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Maine - Southwest Harbor/Mt. Desert 14th Annual Hospice Regatta of Maine It's Hospice Regatta of Maine time again! Again this year, in collaboration with the Northeast Harbor Fleet, Southwest Harbor Fleet and MDI Community Sailing Center, the Hospice Regatta of Maine is being held to benefit Hospice of Hancock County, our independent volunteer hospice program providing free hospice services to Downeast Maine residents since 1980.
Hospice of Hancock County website: http://hospiceofhancock.org
13th Annual Hospice Regatta of Maine
The Board, Staff and Volunteers of Hospice of Hancock County would like to thank our many supporters who helped make this past weekend’s Hospice Regatta of Maine a success! As an independent volunteer organization which does not charge for our services, it truly “takes a village” to make these compassionate support services available to our neighbors. We raise 75% of our operating budget annually and the Hospice Regatta of Maine provides a significant portion of our revenue.
Hospice of Hancock County website: http://hospiceofhancock.org
12th Annual Hospice Regatta of Maine
Dysart's Great Harbor Marina, Southwest Harbor To see photos of Regatta 2008, click here.
Hospice of Hancock County website: http://hospiceofhancock.org
11th Annual Hospice Regatta of Maine
The Ellsworth American Instead, on Saturday the Hospice Regatta fleet had to contend with a light and spotty southerly breeze that led to slow finishing times, considerable frustration and more than one colorful expression of nautical angst. Fourteen boats came to the starting line in MDI’s Great Harbor for the Hospice Regatta’s cruising division race shortly after noon. At the gun, the fleet headed down the Western Way in a soft but steady southerly. A handful of boats crossed the line early, but the time they lost in having to sail back and cross again had little bearing on the race results. The course took the fleet out and back up the Western Way, then easterly to the East Bunker Ledge going off Islesford. From there, the fleet headed for Greening Island, with a choice of passing north or south of Sutton Island on the way. The fleet rounded Greening before finishing in Great Harbor off the Spurling Point bell.
10th Annual Hospice Regatta of Maine
9th Annual Hospice Regatta of Maine NEWS RELEASE --July 22, 2005 Southwest Harbor, Maine – On July 16 the 9th Annual Hospice Regatta of Maine sailed throughout the Great Harbor of Mount Desert. The winners reported on Monday, July 18 were incorrect. Below are the correct winners of Saturday’s Cruising Class races. We apologize for the error. Class A – Spinnaker Class B – Non-spinnaker Race Results from the 9th Annual Hospice Regatta
of Maine The Luder Class in its inaugural year with the Hospice Regatta of Maine, sailed on Friday from the Southwest Harbor Fleet with close to 10 boats participating. Weather conditions were warm and sunny with light winds from the northwest. First place winner was Ondine with Sturgis Haskins as skipper. Second place went to Mary Jane with Sam Shaw as skipper. Third place was a tie with Weetamoe skippered by Rowan Fraley and Paladin skippered by Tom Rolfes. Weather conditions on Saturday were warm and sunny, low humidity,
crystal clear skies, and a nice breeze. Close to 30 sailboats competed
in three races. First place winner of the Cruising Class/Spinnaker
was Tern with Henry Brauer and Bob Johnstone at the helm. Second
place was Spring Tide with John Forsgren at the helm. Third place
was Grey Eagle with Bill Wilkinson at the helm. Over ten sailboats competed in the International One Design Class later in the afternoon. First place winner was Puff with skipper Stephen Homer. Second place went to Firefly with skipper Scott Redmon. Third place went to Gambler skippered by John Henry. Almost a dozen powerboats participated in High Card for Hospice, a poker run on the water. Of the 77 players, first place went to Tom Mosley on board Irish Wake who held a spade flush. Second place went to Stephanie Young on Gambler who drew three of a kind, eights. Third place went to Duane Jordon on board My Other Honey with three of a kind, sevens. Six spectator boats entertained over 50 guests on the water watching
the races while enjoying a champagne lunch. The day concluded with
record attendance at the lobster bake at Dysart’s Great Harbor
Marina. Close to 230 people attended. All money raised through the
Regatta benefits Hospice of Hancock County, which provides free,
non-medical support and comfort to those living at the end of life
and their families, and bereavement care for all. For 2006: the race committee will choose an overall winner to race
in the National Hospice Championship in April 2006.
Race Director: Gordon
Haaland
2005 Regatta board:
8th Annual Hospice
Regatta of Maine
Junior regatta competition also included racing of a fleet of 420s based at the Mount Desert Island Community Sailing Center. That series was won by Alan Platner and Emily Kuehn of the Sorrento Yacht Club. Second place was taken by the team of Nathan McMullen and Graham Glass of the MDI Community Sailing Center. Saturday, the major day of competition at the regatta, dawned foggy but cleared enough to get a start off by about 10 a.m. The fleet of 15 congregated just southeast of Greenings Island. In a break from recent tradition, the race headed immediately out the Western Way, instead of up to the buoy at the mouth of Somes Sound. That meant boats headed directly into the fog, hanging just outside the Cranberry Isles. Navigators and bow lookouts were given a workout as the fleet beat
to windward, with a fair tide, out to the channel. The 22.4-mile
race course ran out around Black Island, the Whistle buoy off Baker
Island, then up to East Bunker Ledge and back in the Eastern Way
to finish in Great Harbor late in the day. Variable winds from the
southeast and fog that closed in again about 3:30 p.m. made for
a long day on the water. Five boats didn’t finish. The afternoon also featured International One Design racing in
the comparative clear, breezy conditions in the Great harbor area.
First place honors went to David Rockefeller Jr. sailing Tundra.
He was followed by Scott Redmon sailing Firefly, Jock Crothers in
Cygnet, and last year’s winner Henry Brauer in Reiver. In this second year of High Card for Hospice competition, powerboats were again included in the regatta. The poker run on water had boats steaming to at least five designated docks in the neighborhood. participants assembled a poker hand by drawing a card from a deck at each stop. The highest hand potentially pays a big return. If it’s a royal flush the winner takes home a new Stanley Subaru. That didn’t happen this year. The highest hand of 2004 was drawn by David Doolittle on Galivant. He drew a pair of aces and a pair of nines. The annual regatta is a charity event to benefit Hospice of Hancock County. The volunteer organization provides help for individuals facing death. It also offers support to their families and friends through a bereavement program. 8th Annual Hospice Regatta of Maine Photos: 04 photos
Hosting Yacht Club:
High Card Power Boat Race
Sponsors: 2004 Regatta board:
SOUTHWEST HARBOR — July 17 will mark the eighth sailing of
the annual Hospice Regatta of Maine. While the heart of the charity
fund-raising event has remained the same, there are some new elements
being added in 2004. This summer the Junior Hospice Regatta has been expanded to race over two days and includes the Maine State Optimist Championship series; the poker run is back for a second summer of powerboat participation, and freshly retired Gettysburg College President Gordon Haaland is serving as race director. Haaland, who has been summering on Mount Desert Island since the 1970s, is an enthusiastic racing sailor. He traces his predilection for sailing to some Norwegian seafaring heritage and some one-design racing on Long Island Sound during his early youth. Starting in the 1970s he was active in the nascent Gulf of Maine Ocean Racing Association summer competitions. He had a series of boats including a Pearson 26, a Tartan 30, an older Swan, a J40, and a finally, a J42. Haaland, like many other participants, worked his way into larger boats as time and resources permitted. As well as racing, Haaland took to cruising the Maine coast. He
said he would try and spend some time sailing for pleasure with
his family of four every summer. However, he only had them live
on the boat for one summer. He said he would extend his sailing
season by taking his boat down to Chesapeake Bay for the fall and
spring seasons while he was at Gettysburg. Sailing his J42, Eventyr,
Haaland took second in Class C at last year’s Hospice Regatta.
While many of the boats competing are larger than they were in Haaland’s early racing days, he appreciates the inclusive feel of the regatta that makes room for vessels that might not be the latest, hottest racing machines. “There’s a lot of effort to include everyone who wants to participate, regardless of the boat’s size or style,” he said. “We’ll get people out sailing that race who will sail no other race that summer.” As an educator who took the helm of a number of colleges during his career, Haaland perceives some basic value in sailing as an enriching experience for anyone. “There are leadership lessons that you get on the water,” he said. “You can’t run a boat without serious teamwork. That is so evident when you are on the water.” As for the educational component, “to race well requires one to be a good student. It’s a complex game in this day and age,” Haaland said. Starting those sailing students out young is the focus of the Junior Hospice Regatta, which starts July 15. The addition this year of the Maine State Optimist pram championship series will be a highlight of the entire regatta. Organizer Greg Wilkinson said he expects as many as 30 Optimist prams to be raced by some of the best young sailors between the ages of 8 and 15 from around the state. The Optimist competition will be overseen by the Northeast Harbor Sailing School while the Mount Desert Island Sailing Community Sailing Center will coordinate the 420 competition that will make up the other series of the junior regatta. Information about the Optimist championship registration can be had at 276-5101. Information about the 420 series is available at 244-7905. In addition to all the sailing, there’s a day of fun to be had by the powerboating fraternity. As the traditional Hospice Regatta is being sailed July 17, a fleet of powerboats will cruise to five piers around Mount Desert Island collecting cards for poker hands. The tradition of the poker run is new to Downeast Maine, but judging by last year’s participation, the interest is strong. As well as being a great way to watch the sailing action in the Great Harbor area, the High Card for Hospice game is an opportunity for owners of some of the beautifully built local powerboats to appreciate one another’s vessels. A variety of prizes will be offered for different poker hands. Appropriately, any royal flush dealt can win the lucky player a Stanley Subaru. For information about any Hospice Regatta events, call 667-2531.
Hospice Regatta of Maine
Maine's distinctive Mt. Desert Island will
be the background for the 2003 regatta to benefit the hospice care
program of Hospice of Hancock County. Last year's Hospice Regatta
netted $20,000 and was a wonderful event. New for 2003 -
Power Boat Event - High Card for
Hospice
We are looking at a expanded racing venue with an additional class for the Jr's and an additional day of racing for the cruising and International class.
The Fifth Annual Hospice
Regatta of Maine, 2001
Maine's distinctive Mt. Desert Island is the
background for the third annual regatta to benefit the hospice care
programs of Hospice of Hancock County, Hospice of St. Joseph's and
Hospice Volunteers of Waldo County. Photos
by Andrew Sims of the 2001 Hospice Regatta
Southwest Harbor
The Fourth Annual
Hospice Regatta of Maine Maine's distinctive Mt. Desert Island is the background for the
third annual regatta to benefit the hospice care programs of Hospice
of Hancock County, Hospice of St. Joseph's and Hospice Volunteers
of Waldo County. Fifty boats, skippers and 250 crew members compete
for honors in spinnaker and non-spinnaker classes on a closed-course
race. A special "Hospice Class" includes sailors who do not routinely
race. Champagne lunches, passage on luxurious spectator boats, lobster
bakes and dancing to the music of a steel drum band have put this
regatta on Maine's summertime "must-do" list.
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International One Design Sloop j’Ellie Bean makes graceful
work of the windward leg during Saturday’s Hospice Regatta.
International One Design, photo 1
International One Design, photo 2
Gordon Haaland 
