VISA regatta at YSV hosted by Kecoughtan

 We participated in a varsity regatta on Mill Creek at Fort Monroe. Here is the report by the host school:

Saturday, September 30:

VISA welcomed 18 teams from 13 schools to Mill Creek for today’s races. Temperatures were a bit brisk in the mid sixties with overcast skies dosing a damp mist when it wasn't outright raining. Seas were relatively flat. Winds came from the North with speeds between 8 and 14 mph and gusts between 18 and 20 mph. Mild oscillations occurred during the second part of the day.

First warning was 9:45am. Sailors completed 8 W-4 races in each of two divisions with racing concluded by 2:45pm. Norfolk Academy finished in first place, followed by Hampton Roads Academy in second place, and Norfolk Collegiate taking third place.

Many thanks to the volunteers and race committee for a day of solid racing. Special thanks to PRO Alan Mason.

The score summary:

The race-by-race breakdown. Note the Division and race number is at the top.

Regatta at NYCC

 

Our first regatta of the year ended up being a non-event. We attending the varsity regatta at Norfolk Yacht and Country Club (NYCC) on Saturday the ninth on a hot and humid morning with teams from Christchurch, Norfolk Academy, hampton Roads Academy, Norfolk Collegiate, Maury, The Hauge School, Grafton, Poquoson, Kecoughtan, Heritage, and Peninsula Catholic. The high school sailing rules require at least three races in each division to qualify as a scoring event. With the light breezes before the thunderstorm we only managed 3 A division races and 2 B divisions.   

Since this was the first regatta of the year (and the first regatta for most of the team) the results were disappointing. Ben finished with scores of 18, 16, anf 19 and Hunter finished with scores of 19 and 20.

I was able to record some of the starts. Here is Ben in boat #1 (near the RC boat) with about 20 seconds to go. Not a bad start but was forced over to the other tack and had trouble regaining boat speed.

Here is Hunter in boat #3 well below the line. Note the team in #1 from Poquoson deliberately slowed and managed a slightly late start right at the RC boat but got off the line ahead of many of the others.