In an article entitled "Wonderful Weekend for C20 Fleet," Bill Wagner of the Capital writes about the 2009 Worlds and Opening of the C-20 Exhibit at the Annapolis Maritime Museum.  He notes that Robin Hartge won the Worlds with consistency - three seconds, and that Clay Taylor in Endeavor won the race back to West River on Sunday despite damage to the hull, a broken whisker pole and main sheet block.

Attached are two photos:  a group photo of competitors at the Chesapeake 20 Worlds held on June 20th at the Annapolis Maritime Museum which will be displayed next to a photo of pioneers at our C-20 exhibit; and a photo of the winning C-20, Endeavor (Clay Taylor, Ari and Jamila Schragger) on Sunday, June 21th on the return race to Annapolis.  We held the Worlds on Saturday, but decided to hold a return race to West River on Sunday given the high wind predictions (30 kts).  As a result, we had the fastest ever sail back to West River in less than an hour and a half, planing most of the time.  Spirit lost her mast at Tolley Pt., and Endeavor already damaged from a collusion on Saturday, broke her whisker pole(seen in the photo) and main sheet block, but went on  to win the race.

Below are details on our race to Annapolis on June 19th, Worlds on June 20th,  the opening of the C20 exhibit and our race back to West River on June 21, 2009.  Richard Zantzinger and Chris Snowber in Aurora won the race up to Annapolis, Robin Hartge and Ron Tate in Spirit won the one day shortened Worlds, and Clay Taylor with Ari and Jamila Schragger in Endeavor won the race back to West River.

Bob Blomquist wins the Heritiage West River Race, and plans are firming up for the Worlds and six-month Chesapeake 20 exhibit at the Annapolis Maritime Museum, opening June 19th.

Bob Blomquist and his crew of Jim and Donna Reuter dominated the May 24th Spring Series where we held five races with starts off the WRSC dock.  Robin Hartge with Ron Tate won the two race, Spring Series in Spirit.  Also, news about the upcoming Annapolis Maritime Museum Exhibit and the upcoming Heritage River Race Regatta.