Page 4. MAINE COASTAL NEWS October 2008
Very Little Wind Shows for Eggemoggin Reach Regatta
BROOKLIN – One of the most spectacular to have us finish just outside the Reach on
races on the coast of Maine has to be the the return, but a little while later they
Eggemoggin Reach Regatta, which is held changed this to off Egg Rock, which was the
the first Saturday of August. This race first mark of the race.
begun 23 years ago by Steve White and All we could do is hope we had guessed
Frank Hull of Brooklin Boat Yard in Brooklin right. Some had stayed in the middle of the
with 13 boats racing out on Eggemoggin Bay, some to the right and very few to the
Reach. It was created so wooden boats and left. Some how we ended up in the middle
their owners could gather for a fun weekend with about a half a mile to go. The pace was
of racing, partying and just getting together slow as we watched those to the left pick up
on the coast of Maine. Over the years the speed, which came from a little more wind,
race has grown to about 100 boats and is but also the tidal currents running out of
now run by Brooklin Boat Yard and Blue Hill Bay. Some below us and to the right
Rockport Marine of Rockport and is hosted were running into trouble as the current sent
on the grounds of WoodenBoat Magazine them down the Bay away from the mark or
in Brooklin. worse yet down onto Egg Rock or other
The morning of the race was shrouded competitors. As we neared the rock we were
in fog, but the forecast was for this to lift. getting set backwards so the order was
However the forecast also said that the wind given to anchor. Within five to ten minutes
One of the Buzzards Bay 30, which had recently been rebuilt at French ^ Webb.
speed for the day would be light. This year the wind increased enough to get us going
106 boats registered, but several did not again. The anchor was raised and off we
make the line. I sailed on board Abbott and went drifting to the left side. One more tack
Phin Sprague’s LIONS WHELP, a 74-foot and we made a run for the finish. Hindsight
Alden schooner. As our start neared the is always 20/20 and this time it said that we
wind was light, but we were moving. When should have stayed to the left. When the
our gun went off we were at the middle of the handicap was added on, we ended up 11
th
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line heading down the Reach. The wind held but we finished, which many others could
as we went out into Jericho Bay, but it was not claim.
here that the guessing game began. We What makes this race special is the
opted to stay left and middle of the course, classic boats that come to compete. The
which at times seemed to pay off, but other oldest boats this year were the three
times not. With the wind dropping out Buzzards Bay 30s, QUAKERESS, YOUNG
completely at times the race committee was MISS and LADY M.,which had just be
forced to shorten course. They first hoped completely rebuilt at French & Webb of
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