February 15, 2009

Recap

Sunday: Eight teams arrived to a no breeze report time and 70 degree weather. As the day progressed the breeze built up to 10 knots. The first Round Robin of the championship was completed by 11:30am. Races could not be resumed until 2:00pm due to the extremely shifty conditions, the wind did a complete 360. 16 races of the second Round Robin were sailed until the time limit. Two protests were filed. A five way tie for 3rd between CofC, BU, NAVY, H/W and Stanford showed how competitive the event was. (Tie breakers will be resolved)

Preliminary results Championship round:
YALE: 6/1
USF: 5/2
CofC: 3/4
BU: 3/4
Stanford: 3/4
H/W: 3/4
NAVY: 3/4
Eck: 2/5

Saturday - Fourteen teams arrived to 72 deg temps, partly cloudy skies, and generally southerly 6-8 knot breezes for the Mendelblatt Team Race Regatta, co-hosted by University of South Florida and Eckerd College. One round of qualifying races were completed by 1:30 pm. The Championship double round-robin was then started at USF, and the Consolations at Eckerd. One redress given toYale for breakdown (vs Eckerd), race to be re-sailed. One protest allowed (BU vs Eckerd). Three protests disallowed.

Similar conditions forecast for Sunday.

CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND

 win-loss
Boston Univ 4-0
Yale 3-0
USF 2-1
Charleston 2-2
Hobart WS 1-2
Stanford 1-3
Navy 1-3
Eckerd 0-3

CONSOLATION ROUND

USF B 3-0
Salve Regina 2-1
UC Santa Barbara 2-1
Fordham
 1-2
Florida 1-2
Eckerd B 0-3