Leroy Grant Regatta 4-16, 4-17 2011 Toms River Yacht Club and Kean-Ocean hosted the two day M.A.I.S.A. Leroy Grant Regatta with 10 teams from the Middle Atlantic Region attending. The Teams competing were Kean-Ocean, Monmouth, Drexel, Villanova, Syracuse, Army, U. of Maryland, RIT, Webb, OCC and Christopher Newport University. 14 races races were sailed during Saturdays event with the sailing being cut short near the end of the day due to extreme winds. On the second day of racing, even stronger winds of 25-30 kts led the to the canceling of the event. With one day of scores counting, the brand new Kean-Ocean sailing team were in first place and Monmouth close behind. Teams were challenged just to stay upright in many cases with the extreme conditions of big swells and puffy breeze that ranged from 12- 25 mph on the first day. Kean Ocean hosted teams for dinner and a gutter regatta which will become our signature event. Each team was given a block of foam, a dowel, mylar, packing tape and a half hour to design a boat. Teams were then pitted head to head on 10 foot gutters filled with water and teams had to blow their boats down the track. Army won by designing a two and a half foot long boat that put them two and a half feet closer to the finish line. We will tighten the rules next year.
The top five teams were: Kean-Ocean 52 Monmouth 54 U. Maryland 66 Christopher Npt.72 Webb Inst. 75 The Kean-Ocean Sailing Team would like the to thank Toms River Yacht for the use of their facilities and OCC sailing team for use of their boats. Bill Warner Kean@Ocean Coach ________________________________________________ maisa mailing list [email protected] http://www.collegesailing.org/mailman/?listname=maisa Unsubscribe: Send a blank email to [email protected]
