Saturday
Wow, what a start to a regatta. Sailors and spectators were greeted on their
drive to UNH with a mix of snow and cold rain. Then the rain came down harder,
and turned to a snowy slush to a depth of about a half an inch, making docks
and boats slippery.
Hosting the Priddy was fitting for our first home regatta after the fire, in
new boats and with new sails. We all restart someplace. It was a freshman event
in a multiple sense.
There was no consistent breeze until about 12:30. Four races were sailed in
rain until the breeze began to shut down leaving holes around the course.
Thanks to the Marks who bought out Dunkin' Donuts' coffee machine for all
competitors, trying to add a bit of warmth to an otherwise cold day. Thanks
also to the Wildcats who helped in the mark boat and on shore with scoring. No
protests were filed.
MMA was a no show, and Colby dropped early Sat. am, leaving us with seven
teams. No coaches therefore no NEISA rep.
Tomorrows forecast is for 60 degrees, 5-10mph and 30% chance of rain. The
warmer temps will be welcome. Courses were W4 and W3. Leading are the Bears
with the Jumbos close behind. The Catamounts and Wildcats are nipping at their
heels. Tomorrow should be a great day.
Sunday
Sailors arrived to sun and breeze. Chris Loder brought chocolate bunny rabbits
for all teams and off we went. We completed a double rotation. Breeze ranged
from 6-10 from the west which made the course shifty as all get out. Higher
gusts registering several at 14 plus, made for some crazy down wind legs with
two capsizes. Mark rounding in breeze was challenging. There were three
protests resulting in Dartmouth DSQ'd for not giving room. The other two
protests were disallowed.
Competitors need to remember that contact requires exoneration. Several hails
of protest were heard with no spinning. Several other contact fouls were
observed with no protests hailed nor filed. Not a good way to start a college
sailing career.
Thanks to Neal Drake, Chris Edwards and Terry Clarke for mark boat assistance
and scoring this weekend. Thanks also to Clark Dhien who did duty as judge.
Congratulations to the Brown Bears' Tyler Rice and Louisa Chafee who schooled
the rest of the sailors with a total of 9 bullets to win the Priddy Trophy!
Video was shot of many starts, beats and runs.It can be viewed on the UNH
Community Facebook page.
Race results
Team results
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
TOT
1
Bears
Brown
3
1
1
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
4
22
BR
3
4
5
7
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
18
22
22
2
Jumbos
Tufts
2
2
4
1
1
5
5
3
6
3
4
2
1
1
40
TUF
2
4
8
9
10
15
20
23
29
32
36
38
39
40
40
3
Catamounts
Vermont
1
5
3
4
3
4
2
4
2
5
3
3
3
5
47
UVM
1
6
9
13
16
20
22
26
28
33
36
39
42
47
47
4
Wildcats
New Hampshire
6
3
2
3
4
3
7
7
3
2
5
7
DNS
DNS
68
UNH
6
9
11
14
18
21
28
35
38
40
45
52
60
68
68
5
Polar Bears
Bowdoin
BKD
7
5
5
5
6
3
6
5
7
2
5
5
3
69
BOW
5
12
17
22
27
33
36
42
47
54
56
61
66
69
69
6
Terriers
Boston University
5
6
6
6
7
2
4
2
7
4
6
6
6
6
73
BU
5
11
17
23
30
32
36
38
45
49
55
61
67
73
73
7
Big Green
Dartmouth
4
4
7
7
6
7
6
5
4
6
DSQ
4
4
2
74
DART
4
8
15
22
28
35
41
46
50
56
64
68
72
74
74
Scores and other information can be found on TechScore at
scores.collegesailing.info/s11/priddy/
Diana Weidenbacker
Head Coach
University of New Hampshire Sailing Team
Director UNH Community Sailing Centre
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