STEADFAST Wins the NYYC One Design Regatta and
the North American Championship

New York Yacht Club Race Week at Newport presented by Rolex

NEWPORT, R.I. (July 21, 2002) -- For the 93 teams competing at the New York Yacht Club Race Week at Newport presented by Rolex, today was the perfect ending to a perfect regatta: bright sunshine and 12-15 knot winds on calm seas. Today's final race capped off three days of competition and seven races in the series for each of 10 one-design classes -- Mumm 30, J/35, J/120, J/105, J/80 and Melges, Farr 40, J/44, 1D35 and Farr 395. Rolex timepieces were also the perfect prize for two skippers turning in outstanding overall performances: Glen Darden of Fort Worth, Texas, skippering the J/105 Hoss, and Jim Richardson of Newport, R.I., skippering the Farr 40 Barking Mad.

The Mumm 30 class saw some of the tightest competition in any fleet over the past three days, and--going into the final race--less than one point separated the top three boats. After steering Foreign Affair to the top of the scoreboard yesterday, Australian Richard Perini stumbled with a sixth in today's final race and dropped himself to third overall. Steadfast, owned by Fred Sherratt of Canada, finished second in the race for 21.75 points and first overall, giving him the Mumm 30 North American title as well. Dan Cheresh's Team Intermec finished tied on points with Sherratt, but second based on the tiebreaker.

With a unique and successful split-week format, Race Week has proven popular with many of the sailors here this week. For its first four days, the nine-day regatta hosted 66 entries divided into nine IMS and PHRF classes, with some PHRF entrants opting to be dual-scored for AMERICAP II. A distance race, hosting 54 entries, was held between segments.

For more information and full results, visit the NYYC web site.

Final Mumm 30 Results