ICSA LaserPerformance Singlehanded Nationals, Day 2
Another beautiful fall day in Chicago, and this time we were graced with a little more wind! The sailors arrived bright and early to rig up and head out for a 930am first warning. With the breeze shifting to the southeast overnight, and then going further south this morning, the waves were even more confused and lumpy than yesterday, though the sailors had the benefit of a little more pressure to battle them. But with the sun shining all day and temperatures in the upper 40s to lower 50s on the water, it was hard to complain about the conditions. The racers certainly came out looking much more alive today than yesterday, starting to get much more physical and competitive in the tricky conditions. The judges were on watch, and were flagging for Rule 42 propulsion violations, catching four of them in the men's fleet, and one in the women's. Ten windward/leeward courses twice around were sailed, with races lasting about twenty-five minutes. In both fleets, the leaders were extending all day, finding their groove early and maintaining top finishes all day. In the Men's full rig, Cam Cullman, a junior from Yale, has made it hard for anyone else to have a chance, posting seven top-four finishes today to lead the fleet with 56 points over Charleston's Zeke Horowitz with 81. Christopher Stocke from USF is right behind with only 82 points, followed by Mateo Vargas from Stanford who has slowly been working his way up through the fleet with the most consistent finishes of the event. Vargas has 89. The men all struggled to stay particularly consistent, everyone with at least one tough race. On the women's side, however, Boston College Eagle Annie Haeger demonstrated her dominance in the Laser Radial. In the ten races sailed today, she won eight and got second in two, proving that with sheer boat speed and ability to work the waves both upwind and downwind she could work her way up through the fleet to the top every time. Haeger leads the radials with 31 points. In second, with 68 is last year's champion Claire Dennis from Yale. Dennis was able to stay consistent in the top three most races of the day, putting her seven points ahead of teammate Emily Billing. Sky Adams from Brown sits in fourth with 95. Tomorrow is looking to be blowing from the south around 20 knots, which should give great breeze for the last four races of the event. Information on the event, including competitors, results, and Twitter updates can be found at 2011singlehanded.collegesailing.info ________________________________________________ icsa mailing list [email protected] http://www.collegesailing.org/mailman/?listname=icsa Unsubscribe: Send a blank email to [email protected]
