Kennedy Cup
National Championship
1 Division
Navy in Navy 44
http://scores.collegesailing.org/f13/kennedy-cup/
Saturday, November 9
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Day 2 at the 2013 Kennedy Cup was an ideal day for racing with a
cloudless sky, warming temperatures and a decent southwesterly breeze.
After a brief postponement, PRO Taran Teague got race 3 underway for a
4 leg, 1.3 mile course. Cal Maritime and Michigan got decent mid line
starts while Coast Guard nailed the pin and flushed Navy deep. Shortly
thereafter, a significant left shift came in and Teague opted to
abandon and called the competitors back to start again. No one
breathed relief more than Navy.
In the restart, Coast Guard again won the pin with Navy on their hip
while Cal Maritime and Michigan started further up the line. SUNY
found their mojo and passed a couple of boats on the second beat to
build a lead they wouldn't relinquish. Cal Maritime made a nice
comeback as well, getting past Navy to take second. Navy 3rd and U
Michigan continued their string of 4ths. For Race 4, Teague opted for
a 5 leg course with an upwind finish. While the breeze had settled
onto a SSW median but with surprisingly large oscillations. Michigan,
Navy and SUNY battled for the lead around the first 4 legs while Cal
Maritime suffered multiple mishaps and eventually got DSQ for an
altercation with Navy. This race came down to the wire with 2nd
through 6 places being separated by less than 2 boat lengths. SUNY won
again followed by Mass Maritime then Navy. At this point there were 5
teams within 2 points of the lead.
After a small delay waiting for commercial traffic to play through,
Teague set up a four leg course for the final race of the day. The
breeze had backed around a bit more and also freshened which was aided
by the now ebbing current. With the ebb came increased chop. During
the delay, most teams opted to change down from genoas to jibs
anticipating a further build. The first start was recalled with all
but two boats OCS. In the I flag restart, Michigan was over by a nose
and had to execute an excruciating restart around the end and hoofed
it out right while the rest of the fleet dug left. Cal Maritime led
after the first two legs with Navy in 2nd. Michigan had miraculously
dug back to 5th and was right back in the game. Except for Cal
Maritime, who had built a huge lead, the fleet was packed tight at the
second weather mark with SUNY, Navy and KP arriving nearly
simultaneously. SUNY tacked close to KP prompting a protest and they
rounded three wide for the final run to the finish. Navy squeaked
ahead of the pack to take 2nd while Michigan continued their epic
comeback to snatch 3rd, proving it ain't over until it's over! SUNY
took a 40% penalty ashore tarnishing their otherwise excellent showing
for the day.
Two more races are scheduled for Sunday with a forecast calling again
for solid breeze. Navy currently leads by 2 over Cal Maritime and
Michigan. Showdown on the Chesapeake tomorrow!
Top 5
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results.
# Team A TOT
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1 Cal Maritime Keelhaulers 16 16
2 Navy Midshipmen 17 17
3 Michigan Wolverines 19 19
4 NY Maritime Privateers 23 23
5 Mass Maritime Buccaneers 27 27
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