LOCALE: Morris Yacht & Beach Club, City Island, Bronx, NY
DAY & DATE: Saturday, April 25, 2009 PARTICIPANTS: Army, Drexel, Fordham I, New York Maritime, U/Penn, Fordham II (RAMS) WITHDRAWALS: Ocean County College, prior to two-week cut-off; Queens & Monmouth, after two-week cut-off Due to early morning fog and minimal breezes, only four races were held prior to the lunch break. By early afternoon, however, a 6-10 knot southerly filled in and a full round-robin rotation of 15 races was completed. At that point, the scores were: W - L 1. Fordham 5 - 0 2. NY Maritime 3 - 2 3. U/Penn 3 - 2 4. Team RAMS 3 - 2 5. Drexel 1 - 4 6. Army 0 - 5 Drexel & Army were awarded fifth and sixth place respectively and a six-race sail-off was conducted to determine the winner. At the end of six races, Fordham, NY Maritime & U/Penn were tied 2-1 while Team Rams was 0-3. To break the tie, scores from the preliminary round were added to those from the sail-off and the final results were: W - L 1. Fordham 7 - 1 2. NY Maritime 5 - 3 (Tied) 2. U/Penn 5 - 3 (Tied - each team beat the other once) 4. Team RAMS 3 - 5 5. Drexel 1 - 4 6. Army 0 - 5 We should have conducted a tie-breaker sail-off between NY Maritime & U/Penn for second place but this was the first time that we had hosted a Team Race Regatta and we blew it. Kudos to Fordham sailors Matt Badila '10 and Sarah McKay '12, who did an outstanding job keeping the teams moving expeditiously as they swapped boats throughout the regatta, and assumed most on-shore and on the water responsibilities. As always at Fordham regattas, participants were well fed with Juice, Bagels & Cream Cheese upon arrival; New England clam chowder & loafs of hot Italian bread at lunch, and sinfully delicious NYC cheesecake at the conclusion of the regatta. In closing, we want to wish Major Justin Platt of the United States Military Academy all the best as he, his wife and three small children head off to a three-year tour of duty in South Korea. Major Platt has coached the Army team during the past three years and has been an asset to West Point and College Sailing. We wish him well and Godspeed! Joe Sullivan Coach Fordham University Sailing Team ________________________________________________ icsa mailing list [email protected] http://www.collegesailing.org/mailman/?listname=icsa
