Racing History

Stormy Weather

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Owner 1933 – Philip LeBoutillier

1934 New London-Bermuda 7^th Overall, 7^th Class A. Winner was Edlu (S&S), Stormy Weather was the only boat not to reef.

1935 Transatlantic, Newport to Bergen First Overall Rod Stephens Jr. was skipper. More details.

1935 Fastnet First Overall Rod Stephens Jr was skipper. More details.

1936 Bermuda Race First in Class, second Overall a tough race, ten out of forty two boats retired damaged. Five nations represented, 16 brand new boats, many "copies" of Stormy Weather.

1936 Brooklyn Cup (Fire Island) 2^nd Overall and 2^nd Class A behind Edlu Very light breezes and short of crew.

Owner 1937 – R.W. "Bob" Johnson

1937 Miami to Nassau Race First Overall Rod Stephens Jr. was skipper, the whole race was a windward slog.

1937 Governor’s Cup DSQ disqualified for going the wrong way around a mark (as did all boats except two), Rod Stephens was skipper and Governor Clifford, who donated the Cup, was on board.

1938 Miami to Nassau Race First Overall three boats were refused the start, four more decided not to start, six retired, one sank. Stormy Weather won easily. Ducky Endt was aboard, one report gives him as skipper.

1939 – Feb. 14^th Miami to Nassau Race 1^st Overall skippered by Rod Stephens. Not very pleasant weather, much of it hard on the wind. Stormy Weather ripped the genoa track off losing 15 minutes but won all the same.

Owner April? 1939 – W.H. "Bill" Labrot

1939 – June 24 New London-Annapolis 3^rd Class A, 7^th Overall 465 mile drifter, First race for new owner

1940 – February Miami-Nassau 1^st Overall for the 4^th consecutive time

1940 – March 10^th St Petersburg-Havana 2^nd Overall behind Bob Johnson’s new Good News (S&S), acclaimed as the nec plus ultra with aluminium spars and coffee grinders!

1941 – early February Lipton Cup 2^nd Overall behind Bellisarius, 54 foot Herreshoff yawl

1941 – 11^th February Miami-Nassau 1^st Overall ahead of Escapade and Good News. This is Stormy Weather’s fifth consecutive Overall victory and the press (and the competitors) no longer know what to say…

1941 – 1^st March St Petersburg-Havana 3^rd Overall behind 72 foot yawl Gulf Stream and Good News

1941 Tied (with Gulf Stream) for First Overall in the S.O.R.C. (Southern Ocean Racing Conference.)

Owner 1947 – Fred Temple

1947 – 13 Feb Miami-Nassau 1^st Class A, 2^nd Overall 15 to 20 knots of breeze at the start, 55 at the finish. Two boats including Ticonderoga were dismasted.

1947 St Petersburg-Havana 4^th Overall but took line honours for the "President of Cuba" trophy.

1947 – late April Fort Lauderdale-Cat Cay 1^st Overall skippered by Bill Main. The USCG chase boat was holed and sunk by a sword fish

1947 – 19^th July Chicago-Mackinac 5^th Class A over 331 miles

1947 Mills Race Trophy 2^nd Overall behind Royono

1947 The Bluenose Trophy First Overall. Stormy Weather’s only season on the Great Lakes.

1948 – January 23^rd Fort Lauderdale-Cat Cay 2^nd Overall behind Owens designed Ocean Queen who came from behind after a win shift.

1948 – Feb 10^th Miami-Nassau First in Class A (unbeaten since 1936), but only 2^nd Overall behind Ciclon (S&S) by 6 minutes and 4 seconds

1948 – Feb 14 Governor’s Cup Race 3^rd Overall behind Starlight and Revonoc, both S&S

1948 – March 27 St Petersburg-Havana 2^nd Class A, 3^rd Overall behind brand new Phil Rhodes 76 foot Windjammer II

1948 First Overall in the S.O.R.C.

1948 - June 19^th Newport-Bermuda 10^th Class A after hitting a whale.

Owner 1954 – James J. O’Neill

1954 - 28th May Storm Trisail Race Winner 190 miles, 63 yachts, Stormy Weather First Overall for her 20th anniversary.

1954 – June 19^th Newport-Bermuda 2^nd in Class B, 6^th Overall 77 starters. Small boats were favoured (Class D got 1, 2, 4, 5 Overall), but Stormy Weather won the W.C. Finlay Trophy for First pre-1936 boat and the Grandfather Cup for First skipper over 50.

1954 Vineyard Race 3^rd Overall in 234 mile race from Stamford to Martha’s Vineyard 43 starters, and Stormy Weather beat Gulf Stream, Ondine, Revonoc, Carina, etc

1957 New York Yacht Club Cruise, Greenwich to Duck Island First in Class 52 miles

Owner 1979 - Current

1985 First Foxy’s Wooden Boat Race The show down with Rob Roy

1985 West End Yacht Club First in Class Classic Boat Race

1985 Sir Francis Drake Cup Won the Cup and First in elapsed and corrected time

1986 Sweethearts of the Caribbean ? ahead of Rob Roy

1986 Antigua Sailing Week 1st Classic and Traditional Boats Mollyhawk Trophy

1986 Guadeloupe Race Winner Lost the propeller

1986 Newport to Bermuda 4^th First ever wooden, full keel boat measured for IMS.

1987 Bequia Easter Regatta First Overall

1987 Fastnet fourth in Class

1988 Bequia Easter Regatta First Overall and set a new record for the Round the Island Race.

1988 Antigua Sailing Week Guadeloupe Race, Cruising Class, First

1988 Mollyhawk Trophy ASW, Classic Class, First

1989 Bequia Easter Regatta First in Cruising II

1989 Guadeloupe Race First Overall, First Cruising Classes

1989 Antigua Sailing Week 1^st Cruising Class I Mollyhawk Trophy

1989 ASW 2nd Overall cruising Classes

1989 ASW 1st Scotland Team 1st

1989 RORC, Channel Race third in CHS Class three.

1989 RORC Fastnet placed 13th

1989 Fastnet Iolaire Block, oldest boat to compete

1989 Royal Yacht Squadron Cowes Week, placed 7th (42), 20th (51)

1989 Royal London Yacht Club Cowes Week, placed 14th, (61)

1990 Antigua Yacht Club Overall winner Riptide Series Christmas 1990

1990 Antigua Sailing Week Mollyhawk Trophy, Best Classic Yacht

1990 ASW 1st Scotland Team, First in cruising Class

1990 ASW 3rd Cruising Class One

1990 La Belle Plaisance, Sainte-Marine First Beat Penduick

1991 Bequia Easter Regatta First in Cruising II

1991 Antigua Sailing Week 1st Classic Class

1991 ASW 3rd Cruising Class I

1991 Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta First Overall Wayfarer Marine Trophy, First Overall

1991 ACYR 1st Aschanti of Saba Trophy, First in Classic Class

1991 R.O.R.C. Fastnet placed 50th

1991 R.O.R.C. 21st Cowes week, placed 21st

1992 Antigua Sailing Week 1st Best Classic Yacht

1992 ASW 2nd Cruising Class II, second

1992 Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta 1st Aschanti of Saba Trophy, Classic Class

1992 Transatlantic Race, Bermuda to Brest First Overall Leading up to Brset/Dz '92

1992 Glandore Classic Regatta First

1992 Douarnenez, Bol d’Or First

1993 Fastnet Iolaire Block, oldest boat to compete, 48th in CHS I Class, 2nd Classic Class

1994 Bequia Easter Regatta First in Cruising Class I

1994 Glandore Classic Regatta First

1995 Fastnet Freddie Morgan Trophy, for a Classic yacht in CHS

1995 Fastnet First in CHS Class Seahorse Division

1995 Fastnet Second in CHS Class 3

1996 Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta First in Vintage Class

1996 Brest to Douarnenez First out of approx. 2,000 boats

1996 Douarnenez 1st Classics First

1996 Glandore Classic Regatta line honours and best elapsed time, racing Dragons before our race, so 30 minutes late to start!

1997 Bequia Easter Regatta First Overall in Cruising

1997 Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta First Overall in Vintage Classes, Stormy Weather Trophy and First in Vintage Class

Owner 1933 – Philip LeBoutillier
1934	New London-Bermuda	7^th Overall, 7^th Class A.	Winner was Edlu (S&S), Stormy Weather was the only boat not to reef.
1935	Transatlantic, Newport to Bergen	First Overall	Rod Stephens Jr. was skipper. More details.
1935	Fastnet	First Overall	Rod Stephens Jr was skipper. More details.
1936	Bermuda Race	First in Class, second Overall	a tough race, ten out of forty two boats retired damaged. Five nations represented, 16 brand new boats, many "copies" of Stormy Weather.
1936	Brooklyn Cup (Fire Island)	2^nd Overall and 2^nd Class A	behind Edlu Very light breezes and short of crew.
Owner 1937 – R.W. "Bob" Johnson
1937	Miami to Nassau Race	First Overall	Rod Stephens Jr. was skipper, the whole race was a windward slog.
1937	Governor’s Cup	DSQ	disqualified for going the wrong way around a mark (as did all boats except two), Rod Stephens was skipper and Governor Clifford, who donated the Cup, was on board.
1938	Miami to Nassau Race	First Overall	three boats were refused the start, four more decided not to start, six retired, one sank. Stormy Weather won easily. Ducky Endt was aboard, one report gives him as skipper.
1939 – Feb. 14^th	Miami to Nassau Race	1^st Overall	skippered by Rod Stephens. Not very pleasant weather, much of it hard on the wind. Stormy Weather ripped the genoa track off losing 15 minutes but won all the same.
Owner April? 1939 – W.H. "Bill" Labrot
1939 – June 24	New London-Annapolis	3^rd Class A, 7^th Overall	465 mile drifter, First race for new owner
1940 – February	Miami-Nassau	1^st Overall	for the 4^th consecutive time
1940 – March 10^th	St Petersburg-Havana	2^nd Overall	behind Bob Johnson’s new Good News (S&S), acclaimed as the nec plus ultra with aluminium spars and coffee grinders!
1941 – early February	Lipton Cup	2^nd Overall	behind Bellisarius, 54 foot Herreshoff yawl
1941 – 11^th February	Miami-Nassau	1^st Overall	ahead of Escapade and Good News. This is Stormy Weather’s fifth consecutive Overall victory and the press (and the competitors) no longer know what to say…
1941 – 1^st March	St Petersburg-Havana	3^rd Overall	behind 72 foot yawl Gulf Stream and Good News
1941	Tied (with Gulf Stream) for First Overall in the S.O.R.C. (Southern Ocean Racing Conference.)
Owner 1947 – Fred Temple
1947 – 13 Feb	Miami-Nassau	1^st Class A, 2^nd Overall	15 to 20 knots of breeze at the start, 55 at the finish. Two boats including Ticonderoga were dismasted.
1947	St Petersburg-Havana	4^th Overall	but took line honours for the "President of Cuba" trophy.
1947 – late April	Fort Lauderdale-Cat Cay	1^st Overall	skippered by Bill Main. The USCG chase boat was holed and sunk by a sword fish
1947 – 19^th July	Chicago-Mackinac	5^th Class A	over 331 miles
1947	Mills Race Trophy	2^nd Overall	behind Royono
1947	The Bluenose Trophy	First Overall.	Stormy Weather’s only season on the Great Lakes.
1948 – January 23^rd	Fort Lauderdale-Cat Cay	2^nd Overall	behind Owens designed Ocean Queen who came from behind after a win shift.
1948 – Feb 10^th	Miami-Nassau	First in Class A	(unbeaten since 1936), but only 2^nd Overall behind Ciclon (S&S) by 6 minutes and 4 seconds
1948 – Feb 14	Governor’s Cup Race	3^rd Overall	behind Starlight and Revonoc, both S&S
1948 – March 27	St Petersburg-Havana	2^nd Class A, 3^rd Overall	behind brand new Phil Rhodes 76 foot Windjammer II
1948	First Overall in the S.O.R.C.
1948 - June 19^th	Newport-Bermuda	10^th Class A	after hitting a whale.
Owner 1954 – James J. O’Neill
1954 - 28th May	Storm Trisail Race	Winner	190 miles, 63 yachts, Stormy Weather First Overall for her 20th anniversary.
1954 – June 19^th	Newport-Bermuda	2^nd in Class B, 6^th Overall	77 starters. Small boats were favoured (Class D got 1, 2, 4, 5 Overall), but Stormy Weather won the W.C. Finlay Trophy for First pre-1936 boat and the Grandfather Cup for First skipper over 50.
1954	Vineyard Race	3^rd Overall	in 234 mile race from Stamford to Martha’s Vineyard 43 starters, and Stormy Weather beat Gulf Stream, Ondine, Revonoc, Carina, etc
1957	New York Yacht Club Cruise, Greenwich to Duck Island	First in Class	52 miles
Owner 1979 - Current
1985	First	Foxy’s Wooden Boat Race	The show down with Rob Roy
1985	West End Yacht Club	First in Class	Classic Boat Race
1985	Sir Francis Drake Cup	Won the Cup	and First in elapsed and corrected time
1986	Sweethearts of the Caribbean	?	ahead of Rob Roy
1986	Antigua Sailing Week	1st Classic and Traditional Boats	Mollyhawk Trophy
1986	Guadeloupe Race	Winner	Lost the propeller
1986	Newport to Bermuda	4^th	First ever wooden, full keel boat measured for IMS.
1987	Bequia Easter Regatta	First Overall
1987	Fastnet	fourth in Class
1988	Bequia Easter Regatta	First Overall	and set a new record for the Round the Island Race.
1988	Antigua Sailing Week	Guadeloupe Race, Cruising Class, First
1988	Mollyhawk Trophy ASW, Classic Class, First
1989	Bequia Easter Regatta	First in Cruising II
1989	Guadeloupe Race	First Overall, First Cruising Classes
1989	Antigua Sailing Week	1^st Cruising Class I	Mollyhawk Trophy
1989	ASW	2nd Overall	cruising Classes
1989	ASW	1st	Scotland Team 1st
1989	RORC, Channel Race	third	in CHS Class three.
1989	RORC Fastnet	placed 13th
1989	Fastnet	Iolaire Block, oldest boat to compete
1989	Royal Yacht Squadron	Cowes Week, placed 7th (42), 20th (51)
1989	Royal London Yacht Club	Cowes Week, placed 14th, (61)
1990	Antigua Yacht Club	Overall winner	Riptide Series Christmas 1990
1990	Antigua Sailing Week	Mollyhawk Trophy, Best Classic Yacht
1990	ASW	1st	Scotland Team, First in cruising Class
1990	ASW	3rd	Cruising Class One
1990	La Belle Plaisance, Sainte-Marine	First	Beat Penduick
1991	Bequia Easter Regatta	First	in Cruising II
1991	Antigua Sailing Week	1st	Classic Class
1991	ASW	3rd	Cruising Class I
1991	Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta	First Overall	Wayfarer Marine Trophy, First Overall
1991	ACYR	1st	Aschanti of Saba Trophy, First in Classic Class
1991	R.O.R.C. Fastnet	placed 50th
1991	R.O.R.C.	21st	Cowes week, placed 21st
1992	Antigua Sailing Week	1st	Best Classic Yacht
1992	ASW	2nd	Cruising Class II, second
1992	Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta	1st	Aschanti of Saba Trophy, Classic Class
1992	Transatlantic Race, Bermuda to Brest	First Overall	Leading up to Brset/Dz '92
1992	Glandore Classic Regatta	First
1992	Douarnenez, Bol d’Or	First
1993	Fastnet	Iolaire Block, oldest boat to compete, 48th in CHS I Class, 2nd Classic Class
1994	Bequia Easter Regatta	First	in Cruising Class I
1994	Glandore Classic Regatta	First
1995	Fastnet	Freddie Morgan Trophy, for a Classic yacht in CHS
1995	Fastnet	First	in CHS Class Seahorse Division
1995	Fastnet	Second	in CHS Class 3
1996	Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta	First	in Vintage Class
1996	Brest to Douarnenez	First	out of approx. 2,000 boats
1996	Douarnenez	1st	Classics First
1996	Glandore Classic Regatta	line honours	and best elapsed time, racing Dragons before our race, so 30 minutes late to start!
1997	Bequia Easter Regatta	First	Overall in Cruising
1997	Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta	First Overall	in Vintage Classes, Stormy Weather Trophy and First in Vintage Class