2008 Newport Opti Challenge

Hello everyone – This is the weekend of the annual LISOT pilgrimage to Newport, RI for the Newport Opti Challenge. LISOT is supporting 17 sailors at this event this year.

Saturday started in very light conditions that continued to get lighter. PRO Mike Levesque managed to complete two races before the wind finally steadied and strengthened to a 7-8 knot Southerly. Two more solid races rounded out the day for racers with four total completed for the 57-boat fleet. LISOT’s Gary Prieto (1^st), Ben Wilkinson (3^rd) and Lily Katz (5^th) are at the top of the leader board. Always present and 2006, 2007 & 2008 US World Team member Pearson Potts is 2nd having won 3 of the 4 races. Full results are below and available at SCORES.

The forecast is for light breeze again today.

Happy Father’s Day everyone. – Doug

Pl	Name	Fleet	1	2	3	4	Total
1	Gary Prieto	Blue	5	10	3	4	22
2	Pearson Potts	Red	1	23	1	1	26
3	Ben Wilkinson	Blue	7	8	8	11.5	34.5
4	India Johnstone	Blue	9	3	16	10	38
5	Lily Katz	Blue	2	27	5	7	41
8	Jack McGuire	Red	4	25	2	17	48
14	Megan Grapengeter-Rudnick	Blue	18	35	7	9	69
18	Connor Marion	Red	13	58	4	2	77
20	Julia Monro	Blue	24	9	23	30	86
22	Ty Ingram	Blue	11	39	19	23	92
25	Isaac Cohen	Red	15	19	33	32	99
26	Spencer McDonough	Red	37	37	18	11.5	103.5
27	KB Knapp	Blue	46	31	11	25	113
31	Julia Lambert	Blue	19	58	30	18	125
32	Stefan Kuehn	Red	35	28	24	38	125
35	Laura Wefer	Red	58	17	58	6	139
42	Ian Crane	Red	38	33	40	48	159
43	Sydney Beres	Blue	39	44	34	44	161
46	Travis Bobley	Blue	41	32	47	49	169
50	Florian Eenkema van Dijk	Blue	53	41	39	53	186