2012 NEISA Team Race Championship April 28-29, 2012 MIT Boats: FJs (primarily), Fireflies (consolation only)
Competitors arrived at the Wood Sailing Pavilion early and then headed over to Walker Memorial for a spectacular ceremony honoring the donors and contributors who helped make the new fleets and floating docks possible. The celebration was catered and their were short speeches and a video honoring Lowell North as the dock was dedicated on his behalf by Terry Kohler. Many influential and inspirational people were in attendance including past sailing masters, distinguished faculty, and the entire regatta. 62 races sailed on a collegiate N, with wind from the WSW-NW, ranging from 3-13 knots. The two Groups (Group A and Group B, as seeded by the NEISA seeding committee), sailed alternating flights for 30 races to get down to 8 teams. One sail-off was needed to break a tie after this round. A consolation round was sailed in Fireflies to determine places 9-12. The first Gold round was completed (races between teams from the same Group carried over), and 9 races of Gold RR2 were sailed. 19 more races need to be sailed to complete RR2, at which point we'll go into a final 6. A huge thanks to all of the folks who made day 1 go smoothly. Wally Corwin and the dockstaff did a great job handling minor breakdowns. Reid Van Gorder spent a long day on the finish boat. Eric Gibber and Bruno Faviero were on hand to enter finishes, expedite rotations, and keep things live online. Alden Reid wrote a slick rotation/score sheet. Mike O'Connor was on hand to tweak marks and ferry out supplies. Matt Cohen ran the starts. Thanks to MIT Crew and Harvard Sailing for donating additional powerboats for umpiring and RC work. Another thanks goes out to our team of umpires who held a couple hearings and flew many flags. Chief Ump: Steve Wolff. Umpires: Kerry Sullivan, Greg Keily, Peter Johns, John Tagliamonte, Matt Knowles, Austin Kana, John Moulthrop, Jeff Dusek, Brendan Hurd, Brooks Reed, Josh Leighton, and Janel Zarkowsky. Results and RP info can be found here: http://sailing.mit.edu/Calendar/Events/event.php?sel=res&id=3b3dbaf68507998acd6a5a5254ab2d76 After racing, sailors headed to Harvard for the NEISA awards BBQ. -Matt Cohen -- Matt Cohen [email protected] Head Sailing Coach MIT Varsity Sailing _____/)____/)_____ Excellence | Community | Education | Leadership | Wellness ________________________________________________ icsa mailing list [email protected] http://www.collegesailing.org/mailman/?listname=icsa Unsubscribe: Send a blank email to [email protected]
