Saturday started out light and the fleet was held on shore until after 1000 while we waited for wind. We headed out and started race 1 shortly before 1100 in a 4 knot Southeasterly off Triton Point. The breeze died while that race was finishing and the racecourse was moved further up the Severn River Near Hospital Point where there was a pocket of breeze to conduct the rest of the first round. While the wind was light and shifty for most of the day, PRO Gavin O' Hare and his team of midshipmen did a terrific job of getting off quality races in challenging conditions. Chris Petracco, Ramsey Key and Herb Larrabee served as umpires and we tried out an experimental system of having the two coaches whose teams were competing in each race serve as the second limited umpire. The system worked well in that only one protest was heard and disallowed and every other incident was settled on the water. At the end of the day, Navy, South Florida and Brown found themselves tied for third place and needed to compete in a sail off to determine the final two teams that moved on to the championship round at Georgetown on Sunday. USF beat Navy in the first race by breaking up Navy's 1,2 on the last beat and converting to a 2,3,4. Navy was able to hold its lead in the next race against Brown to stay alive. In the final race of the sail off, USF got of to a strong start and held a solid lead around the course until Brown was able to force a foul on the last beat which lead to all the boats closing in on the finish line simultaneously. When it was all sorted out, USF had crossed in a 1,3,6 and ensured a spot in the championship round along with Charleston, Boston College and Navy.
Round 1 Standings 1. Charleston: 5-2 2. Boston College: 5-2 3. South Florida: 4-3 4. Navy: 4-3 5. Brown: 4-3 6. Boston U: 2-5 7. Hobart / Wm. Smith: 2-5 8. Eckerd: 2-5 The first and sixth place ties were broken based on head to head record when the tied teams met. The third place tie was broken based on a sail off at the end of the round. RP Info: Boston College: Skippers: Adam Roberts '09(1,4,5,6); Brian Kamilar '09(1,4,5,6,7); Tyler Sinks '11(1,2,3,7); Taylor Canfield '11(2-5); Parker Dwyer '09(2,3,6,7) Crews: Carrie Amarante '09(all); Lauren Gillooly '09(all); Andrew Schneider '09 (all) Boston Unversity: Skippers: Ben Spiller '09 (all); Billy Martin '09 (all); Max Bent '09(all) Crews: Sarah Donahue '09 (all); Alie Bittl '10(all); Fiona Gordon '12(all) Brown: Skippers: Will Brown '10(all); Mark Towill '11(all); Fred Strammer '11(all) Crews: Theresa O'Neil '10(all); Amy Walker '11(all); Sally Evans '11(all) College of Charleston: Skippers: Nick Martin '10(all); Bryan Rigby '10(all); Steven Barbano '11(all) Crews: Katie Weaver '10(all); Britney Haas '09(all); Becky Bestoso '10(all) Eckerd: Skippers: Andrew Keane '09(all); Alex Jacobs '09(all); Arthur Blodgett '09(all) Crews: Nicole Butchart '10(all); Nicole Labierte '10(all); Caeli McGaunn '12 (all) Hobart / William Smith: Skippers: Austin Kana '09 (all); Josh Parks '09(all); John Sampson '10(all) Crews: Meghan Jordan '10(all); Kaitlyn VanNostrand '09 (all); Kelly Crane '11(all) Navy: Skippers: Martin Sterling '10(all); Timothy Murphy '10(all); Clark Hayes '11(all) Crews: Sara Burke '11(all); Caroline Lockett '12(all); Saverio Maldari '12(all) South Florida: Skippers: Mitch Hall '10(all); Tim King '09(all); Sean Ross '12(all) Crews: Margaret Spears '12(all); Hillary Noble '10(all); Stephanie Reynolds '10(all) ________________________________________________ icsa mailing list [email protected] http://www.collegesailing.org/mailman/?listname=icsa
