‘Gleam’ wins overall at Camden Classics Cup Tue, 08/03/2021 - 6:15pm
‘Gleam’ on course (Photo courtesy Alison Langley)
‘Gleam’s’ crew (Photo courtesy Alison Langley)
After a pause in 2020 due to the global pandemic, yacht racers in the Camden Classics Cup returned to Maine this summer.
They were rewarded with the best of Maine in all aspects: wind for fast sailing, a variety of weather conditions that made for interesting tactics, and a pair of evening parties that gathered racers at the Camden Yacht Club and Lyman-Morse, in Camden.
The raft-up of classic yachts in Camden Harbor was followed on Saturday morning by a parade of sail through the inner harbor.
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CAMDEN After a pause in 2020 due to the global pandemic, yacht racers in the Camden Classics Cup returned to Maine this summer that made this regatta one of the fastest growing events on the New England yacht racing circuit.
They were rewarded with strong wind for fast sailing, a variety of weather conditions made for interesting tactics and a pair of evening parties that brought racers together at the Camden Yacht Club and Lyman-Morse – Camden.
The raft-up of classic yachts in Camden Harbor was followed the next day by a sail parade through the inner harbor.
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USM grad David Hughes competing in second Olympics for U.S. sailing team
Hughes will partner with Stuart McNay in the 470 class and attempt to improve on their fourth-place finish at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
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David Hughes, foreground center, and Stuart McNay of the United States compete during the men’s 470 sailing race at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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David Hughes has been chasing Olympic sailing dreams for nearly 20 years. This week, the University of Southern Maine graduate will try to finally realize them.
David Hughes
Hughes, who was born in Ithaca, New York, but attended schools in Yarmouth before going to USM, will compete in his second Summer Olympics as a member of the U.S. sailing team. He and his sailing partner Stuart McNay are competing in the men’s 470 class – a two-man dinghy – at the Tokyo Games.
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