[PCCSC] Kennedy Cup

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Title: Kennedy Cup Summary

Kennedy Cup Interconference 1 Division Navy in Navy 44 View full report Sunday, November 6 Day 2 at the Kennedy Cup Annapolis was true to form for November racing with a solid northwesterly breeze greeting the sailors as they arrived for the final day of sailing at the 2016 Kennedy Cup. PRO Paul Clissold and his NASS RC team the first race of the day started on schedule in 16-20 knots of wind. All but Cal and Navy opted for their #3 jibs leaving them as the only boats with genoas. With Cal leading Navy coming into the day they held Navy well beyond the port layline giving the fleet to the right the advantage. Charleston nailed the right and led wire to wire for the win. Cal rounded mark 1 mid fleet while Navy was deep. Both teams battled furiously to get back in the race with Navy managing to get back to 5th. Cal had sail handling problems and dropped to ninth. USF posted a second to take the regatta lead while Navy found themselves tied with Cal. For the next race, the wind solidified in the high teens with gusts over twenty. This time, everyone sailed with #3 jibs. One boat was OCS at the start and the fleet split pretty evenly right and left. The right paid with Cal leading at the first mark. Navy was a close second and Charleston recovered from a deep start to round 3rd. At the bottom, Navy had a better takedown on the left turn and passed Cal. Charleston opted for the clear lane right turn to stay close. Navy extended right covering Cal while Charleston managed to pass Cal too. Navy continued to extend to take the win while Charleston took second. SUNY Maritime found their mojo to finish third but lost a protest and were disqualified. Cal also lost a protest earning a disqualification as well which moved USF up to 3rd. Going into the final race, standings prior to any protest hearings had USF tied for the lead with Navy and Cal 5 points back, and a surging Charleston just one point behind them. The last race was a five leg thriller with 4 teams apparently in contention for the championship. Charleston again showed great speed and led the pack at mark 1 and held their lead the rest of the way around. USF and Navy both badly botched their spinnaker takedowns opening the door wide for Cal and Charleston. After putting their respective fires out, both teams rallied but USF recovered faster and rounded the second weather mark 4th while Navy was in 7th. On the second run, Navy managed to close the gap but was still back while USF held their position. Up the last beat, Navy clawed their way back to fourth but could not overtake USF. Navy also took an I flag for an incident earlier in the race effectively dashing their hopes for victory. Charleston won the race with Cal finishing second. After the protest dust settled ashore, the University of South Florida wins this year’s Kennedy Cup! Navy held on for second, one point ahead of Charleston who finished third. Congratulations to the USF Bulls who have qualified to represent the USA in the Student Yachting World Cup next year. A huge thanks to the many volunteers who assisted in running the regatta including PRO Paul Clissold and his NASS Race Committee, Jury co-chairs Dan Trammell and Ric Crabbe who along with Maureen Mills and Nelson Pemberton who adjudicated 5 protests which resulted in three DSQs and two being disallowed. Thanks also to our onboard safety officers without who we cannot host these events and to our breakdown boat, Navy coach Pete Carrico. Lastly, a big thanks to the Naval Academy Sailing Social Committee who hosted a cookout for all participants, serving well over 100 hungry sailors and regatta support personnel at the Robert Crown Center Saturday evening. Jahn Tihansky Regatta Chairman Top 5 Visit http://scores.collegesailing.org/f16/kennedy-cup/ for full results. # Team A TOT 1 South Florida Bulls 16 16 2 Navy Midshipmen 20 20 3 Charleston Cougars 21 21 4 Cal Maritime Keelhaulers 26 26 5 Coast Guard Bears 33 33 This message sent by Techscore on behalf of Jahn Tihansky.