It is often said that the Charles River never has waves and the breeze is
too often light and shifty. And those tech dinghies are just slow. Well,
this past Sunday we were host to the unofficial Fall NE
Dinghy Championship for the 66th annual Professor Schell Trophy. The Roger
Williams Hawks won the event in the last set under extreme conditions. Just
after the A Division start in FJs with storm jibs the River turned white
with a 50 knot gust. It was an amazing sight as everyone handled the
conditions and not a single boat broke down. For the final race the wind
backed off to about 40 knots for B Division in tech dinghies with storm
sails with non stop planing downwind.
Everyone who witnessed and sailed in this event will remember it for a
lifetime. Check out the pics at
http://sailing.mit.edu/
Click on the link below for more shots, too. We will continue to update the
photo album as more photos get sent to us every day.
-Franny Charles
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Francis E. Charles
Sailing Master
MIT Sailing Pavilion
3 Ames Street
Cambridge, MA 02142
Phone 617-253-4884
Email [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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