We competed in the Spirit of Tradition class aboard my North River 2 - a Buzzards Bay 14. Designed by legendary naval architect L.Francis Herreshoff in 1945 the 17 foot mahogany planked sloop was built in 1985 at The Boat School in Eastport, Maine.
The crew:
George Conk (son of George Conk -College '45, Adjunct Prof, Law since 2002)
skipper, navigator, main sail trim
Peter Madison - College '67, Law '70 (Fordham College sailing team alum)
tactician, headsail trim
Ralph Wolf, Law '06 (grandson of Frederick Wolfe, Law 1917)
helmsman
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| Hempstead Harbour Club - founded 1891 |
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| Peter and Ralph |
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| Netanya - a Friendship Sloop took second place 15 seconds ahead of us on corrected time |
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| Golden Eye, 81 year old yawl belongs to race chairman Mike Emmert and family |
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| cat boats pull ahead to windward |
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| classics raft up after race |
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| Peter |
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| North River 2 # 85 at the start |
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