Sunday of the 2011 Jackson Cup started off with a weather delay due to a storm system that threatened the area overnight and into the morning. Once racing began, Team StFYC had 5 races left to finish the round robin. The thinking was that 3 victories got us into 4th place and into the semi-finals. Our first two races were against New York Yacht Club and Seahawanaka Corinthian Yacht Club. We unfortunately dropped these two races (and seemingly had at least 2 or 3 umpire calls go against us each race) and had our backs to the wall. Our final 3 races were against Eastern Yacht Club, Boston Yacht Club-2 and Corinthian Yacht Club. While dispatching Boston-2 and CYC, we lost a tight race to Eastern and sealed our fate. As the round robin completed, we were indeed 1 race shy of a tie for the final 4 spot. After our racing was complete, (and also when the sun came out) we retreated to the second deck of BYC to watch the semis and finals from the collection of rocking chairs at the club. In a very fierce competition, New York Yacht Club defeated Southern Yacht Club for the title.
The team felt good about our performance and agreed that we just dug ourselves too big of a hole on Saturday morning. Team StFYC consisted of Edward Conrad with crew Logan Jager, Emery Sanford and Leighton O’Connor (media representative), Ethan Doyle with crew Rolf Kaiser, Cindy Keppel, and Ryan Schultheis, and Harrison Turner with crew Matt Gregory, Chris Smith, and local fill in Patrick.
The 2011 Jackson Cup was hosted at Boston Yacht Club in a fleet of borrowed Sonars. The racing was a 3 on 3 team race with crews of 3 or 4. Other clubs attending were host Boston Yacht Club (Marblehead, MA) with two teams, Corinthian Yacht Club (Marblehead, MA), Eastern Yacht Club (Marblehead, MA), New York Yacht Club, Seahawanaka Corinthian Yacht Club (NY), and Southern Yacht Club (New Orleans, LA).
Up next is a Team Racing Demo on April 30th right outside the grill room at St. Francis Yacht Club and a Team Race 101 Clinic the following weekend. See www.stfyc.com for details!
St. Francis Team Racing
Some of the team members at the dinner on Saturday.
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