[PCCSC] Kennedy Cup

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Title: Kennedy Cup Summary

Kennedy Cup Interconference 1 Division Navy in Navy 44 View full report Saturday, November 5 Kennedy Cup at Navy 10 teams are on hand at the Naval Academy to contest the 2016 Kennedy Cup Championship aboard the Academy’s fleet of Navy 44 sloops. As forecast, a 5-8 knot westerly filled in and PRO Paul Clissold and his NASS race committee crew set up their course and got racing underway on time. Three teams jumped the gun and were called OCS on the first start but USF got off clean near the favored boat end and jumped out to a big lead which they continued to build on through the race to win convincingly. Cal Maritime rounded the weather mark 4th but came on strong to climb up to second. Michigan also sailed well to take 3rd. Soon after the first race finished, the wind backed around to the south, building a bit in the process, and the tide began to ebb. Somewhat predictably, race 2 got underway with two boats called OCS with many others very close. Cal led Navy at the first mark and held their lead the rest of the way. Navy held second while Coast Guard came on to take 3rd. Mass and USF tangled near the finish with Mass being protested and suffering a DSQ. For the third race, the breeze built a little more and the current increased in velocity. Again, a couple of OCS boats were called but most of the fleet started clean. Cal Maritime won the left and capitalized to lead at the first mark. Navy was close behind in second but was not able to close the gap. USF stayed in the hunt throughout the race and posted a third not far behind Navy. Late in the day, a sequence was started for race 4 but soon after, the southerly died and the original gradient westerly filled back in. With the sun getting low, PRO Clissold opted to send the fleet home rather than wait for the new breeze to settle. At the end of the day, Cal Maritime leads with 4 points. Navy and USF end the day tied for second with 8 points each. Racing continues tomorrow. 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.