2022 Season Awards

On August 18th, 2022 Niantic Bay Yacht Club hosted a wonderful evening of fun beach games, Mudratz Bermuda sailor’s experience presentation by Lily Flack and Ellie Menzies, dinner, and season awards. We kept on schedule and agenda thanks to our Master of Ceremonies Pam Woodruff, grill masters Bob Auston-LaFrance and Harlan Fredrickson, and the members and staff of Niantic Bay Yacht Club. Even the weather cooperated - dinner came off the grill and the rain came down minutes later! If you missed it, you missed a good time!

See the 2022 Junior Slide Show by clicking here!

Racing Awards

2022 Season Champions were announce and presented with keeper and perpetual awards. Winners can be viewed here. For complete season scoring details, see this page.

Paul W Risseeuw ECSA Sportsmanship

The Paul W Risseeuw ECSA Sportsmanship award was bestowed on Marin Redmond sailing from Niantic Bay, and Emily Warn sailing from Ram Island. Read more about these sailors here, and the Risseeuw award here.

Excellence in Instruction

Anne C. Longo was named the inaugural winner of the ECSA Excellence in Instruction award. There is not enough space to share all the wonderful things we learned about her, but read more about her here.

2022 Special Recognition from ECSA

ECSA is pleased to announce the winner of our newly created Special Recognition award, Annie Longo.

Several months ago, when a member of the ECSA board, Treasurer Robert Cashman, asked Annie to create an email series for junior sailors, she dove right in with her usual enthusiasm and professionalism. The result? Nothing short of fantastic. Annie’s weekly emails, which were packed with junior sailing news, upcoming events, tips, updates, and more, were so well-received that they led the board to create a special award in appreciation for her outstanding performance and dedication to excellence.

“Annie executed the job so well and created such a valuable service that I know it will continue to keep the ESCA junior community well informed for years to come,” said Cashman.

Congratulations, Annie, and thank you for having such a positive impact on so many in the sailing community.

Best Junior Regatta

Watch Hill Yacht Club, by popular vote, was awarded Best Junior Regatta for their 420 regatta held on August 9th. Congratulations!