2014 Red Hat Regatta - Grosse Pointe, MI

Day 1

Moderate winds, coming off the shore, made for flat and shifty conditions throughout the day. As the day advanced, wind velocity decreased while the direction maintained, resulting not only in shifty but also puffy breeze. Later in the day, the winner of each race would be the boat that reached the "new" wind first.

R.J. Porter, skipper, and Gaby Ahlstrom, crew, succeeded in their tactics game, while having trouble at the starts. Out of five races, R.J. and Gaby finished with two 1st's, a 2nd, and two 3rd's.

Fin Elliott, skipper, Clare Perry sailing as light wind crew, and Owen Hall as heavy wind crew, continued the trend of fast sailing, until faltering in B division races 3 and 4, as the wind died. Fin and Owen sailed the first set together, wind around 12 knots, receiving a 1st and 2nd. Clare subbed in for Owen as the wind died, crewing for Fin during the last three races. They scored a fluke 9th, a 5th, and a 1st to complete the day on a high note.

Day 2

For the second consecutive weekend, light winds disallowed racing on day two of the regatta. Scores added up, Loyola Academy finished second in the regatta, qualifying for the Great Lakes Championship later in the season while coming short of first by 8 points, not earning a spot to this year's Coast Guard Invite. Loyola Varsity is now aiming to qualify for the Atlantic Coast Championship regatta in two weekends, during Autumn Classic at Chicago Yacht Club.

http://scores.hssailing.org/f14/red-hat/

2014 Kick Off Classic, Day 2

Light west winds, of 1-3 knots, cancelled all races for the day. Standings from yesterday hold to conclude the regatta.

Loyola Academy A finished 5th, Tom Griffin skippering, Kelsey Donohue and Jack Sanders crewing. Graham Post finished 5th in radials. Edward Flocco finished 4th in fulls.

Full results can be viewed as followed:

420, both divisions: http://scores.hssailing.org/f14/kick-off-classic-2014/

Laser Radial: http://scores.hssailing.org/f14/kick-off-classic-radials-2014/

Laser Full: http://scores.hssailing.org/f14/kick-off-classic-lasers-full-2014/

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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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