ANNAPOLIS, Md. – The Navy offshore sailing team had eight boats compete at the spring edition of the Navy Race to the Lighthouses over the weekend. The Midshipmen saw their top finish in the event come from the crew aboard the Kodiak, who posted a first-place mark in the PHRF A0 class and finished second overall in the fleet.
 
Jonathan Middlebrooks skippered the crew of the Kodiak, which included Jackson DuPaix, Renee Bonner, Cam Coffelt, Henry Isom, Javier Jimenez Kane, Kit Oney, Casey Quijano, Nathan Broomfield, Christopher Cordner, Langston Goldenberg, Samuel Graham, Augustus Reed, Jordan Rodgers, Inaki Romero-Garza and Nathan Li.
 
Finishing second in the PHRF A0 was the Zephyr, which was skippered by Patrick Michalik with John Neubauer's team on the WASP taking fourth. Joseph Zaladonis' crew on the Chaos tallied a fifth-place mark in the competition.
 
In the 11-boat PHRF A2 class, Larry Frazier led his crew aboard the Defiance to a fourth-place finish while Gary Munsell's crew aboard the Honor took seventh. Jake Kiggans and the crew aboard the Audacious took eighth, while Virendra Ghate and crew on the Integrity finished ninth.
 
This was Navy's lone spring competition and will return to action during their summer block events which begins with the Annapolis to Bermuda Race on June 3.