Teams competing for the Rugg Trophy must complete at least two of the three events in good standing, and have one more than half of the crew (rounded up) between the ages of 14 and 23 in the current calendar year (e.g. “It seemed to us that one of the best ways of getting more boats out there is to provide more youth sailors with a chance to ‘get their feet wet’ – as well as the rest of their bodies! – in shorter overnight, distance and offshore races.” “Spurred on by the American YC’s success with their Young American program, and the donation to the Mudratz (the Junior sailing arm of the Mudheads) of the Swan 48 Dreamcatcher, we felt the time was right to launch a youth-focused offshore series.”Īdded Lawrence, “Boat owners are always looking for crew – especially younger and more-agile crew – and one of the challenges to increasing the level of participation in offshore sailing is the lack of breadth and depth in the crew pool. “We have a very active community of young sailors who are looking for additional opportunities to move up from dinghy and small keelboat sailing to big-boat distance racing,” said Rugg.
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The winner of the series will receive the “Rugg Family Youth Offshore Trophy” – a new trophy donated by the Rugg Family through the generosity of Storm Trysail Club member Peter Rugg, who along with fellow STC member Bruce Lawrence, had the initial vision for the series and were instrumental in bringing it to fruition. The series will incorporate the 10th “Mudnight Madness Overnight” (J– organized by the Mystic River Mudhead Sailing Association), the Race Around Shelter Island (Aug– organized by the Shelter Island YC), and the Ida Lewis Distance Race (Aug– organized by the Ida Lewis YC). As part of the Storm Trysail Club’s efforts to engage younger sailors in the offshore component of yacht racing, the Tri-State Youth Offshore Challenge has been created which includes a series of regattas in eastern Connecticut, Rhode Island and Shelter Island, NY.
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