Collegiate Intersectionals
Thirty-two U.S. colleges met on the San Francisco Cityfront to duke it out in an intersectional meet hosted by St. Francis YC this weekend. If any of the out-of-towners were nervous about the notorious Cityfront wind, they’ll have to hold onto to those fears for some other regatta, as the westerlies went from mild to moderate and never further.
Sailing back from the Duxberry race that wasn’t, the Santa Cruz 50 Deception took the wind of the boats that were able to race. © 2009 norcalsailing.com
Teams hailed from as far away as the University of Hawaii, Vermont and Charleston, and from Washington in the north to San Diego in the south, with Stanford hosting and heavy representation from California colleges.
These two racers banged the corner, going into shore past the spit for current relief; it didn’t pay off as the rockpile stole their wind. The crowd of fans, friends, family stayed there all afternoon. © 2009 norcalsailing.com
A reaching leg. © 2009 norcalsailing.com
Stanford was first through the leeward gate. © 2009 norcalsailing.com
The pack reaches the leeward gate. © 2009 norcalsailing.com
In eight races over two days, Washington College won overall with Connor Blouin and Seth Olson sailing in A and Derek Packard and John MacLellan sailing in B; UC Santa Barbara won the A division with John Heineken and Morgane Renoir; and Stanford won the B division with Justin Doane/Oliver Riihiluoma and Alex Dunlap/Ale Lynberg - with the lowest score of the regatta (that’s a good thing), just 40 points.
For complete results, see www.stfyc.com. For more info on collegiate racing see, www.collegesailing.org/pciyra.
April 5, 2009
The beat to the windward mark on the scenic San Francisco waterfront. © 2009 norcalsailing.com