NEISA Women's Championship/Reed Trophy

Day one of the NEISA Women's Champs for the Jerry Reed Trophy turned out to be a good day for racing despite some rain, drizzle, and cooler temps. A mainly northerly breeze hung in there all day in the 6-12 knot range with a few higher puffs and strong current playing a factor as well. Racing began around 11:20am and 10 races in each division were completed by 5:15pm on W4 courses. A-division sailed FJs and B-division sailed Z420s. This was the first event hosted by Brown University in two fleets of boats, with 18 new Zim FJs making their debut.

Thanks to Roger Williams, Yale, Coast Guard, and Moses Brown for bringing powerboats to help get all of the coaches on the water and to Stan Schreyer from Boston University for being the NEISA Representative. Thanks to all of the Brown Sailors who helped with running things today: Gabe Hannon '20, Sophie Hibben '19, Rachel Foster '20, Burke O'Brien '19, Ian Light '20, and markset master Charlie Blasberg '18. Special thanks to photographer Rob Migliaccio for being on the water all day taking hundreds of terrific photos that can be found on the NEISA Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/NEIntercollegiateSailingAssociation/ Thanks as well to our judges: Kelsey Wheeler (Chief Judge), Johanna Kincaid, and Kelly McGlynn. They heard one protest resulting in a DSQ for Bowdoin College in race 7A.

The racing was extremely close most of the day, with the Coast Guard Academy Bears holding the lead by 5 points over Boston College. The first race for Sunday is scheduled for 10:00am with A-division in Z420s and B-division in FJs. The top 10 teams qualify for the ICSA/Sperry Women's National Semifinals, May 23-24, at the College of Charleston.

The weather for day two of the NEISA Women's Champs for the Jerry Reed Trophy was much nicer today with lots of sun and much warmer temps. However, it was slow going with only one race completed in each division (11A and 11B) in a dying northerly to start the day. After the wind died, we spent a few hours under postponement on land. At around 1:30pm a beautiful southerly filled in at around 8 knots and built to 15 knots by the last races (14A and 14B). Race 14B was started at 2:58pm and all courses were W4's. A-division sailed Z420s and B-division sailed FJs.

Thanks to Roger Williams, Yale, Coast Guard, and Moses Brown for bringing powerboats to help get all of the coaches on the water and to Stan Schreyer from Boston University for being the NEISA Representative. Thanks to all of the Brown Sailors who helped with running things throughout the weekend: Gabe Hannon '20, Sophie Hibben '19, Rachel Foster '20, Burke O'Brien '19, Ian Light '20, and markset master Charlie Blasberg '18. Special thanks to photographer Rob Migliaccio for being on the water on Saturday and taking hundreds of terrific photos that can be found on the NEISA Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/NEIntercollegiateSailingAssociation/ Thanks as well to our judges: Kelsey Wheeler (Chief Judge), John Pratt (Sunday), Johanna Kincaid, and Kelly McGlynn. They heard one request for redress today that was awarded to Boston University in race 12A for a broken tiller.

After sailing, awards were given to the top three teams and the top three in each division. Racing was as close as it gets for the last qualifying berths and it came down to last finish. Congratulations to the top 10 teams on qualifying for the ICSA/Sperry Women's National Semifinals, May 23-24, at the College of Charleston. A huge congrats to the Coast Guard Academy Bears who held on to their lead and are the winners of Jerry Reed Trophy.

The following chart shows the relative rank of the teams as of the race indicated. Note that the races are ordered by number, then division, which may not represent the order in which the races were actually sailed.

The first place team as of a given race will always be at the top of the chart. The spacing from one team to the next shows relative gains/losses made from one race to the next. You may hover over the data points to display the total score as of that race.