Commodore’s Cup 2022 Results

10 racers along with 13 cocktail boats defied triple digit temps to attend the 2022 3rd Annual Commodore’s Cup hosted by the Maryland Yacht Club located on Rock Creek just off the Patapsco River, a tributary of the Chesapeake Bay. Dating from 1909, the Maryland Yacht Club is one of the oldest continuously existing yacht clubs in the Mid-Atlantic coast. Racers participated in mixed weight classes, using double elimination style brackets, a la NCAA to advance to the next round. This gave cocktail racers the opportunity to compete against individuals they typically do not meet on the race course. The second elimination round gave another chance to those who did not advance in the first round. Three boats raced three one lap sprints in the finals.

Tohatsu 6 HP and post ’79 OMC classes continue to be the most populous. In the Tohatsu Mixed class Tara Carew took first despite her boat not being ready to race. She borrowed Ms. Stoli from Peter Urbani, and left Annaliesse Cantera in Rolling Thyme and John Sanguineth in Dark & Stormy to fight it out for second and third respectively.

In the Post ’79 Mixed class balky engines and missed turning marks were major influencers. Despite being aced out in the second bracket by Lou Linden in Mrs. Smirnoff, Tom Kerr in Rajic made a comeback in the second round to gain entry and ultimately win the Post ’79 final over Zach Ditmars in Molotov and Linden in third place. Kerr doubled in Late Classic Mixed, bringing it home ahead of Ditmars again and Benji Cantera who placed third in Iceman.

Many thanks to Carl Treff and Maryland YC for hosting CCWBRA for this event, to Kimberly Schubert and Nancy Linden for managing the scoring table, as well as Jeff Weeber and Keith Carew for running the starting system.

For upcoming events, visit the Cocktail Boat Wooden Boat Racing Association calendar at https://ccwbra.com/events/