CAMDEN — Camden Harbor last week was awash in what many would simply describe as “tiny sailboats,” but don’t think for a moment there was any less skill, fortitude, bravery and killer instinct among the group of young sailors competing July 15-16 in this year’s Northeast Regional Junior Olympic Regatta.

The 2015 Junior Olympic Regatta was hosted by the Camden Area Youth Seamanship Program, Camden Yacht Club and Lyman-Morse at Wayfarer Marine. In addition, dock space to make the regatta possible was donated by the town of Camden, at Steamboat Landing, Caroline Morong, Ann Bresnahan and Ann Montgomery.

Sailors from Maine and New Hampshire competed the Regatta, with the fleet totaling 110 boats and 168 sailors/skippers. From Maine, sailors came from Camden, Rockport, Rockland, North Haven and Islesboro, according to CYC Junior Sailing Program Director and Regatta Chairman Susan Conover.

She said the event took a year of planning.

“We started the process last August,” said Conover. “We had a core of nine volunteers during the year, meeting at least monthly. As the event got closer these nine volunteers worked many hours weekly. Hats off to Teresa Curtis, Allison Maguire, Becca Babb-Brott, Lisa Brott, Charlie Strout, Kim Daly, Duncan Matlack, Sam Zwecker and Todd Williams. In addition, during the two days of the event there were over 50 volunteers each day.”

Conover said that skippers arrived July 14 or 15 at the venue to register and launch boats. Prior to going into the water at large regattas such as this, there are daily coach and skippers’ meetings.

“It is here where the coaches and skippers (racers) understand the local operating procedures, review the rules/regulations and hear any specific concerns relating to Camden Harbor,” said Conover. “These required meetings are run by the head of the Race Committee. In our case for this regatta it was locals Sam Zwecker, Todd Williams, (both teachers from our local schools), Ry Hills and Tom Kiley, all of whom have extensive experience on the water and were also trained in race management prior to the event.”

U.S. Sailing also provided a judge and jury, to ensure the regatta was managed well. This faction also handled any protests that arose on the water.

Fog kept the fleet on shore on the morning of the first day of racing, July 15, and after waiting out the pea soup they headed out into the bay, where they were immediately faced with rapidly building winds, gusting to 25 knots from the north.

Conover said the racers were constantly challenged with the weather, which ranged from strong winds and fog to no wind and sunny skies.

“It takes skill to read the wind and its shifts, so this added to the success of the regatta,” said Conover.

The regatta was comprised of three different U.S. Coast Guard-permitted race course areas, which were approved prior to the event.

The Green Fleet, sailing in Optimists (7 feet, one person) was for first regatta racers. This iss meant to be an introduction to big regatta racing, and typically the fleet is smaller and the courses are shorter. There were 15 racers in this fleet, 12 of them local. The race course was managed by Ry Hills and Tom Kiley.

The Opti Champ Line, also sailing in Optimists, had a fleet of more than 40 boats. This fleet was divided into three groups based on age. They see typically see more challenging conditions and race courses. There were 11 local sailors on this line. This course area was managed by Todd Williams.

The third line was managed by Sam Zwecker. The 420 (14 feet, two-person boat) and laser (13 feet, one person) fleets shared this line. There were about 65 boats at this racecourse area. This is the highest level of racing that is offered for this age group. College students use these one-design class boats for racing as well. There were 15 local boats on this line.

Following two days of sailboat racing, the results are in!

Optimist Green
(14 boats) (Beginners and novice of any age up to 15)
Pos, Sail, Skipper, Yacht Club, Results, Total Points
1. 9823, Marshall Rodes, Kyc, 1-1-1-2-6-3-[12]-4-3- ; 21
2. 19937, Emerson Brott, Camden Yacht Club, 4-[15/DNF]-5-6-2-1-1-1-8- ; 28
3. 14785, Nate Strout, Camden Area Youth Seamanship Program, 2-4-[7]-5-5-4-5-2-4- ; 31
4. 12925, Kayla Maguire, Camden Yacht Club, 8-5-2-1-7-2-9-[12]-1- ; 35
5. 14669, Greta Curtis, Camden Yacht Club, 5-2-4-3-[12]-6-6-5-11- ; 42
6. 19972, Devon Smith, Camden Area Youth Seamanship Program, 7-8-[15/DNS]-10-1-7-2-9-7- ; 51
7. 143421, Meredith Luce, Camden Yacht Club, [11]-7-6-9-3-5-7-6-9- ; 52
8. 16928, Owen van Bever, KYC, 6-3-3-[14]-9-11-10-7-6- ; 55
9. 18282, Abigail Williams, Camden Area Youth Seamanship Program, 3-9-9-8-10-10-[11]-3-10- ; 62
10. 20326, Caroline Empey, Harraseeket Yacht Club, 12-[15/DNS]-15/DNS-12-4-8-4-10-2- ; 67
11. 14657, Iris Luce, Camden Yacht Club, 9-6-8-11-[13]-12-3-11-12- ; 72
12. 4657, Finn Antonson, Camden Yacht Club, [15/DNS]-15/DNS-15/DNS-4-11-9-14-8-5- ; 81
13. 11496, David Murray, Camden Yacht Club, [15/DNS]-15/DNS-15/DNS-7-8-13-8-14-13- ; 93
14. 14342, Gordon Maguire, Camden Yacht Club, 10-10-10-13-[14]-14-13-13-14- ; 97

Optimist
Blue (23 boats) (Ages 11 or 12)
Pos, Sail, Skipper, Yacht Club, Results, Total Points
1. 15598, Terra Ehrhart, MDICSC, 8-2-2-3-4- ; 19
2. 18374, Emma van der Veen, Boothbay Harbor Yacht Club, 6-14-3-8-1- ; 32
3. 19148, Elsa Dean-Muncie, Portland Yacht Club, 15-6-9-4-17- ; 51
4. 18847, Sam Rooks, Portland Yacht Club, 19-10-7-18-3- ; 57T
5. 82922, Patrick Daly, Camden Yacht Club, 10-12-18-6-11- ; 57T
6. 12545, Sandy Yale, Portland Yacht Club, 5-4-28-2-21- ; 60
7. 18679, Charlie apolinsky, Southport Yacht Club, 22-5-12-14-18- ; 71
8. 13, Calvin May, Agamenticus Yacht Club, 13-9-29-15-10- ; 76
9. 16023, Alexandra Worms, Camden Yacht Club, 18-15-21-10-19- ; 83
10. 18898, Gavin Sanborn, Portland Yacht Club, 14-24-13-12-28- ; 91
11. 8, Ryan Russell, BHYC, 21-27-16-20-14- ; 98
12. 143361, Nate Rideout, Southport Yacht Club, 9-16-35-17-29- ; 106
13. 14753, John O'Rourke, Agamenticus Yacht Club, 20-23-27-30-9- ; 109
14. 15, Samantha Maynard, Agamenticus Yacht Club, 29-22-25-5-30- ; 111
15. 19352, Miles Berry, CCIA, 17-35-33-29-5- ; 119
16. 20112, Tessa Lippmann, UNH Community Sailing, 27-20-37-31-15- ; 130
17. 18738, Nathan Chatterton, Southport Yacht Club, 23-34-34-19-23- ; 133
18. 18737, Noni Lorentzen, Southport Yacht Club, 11-29-39-21-38- ; 138
19. 14523, Sam Mason, Christmas Cove Improvement Association, 42/DNF-31-10-28-33- ; 144
20. 19217, George Truslow, Tarratine of Dark Harbor, 42/DNF-33-17-26-27- ; 145
21. 20142, Joey Lodato, Harraseeket Yacht Club, 33-30-24-38-42/OCS- ; 167
22. 5624, Neddie Clews, Kollegewidgwok, 34-21-38-33-42/OCS- ; 168
23. 9, Margaret Richmond, Rockland Community Sailing, 42/DNF-40-40-39-35- ; 196

Red (14 boats) (Ages 13, 14 or 15)
Pos, Sail, Skipper, Yacht Club, Results, Total Points
1. 18308, Hayden Van Alstine, PYC, 1-1-4-1-2- ; 9
2. 20551, Grace Gear, Agamenticus Yacht Club, 3-3-1-7-8- ; 22
3. 16734, Christopher Wack, Camden Yacht Club, 7-7-8-9-31- ; 62
4. 18282, Annabelle Williams, Camden Area Youth Seamanship Program, 16-8-5-11-25- ; 65
5. 143287, Blake Erhard, Southport Yacht Club, 2-13-14-42/OCS-12- ; 83
6. 1998, Tia Freund, Southport Yacht Club, 12-11-15-24-22- ; 84
7. 4066, Ian Henderson, Camden Yacht Club, 42/DNF-17-11-13-13- ; 96
8. 18023, Ethan Andrus, Camden Area Youth Seamanship Program, 30-18-6-42/DNF-7- ; 103
9. 4724, Khai Buttner, Kollegewidgwok, Blue Hill, 26-37-22-27-20- ; 132
10. 17808, Hanna McKellar, Camden Yacht Club, 25-32-19-25-32- ; 133
11. 4015, Eliza Strout, Camden Area Youth Seamanship Program, 24-26-30-32-24- ; 136
12. 20030, Jackson Hollins, Tarratine Yacht Club, 32-39-36-23-36- ; 166T
13. 4, Benjamin Drezner, Tarratine Yacht Club, 31-36-26-36-37- ; 166T
14. 6, Ben Hansen, RCS, 42/DNF-41-41-37-34- ; 195

White (4 boats) (Ages 10 and under)
Pos, Sail, Skipper, Yacht Club, Results, Total Points
1. 12553, Thomas Norgang, KYC, 28-28-20-16-6- ; 98
2. 7, Charles Hamilton Barclay, Hawaii Yacht Club, 4-19-31-35-42/OCS- ; 131
3. 20283, Conner McWhan, Southport Yacht Club, 42/DNS-25-23-22-26- ; 138
4. 10505, Hailee McSweeney, AYC, 42/DNF-38-32-34-16- ; 162

Laser Radial
Junior (9 boats)
Pos, Sail, Skipper, Yacht Club, Results, Total Points
1. 170765, Caleb Robinson, SailMaine, [1]-1-1-1-1-1- ; 5
2. 166874, Parker Wyatt, SailMaine, 2-2-2-2-2-[4]- ; 10
3. 191499, Peter Morrissette, SailMaine, 3-3-[5]-3-4-2- ; 15
4. 201201, Peter Galloway, Employee, [13/DNF]-4-3-5-9-3- ; 24
5. 114253, Clementine Furber, SailMaine, [6]-5-6-6-5-5- ; 27
6. 168408, Matthew Bolles, SailMaine, [13/DNS]-9-9-4-3-6- ; 31T
7. 38776, Sophia Nolan, SailMaine, 4-7-7-7-6-[9]- ; 31T
8. 17, Jacob Macdonald, MSST/UNH, 5-[11]-11-11-7-7- ; 41
9. 147323, Connor Durkin, MSST, [13/DNF]-10-10-10-8-8- ; 46

Open (3 boats)
Pos, Sail, Skipper, Yacht Club, Results, Total Points
1. 172102, Thomas Bouchard, UNH, 7-8-4-9-10-[11]- ; 38
2. 1, Kate Homet, UNH, 8-6-8-8-[11]-10- ; 40
3. 165146, Gregory Corsello, SailMaine, [13/DNS]-13/DNS-13/DNS-13/DNS-13/DNS-13/DNF- ; 65

C420
(48 boats)
Pos, Sail, Skipper, Yacht Club, Results, Total Points
1. 6121, Ben Palmer/Sandra Heilshorn, Portland Yacht Club, 7-1-5-[23]-2-1- ; 16T
2. 4061, Grace Mooradian/Ava Haag, Portland Yacht Club, 2-[14]-2-3-1-8- ; 16T
3. 6804, Cecily Page/Jackson Lardner, KYC, 10-6-6-4-[12]-3- ; 29
4. 3822, Connor Ratcliff/Anita Wray, MDICSC, 4-7-11-2-11-[17]- ; 35
5. VH 188, Elliott Gear/Pierce Wood, Agamenticus Yacht Club, 8-12-[15]-12-6-2- ; 40
6. 40669, Simon Morin/Ella Simon, Camden Yacht Club, 5-10-1-17-8-[20]- ; 41
7. 4680, Zoe Zwecker/Carly Berry, Camden Yacht Club, 13-13-3-6-7-[16]- ; 42
8. BHYC1, Aidan Clark/Caleb Gray, BHYC, 9-4-7-[24]-10-13- ; 43
9. 7118, Hugh Levitt/Cedar Andrus, Camden, 1-2-14-21-14-[31]- ; 52
10. 1302, sally apolinsky/Tessa Houston, Southport Yacht Club, 3-18-24-5-3-[35]- ; 53
11. 6806, Karina Steenberg/Nathaniel Keyes, Kollegewidgwok Yacht Club, 6-11-[19]-14-17-9- ; 57
12. 1301, Emma Jacobs/Kelley Phippen, Southport Yacht Club, [49/DNF]-3-12-8-18-18- ; 59
13. BH32, James Knowlton/Trixie Betz, Bucks Harbor Yacht Club, 19-[34]-23-9-5-4- ; 60
14. 7884, Felix Wolfram/Will Tagliamonte, North Haven Casino, [21]-8-13-18-9-21- ; 69
15. 1304, Maximilian Freund/Jason Goldsmith, SYC, 20-9-4-15-[23]-22- ; 70
16. 5718, Skye Ehrhart/Hutchin Gerrish, SYS, 24-19-21-1-[29]-6- ; 71
17. BH331, Avery Reynolds/Jaden Phillips, BHYC, 14-26-10-[29]-20-5- ; 75T
18. BH34, Islay Van Dusen/Jack Rayden, Bucks Harbor Yacht Club, 16-24-[49/DNF]-10-15-10- ; 75T
19. 1303, Andrew Turley/Madison Gaudette, Southport Yacht Club, 15-16-[25]-19-13-24- ; 87
20. 7117, Jillian Galloway/Samantha Zwecker, Camden Area Youth Seamanship Program, [32]-17-16-16-16-27- ; 92
21. 2527, Kincaid Macculloch/Lilly Anderson, MdICSC, 12-27-31-[33]-25-7- ; 102T
22. 54, Christopher Booher/Kevin Elk, Southwest Harbor Community Sailing Center, 22-25-29-7-[30]-19- ; 102T
23. 14680, Warren Galloway/Sophie Moore, Camden Yacht Club, [49/DNF]-30-9-26-4-34- ; 103T
24. 10013, Elliot Matlack/Jesi Mann, Camden Yacht Club, [27]-23-17-13-27-23- ; 103T
25. 4725, Joe Ricca/Elizabeth Babcock, Portland Yacht Club, 18-5-18-27-36-[37]- ; 104T
26. 7084, Sophia Schaefer/Hannah Lucas, North Haven Casino, 26-20-8-20-[41]-30- ; 104T
27. 6807, Lincoln Herrington/Samuel Keyes, Kollegewidgwok Yacht Club, 28-[49/DNF]-28-11-22-29- ; 118T
28. 2919, Katherine Bertolini/Madison Lavigne, Agamenticus Yacht Club, 17-21-20-34-[35]-26- ; 118T
29. 6612, Madeleine Montagner/Peter Mitchell, KBIA, [49/DNF]-15-22-30-19-39- ; 125
30. 10018, Fiona McKellar/Emma Vannorsdall, Camden Yacht Club, 25-[28]-26-25-28-25- ; 129
31. 0088, Charlie Mason/Henry Currier, CCIA, 30-31-27-[32]-31-12- ; 131
32. 1738, Nathan Drezner/Hannah Bowlin, Tarratine Yacht Club, 23-22-34-22-[44]-41- ; 142
33. 6458, Harry Stevenson/Aidan Wood, KBIA, [49/DNF]-38-32-35-37-15- ; 157
34. 2934, Sophia Newton/Ben Northrop, Agamenticus Yacht Club, [49/DNF]-37-37-39-32-14- ; 159
35. 6805, Hal Clews/Flynn Hill, Kollegewidgwok, [49/DNF]-36-30-28-24-42- ; 160
36. 6, Michael Frampton/Emmett Acosta, Rockport Boat Club, 29-35-33-31-34-[44]- ; 162
37. 2933, Ava Scholes, Elisabeth Scholes, [49/DNF]-32-38-36-33-38- ; 177
38. 2369, Olivia Jarvis/Samantha Gaudette, AYC, 33-[39]-35-37-39-36- ; 180
39. 5662, Harry Tower/Samantha Hollins, Tarratine Club of Dark Harbor, 31-40-39-38-[42]-33- ; 181
40. 7512, Will Crate/Julia Adams, Tarratine Yacht Club, 11-29-[49/DNF]-49/DNF-49/DNS-49/DNS- ; 187
41. 2526, Ashley St Louis/Will Brownie, OBYC, [49/DNS]-49/DNS-49/DNS-49/DNS-38-11- ; 196
42. 4716, Sierra Fahrman/Eric Heilshorn, Portland Yacht Club, [49/DNS]-49/DNS-49/DNS-49/DNS-21-32- ; 200
43. 8, Connor Reilly/Eli Guttentag, Christmas Cove Improvement Asso, [49/DNS]-49/DNF-49/DNS-49/DNS-26-28- ; 201
44. 5655, Jamie Archie/Finn George, Tarratine Yacht Club, [49/DNF]-33-36-49/DNF-49/DNS-45- ; 212
45. 1151, jack theberge/Evie Ells, OBYC, [49/DNS]-49/DNS-49/DNS-49/DNS-43-40- ; 230T
46. 5, Theodora Vika Santoro/Olivia Goodwin-Cook, Rockport Boat Club, [49/DNS]-49/DNF-49/DNS-49/DNF-40-43- ; 230T
47. 1305, Dane Phippen, Southport Yatch Club, [49/DNS]-49/DNS-49/DNS-49/DNS-49/DNS-49/DNS- ; 245T
48. 1305, Isaiah Reid, Southport Yacht Club, [49/DNS]-49/DNS-49/DNS-49/DNS-49/DNS-49/DNS- ; 245T

Notes
- Scoring System is RRS Low Point 2013-2016
- Finishes in [brackets] denote throwouts

During the event, the regatta’s official photographer on the water, Alison Langley, shared her work on three social networks, including Twitter: langleyphoto; Facebook: Alisonlangleyphotography; and Instagram: langleyphoto. Langley shared some of her photos with penbaypilot.com for this story, and all of her regatta photos are now also available at Langley’s estore. Spectators wishing to share their own images on social media should use the hashtag #JOsailing2015.

Reach Editorial Director Holly S. Edwards at hollyedwards@penbaypilot.com and 706-6655.