MIT Team Race Invitational Regatta

Summary

Saturday, March 10:

A brisk northwest breeze of 12-22 knots and some snow flurries greeted the sailors on the Charles River this morning. Turbo FJs with storm jibs handled the breeze nicely; the end of the day came a bit earlier than scheduled as a 25 knot puff started wiping out lots of cold sailors, and a safety decision was made to send the fleet home after 2.5 round robins.

Tomorrow, we'll finish the 3rd round robin and go for another 2 round robins. RC Fran Charles was assisted on shore by Wally Corwin and a bunch of MIT team members who braved the cold in the finish boat and handled scoring duties, including: Isabelle Yen, Ryan Hennessey, Emily Haig, Tiffany Xi, Greta Farrell, Sarah Caso and MIT assistant sailing coaches David Larson and Hanna Vincent.

Don't remember to spring forward and come for a 9:30am report time (this means a really early morning).

Sunday, March 11:

A more tranquil, sunny day on the river with a cool start in the low 30s, but warming up to 45F by mid-day. NW winds started at 8-12 knots, and veered to the north for the later races.

Congratulations to the Tufts Jumbos for putting on a great display of team racing. PRO Fran Charles completed 4 round robins with a "3 minute justice" system being used to hear several protests.

Thanks to the many members of the MIT sailing team who braved the cold conditions. Today we had Charles Lindsay braving the elements in the finish boat, along with help from Annie Hughes and James Peraire-Bueno.

Final Results

#SchoolTeamRec.SkippersCrews
1TuftsTufts UniversityJumbos17/3Christopher Keller '19Michelle Chisdak '18
Jackson McCoy '19Emily Calandrella '20
Samuel Shea '19Austen Freda '21
Juliana Testa '21
2MITMassachusetts Institute of TechnologyEngineers14/6Ivan Shestopalov '21Fiona McKellar '20
Greta Farrell '18Sarah Caso '19
James Peraire-Bueno '19Elizabeth Obermaier '21
Ryan Hennessey '21Lynn Liu '20
Connor Chung '20Abigail Lee '20
John Ped '21
3Roger WilliamsRoger Williams UniversityHawks13/7Preston Duclos '19Kylie Freitas '20
Peter Neal '20Dane Pedersen '19
Spencer Cartwright '22Hallie Repeta '19
Emily Gildea '21
4Rhode IslandUniversity of Rhode IslandRams10/10Patrick Isherwood '17Jack Hurley '18
Matthew Gibbs '17Edward Gary '22
Michael O'Flaherty '21Ryan Geib '19
5NortheasternNortheastern UniversityHuskies5/15Carolyn Corbet '21Julia Boll '21
John Hughes '18Liz Silva '21
Zachary Bresnick '21Connor O'Neill '19
Caleb Niles '22Marika Van Dusen '21
6Salve ReginaSalve Regina UniversitySeahawks1/19Jennifer Killian '19Madeline Lark '20
Sean Beaulieu '18Jennifer Ryan '19
Grace Vincens '20Grace Benzal '21 *