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The CNU 2-on-2 Regatta (Preliminary Report) April 22nd & 23rd – The CNU Sailing Center For our second 2-on-2 event of the Spring, we had a mixed
bag as to the weather. Saturday was overcast with good wind in the morning.
Fortunately, we got five of the seven sets of races we needed for a complete
round robin. After lunch we got just one set in before the rumble of thunder and
lightning flashes sent the fleet in, just in time to miss the 2 inches of rain
that fell on the Menchville area.
On Sunday we hoped to get the last two sets completed along with a race between Maryland and Virginia that had to be resailed due to a rigging failure (the mast fell down). With a failing breeze, the last pairing of the seventh set took better than 45 minutes. When the James River turned to glass, the fleet spent a half an hour at play and, with no sign of wind, we towed the fleet in. Maryland and Virginia waited a little longer, hoping to get the make-up race, but gave up and let the scores stand. This shortened event created another problem – we had an
unbreakable three way tie between CNU-2, Navy and Hampton. Navy beat Hampton,
Hampton beat CNU-2 and CNU-2 beat Navy for the only losses the teams
experienced. Since this wasn’t a qualifier for anything, we let the three way
tie for first stand. When we had a late drop by Cornell, we had hoped that
Georgetown would be able to send a team down. But on Thursday, Georgetown let us
know they couldn’t get a van and it became necessary to add another team, CNU-2.
Because the regatta literature had already been printed, this team was known
throughout the event as the “Not Really Georgetown” team. The regatta may not
have produced the racing we had hoped for, but a lot of sailors had an awful lot
of fun. Dan Winters, Head Sailing
Coach, Christopher Newport University Scores: Hampton University 6 Wins – 1 Loss U.S. Naval Academy 6 Wins – 1 Loss Christopher Newport - 2 6 Wins – 1 Loss Old Dominion University 4 Wins – 3 Losses University of Maryland 2 Wins – 4 Losses Christopher Newport University 2 Wins – 5 Losses University of Virginia 1 Win – 5 Losses Virginia Tech 0 Wins – 7 Losses
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