Saturday, September 6, 2014

2014 Kick Off Classic, Day 1

15 knots from the north and lumpy 3-5 foot waves made for, at least initially, an exciting day of sailing. For the first few sets of races for the 420s, and for the first four races for the lasers, the described conditions held. Then, the wind died. Yet the waves persisted.

After three sets, Loyola A, Tom Griffin skippering, Kelsey Donohue and Jack Sadera crewing, was sitting in 5th, out of 22 teams. Their B, Amanda Byrne skippering, Owen Hall and Cynthia Rodriguez-Huspen crewing, struggled in the heavier breeze, but improved when the wind died down.

Loyola was represented in the Laser fleet by Graham Post and Fin Elliott in radials, Edward Flocco in fulls. Graham post did very well in the initial heavy wind, but struggled when the wind died down. Fin Elliott had the opposite issue: overpowered and slow in the breeze and fast in the lighter breeze. Out of 17 boats in the radial fleet, Graham sits in 5th while Fin currently slots in at 7th. Edward currently sits in 4th place in fulls.

Lighter wind is expected tomorrow; looking forward to another full day of racing.

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