Thundercrack overall winner of Lewes Cup

Lewes Yacht Club summer sailing season gets underway with traditional race

The start of the Lewes Cup takes place off Lewes Beach on Delaware Bay in front of the Lewes Yacht Club. RON MACARTHUR PHOTOS

Ron MacArthur

June 28, 2024

With summer comes the Lewes Cup, which is the official start of the Lewes Yacht Club sailing season.

With favorable weather conditions, the race, under the direction of principal race officer Michelle Bland, went off as scheduled at 11 a.m and ended around 4:30 p.m., June 22.

The overall Lewes Cup winner was Thundercrack, a J70 skippered by Rick Hanson, which also took top honors in Class A competition.

Other winners included:

Class A: Balance, J70, Richard Beebe, second; Little Rascal, J70, Rick Pfarr, third; and Libertas, J111, Tom Goetz, fourth.

Class B: Shredder, Ranger, Nate Landis, first; Going Green, Tartan 33, Dave Cerney, second; Delilah, Beneteau 35s5, Heath Gehrke, third; Mystery, Catalina 30, Richard Tormet, failed to finish in time allotted.

Already underway are weekly Beer Can Fleet races on Wednesdays and one-design racing on Saturdays.

Skipper Rick Hanson steers Thundercrack to a first-place Class A finish and a top overall Lewes Cup win.

The crew of Delilah, skippered by Heath Gehrke, prepares for the start of the Lewes Cup in Delaware Bay. The boat finished third in Class B.

With its spinnaker catching the wind, Balance, skippered by Richard Beebe, starts the race; it ended up in second place for Class A.

The Libertas crew keeps an eye on the rigging as it starts the Lewes Cup. Skippered by Tom Goetz, the boat finished in fourth place in Class A competition.

Libertas releases its spinnaker to head downwind as the Lewes Cup gets underway.

The Balance crew is in action as the sailboat tacks to get a better line on the finish.

Thundercrack crosses the finish line near the race committee boat piloted by Tim Douglass.

The crew of Little Rascal keeps an eye on the finish line during the last few legs of the Lewes Cup. Skipper Rick Pfarr and crew finished in third place in Class A competition.

Shredder, a handmade boat skippered by Nate Landis, races to a first-place finish in the Class B race.

Going Green, skippered by Dave Cerney, heads to the finish line for second place in the Class B race.

With skipper Heath Gehrke at the helm, Delilah nears the finish line in the annual Lewes Cup regatta.

Thundercrack overall winner of Lewes Cup

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