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Monday, September 21, 2026
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Eckerd College seal fourth-place finish in SAISA Open Top 9
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Eckerd College concluded their campaign at the SAISA Open Top 9 regatta with a hard-earned fourth-place finish overall following the final day of racing, hosted by the College of Charleston.
Taking to the water in the competitive 420 class, the Tritons battled challenging conditions across both divisions to tally a combined total of 238 points.
PJ Rodrigues led the charge in the B Division alongside crew William Alvarado. The tandem produced a series of determined, consistent performances in testing sea conditions, guiding their boat into fifth place with 103 points to anchor the team's weekend effort.
In the A Division, Jordan Vieira partnered with crew Avery Guck to navigate a fiercely contested fleet, wrapping up their regatta in 11th position on 135 points.
The collective 238-point haul capped a positive regatta for Eckerd, leaving them fourth overall in the final standings.
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Sunday, September 20, 2026
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Wade & Smith Secure Maiden Victory in Dramatic Tie-Break
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Greg Wade and crew Geno Smith celebrated a breakthrough milestone on the water, clinching their maiden regatta victory in the Lawrence 'Stickers' Hendrickson Memorial after a tense tie-break off the Mid Atlantic Sailboat Club.
Wade and Smith edged out Alan and Laila Frith on countback after both crews concluded a closely contested four-race series locked on six net points.
Conditions on the North Shore demanded tactical precision, and Wade established an early advantage by claiming two race victories alongside a fourth-place finish. Discarding a fifth-place result under the regatta's single-throwout rules, Wade and Smith closed on six net points.
The Friths mounted a formidable challenge with a remarkably consistent series, stringing together a race win, a second, and two third-place finishes. They also netted six points after discarding one of their thirds, but Wade's two individual victories proved decisive in settling the countback for the title.
Dale Brangman and his mixed crew of Daylon and Faya Brangman took the final spot on the podium in third. Brangman logged a race win alongside third, fourth, and fifth-place finishes to finish just two points adrift on eight net points.
Lawrence Stickers Hendrickson Memorial Regatta Results
06 Greg Wade & Geno Smith
06 Alan Frith & Laila Frith
08 Dale Brangman & Daylon & Faya Brangman
09 Anthony Smith & Hong Gao
11 Quinton Simons & Zane Hendrickson
13 Geovanni Hayward & Eli Furbert
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Saturday, September 19, 2026
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Rodrigues & Vieira put Eckerd College in Open Top 9 Contention
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Eckerd College sit in overall third place following the opening day of racing at the SAISA Open Top 9 regatta, hosted by the College of Charleston.
Strong showings across the fleet on Saturday left the Tritons firmly in the hunt on 87 points, just six points adrift of second-placed South Florida and 13 off the pace of the regatta leaders and hosts, Charleston.
Competing in the 420 class, PJ Rodrigues delivered a standout performance in the B Division alongside crew William Alvarado. The pair demonstrated impressive consistency in challenging waters, guiding their boat into third place with 30 points to anchor Eckerd’s challenge.
In the A Division, Jordan Vieira teamed up with crew Avery Guck to navigate a fiercely competitive field, concluding the opening day in 10th position on 57 points.
Their combined 87-point total keeps Eckerd firmly within striking distance of the frontrunners heading into the decisive final day of racing.
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Wednesday, September 16, 2026
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Menace claims Victory on Race Day 19 Wednesday Night Sailing
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A competitive fleet of 29 boats took to the water for Race Day 19 of the Wednesday Night Sailing Series, delivering tight racing as crews navigated the classic course from Hamilton Harbour out into the Great Sound and back.
Line honours went to Cyclone, who set the pace across the water to finish with the fastest elapsed time of the evening in 50 minutes and 48 seconds. However, once the handicaps were applied, a corrected time of 52:01 relegated them to 14th place overall.
Instead, it was Menace who mastered the conditions to take the overall race victory. After crossing the line second on the water with an elapsed time of 51:06, their adjusted time of 46:36 proved untouchable across the rest of the fleet.
Peppercorn secured second place with a corrected time of 47:25, holding off a close challenge from third-placed Thrash (47:38).
Shadow finished fourth in 48:09, while Encore stopped the clock at 48:27 to round out the top five on an entertaining evening of fleet racing.
Wednesday Night Sailing Series Race Day 19
0:46:36 Menace
0:47:25 Peppercorn
0:47:38 Thrash
0:48:09 Shadow
0:48:27 Encore
0:48:27 Lix
0:48:33 Airforce
0:48:51 Solna II
0:49:39 Scatteraction
0:50:14 Vrengen
0:50:16 Fat Tuesday
0:50:21 Grace
0:50:43 Tiburon
0:52:01 Cyclone
0:52:53 Blitz
0:53:12 RS21 3 Leach
0:53:50 Jitterbug
0:54:14 RS21 5 Frank
0:54:25 Windfire
200:54:34 Back in Black
0:54:53 Passion
0:56:54 RS21 4 Reid
0:57:15 Shogun
0:57:30 Critter
0:58:42 Privateer
0:58:43 Celerity
1:01:18 Avalanche
1:01:46 Tidlywinks
1:03:36 Dilemma
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Tuesday, September 15, 2026
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Bermuda Sailors Vieira & Rodrigues Launch Season with Eckerd
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Bermudian sailors Jordan Vieira and PJ Rodrigues kicked off their collegiate campaign as the Eckerd College sailing team opened its season at the SAISA South Top Six Invite.
Eckerd finished fifth overall out of six teams on the opening day of racing, before volatile weather conditions intervened to prevent the completion of the SAISA South Tournament on day two.
The opening day featured all three divisions competing simultaneously on the water. Vieira partnered with Avery Guck in A Division, Rodrigues teamed up with Will Alvarado in B Division, while Nic Dowling and Peyton Seidle contested C Division.
The regatta got underway in light breezes of 4 to 5 knots, which quickly gave way to shifting winds and an increasingly assertive current that tested fleets across nine completed races.
Vieira and Guck provided a major highlight for the Tritons, securing a pair of race victories to finish fifth in A Division on 64 points and seventh overall. Rodrigues and Alvarado enjoyed an equally strong showing, topping the B Division standings and placing eighth overall, while Dowling and Seidle finished sixth in C Division and 18th overall.
Eckerd returned to the water the following day at USF for the SAISA South Tournament, fielding two separate squads. Vieira, Guck, Rodrigues, and Alvarado formed the first team, with Dowling, Seidle, Wesley Kaser, and Lily Tracey making up the second.
However, adverse weather brought proceedings to a halt. After an initial start, sailors were pulled from the water due to nearby thunderstorms. Although action briefly resumed around 2:00 PM, only a single race was completed before the breeze died away completely, leaving an insufficient number of races to constitute an official regatta.
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