Saturday of the 2011 Graham Hall Team Race was sailed out of the U.S. Naval Academy today in a Southerly breeze that ranged from 9 to 15 knots with puffs into the lower 20s, cloudy skies, and temps in the mid 50s. Teams were initially split into two groups of 8 based on their Sailing World rankings and sailed one round robin each before splitting into Gold and Silver groupings of 8 teams each. Two "College N" courses were used utilizing the Academy's fleets of both 420s and FJs divided between each course. Races were fully umpired on both circles immensely cutting down on formal protest hearings and maximizing racing.
Sunday was significantly cloudier with temperatures around 50 and winds gusting into the 20s out of the South. The forecasted heavy rains held off until the afternoon and the end of the double Gold and Silver round robins saw some very enjoyable racing. The final four teams were seeded into a knockout round, where Boston College and Roger Williams squared off in Semi-Final 1 while Charleston and Georgetown sailed Semi-Final 2. During the knockout round, the rain started falling and a fog rolled in while the wind lightened. Charleston and Boston College advanced to the finals where the Charleston Cougars prevailed, winning 2-0 to claim the regatta victory. Georgetown beat Roger Williams 2-1 in the Petit-Finals to finish third overall. The ambitious format of this regatta was made possible by the group of volunteers who gave so freely of their time this weekend. A huge thanks goes out to PROs Gavin O'Hare and Kyle Assad and their team of Midshipmen on the Race Committee and the umpire team led by ChUmp Rob Overton. Serving with Rob were Sandy Grosvenor, Andrew Cole, Austin Kana, Barbara Herbig, Carol Robinson, Dave Clinnin, Dave Pyron, Dick Morin, Herb Larrabee, Joel Labruzetta, John Pearce, Maureen Mills, Nick Holtan, Ric Crabbe, Sharon Hadsell, and Wayne Bretsch. Scoring was done live online for the event and the complete scores with Win / Loss Grids and RP Information can be found here: http://usna.edu/sailing/newsite/ic/GrahamHall2011/main Final Standings: (Won / Lost Record in Gold or Silver) Gold: 1. Charleston 2. Boston College 3. Georgetown 4. Roger Williams (6-8) 5. St. Mary's (6-8) * 6. Navy (5-9) 7. Brown (4-10) 8. Hobart & William Smith (4-10)** Note: Navy is credited with a win in race A 60 vs. Boston College where BC was awarded the opportunity to re-sail the race in a breakdown hearing, but declined the re-sail as it could not have affected final four seeding. Silver: 9. Stanford (11-3) 10. NY Maritime (9-5) 11. Vermont (9-5)** 12. South Florida (8-6) 13. Wisconsin (8-6)** 14. Old Dominion (7-7) 15. Washington College (3-11) 16. Cornell (1-16) * - Lost tiebreaker based on total wins when tied teams met ** - Lost tiebreaker based on total points in races where tied teams met Ian Burman Head Coach Navy Sailing Team 410.293.5617 ________________________________________________ icsa mailing list [email protected] http://www.collegesailing.org/mailman/?listname=icsa Unsubscribe: Send a blank email to [email protected]
