Below is a recap provided by our 2026 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS Ovidiu and Razvan Adam. I am including the race results for the regatta and I also wish to thank Jonathan and Anna Gorbold for another great FD regatta.
| Skipper | Crew | Sail Number | R1 7/24 | R2 7/24 | R3 7/25 | R4 7/25 | R5 7/25 | R6 7/25 | R7 7/25 | Total | Throw out | With throw out |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Costelloe | Baker | 15 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 5 | 20 |
| Hemker | Ruzicka | 145 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 5 | 15 |
| Claremont | Quinn | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 27 | 5 | 22 |
| Liberti | Liberti | 1197 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 5 | 21 |
| Adam | Adam | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 6 |
Flying Dutchman Long Island Championship
The revived FD LI Championship was held on August 22nd and 23rd at Sayville Yacht Club. It was held as part of our annual Save the Bay Regatta although scored separately. Saturday brought light but steady winds of less than 10 knots. For this first FD regatta on the Great South Bay in decades there were three boats racing. Four races were held with Ovidiu Adam and Russell Mora winning the second and third race while (me) Lee Costelloe and Dan Baker won the first and fourth races. Alasdair Claremont and crew were third in all four races. Sunday brought stronger winds topping out in the low teens. Three races were held with Ovidiu and Russell winning all four and Lee and Dan 2nd in all three and Beth Fleisher (Alasdair’s mother and a great sailor in her own right) with crew Alasdair coming in 3rd in all three. After racing on Saturday a dinner was held (included in the registration fee) and a party with live music was held.
Many thanks to SYC for hosting us and to our PRO Paul MacMenamin and his helpers. We hope that we will have more participation in the coming years as we continue the revival of Flying Dutchman racing in the USA.
