ROCKLAND — Despite the gloomy weather, strong winds assisted sailors racing in the 11th annual Red Jacket Youth Sailing Regatta, hosted by Rockland Community Sailing in the Rockland Harbor July 27. 

Sailors sailed in either 420 sloops or Optimist prams and sailed in two divisions, an A and B division, for each type of sailboat. 

Racing began around 11 a.m. and concluded at roughly 1:30 p.m. The event was scheduled to last until 3 p.m., with a non-scored race back to shore at the end, but a rapidly approaching storm shortened the amount of races and scratched the no-score race from the schedule. 

After all the points were tallied up, North Haven Casino left Rockland as the best overall club in the 11th annual event. 

“I’m thrilled that [North Haven Casino] has been able to start our off-island racing season so strong,” North Haven Casino head instructor Olivia “Liv” Cannon said on the overall victory. “A lot of credit needs to go to our 420 [sloops] racing coach Pierre du Pont, who goes above and beyond for our 420 [sloops] racing class, as well as Carrie Shaw and Nick du Pont who do the same for our Opti[mist] [prams] racing class. It's always a pleasure to head over to Rockland for this event and it's great to see that our racers' hard work has paid off; and as usual, we're grateful to Rockland Community Sail[ing] for hosting.”

For more photos from the 2014 event, click here.

Overall Standings (All Divisions)
1) North Haven Casino — 34 points
2) Camden Yacht Club — 38 points
3) Big Tree Boating of Islesboro — 43 points
4) Rockport Youth Sailing — 59 points 
5) Castine Yacht Club — 72 points
6) Trefethen-Evergreen Improvement Association of Peaks Island — 76 points
7) Rockland Community Sailing — 78 points
8) Stockton Harbor Sailing Center — 89 points
9) St. George Community Sailing — 100 points
10) Northport Yacht Club — 107 points

420 “A” Division Final Standings
1) North Haven Casino 
2) Camden Yacht Club 
3) Big Tree Boating of Islesboro 
4) Stockton Harbor Sailing Center
5) Castine Yacht Club 
6) Trefethen-Evergreen Improvement Association of Peaks Island  
T7) Northport Yacht Club 
T7) Rockport Youth Sailing
9) St. George Community Sailing 
10) Rockland Community Sailing 

420 “B” Division Final Standings
1) Camden Yacht Club  
2) Trefethen-Evergreen Improvement Association of Peaks Island 
3) North Haven Casino  
4) Big Tree Boating of Islesboro 
5) Rockport Youth Sailing 
T6) Castine Yacht Club 
T6) Rockland Community Sailing 
8) Northport Yacht Club 
9) St. George Community Sailing
10) Stockton Harbor Sailing Center 

Optimist “A” Division Final Standings
1) Rockport Youth Sailing 
2) Big Tree Boating of Islesboro 
T3) Camden Yacht Club 
T3) Rockland Community Sailing 
5) Castine Yacht Club
6) North Haven Casino
7) Trefethen-Evergreen Improvement Association of Peaks Island
8) Stockton Harbor Sailing Center
9) St. George Community Sailing
10) Northport Yacht Club

Optimist “B” Division Final Standings
1) Big Tree Boating of Islesboro 
2) North Haven Casino
3) Rockport Youth Sailing
4) Rockland Community Sailing
T5) Camden Yacht Club
T5) Stockton Harbor Sailing Center
T7) St. George Community Sailing
T7) Castine Yacht Club
T9) Trefethen-Evergreen Improvement Association of Peaks Island
T9) Northport Yacht Club

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