Juniors Win 2005
The annual, hotly
contested, team race between the Adults and Juniors
was held on Sunday, July 16 in very light and shifty winds. The afternoon began with a very detailed and
helpful overview of team racing by MYC’s own Casey
Thomas, an MSA instructor and former member of the Manchester High Sailing
Team. With Frank McNamara as race
committee and Casey in a mark boat, seven of MSA’s
new 420s headed out for an afternoon of racing. The adult team members were Alan and Leigh Scharfe, Sarah Enright and Yvonne
van Bodengraven, Emmet Holt and Lisa McNamara, and
Jeff and Maddy Bistrong.
Alex Arnsten and Kristy Landsvik,
Mary Golden and Billy McNamara, and Colin Jermain and
Taylor Perkins raced for the Juniors. Due to light winds, we only managed two races
using a modified triangle course. During
the first race, positions changed constantly, but the Juniors
managed to squeak out a win by one point. The wind built for the finish of the first
race, only to die again by the starting gun of race two. Still, the six skippers showed great
concentration and boat handling in the almost non-existent wind and all six
boats racing finished very close together, with the Juniors
having the winning combination once again. A third race was started, but abandoned when
the wind disappeared for good. Congratulations
to the Juniors!
The results were
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Race 1 |
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1.
Alex & Kristy (J) |
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2.
Alan & Leigh (A) |
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3.
Colin & Taylor (J) |
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4.
Emmett & Lisa (A) |
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5.
Sarah & Yvonne (A) |
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6.
Mary & Billy (J) |
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Race 2 |
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1.
Colin & Taylor (J) |
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2.
Alex & Kristy (J) |
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3.
Alan & Leigh (A) |
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4.
Mary & Billy (J) |
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5.
Sarah & Yvonne (A) |
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6.
Emmett & Lisa (A) |