The team from Navy won the 2007 Kennedy Cup in dominating fashion winning 6 of 10 races and never scoring worse than a third against 8 other competitors.
Navy Sailing hosted the three day regatta aboard the Academy's fleet of 44' sloops. Competition started last Friday with 3 races in moderate to strong winds. Navy got off to a strong start by winning all three of those races. 5 more races were run Saturday in blustery conditions and Navy posted scores of 1,1,2,1,3 to extend their lead to an almost insurmountable margin. California Maritime Academy, winner of the Shields Trophy Regatta this past September, recovered their form after a poor showing on day 1 to move up into second with a 2,2,1,5,1. Sunday featured light to moderate shifty winds and the final two races of the series were run. Navy clinched their overall victory by taking a second in the first race just ahead of Cal and wrapped up the series with a 3rd in the final heat. Cal Maritime finished second overall while NY Maritime won the last race and secured third. US Naval Academy 1,1,1,1,1,2,1,3,2,3 16 California Maritime Academy 8,2,6,2,2,1,5,1,3,6 36 SUNY 2,5,8,3,6,4,3,5,4,1 41 St.Mary's College 7,8,3,4,4,6,4,4,1,7 48 US Coast Guard Academy 4,7,4,6,5,3,6,2,5,6 48 Massachusetts Maritime Academy 6,4,2,9,3,5,2,9,6,8 54 US Merchant Marine Academy 3,3,7,5,8,7,7,7,7,5 59 Maine Maritime Academy 5,6,5,7,9,8,8,6,8,9 71 Bates College 9,10,9,8,7,9,9,8,10,2 81 Next up for Offshore at Navy is the 2008 Intrepid Cup Match Race Regatta in Colgate 26s next April. Jahn S. Tihansky Director, Varsity Offshore Sailing Team U.S. Naval Academy 410-293-5608 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ________________________________________________ icsa mailing list [email protected] http://www.collegesailing.org/mailman/?listname=icsa
