CNU Sailing

We had six teams in attendance at the Spring 2on2 Clinic at CNU; Salisbury, Hampton, Virginia Tech, Maryland, Drexel and CNU. Neither Webb nor Army was able to get out of the frozen north to attend.

The event consisted of three sessions, a morning classroom session and afternoon on-the-water session on Saturday and an on-the-water session on Sunday morning. The wind on Saturday was just about perfect for sailing in “the Creek.” This was necessary in order to allow for fast rotations. On Sunday morning what wind we had was out of the worst direction possible. However, team race practice isn’t so demanding with regard to winds. We simply wanted to create the situations teams have to deal with in 2on2 racing. We mixed and matched sailors to create seven teams. Though we didn’t get a full rotation, we got he practice we wanted.

With many of the spring events now 2on2s, we hope this instructional event will elevate the skill levels to provide better racing as more sailors understand the subtleties of this discipline.

We really didn’t keep scores other than for curiosity since we didn’t get a full rotation and many Sunday teams were made up of several schools. One CNU sailor crewed for one guest school and skippered for another. It was all a lot of fun.

The CNU team would like to extend its thanks to all the participants for their cooperation and contributions that helped make this a productive effort.

Good luck to all in this expanded season of 2on2 racing.