George Warren Smith Trophy

Summary

Saturday, September 29:

George Warren Smith had a distinguished career as a professor at MIT. He was an avid star class sailor from Rockport who volunteered almost every weekend in the spring and fall to helping run collegiate regattas at the Sailing Pavilion. This event is a tribute to his dedicated spirit and enthusiasm to keep sailing late into life. He sailed his star out of the Cape Ann Fleet until he was 93 years old.

Today's sailing conditions were light from the west to the north. Twenty teams participated and the breeze got less and less stable as the day went along. The Jumbos from Tufts thought the conditions were simply mystical and they felt right at home in the funky Tech Dinghies and Fireflies. Competitors hung on through 6 races in both divisions but eventually the delays got too long waiting for breeze and sailing was discontinued. Tomorrow will have A Division start in Fireflies and B Division start in tech dinghies.

Paige Omura helped out all day long on RC by inputting scores and tweaking buoys continuously. Report time is 930 tomorrow morning.

Sunday, September 30:

The light west to northwest breeze returned again and it was much to the liking of the sailors from Tufts University. They put a hurt on the competition with great starts and masterful boat speed around the course. A Division sailed in Fireflies today while B Division rumbled in tech dinghies.

Many thanks to Alex Bost and Hugh Dougherty for helping out with mark tweaking and finish boat duties. Ken Legler came out to help keep the buoys lined up with the constantly changing breeze. Wally Corwin assisted with motorboat and spare boat set up on both days.

Franny Charles, MIT Sailing Master

Score summary

SchoolTeamAPBPTOT
1TuftsJumbos 16252114
2TuftsJumbos 28837125
3Roger WilliamsHawks 27581156
4VermontCatamounts7881159
5Boston CollegeEagles9778175
6HarvardCrimson10595200
7BrownBears11689205
8Roger WilliamsHawks 1100113213
9NortheasternHuskies128104232
10Boston UniversityTerriers98MRP146MRP244
11YaleBulldogs111143254
12Salve ReginaSeahawks117144261
13Rhode IslandRams101185286
14MITEngineers158145303
15Maine MaritimeMariners 1129MRP190MRP319
16BentleyFalcons222122344
17Maine MaritimeMariners 2212MRP146MRP358
18Mass MaritimeBuccaneers157204361
19MiddleburyPanthers188187375
20U. Mass/ AmherstMinutemen252252504

Score history

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