Big Ten Team Race

5 teams arrived at Base Line Lake to ideal team racing conditions. A moderate westerly breeze built throughout the day giving the sailors a wide range of conditions to race in. Nearly 2 complete round robins were sailed in the Michigan's aging 420s. While the races were sailed, Michigan sailors were rigging their brand new fleet of Zim FJ's which will hopefully be used for the first time tomorrow. A big thanks to Matt Graham and Ryan Seago for serving as Umpires and all the Michigan sailors for helping run the event. The plan is to finish round robin 2 and complete round robin 3 on Sunday.

Team arrived to a light, patchy thermal on Base Line Lake so sailors stayed on shore to wait for the breeze to fill. A course was finally set around 10:15 and races were soon to follow. The sailors were fortunate to avoid the typical early April weather and get to race in very pleasant conditions. Congratulations to the University of Michigan for winning the 2015 Big Ten Team Race! Northwestern and UW-Milwaukee rounded out the top three. Another big thanks to our umpires Matt Graham and Ryan Seago, and all the U of M sailors for helping out all weekend.