Bronx, NY – The Women of the Washington College Sailing Team traveled to the NY Maritime Fall Open where they competed against 13 schools and earned eighth of fourteen.
Saturday, September 27:
Day 1 was a battle for breeze. We attempted our first race at 10:30am after a short postponement then abandoned as breeze died out. Postponed ashore until 1:00pm when we got three A races and two B races completed. When the NNE fill was there it averaged about 4-6knots. Breeze died out again as it battled the southerly sea breeze at 3:45pm and we called the day at 4:00pm. Current largely tracked W>E today but swapped around for the final A race.
Sunday, September 28:
An early morning light southerly switched to a decent SW breeze averaging 5-7knts until it died fighting the afternoon sea breeze. Big kudos to all the teams working through the current as Race Committee executed quick course adjustments and ran competitive races in the conditions that were present. Three protests were heard today, one thrown out, two resulting in DSQs.
NY Maritime Fall Open
- The Shoremen and Shorewomen finished the regatta with 78 points sailing five races. The A Division sailors earned 29 points with a fourth place finish in race four. The B Division sailors earned 49 points with a sixth place finish in race three.
- For Division A, Alex Salzberg and Rachel Morgen served as skipper and crew. And for the B Division, Imogene Nuss served as skipper with Nora Ciak at crew for races one and two and Olivia Hall at crew for races 3-5.
Up Next
The Washington College Sailing Team will travel to Newport News on October 4-5 to compete at the Webb/Wollum Regatta hosted by Christopher Newport.
