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Lewes Yacht Club renews long-standing tradition

Sailors take part in annual Labor Day race around inner Delaware Breakwater
Balance, far left, gets off to a fast start at the beginning of the annual Labor Day race from the Lewes Yacht Club around the inner breakwater in Delaware Bay. RON MACARTHUR PHOTOS
Ron MacArthur
September 10, 2020

In spite of the COVID-19 pandemic, Lewes Yacht Club sailors have been busy with midweek and weekend races for most of the summer. The season culminated Sept. 7 with the traditional Labor Day Breakwater Race from in front of the club around the inner breakwater in Delaware Bay.

Among Beer Can Fleet sailors with adjusted handicap times, Pearl, skippered by Dave Cerney, was first; Osprey, skippered by Steve Denver and John Biddle, was second; Mahal, skippered by John Nelson, was third; Nick Carter and Delgato were fourth; Balance, skippered by Richard Beebe, was fifth; Allegra, skippered by James Wagamon, was sixth; and Iris, skippered by Hattie Warwick-Smith, was seventh.

Connie Miller and Bert Keller finished first and second in the Sunfish class, while Sarah Lester and Tony Ingram were first, and Paynter and Patty Ingram were second in the Mobjack class.

 

With its red, white and blue spinnaker flying, Pearl begins the downwind leg of the annual LYC Labor Day Breakwater Race. The boat, skippered by Dave Cerney, and crewed by Kathy McDaniel and Mike Goetz, won the traditional race.
Skippered by Nick Carter, Delgato has its spinnaker flying as it leaves the breakwater and East End Lighthouse. Delgato finished fourth in the annual Labor Day race.
As it rounds the inner breakwater and the East End Lighthouse, the Balance crew has its spinnaker into the wind. Balance, skippered by Richard Beebe, finished fifth.
Mahal’s spinnaker catches the wind as the boat, skippered by John Nelson, sails to a third-place finish.
With its green spinnaker flying, Osprey, skippered by John Biddle, heads toward a second-place finish.
As Iris passes the Breakwater East End Lighthouse, Chip Beaverson starts to unfurl the spinnaker.
Skipper Sarah Lester and crew Tony Ingram have a fast race and a first-place finish in the Mobjack class.
Paynter and Patty Ingram prepare to raise the spinnaker on their way to a second-place finish in the Mobjack class.
Veteran sailor Connie Miller is on her way to a first-place finish in the Sunfish class.
Boats taking part in the annual LYC Labor Day race head toward the finish line in front of the club near Roosevelt Inlet.
Bert Keller rounds the inner breakwater on his way to a second-place finish in the Sunfish class.
Pearl, skippered by Dave Cerney, passes by the Delaware Breakwater East End Lighthouse on his way to a first-place finish.
Skipper Nick Carter on Delgato directs his crew during the race around the inner breakwater.

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