2017 Elf Classic Yacht Race
Captain's Choice
Captains' Choice Award, Skylark, a 1972 Hinckley Bermuda 40 yawl, Bill Morgan.
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Best Dressed
The Best Dressed Award went to White Cap, a beautifully restored 1924 33' Morton Johnson sloop up from Tuckerton NJ, Bill de Rouville.
See: http://www.derouvillesboatshop.com/whitecap.html
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Charlie Miller receives Hinckley Award from Pete Lesher and Pat Cooper
Awarded annually by the Hinckley Yacht Company to the first-to-finish Hinckley Bermuda 40.
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First Finish Cruising Class
Entropic, a 1962 Pearson Alberg 35, Micah Sauntry, 12:38
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Crowd shot
Inside the Steamboat Building.
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First Finish Dayboat Class
Departing about 08:45, the first to arrive was Exotic Materials (a 15' Uffa Fox Albacore). Wet, cold, and excited after a wild sail, Captain Barney Harris signed in at 12:17 as the first to arrive and wining First (and the only boat) in the Dayboat Class.
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Rick Carrion addresses the crowd
Inside the Steamboat Building.
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Second Finish Cruising Class
Accepted on behalf of Silent Maid, a 2009 33' Independence Seaport cat, Peter Kellogg, 12:46
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Third Finish Cruising Class
Thistle, a 1971 Hinckley Bermuda 40 yawl, Charles Miller, 12:48
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