2009 Engineer’s Cup
Saturday morning arrived with a thick fog, and a light but encouraging breeze despite it. Preparations were made and racing began at 10:10 am in five knots of breeze from the east (off-shore) and flat seas. The wind built slightly through the day but remained offshore. Courses for the day were windward-leewards, twice around. Racing ended at about 2:30 or 3:00 when a changing weather system instigated a 180 degree shift which left the waters off Webb in a bit of a swirling hole of little to no wind.
Sunday was quite a different day, weather-wise. Breeze was from the north/north-west (on-shore) at 17-18 knots, creating some challenging wave conditions. B-fleet started the day up at 10:20 sailing a fast two-lap modified-triangle course. The wind let up through the morning and courses sailed for the rest of the day were modified Olympics. Racing ended at 2:30 pm after 10 races per division over the course of the two days. Boats sailed both days were 420’s. No protests were filed. No breakdowns.
The Engineer’s Cup at Web Institute wrapped up the Spring 2009 season for CNU. Since Jessica and Lynn will be doing some sailing together this summer, we elected to give them this event to tune up for the summer. We were also able to give Maxwell and Meghan some more experience in competition and to give another of our new team members, Taylor Morgan, some valuable sailing time. Both Taylor and Meghan were additions to the team this spring that we coaches view as most fortunate discoveries and they are both going to be valuable players in the coming years. This was our second year sailing in this event and, as with last year, we placed second, not a bad finish and Jessica and Lynn’s first place finish in A Division by a ten point margin was a great prediction of what we should expect for the Fall.
| Scores | A Div. | B Div. | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Webb | 26 | 17 | 43 |
| 2. Christopher Newport | 16 | 40 | 56 |
| 3. Monmouth | 44 | 25 | 69 |
| 4. OCC | 33 | 38 | 71 |
| 5. Rochester | 36 | 72 | 108 |
| 6. Drexel | 67 | 41 | 108 |
| 7. Delaware | 58 | 55 | 113 |
| CNU A Division | Jessica Thal Lynn Ball |
1-2-1-1-1-1-1-4-3-1 |
|---|---|---|
| CNU B Division | Maxwell Plarr Meghan Magee Taylor Morgan |
1-4-3-4-5-3-6-OCS-2-4 |