Starting the second race on Day 1 of the 2022 Nationals. There was plenty of room on the starting line unless you got delayed coming around the signal boat!
Newport, R.I. (Sept. 11, 2022)— Apollo 11 , the oldest boat in a 34-boat fleet of Shields racing outside of Newport’s Brenton Reef, won a six-race series yesterday to capture the Class’s 58 th National Championship by one point. Skipper Andy Green, of Newport, sailed with fellow owners Joe Bardenheier and Dale Harper, as well as Jon Howland and Geordie Shaver.
Apollo began the final day of the three-day series close behind the Mike Toppa family team in Bomba Charger and Glenn Darden/Bill Shore on Karasalet , and close ahead of Grace , co-skippered by three-time champions John Burnham/Reed Baer. In what could have been the final race of the series, Apollo and Grace pulled well ahead and finished one-two after an extended jibing duel, leap-frogging the others into the top two spots.