Queens University Open
IMAGES: Tyler & Amy
Saturday morning brought a light breeze from the North East. Near 12 pm, the breeze shifted heavily to the south west due to the thermal. The wind speed in the afternoon was between 8 kts and 13 kts. It was sunny and the maximum temperature was 20 C. Sunday had steady breeze from the southwest between 8 kts and 13 kts. The temperature was slightly below 20 C and it was partly cloudy. Races: 9 races/division (2 divisions). The course was a modified windward leeward course, twice around. Six race/ divisions were held on Saturday and 3 races/division were held Sunday.
Class of boats were FJ’s. Protests were filed for boat breakdown due to excessive amount of water in certain tanks. Due to the limited time to drain boats between rotations, teams that protested were granted their average score for the races they sailed in the leaky boats.
IMAGES: Taylor & Lynn
While the ride is our longest and the boats have been in poor shape, this is only regular international event CNU does and team members start lobbying to go in early spring. The sailing in Canada is great and the opportunity to sail in another country has great appeal for the team. The great news is that by next year Queens will have a new fleet of 420s. The team we sent this year sailed extremely well and won the event with a solid margin over the second place team. There was a good bit of “squabbling between the next three teams, but CNU spent most of the time out in front where all they had to do was sail well. All in all it was a great weekend for the team.
| Scores | A Div. | B Div. | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Christopher Newport | 20 | 15 | 35 |
| 2. Colgate | 21 | 26 | 47 |
| 3. Fordham | 35 | 19 | 54 |
| 4. Queens | 28 | 28 | 56 |
| 5. Rochester Poly | 31 | 47 | 78 |
| 6. Webb Institute | 45 | 50 | 95 |
| 7. U. Rochester | 66 | 37 | 103 |
| 8. Syracuse | 58 | 50 | 108 |
| 9. Royal Marine College | 71 | 69 | 140 |
| CNU A Division | Matt Lythgoe Tyler Million |
4-1-2-5-2-1-BYE-BYE-1 |
|---|---|---|
| CNU B Division | Taylor Gray Lynn Ball Amy Polhemus |
BYE-BYE-3-1-1-2-1-2-1 |