The wind gods managed to crack a hint of a smile today and a zephyr of a seabreeze filled in sufficiently to allow 2 races in the 2008 Kennedy Cup at Navy.
Ten crews are in Annapolis sailing aboard USNA's 44'sloops to contest the
ICSA Big Boat National Championship.
PRO Mark Murphy and his RC team patiently waited until the breeze settled in
(settled may be a generous word here) then got off two races as the ebb got
underway.
Maine Maritime got off to a great start leading the first race wire to wire.
KP had a strong showing finishing second but got disqualified for an
incident at the start. Navy finished 3rd but moved up a notch with KP's
misfortune. St. Mary's was next back.
For race 2, NY Maritime bounced back from a tough first race to win #2 also
leading all the way around. There were a number of place changes behind
them as well as a few scrums and red flags. Coast Guard ended up being
disqualified after finishing 4th dropping them at least 3 spots in the
overall standings.
Racing continues Saturday and Sunday with the winner earning the honor of
representing the United States in the 2009 Student Yachting World Cup in
France.
School Scores Pts.
1. St. Mary's 3,2 5
2. Maine Maritime 1,5 6
3. Navy 2,4 6
4. URI 5,3 8
5. NY Maritime 9,1 10
6. Mass Maritime 4,7 11
7. Cal Maritime 9,6 15
8. Coast Guard 6,11 17
9. Queens U 9,8 17
10. Kings Point 11,9 20
JT
Jahn S. Tihansky
Director, Varsity Offshore Sailing Team
U.S. Naval Academy
410-293-5608
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