Sept. 12, 2007

Last weekend was the Intercollegiate Sailing Team's first weekend of ICSA competitions, competing in six events that included two laser events, one radial event, two double-handed events and one sloop event. The Navy Laser Open was hosted at the Academy, as Royce Weber finished fourth at this event, qualifying to participate in the district's qualifier for Men's Single Handed Nationals, the Carl Van Duyne Trophy, on September 29- 30 at the Naval Academy.

The team traveled to Old Dominion University with three female radial sailors in preparation for their single-handed national qualifier, the Faye Bennett Trophy, also to be held at USNA on September 29-30. The team of Tim Murphy, Maggie Boyle, Andrew Hotchkiss and Emily Taynor finished the event in fourth place out of 16 teams.

Members of the sloop team, Rob Ramirez, Ian Gill and Kevin McGill competed in the J 22 East Coast Championship. This was a competitive event hosted by Eastport Yacht Club in Annapolis. The team finished 11th out of 22 teams.

With 19 sailors competing up and down the East Coast, the team opened the season with a strong showing. The team will compete in four double-handed events next weekend.

Also, three members, Charlotte Hill, Andrew Vann and Martin Sterling were selected to compete in a team race against the British University Sailing Association (BUSA team) at St. Mary's College (Md.) on Tuesday, September 11. This is a major honor for our sailors to be selected to compete in this competition.

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