 Checkmate Young / Young / O’Connor / Rohman / Cesare Larchmont 10 6 1 8 3 11 1 1 [11] 30.0
4 237 Bit~O~Honey Ken Deyett / Carolyn Petie / Josh Johnson / Luke Celu / Katie Collins Beverly 15 10/TLE 2 4 6 2 5 2 [15] 31.0
5 54 54 Rob Dailey / Com Crocker / Ryan Zupon / Pat Slattery / Anna Tikhononova Larchmont 9 10/TLE 6 5 4 1 4 6 [10] 35.0
6 106 Lady John Mawe, Doug Millar, Kate Millar, Wes Bemus, Bill Wiggins Larchmont 6 4 8 1 9 6 19 5 [19] 39.0
7 26 Tango Karen Ronan / Dan Ronan / Kevin Hynes / Katrina Ronan / Steve Ronan / Marion Maniker Larchmont 4 8 7 7 5 7 9 4 [9] 42.0
8 23 Rascal Kurt Weisenfluh / Matt Tym / Maura Weisenfluh / Chris Foley / Owen Weisenfluh Larchmont 2 10/TLE 5 10 11 4 10 11 [11] 52.0
9 138 Envy Adam Walsh / John Gochberg / Scott Reichhelm / Mike Devlin / Lauren Walsh New York 13 10/TLE 3 16 12 8 15 8 [16] 69.0
10 238 White Rabbit Richard Robbins / Ethan Robbins / Alan Silk / Peter Cassidy / James Lamb Beverly 18 3 20 14 17 9 7 3 [20] 71.0
11 221 Cornelia Stephen Glascock / Hayden Bennett / Curtis Adam / Garrett Carlson / Taylor Fitzpatrick New York 7 10/TLE 13 9 13 14 6 23/ UFD [23] 72.0
12 180 Martin Michael Rajacich Jr / Michael Rajachich / Matt Rajachich / Eric Wagner / Nate Dunker Tred Avon 5 7 12 12 14 16 21 14 [21] 80.0
13 176 Katherine Gregg Takata / Doug Campbell / Andrew Wertheim / Margaret Takata / Fred Treffeisen Larchmont 12 10/TLE 9 19 10 22 13 7 [22] 80.0
14 158 Glory Ron Oard / John Nothacker / Cullen Martin / Carolyn Garth / Rob Schutt New York 21 5 15 13 7 10 11 23/ UFD [23] 82.0
15 96 October James Wirtz / Dino Pick / Larry Gamble / Justin Lacy / Heath Packard Monterey Peninsula 8 10/TLE 14 18 16 15 16 9 [18] 88.0
16 182 Lure Skip McGuire / Tim Walsh / Greg Kaldor / Kate Manion / Will Gallagher Larchmont 20 10/TLE 11 17 15 13 12 10 [20] 88.0
17 205 Nemesis Jonathan Krumeich / Adam Zakka / Zach Warner / Ted Helme Indian Harbor 16 10/TLE 19 6 19 20 14 12 [20] 96.0
18 41 Havoc Matthew Hays / Ken Bond / Chris Schoen / Tim Drucker / Tim Sawyer Larchmont 14 10/TLE 18 21 21 12 8 13 [21] 96.0
19 5 Swamp Fox James Lawless / Marta Brown / Bill Bond / Mike Mollerus / Dana Emery Larchmont 19 10/TLE 17 11 8 18 18 17 [19] 99.0
20 220 Phoenix Dan VanderWoude / Polly VanderWoude / Erik Bengtsson / Chris Lonegro / Michael O’Connell Larchmont 11 10/TLE 16 15 18 17 20 15 [20] 102.0
21 219 DeJa Vu Steve Mettler / Stuart Randall / Mike Bankero / John Hess / Cindy Alten-Delotto Edgartown 17 10/TLE 21 20 20 21 17 16 [21] 121.0
22 139 Delaplaine James Pala / Hunter Van Stetsen / Ashtin Signh / Ryan Moore / Max Curioz Naval Postgraduate School 22 10/TLE 22 22 22 19 22 18 [22] 135.0

IHYC Classic Regatta

Thank you to Indian Harbor Yacht Club and Shields Fleet #2 for a great event! Congratulations to Ken Deyett #237 for winning the overall event and Kurt Weisenfluh #23 for winning the Saturday buoy racing.

# Sail Number Yacht Name Owner/Skipper Race
1
Race
2
Race
3
Race
4
Total
1 237 Bit-O-Honey Ken Deyett 4 1 3 1 9.0
2 176 Katherine D Campbell / Takata / Wertheim 1 2 10 2 15.0
3 23 Rascal Kurt Weisenfluh 2 3 1 13/OCS 19.0
4 106 Lady Mawe Millar Bemus 5 6 7 3 21.0
5 54 54 Rob Dailey / Com Crocker 7 7 4 4 22.0
6 182 Lure Skip McGuire 8 4 5 6 23.0
7 167 Skimmer Ann Schwagerl 6 5 6 13/DNS 30.0
8 205 Nemesis Jonathan Krumeich 3 12 8 8 31.0
9 26 Tango Ronan/ Hynes 9 8 2 13/RET 32.0
10 238 White Rabbit Richard Robbins 11 9 11 5 36.0
11 5 Swamp Fox James Lawless 12 10 12 7 41.0
12 228 Teaser Ethan Johnson 10 11 9 13/DNS 43.0

Daniel Island YC

Shields Class has a New Fleet!

Fleet #22 has been created for Daniel Island Yacht Club in Charleston, SC. The Daniel Island Yacht Club aims to create a welcoming environment for boaters, fostering a culture rooted in a deep respect for the water that honors and connects the membership.


The Shields Class Foundation website is now open and interested in donations of cash and Shields (boat, sails, equipment and trailers). The mission of the Foundation is To preserve authentic one-design yacht racing competition and culture through the introduction and education of new adult and youth sailors to Shields Class sailing everywhere.

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US Sailing
Batten
The Shields Technical Committee and National Measurer have authorized experimentation of a full length top batten on the mainsail. See discussion. See some of the pictures of a mainsail in Monterey, CA and let us know your opinion. https://shieldsclass.com/batten/.

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