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RTYC finish 6th at the Hinman

NEWPORT, RI (Sunday, Aug. 17) Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club, in Oyster Bay, NY, won the 2008 New York Yacht Club’s Invitational Regatta for the Commodore George R. Hinman Masters Trophy -- better known as the Hinman Masters. The three-day team-racing event was sailed at the NYYC's Harbour Court in Newport, August 15-17. In second place was the New York Yacht Club, and third was Noroton Yacht Club, of Connecticut. Two points each separated the top-three teams. Rounding out the standings were Southern, in New Orleans, Larchmont, in New York, Royal Thames, London, England and Ida Lewis, Newport. For the Masters, skippers must be at least 45 years old and crews 40. The competition was 3-3 in Sonars with spinnakers – a rare sail in team racing. 

 The regatta was named for NYYC Commodore George R. Hinman Sr. (commodore 1959-60), the late father of Commodore George R. Hinman Jr. (commodore 2005-06).

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