6th Annual Hedge Fund Regatta
Thursday, August 13, 2009
[You can watch the regatta from the floating clubhouse in the harbor. This year, the cost is just $10 launch fee and cash bar.]
History: Begun in 2004 by TJ Dalton, the Hedge Fund Regatta is growing into an annual institution where companies can compete on a friendly basis and also raise money for charity. If your company would like to enter a boat, please complete the entry form below.
Notice of Race
Name of Event: Annual Hedge Fund Regatta
Eligibility: Participation is by invitation. This regatta is only open to hedge fund companies.
Date: Thursday, August 13, 2009.
Schedule:
1700 - Boat draw and boats available for rigging
1745 - Skippers Meeting at Floating Classroom (Mandatory for all teams)
Second Race (weather permitting) -
1830 - First Signal for Race 1.
Race 2 follows if time permits
Boats: Teams will race on identical J/24 sailboats provided by the Manhattan Sailing Club.
Sails: Teams must race with sails provided with the boats. Spinnakers will not be permitted.
Crew: J/24s usually race with five people. Six people is the maximum and three the minimum. A Manhattan Sailing Club representative will ride on each boat to provide local knowledge and familiarity with the equipment and harbor procedures.
Courses: Courses will be
determined by the race committee.
Rules: This regatta will be governed by the Racing
Rules of Sailing.
Trophies: The winning team will receive the Hedge Fund Cup, a perpetual trophy which they can keep for one year. The top three teams will also receive a trophies. In addition, each team is required to bring a humorous gift which they will award to the team finishing directly behind them.
Entry Fee: This is a charity regatta which raises money for "Operation Optimist," NYC's first junior sailing program in the harbor organized by the New York Harbor Sailing Foundation. The suggested charitable donation is $2,000. More details on this program are at www.nyharborsailing.com. The Foundation is registered with the Internal Revenue Service as a 501(c)(3) and all donations are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law.
Registration Form
Press:
2008
Forbes.com
http://www.forbes.com/video/?video=fvn/lifestyle/cw_regatta082108&partner=email
2007
FinAlternatives -
Conn.
Hedge Fund Association Leaves Hedgies in it's Wake
CNBC TV with
Vera Gibbons - Stormy Seas -
http://www.cnbc.com/id/15840232?video=468788063&play=1
New York
Times DealBook -
Hedge Fund
Leaves Bigger Rivals in It's Wake
2006
New York Times Deal Book - Buy, Hold or Sail
Forbes.com
- Riding the Waves
2009
Results
1.
Lucas Capital
2. Moore Capital Management
3.
Gerson Lehrman Group
4.
Hudson Bay Capital Management
5.
Millennium Partners
6.
Alternative Investment Group
7. Front Point
2008
Results
1.
Shoreline Trading Group (8)
2. Gerson Lehrman Group (6)
3. Highbridge (13)
4. Lucas Energy (GR)
5. Hole in the Wall Gang Camp A (FC)
6. Griswold (FD)
7. Moore Capital Management (7)
8. Caxton Associates (CO)
9. Geneva Trading (1)
10. Alternative Investment Group (11)
11. Lehman Brothers Asset Management (3)
12. Hudson River Trading (12)
13. Blue Harbor Group (9)
14. Lime Brokerage (5)
15. Hudson Bay Capital Management (4)
16. Hole in the Wall Gang Camp B (10)
2007 Results (Championship Regatta)
1. Connecticut Hedge Fund Association Boat A (7)
2. Gerson Lehrman Group (13)
3. Market Factory (11)
4. Sungard (6)
5. Lucas Energy (8)
6. AM Investment Partners Boat 1 (FC)
7. Connecticut Hedge Fund Association Boat B (1)
8. Lime Brokerage (9)
9. Moore Capital Management (YA)
10. Alternative Investment Group (4)
11. T-Zero / UBS Prime Brokerage (10)
12. Basel Asset Management (12)
13. Griswold (5)
14. Caxton Associates (2)
2007
Preliminary Regatta A
1.
Lime Brokerage (4)
2. Connecticut Hedge Fund Association Boat A (FC)
3. Lucas Energy (9)
4. Moore Capital Management (13)
5. Alternative Investment Group (1)
6. Connecticut Hedge Fund Association Boat B (12)
7. Caxton Associates (2)
8. SAC Capital (6)
9. JP Morgan Investment (10)
10. Octane Research (14)
11. MAK Capital (7)
12. Hudson Bay Capital Management (5)
13. Fortress Investments (FF)
14. Alliance Bernstein (8)
15. MAK Capital (3)
16. Blue Harbour Group Boat A (11)
2007 Preliminary Regatta B
1.
Griswold (12)
2. Basel Asset Management (11)
3. Gerson Lehrman Group (5)
4. T-Zero / UBS Prime Brokerage (2)
5. AM Investment Partners Boat 1 (8)
6. Sungard (10)
7. Sinclair Ventures (7)
8. Blue Harbour Group Boat 2 (3)
9. Madoff (4)
10. Plainfield Asset Management (FF)
11. Flextrade (13)
12. Credit Suisse Funds & Alternative Solutions (1)
13. Altima Advisors (6)
14. AM Investment Partners Boat 2 (9)
2006 Results
1.
Lucas
Energy Ventures (4)
2. EBS - Darren Jer (SF)
3. Goldman Sachs Asset Management (8)
4. Lime Capital - Michael Richter (CO)
5. Portware, LLC - Andrew Yao (FC)
6. Sailfish Capital Partners (2)
7. Millennium Partners, L.P. - Alan Sands (6)
8. Blue Harbour Group Boat A - Geordie Hebard (12)
9. Hudson Bay Capital Management - Yoav Roth (11)
10. Gerson Lehrman Group - Mike Duran (FF)
11. Fortress (5)
12. Connecticut Hedge Fund Association (13)
13. Moore Capital Management (1)
14. Drake Management (7)
15. Marathon Asset Management (3)
16. Broadstreet Capital Partners (10)
17. Blue Harbour Group Boat B - Geordie Hebard (14)
18. Quadriserv - Joe Sommer (FD)
2005 Results
1. Lime Capital Management LLC
- Daniel Litchfield
2. Lucas Energy Total Return
- Russ Lucas
3. M.D. Sass Investors - Bill Siegel
4. Pequot Capital Management,
Inc - Lawrence Cutler
5. Merrion Group -
James C. Kellogg
6. Gerson Lehrman Group - Michael Duran
7. Basel Asset Management LLC - Roland Eberhard
8. The Blackstone Group - Alberto Santulin
2004 Results
1. Lucas Energy Total Return Ptns
2. Basel Asset Management, LLC
3. The Blackstone Group
4.
Arbitrage Associates
5. Merrion Group
6. Front Point Partners
7. Gerson Lehrman Group
8.
Municipal Capital Appreciation Partners