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The 33rd Annual Pat West Gaff Rig Regatta saw Phra Luang win in the schooner division on Saturday. Maybe Baby came out on top as the winner in the non-schooner division.
Brad Abbott, partner of Gannon & Benjamin Marine Railway, told The Times there was a nice breeze when the race started in Eastville, but it slowly calmed down as the boats passed the strait in Edgartown. The captains of these boats had to use the tides to make their boats run past Falmouth.
On the 15.5 mile course, various types of schooners and platforms plied the waters of the vineyard. Abbott said a handicap system was put in place to make the race “level the playing field”. This allowed the smaller boats to be competitive against the bigger boats. The results displayed here will be the corrected time after the handicap calculations are implemented, rather than the elapsed times.
There were 25 boats entered in the race – 11 schooners and 14 non-schooners. Abbott said sloops make up the majority of rigs in the non-schooner division.
In the schooner division, Phra Luang finished first with 152.65 minutes. Malabar II sailed second with a time of 161.25 minutes. Juno was third with a time of 165.2 minutes.
In the non-schooner division, Maybe Baby came first with 144.7 minutes. Lisca continued with a record 151.6 minutes. Lucky Duck finished in 159.5 minutes.
The Gaff Rig regatta is the last big race of the season, but the unofficial Holmes Hole Sailing Association races will continue until “people stop showing up†Thursdays at 4pm and Sundays at 1pm.
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