Broom Race
September 15, 2012
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The 2011 edition was the 60th anniversary of the race. GIYS won 3-1.
Click here for the 2011 Notice of Race
Click here for the 2011 Sailing Instructions
History
The Broom Race is an annual team race with the Sailing Club of the Chesapeake. It is currently sailed in 210s. SCC won 3-0 in 2010. GIYS won 3-2 in 2009.
During the fall of 1951, the Sailing Club challenged The Gibson Island Yacht Squadron to a team race to be sailed in cruising boats of approximately the same size. The Sailing Club’s team sailed three 40 ft. Mackinac sloops: Tom Closs’ Fun, Al Kuehnle’s Vixen, and John Trumpy’s Sea Call. Gibson Island’s team sailed three 40 ft. Owens Cutters: Miller Sherwood’s Rubicon, Norman Owens’ Fandango, and Harold Williamson’s Falcon, winning the race 11 to 10. Later, a broom, which is exhibited in the Gibson Island Club House, was selected as the continuing prize with the burgee of the victorious club to be attached each year together with a small bronze plaque naming the winner. Click here for recollections by John Sherwood
