2010 Qualifying Series

Wrap U.S. Qualifying Series

NEWPORT, R.I. (September 12, 2010) – After four days of intense competition (September 8-11), the prevailing sentiment at the New York Yacht Club Invitational Cup U.S. Qualifying Series, sponsored by Sperry Top-Sider and Jaguar North America, was that it had been a tough competition. During the first two days of racing on Narragansett Bay, in which 24 of the nation’s foremost yacht clubs were split equally into fleets designated Red or Blue, the competitors sailed half of each day’s races in either NYYC’s Sonars or Sail Newport’s J/22s. After 14 races were completed the top six teams from each fleet were combined into the “Gold” fleet to sail the final two days of the regatta in Sonars. The bounty for a top-three finish in the Gold fleet was a spot in the NYYC Invitational Cup presented by Rolex. That biennial event will see its second running in September 2011.

Tracking and Results Archive


Gold Fleet
	Race Summary	Speed Summary	Distance	Max Speed - Yacht	Replay
2	Race	Speed	Distance	8.41 -Larchmont	3
4	Race	Speed	Distance	7.19 -Carolina	5
6	Race	Speed	Distance	6.41 -Fort Worth	7
8	Race	Speed	Distance	7.15 -Indian Harbor	9
10	Race	Speed	Distance	7.85 -Larchmont	11
12	Race	Speed	Distance	7.61 -Indian Harbor	12
1	Race	Speed	Distance	8.61 -Ida Lewis	2
3	Race	Speed	Distance	7.65 -Long Beach	4
5	Race	Speed	Distance	7.52 -Ida Lewis	6
7	Race	Speed	Distance	9.72 -Boston	8
9	Race	Speed	Distance	7.41 -Seawanhaka	10
11	Race	Speed	Distance	7.52 -St Petersburg	12

Blue Fleet
	Race	Speed	Distance	Max Speed - Yacht	Replay
2	Race	Speed	Distance	7.19 -Stamford	3
4	Race	Speed	Distance	7.78 -Pequot 7.78 -Seattle	5
6	Race	Speed	Distance	7.02 -Seattle 7.02 -Newport Harbor 7.02 -Little Traverse	7
8	Race	Speed	Distance	6.55 -Boston	9
10	Race	Speed	Distance	6.94 -San Francisco	11
12	Race	Speed	Distance	7.74 -Seawanhaka	13
14	Race	Speed	Distance	9.06 -American	14
1	Race	Speed	Distance	6.77 St Francis	2
3	Race	Speed	Distance	7.19 -Fort Worth	4
5	Race	Speed	Distance	7.69 -Forth Worth	6
7	Race	Speed	Distance	6.73 -Long Beach	8
9	Race	Speed	Distance	6.60 -Indian Harbor 6.60 -Fort Worth	10
11	Race	Speed	Distance	7.31 -Rochester	12
13	Race	Speed	Distance	10.05 -Indian Harbor	14

Day 3 Report

NEWPORT, RI, September 10 -- Not much in the way of sun but a full complement of northwest wind and a ripping ebb tide -- at least for a while -- greeted the 24 yacht-club teams in the U.S. Qualifying Series of the NYYC Invitational Cup, sponsored by Sperry Top-Sider and Jaguar North America. Preliminary rounds were completed on Thursday, and the fleet was divided into Gold in Sonars and Silver in J/22s. Yesterday’s scores are history.

Day 2 Report: Bayview Yacht Club Leads Standings

NEWPORT, R.I. (September 9, 2010) – It has been two challenging and fast-paced days for 24 of the nation’s foremost yacht clubs who are on the waters of Narragansett Bay competing in the New York Yacht Club Invitational Cup U.S. Qualifying Series, sponsored by Sperry Top-Sider and Jaguar North America.

Split equally into fleets designated Red or Blue, the competitors have spent half of each day’s races in either NYYC’s Sonars or Sail Newport’s J/22s. Eight races were sailed on the opening day of the series, with an additional six completed today to determine who still has a chance to convert a top-three finish in the overall standings into a ticket to the NYYC Invitational Cup presented by Rolex to be held in September 2011.