Newport turned on the charm for day one of racing for the 22 sailors at the 14th C. Thomas Clagett, Jr. Memorial Clinic and Regatta. After a slight delay waiting for the breeze to settle, the race committee, led by Principal Race Officer (PRO) Tom Duggan (East Sandwich, MA) provided four races for the two classes taking part, the 2.4mR’s and the Sonars.
“We had a challenging start to the morning followed by a spectacular afternoon. We got the first race of the day in with the Northerly and finished the three following races in the Sou’Easter. It was a beautiful day of racing on Narragansett Bay”, commented Duggan after racing today.
Racing was held in between Rose and Goat Islands, with a the first race of the day in a Northerly breeze which moved into a building 15 knot Sou’Easterly breeze for the remainder of the day.
Leading the 2.4mR class, after winning all four races today, is Julio Reguero, from San Juan, Puerto Rico. “It was shifty but great racing today. We had a bit of everything in the conditions today, I managed to get clean starts and play the shifts. The Clagett in 2013 was my last Clagett and it’s good to be back”, remarked Reguero. Completing the top three places after day one for the 2.4mR’s is Tim Ripley (Randolph, NJ) and Daniel Evans (St. Petersburg, FL).
In the Sonar class the team from the Warrior Sailing Program (WSP), skippered by Josh Agripino (San Diego,CA) is in first place. Graduates of the Warrior Sailing Program level two camps, the four members of the team racing at The Clagett will be taking part in the J22 Worlds in August in Kingston, Ontario. “This is my first Clagett regatta but third regatta with the Warrior Sailing Program team. I graduated from the WSP basic training camp in 2015 and will be skipper of one of the teams at the J22 Worlds in August”, said Agripino.
Racing continues tomorrow with the forecast of North East breeze of five to nine knots becoming easterly later in the afternoon.
The 2016 Clagett is being held at Sail Newport, located in Fort Adams State Park, Newport, RI.
Provisional results Day one:
Division: 2.4mR
| Pos | Sail | Skipper/Home Town | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total Points | Pos |
| 1 | PUR 14 | Julio Reguero/ Puerto Rico | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4.00 | 1 |
| 2 | USA 118 | Tim Ripley/ Randolph, NJ | 7 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16.00 | 2 |
| 3 | USA 2 | Dan Evans/ St. Petersburg, FL | 8 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 17.00 | 3 |
| 4 | USA 175 | Ted Green II/ N. Kingston, RI | 2 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 20.00 | 4 |
| 5 | CAN 14 | Peter Wood/ Ottawa, Ontario | 3 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 24.00 | 5 |
| 6 | USA 142 | Charlie Rosenfield/ Woodstock, CT | 12 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 27.00 | 6 |
| 7 | CAN 88 | Aaron Wong Sing/ Ottawa, Ontario | 5 | 7 | 15 | 6 | 33.00 | 7 |
| 8 | CAN 12 | Christine Lavallee/ Ottawa, Ontario | 4 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 34.00 | 8 |
| 9 | CAN 22 | Peter Eagar/ Toronto, Ontario | 15 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 36.00 | 9 |
| 10 | USA 3 | Tony Pocklington/ Ft. Myers, FL | 10 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 38.00 | 10 |
| 11 | USA 160 | Kevin Holmberg/ Tampa, FL | 11 | 12 | 3 | 14 | 40.00 | 11 |
| 12 | CAN 1 | Alain Dubuc/ Montreal, Quebec | 6 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 40.00 | 12 |
| 13 | CAN 40 | Erik Poirier/ Repentigny, Ontario | 9 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 42.00 | 13 |
| 14 | CAN 56 | Serge Dionne/ Ottawa, Ontario | 14 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 52.00 | 14 |
| 15 | CAN 18 | Audrey Kobayashi/ Kingston, Ontario | 13 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 57.00 | 15 |
Division: Sonar
| Pos | Sail | Skipper/Home Town | Crew | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total Points | Pos |
| 1 | USA 682 | Joshua Agripino/ San Diego, CA | Scott Ford/David Caras/Sammy Lugo | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4.00 | 1 |
| 2 | USA 616 | Bill Canfield/ Newport, RI | Jim Kerr/Bob Blackwell | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8.00 | 2 |
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