The breeze came in big for day 1 of the Kennedy Cup at Navy. Ten teams including defending champion Maine Maritime are on hand vying for the Intercollegiate Big Boat National Championship.
** ** After a brief postponement to sort out pre race damage, PRO Taran Teague cranked out four races in NNE winds that started in the low/mid 20s and dropped slightly by day’s end. The first three races were run with sail restrictions limiting competitors to #3 jibs and no chutes. With the velocity at around 18 for race four, Teague decided to lets the gloves come off a bit permitting use of spinnakers. **** ** ** Navy demonstrated their familiarity with handling the boats in the breeze posting four bullets for the day. Coast Guard had a decent day despite some start line struggles with a 4,2,5,3 to hold second. KP had a good day going until they shrimped the chute on the last set and suffering a 10thleaving them in third. **** ** ** Lots of racing to go with up to 5 races scheduled for tomorrow.**** ** ** 1. Navy 1,1,1,1**** 2. Coast Guard 4,2,5,3**** 3. Kings Point 3,3,2,10**** 4. SUNY 2,4,4,9**** 5. Michigan 7,8,3,4**** 6. Cal Maritime 8,6,8,2**** 7. Maine Maritime 5,7,7,5**** 8. St. Mary’s 6,5,10,8**** 9. Mass Maritime 11,9,6,6**** 10. Army 9,10,9,7**** ** ** *Jahn S. Tihansky* *Director, Varsity Offshore Sailing Team* *United States Naval Academy* 410-293-5608 (office)**** 410-293-5233 (fax)**** [email protected]**** http://usna.edu/SailingTeam/newsite/VOST/#info.html**** ** ** ________________________________________________ icsa mailing list [email protected] http://www.collegesailing.org/mailman/?listname=icsa Unsubscribe: Send a blank email to [email protected]
