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22nd C. Thomas Clagett, Jr. Memorial Clinic and Regatta winners crowned

by Sam Crichton 2 Jul 14:44 NZST June 25-30, 2024

Three days of competitive racing and camaraderie along with a two day coaching clinic have wrapped up in Newport, Rhode Island for the 33 sailors with disabilities at the 22nd C. Thomas Clagett, Jr. Memorial Clinic and Regatta. This year the fleet had eight of the Clagett Sailing Boat Grant recipients racing in the 2.4mR class with two of the top three finishers being Boat Grant recipients.

Principal Race Officer Tom Duggan spoke about the racing after completing two races on the final day ahead of the incoming storm, "The lowest we saw in breeze strength over the last three days was eight knots and it topped out at 18 knots and it was from the South East through to the South West direction. I was truly impressed by the ability of the sailors racing to deal with the conditions on the course. The tightness of the fleets and the finishes made for great spectating."

The twenty-one 2.4mR sailors came from across the United States and Canada as well as Puerto Rico to work with the coaches during the two-day clinic and then compete in the nine races completed. Joining the Clagett Sailing fleet in the 2.4mR class is the most recent recipient of the Boat Grant Program Chuck Allen from North Kingstown. Returning to race with the class after a seven-year break is Barbara Galinska from Chicago along with many new and familiar faces.

This year a Clagett Sailing regular, Julio Reguero from Puerto Rico, has accomplished a hat trick, winning both the 2.4mR class and the overall C. Thomas Clagett, Jr, Trophy for a third consecutive year. "It feels amazing and pretty unbelievable to win again this year. It was really tough racing this year and I was lucky to be in the right places and have good finishes today to end up with the win. The level of racing is really high and there are five or six consistently strong sailors in the 2.4mR class. The competition is getting tougher each year and is really helping to improve everybody's racing," said Reguero after receiving his trophies and will be heading to Keil for the 2.4mR Worlds next month. Completing the podium in the 2.4mR class was Andrew Parish from Saint Michaels, Maryland and Clagett Boat Grant recipient and 2022 Team Clagett member Delani Hulme-Lawrence from Saint Paul, Alberta Canada.

In the five boat Martin 16 fleet, Chicago skipper Gary Pierce who has teamed up again this year with local Newport sailor Jeff Long, took the gold medal podium position. This team has sailed together over the last eight to nine years and spoke after racing about this, "I truly enjoy coming back to Clagett each year and racing with Jeff," said skipper Pierce. "We have great team work on the water and learn from the coaches more and more each year." Long talked about the competition after they posted a picket fence for their results this weekend dropping the only second place they scored, "I look forward to being at the Clagett Regatta each year to learn something new and put that into practice when we are racing." Taking home the silver medal is the returning team of Tim Brown from East Boston, MA and Sarah Everhart Skeels from Little Compton, RI and the bronze was earned by JR Hardenburgh from Boston, MA and Dan Scher from Mansfield, MA.

The 22nd C. Thomas Clagett, Jr. Memorial Clinic and Regatta has been particularly poignant this year with the passing on Co-Founder Judy Clagett McLennan in November last year, which was recognized at an on-water tribute after racing on Friday the 28th. Sailors, family and friends gathered to spread flowers on Narragansett Bay and pay their respects to Judy and the legacy she has left with Clagett Sailing.

"There are many people I would like to thank including sponsors Fiduciary Trust International and XPT along with Quantum Sails, Aquidneck Landscape Services and Elmwood Chrysler, Dodge Jeep, Ram. I have to give a very big thank you to the Clagett Sailing Board, Advisory Board, Working and Fundraising Committees and the Team Clagett sponsors without whose help and dedication we couldn't run the clinic and regatta. The race committee, medical staff, judges and coaches all work together to give the sailors the best experience possible," commented Clagett Sailing President and Co-Founder Stephanie McLennan. She continued, "My mother and I co-founded this clinic and regatta 22 years ago and this year we have five people here besides myself who have been at all 22 years, Sarah Everhart Skeels and Brian Skeels, Colleen Burns-Jermain and Tim Jermain and Jeff Long and this year we have our very first PRO Rosa who has returned this year as our scorer so we have come full circle."

Clagett trophies:

C. Thomas Clagett, Jr. Trophy - Julio Reguero
Susan B Johnson - Sportsmanship Award - Eric Rose
Larry Gadsby - Most Improved Award - Delani Hulme-Lawrence
Nick Scandone - Spirit Award - John Seepe
Robie Pierce and Gene Hinkle - Seamanship Award - Michelle Seepe

Final results 2.4mR (21 boats) 

Pos Skipper Hometown  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  Total
1   Julio Reguero    San Juan, Puerto Rico   3   1   [9]   5   6   5   6   2   3   31  
2   Andrew Parish    Saint Michaels, MD   1   2   5   1   2   [9]   8   6   7   32T  
3   Delani Hulme-Lawrence    Saint Paul, AB   4   3   1   6   [8]   4   4   8   2   32T  
4   Charles Rosenfield    Woodstock, CT   5   4   [8]   4   4   6   2   1   8   34T  
5   Peter Wood    Ottawa, Ontario   [9]   7   3   2   9   2   3   4   4   34T  
6   Tony Pocklington    Fort Myers, FL   7   5   [14]   3   7   1   10   3   5   41  
7   Chuck Allen    North Kingstown, RI   [22/DNC]   9   2   22/DNC   1   3   1   7   1   46  
8   Siobhan MacDonald    Toronto, ON   [14]   11   4   7   10   8   7   5   9   61  
9   Peter Eagar    Toronto, ON   6   6   [12]   8   5   10   12   12   12   71  
10   Tim Ripley    Randolph, NJ   8   [12]   7   12   11   7   5   11   11   72  
11   Matt Koblenzer    Fox Point, WI   2   8   6   10   3   14   [22/OCS]   22/RET-BF   22/RET   87  
12   Johan Koppernaes    Almonte, ON   [15]   14   10   9   12   15   9   10   13   92  
13   Colin Smith    Boston, MA   11   [18]   13   16   16   17   11   9   6   99  
14   Alain Dubuc    Pointe-Claire, QC   10   13   11   13   15   12   13   14   [16]   101  
15   John Seepe    North Port, FL   12   16   [20]   18   13   11   15   18   18   121  
16   Wolfgang Faller    Amesbury, MA   16   [20]   17   11   18   18   17   15   14   126  
17   Erick Poirier     Montréal, QC   13   17   16   15   [19]   16   16   17   17   127  
18   Barbara Galinska    Chicago, Illinois   18   19   [22/RET]   14   17   13   22/DNF   13   15   131  
19   Tyler Robertson    Carlsbad, CA   [22/DNC]   22/DSQ   19   17   14   20   14   16   10   132  
20   Maureen McKinnon    Salem, MA   17   15   15   19   20   19   18   [22/DNC]   22/DNC   145  
21   Antoine Robert    Montréal, QC   [22/DNF]   10   18   20   21   21   19   19   19   147  
    Martin 16 (5 boats) 
Pos Skipper Hometown  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8  Total
1   Gary Pierce /
Jeff Long  
Chicago, Ill./Newport, RI   1   1   1   1   1   1   [2]   1   7  
2   Tim Brown /
Sarah Skeels  
East Boston, MA/ Little Compton, RI   5   [6/DNF]   2   2   2   2   3   2   18  
3   JR Hardenburgh /
Dan Scher  
Boston, MA/Mansfield, MA   2   [6/DNF]   3   3   3   3   4   4   22  
4   Eric Rose /
William Dutcher  
North Bennington, VT/Kattskill, NY   4   2   [6/DNC]   6/DNC   6/DNC   6/DNC   1   3   28  
5   Colin Smith /
Dawn Hart  
Middlebury, VT/ Lutz, FL   3   [6/DNF]   4   4   4   4   5   5   29  

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