Holmes Hole Sa Sailors Make Their Mark On The 2014 Vineyard Cup

Morris 36 sailboats Masquerade and Undine competed in the 2014 Vineyard Cup.

The just completed 2014 edition of the Vineyard Cup featured 66 competitors

and a full third of that number—22 boats--came from the ranks of the Holmes Hole

Sailing Association. Over the 3-day, 3-race event weekend (July 11-13), the hometown

fleet captured one first, two seconds and two thirds. Overall, HHSA skippers finished

in the money in all of the four divisions in which they competed.

The races featured a Jekyll-Hyde wind profile with Friday's race being canceled

due to winds so benign that the fleet was becalmed. The wind turned on its

heels mid-race Saturday to allow bobbing boats that had remained on the water
to suddenly come alive and finish. Sunday, the pursuit race enjoyed southwest
winds which rose to 25 knots and more as the fleet finally had some power to show

off its skills.

Spinnaker

Frank Satula led the way aboard Soma Holiday, taking first place in the Spinnaker

Division followed by Steve Besse in 3rd in Apres.

The PHRF - Non-Spinnaker - Class 1 Division was a near-HHSA convention with 10 of
18 boats participating. Mo and Pam Flam guided their Alerion 28 Penelope to second

while Commodore Jerry Goodale came in fifth on Stormalong. Positions 8 and 9 and

11 through 18 was all HHSA.

In PHRF -Non-Spinnaker - Class 2 it was Andy Berry who skippered his Cal 33 Isobar to

a third-place finish. Trinity (David McDonough) and Escape (Tom and Laurie Welch)

battled each other all weekend and finished tied for fifth.

And in the One Design Division, John and Lisa Stout helmed Isabella to a second place

finish.

Beck Colson returned home to skipper the family Nonsuch Silhouette in the competition
and escaped a scary moment in Sunday's pursuit race when the steering cable broke. The

crew smartly threw out an anchor and then pulled out an emergency tiller (!) which enabled

the boat to return home safely.

**Sunday Robinson's Hole
**The next HHSA race will be on Thursday with a 6 PM start. Sunday features the annual

Robinson's Hole Rendezvous Race with a 10 AM start.

--David Lott

Pos Name Type Skipper/Owner Race 1 Race 2 Race 3

PHRF -Non-Spinnaker - Class 1

2. USA 437 Penelope Alerion Xps 28 Mo & Pam Flam 19/TLE 3 3 25.0

5. USA 65 Stormalong Pearson 31 Jerry Goodale 19/TLE 4 4 27.0

8. USA 442 At Last Alerion 28 James Dixon 19/TLE 19/DNF 8 46.0

9. USA (Blank)Providence Alerion 28 Stuart Halpert 19/TLE 19/DNF 9 47.0

11. USA 13 Magic Time Vnyd Vixen 29 D J Culkin 19/DNC 19/DNF 11 49.0