Aaron Szambecki Team Race

Shifty and light here in Norfolk for the Aaron Szambecki Team Race. Breeze went right throughout the day and what was a nice westerly ended up as a northeasterly for the last few flights. Great work by our 12 umpires lead by ChUmp Christine Accettella had seamless coverage for when the wind did allow for continual starts. Thank you to the Monarch parents who came out in support along with Scott and Michelle Ripley for providing excellent spectating.

Report time tomorrow is 0900 and we expect to start on time to take full advantage of the forecast wind.

Sunday was a different beast entirely. 12-18 knots from the NNE quickly switched to 18-28 knots from the N.Teams worked hard and we were able to complete the first round robin with a double Top 4 and a single Bottom 6. Congratulations to the USNA Mids on the win with Stanford and St Mary's rounding out the top 3 respectively.

MAISA TRL, Navy 6, SMC 5, GWU 4, ODU 3, Cornell 2, KP 1

Thanks again to Chief Umpire Christine Accettella and her crew of umpires, Vicki Sodaro, Carrie Greene, Jeff Woodard, Rob Overton, Steve Wrigley, Gordon Wolcott, Steve Sparkman, Andrea Luna, Charles Higgins, Ray Groble, Sam Ficksman and Clark Hayes. Additional thanks to all the Monarch sailors who ran races and moved marks all weekend.