Look Ahead to Newport
With Dragon and Gryphon Solo 2 tied for 1st place heading into the Inshore Series, the teams shared with us their strategies going into the weekend. Inshore Racing will take place on Saturday and Sunday, May 24-25th, from 12pm-4pm at Fort Adams.
“This is the hardest part of the entire event but I’m psyched for it. The points are tight and if we can go out and send it the first race and win it we’ll be in a good place.” Rob Windsor, #54 Dragon
“It’s all going to come down to the execution, the fleet is just too good. The team that makes the fewest mistakes will win and we plan to be that team.” Mike Hennessy, #54 Dragon
“With only 5 boats we’re definitely going to be match racing [with Dragon]; keeping ourselves between them and the mark will be key.” Pat O’Connor, #106 Gryphon Solo 2
“We’ve been told there’s a matched set of tires on this boat.” Jeffrey MacFarlane, #116 Jeffrey MacFarlane.com
“This boat won last years inshore racing; we know it can perform we just have to continue our hot streak.” Jake Arcand, #116 JeffreyMacFarlane.com
“We have a really strong inshore crew and we like our upwind performance against the other boats. There are 20 points available this weekend – we’d like to get a lions share of those.” Ed Cesare, #39 Pleiad Racing
“We’ve finally got some training in and are looking forward to getting out there and showing our stuff.” Kyle Hubley, #25 Flatline
“We have zero expectations, we are going to go out there and see what happens.” Frederic De Mesel, #25 Flatline
Current Standings
| Leg 1 | Leg 2 | Total Pts. | |||||||
| 106 – Gryphon Solo 2 | 10 | 6 | 16 | ||||||
| 54 – Dragon | 8 | 8 | 16 | ||||||
| 116 – JeffreyMacFarlane.com | 4 | 10 | 14 | ||||||
| 39 – Pleiad | 6 | 4 | 10 | ||||||
| 25 – Flatline | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||||||
