Jackson Cup, Day 2 Wrapup

Apologies for the delay in posting updates and results from Jackson Cup. The quick rotation format did not allow for frequent blog posts.

After the last blog posting on Day 1, St. Francis sailed two more races against Royal Thames YC and Corinthian YC. Both races were very hotly contested but unfortunately, both ended up with losses for St. Francis. St. Francis ended up the day still in a tie for 4th place with Eastern Yacht Club and Southern Yacht Club. What a battle of a regatta!

Saturday night was the traditional banquet for competitors with a great spread of food and festivities. After a great meal, the traditional introduction of teams and joke telling began. Mark Adams introduced Team St. Francis and told everyone how excited we were about getting our own fleet of boats and having events like this in the bay area which was received with a large round of applause by all teams in attendance.

Sunday of the regatta began with an 830 harbor start with the first warning shortly afterwards. It was an early start but it was perfect because the conditions were great. St. Francis had 3 races to go in the second round robin against Eastern Yacht Club, Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club, and Southern Yacht Club. If we won all 3, we were in the final four. If we lost one we still had a chance but needed some help. As it turned out, we ended up losing the first two races to Eastern and Seawanhaka in very close and exciting action so we were eliminated from the Final Four along with Southern Yacht Club. Our final race against Southern was another barn burner with us squeaking out a great victory. After the race we knew that there might be a hearing on the race as one of the Southern boats had a breakdown during the race. They won the breakdown hearing and were granted a resail. In another hot race Southern Yacht Club had a great start and previaled in the race.

The format called for a knockout series of the top 4 teams followed by a potential knockout for the bottom 4 teams. Unfortunatley the event ran out of time so only the top 4 knockout series happened and the event for St. Francis was over. In the first semi-final, Royal Thames Yacht Club eliminated New York Yacht Club and Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club eliminated Eastern Yacht Club in the other. In the petit-finals, New York got the better of Eastern for 3rd place. In the finals, Royal Thames accomplished the seemingly impossible and handed Seawanhaka their only losses of the regatta and took the title.

Final Results:
1st: Royal Thames Yacht Club (London, UK)
2nd: Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club (Oyster Bay, NY)
3rd: New York Yacht Club (New York, NY)
4th: Eastern Yacht Club (Marblehead, MA)
5th: Southern Yacht Club (New Orleans, LA)
6th: St. Francis Yacht Club (San Francisco, CA)
7th: Corinthian Yacht Club (Marblehead, MA)
8th: Boston Yacht Club (Marblehead, MA)

The Jackson Cup is a 3 on 3 team race in Sonars at Boston Yacht Club in Marblehead, MA. Sailing for Team St. Francis is Mark Adams with crew Julie Papanek and Rolf Kaiser, Holt Condon with Bill Dana and Ethan Doyle and Harrison Turner with crew Alexis Zebrowski, Jennifer Dunbar, and Cindy Keppel.

St. Francis Team Racing