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Tom’s River, NJ — 31 October 2021 64 Optimist sailors competed in a two-day regatta over the Halloween weekend for the USODA Atlantic Coast Championship. Mother nature certainly brought some spooky weather…. flood-stage tides plagued much of the Mid-Atlantic, and in fact altered the schedule of this event, with the TRYC lot partially submerged at times. Everyone seemed to work around the water, however, and the race committee dealt out 8 races over the two days in mostly moderate winds.
Thanks to some great sailing, and a throw-out race, Annapolis sailor (and S1D Team member) Ashton Perkins sailed a great series, with all his “keeper” races inside the top 10, to win overall.

LINK to results

	SAILORS	SAIL NUMBER	CLUB/ORG	DIVISION	NET	TOTAL	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8
1	Ashton Perkins	USA 23104	Severn Sailing Association/Sail1Design	Blue	31	58	4	1	7	1	[27]	8	9	1
2	Matthew Black	USA 21295	LEHYC/cert	Red	38	54	6	6	[16]	13	1	1	2	9
3	Miles Cundey	USA 21853	CERT	Blue	38	61	7	[23]	2	14	2	2	3	8
4	Jude Ryon	USA 23007	Little Egg Harbor Yacht Club/CERT	Blue	50	86	8	4	1	7	13	7	[36]	10
5	Amelia Woodworth	USA 22445	PYC/LISOT	Red	55	80	14	8	3	8	8	11	[25]	3
6	Christopher Small	USA 21486	LEHYC/CERT	Red	57	122	9	2	[UFD – 65]	4	3	6	22	11
7	Charlotte Cundey	USA 19633	CERT	Red	59	124	1	12	[UFD – 65]	25	11	3	1	6
8	Sydney Stoldt	USA 22916	Little Egg Harbor Yacht Club/CERT	Red	60	88	5	7	9	11	16	5	[28]	7
9	Ryan D’Orsi	USA 22553	LEHYC/CERT	Red	66	95	[29]	13	8	2	12	14	4	13
10	Sadie Bolton	USA 17036	Avalon Yacht Club CERT	Red	71	100	10	3	6	19	20	9	[29]	4
11	Annie Sitzmann	USA 22796	Sail1Design	Red	72	101	11	10	17	3	22	[29]	7	2
12	Max Wolfensberger	USA 23180	LISOT Sailing Foundation, Inc.	Red	73	108	2	9	[35]	6	7	26	6	17
13	Drew DeFonzo	USA 18049	TRYC/CERT	Red	81	113	3	5	11	16	5	13	[32]	28
14	Aidan O’Gwen	USA 22199	Seaside Park YC/Toms River YC/CERT	White	86	114	13	[28]	12	20	15	16	5	5
15	Sebastian Sheppard	USA 21158	LISOT Sailing Foundation, Inc.	Blue	90	128	12	11	19	5	[38]	19	12	12
16	Will Rosenthal	USA 23062	Annapolis Yacht Club	Red	104	127	21	19	10	9	14	[23]	8	23
17	Sophia Alexopoulos	USA 23165	RYC / LISOT	Blue	109	153	17	14	22	17	6	15	[44]	18
18	Isabel Brewer	USA 17409	RVYC/LISOT	Red	119	150	20	22	[31]	22	10	10	16	19
19	Charlotte Straden	USA 18166	LISOT / Noroton YC	Blue	132	169	[37]	20	23	15	4	28	20	22
20	Jameson Clarke	USA 22398	Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club	Red	141	184	15	25	27	12	[43]	12	19	31
21	Gannon Botwinick	USA 15463	Surf City Yacht Club/CERT	Red	146	181	19	16	21	[35]	18	22	35	15
22	Vicky Van Berkel	USA 9281	Pettipaug Yacht Club	White	151	216	24	[DNF – 65]	14	34	9	32	13	25
23	Kai McCulloch	USA 23251	American YC/ LISOT	Red	156	189	28	18	15	28	32	4	31	[33]
24	Dylan Cafferty	USA 22895	CERT/Edgartown Yacht Club	Blue	157	194	22	27	[37]	18	23	17	23	27
25	Sabine Wolfensberger	USA 23232	LISOT Sailing Foundation, Inc.	Blue	163	205	26	24	18	[42]	26	37	11	21
26	Avery Beck	USA 19291	LISOT Sailing Foundation, Inc.	Red	167	205	30	15	[38]	27	28	30	21	16
27	Owen Poskay	USA 21449	TRYC/CERT	White	174	212	27	26	4	37	24	24	[38]	32
28	Margaret Ratzan	USA 22632	LISOT Sailing Foundation, Inc.	Red	175	219	23	33	5	40	30	[44]	14	30
29	Benjamin Reuter	USA 10737	Barrington Yacht Club/JK Sailing	Blue	177	221	35	29	32	23	17	31	10	[44]
30	Aaron Griffith	USA 17065	Rochester Yacht Club	Blue	178	225	32	21	13	10	37	27	[47]	38
31	Isabella Calzadilla	USA 3481	CERT	Blue	190	236	18	41	20	39	25	[46]	33	14
32	Grant Chin	USA 22404	CERT	White	194	243	[49]	17	24	21	47	25	40	20
33	Luke Andersen	USA 22852	Cert	Blue	197	247	33	36	45	29	19	18	17	[50]
34	Juliana Lanz	USA 19722	Rochester Yacht Club	Red	198	248	34	34	26	30	[50]	20	18	36
35	Sydney Lombard	USA 22915	LISOT	Red	211	261	[50]	32	29	32	21	34	37	26
36	Nikolas Wiggins	USA 19690	The WaterFront Center	Blue	222	264	40	[42]	36	24	42	21	24	35
37	Franklin Chen	USA 22600	JK Sailing	Blue	223	262	25	37	34	38	33	[39]	27	29
38	Eleanor (Ellie) Millar	USA 21222	LISOT/Larchmont Yacht Club	Blue	226	273	16	39	28	36	40	[47]	43	24
39	Caleb Spargur	USA 20302	CERT	Blue	245	301	31	35	40	26	44	43	26	[56]
40	John McCabe	USA 22372	CERT	Blue	255	307	36	30	43	[52]	31	38	34	43
41	Charlotte Crowley	USA 17456	LISOT Sailing Foundation, Inc.	Blue	257	310	[53]	50	49	41	35	33	15	34
42	CJ Walsh	USA 21952	Mantoloking Yacht Club	Blue	265	318	43	47	33	[53]	36	36	30	40
43	Mason Fisher	USA 2499	Hobcaw Yacht Club	Red	267	322	[55]	40	30	44	34	40	42	37
44	Nicole Small	USA 21715	CERT	Blue	277	331	[54]	31	25	45	29	51	50	46
45	Reid Packard	USA 20906	Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club	Blue	281	329	[48]	43	46	31	46	35	41	39
46	Nicholas Russo	USA 22090	Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club	Red	295	344	41	44	39	48	[49]	42	39	42
47	Flora Cole	USA 21437	Annapolis Yacht Club	Blue	310	364	39	46	41	49	39	50	46	[54]
48	Luke Roman	USA 13538	Larchmont YC / LISOT	White	317	372	42	45	50	33	[55]	49	49	49
49	Henry Drapeau	USA 20929	Lavallette Yacht Club	Blue	334	390	45	53	[56]	47	41	52	51	45
50	George Alexopoulos	USA 21614	Riverside Yacht Club	White	335	392	38	48	51	55	51	45	[57]	47
51	Hadley Black	USA 20182	LEHYC/cert	Blue	335	391	[56]	52	42	51	45	48	45	52
52	Ana Gazoni	USA 23231	Cedar Point Yacht Club	Blue	341	397	47	49	52	46	52	54	[56]	41
53	Baxter Carobene	USA 13308	Huguenot Yacht Club / LISOT	White	361	415	52	51	47	[54]	53	53	52	53
54	Shane Landau	USA 15891	SSYC/CERT	Red	366	431	46	38	44	43	[DNC – 65]	DNC – 65	DNC – 65	DNC – 65
55	Landon Chin	USA 17949	CERT	White	372	437	58	56	53	[DNF – 65]	48	41	UFD – 65	51
56	Skye Lily Charles	USA 15283	Southampton Yacht Club / LISOT	Blue	382	442	57	54	48	56	[60]	58	54	55
57	Hilen Lopez	USA 22859	Rochester Yacht Club	Blue	386	446	[60]	59	55	50	57	60	48	57
58	Bailey Kreszswick	USA 10399	Stage Harbor Yacht Club	Red	391	452	[61]	58	57	61	59	55	53	48
59	Henry Hull	USA 19781	Toms River Yacht Club/CERT	White	398	463	51	61	[DNC – 65]	58	54	56	59	59
60	Cameron Hart	USA 21513	TRYC/ CERT	Blue	405	470	44	55	54	57	[DNC – 65]	DNC – 65	DNC – 65	DNC – 65
61	Vincent Grasso-Dias	USA 11981	Toms River Yacht Club/CERT	Blue	408	470	[62]	60	58	60	56	61	55	58
62	Bradley Welch	USA 20974	Cert	White	410	471	59	57	59	59	[61]	57	58	61
63	Ethan Welch	USA 16738	Cert	White	434	499	[DNF – 65]	DNF – 65	DNC – 65	62	58	59	UFD – 65	60
64	Samantha Karam	USA 14565	Bay Head Yacht Club	White	455	520	[DNC – 65]	DNC – 65	DNC – 65	DNF – 65	DNF – 65	DNC – 65	DNF – 65	DNC – 65

Starting Line Sailing Acquires Zim Sailing and Dwyer Mast & Rigging
November 1st 2021

Zim Sailing – the Bristol, Rhode Island-based marine equipment manufacturer, has been acquired by Starting Line Sailing, Inc. The purchase transaction also includes Dwyer Mast and Rigging, the long time aluminum spar manufacturer. As part of this acquisition, Zim Sailing and Dwyer Mast and Rigging will join West Coast Sailing as subsidiaries of Starting Line Sailing, a newly formed holding company led by CEO George Yioulos.

The sailing industry continues to evolve, and Starting Line Sailing was formed to play a key role in that evolution. The goal is simple – to grow the sport by making it more accessible for everyone. Backed by decades of industry experience, an ownership group of passionate sailors aims to fulfill this vision by building on the strengths of each business, investing in and providing career pathways, and providing greater support to the sailing community. Over the next several years, sailors can expect faster and more efficient systems that make it easier to find the parts and support you need, expanded access to new products and services, and the creation of better opportunities to work in the industry. Behind this multi-year roadmap is a commitment to helping more people discover their own passion for sailing.

Whether you are a new sailor or long time racer, coach or parent, club program or class association manager, the collective team of 40+ staff across West Coast Sailing, Zim Sailing, and Dwyer Mast and Rigging is here to help you make the most of your time on the water.

Zim Sailing, founded by Steve Perry in 2008, provides one-design sailboats, parts, accessories, and services to the North American market. They manufacture popular dinghies such as the Club 420, Flying Junior, and Optimist, and engage in grassroots youth development of yacht club junior sailing programs, community sailing programs, and high school and collegiate sailing programs. Zim Sailing can be found at regattas around the country, providing support with charter boats and onsite sales and service. Dwyer Aluminum Masts, was founded in 1963 to more fully integrate the manufacturing of spars, rigging, and hardware with sailboat production. The two companies share production facilities in Bristol, Rhode Island.

West Coast Sailing, founded in 2005 in Portland, Oregon by George Yioulos, is one of North America’s leading marine retailers, focusing on the dinghy racing and small keelboat market with an emphasis on e-commerce fulfillment and providing industry leading customer service. Longtime Zim dealers, they also distribute for trusted brands such as RS, Hobie, Gill, Rooster, Dynamic Dollies, Harken, Ronstan, Ovington, Zhik, Marlow, and more. In the past year they launched a full service rig shop to offer one design and custom rigging and have a long history of community support and sponsorship.

Day to day operations at all the companies will continue independently and without interruption following this acquisition. Steve Perry will stay as President of Zim Sailing and Dwyer Mast and Rigging. Chris Brown will continue his role as President of West Coast Sailing. All staff members carry on in their existing roles. Existing dealer, vendor, and class association relationships continue unchanged. Zim Sailing, West Coast Sailing and Dwyer Mast & Rigging are open for business and committed to providing high quality products and outstanding service for you, your team, your club, or your organization.

Starting Line Sailing is excited to establish this portfolio of brands in a shared commitment to growing the sport and making it more accessible for everyone.

The future of the sport is bright!

Media requests can be sent to media@startinglinesailing.com

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