ANNAPOLIS, Md. – The Navy offshore sailing team had two crews competing at the Shipyard Cup Regatta in Boothbay Harbor, Maine this past weekend, taking first and fifth in their class.
 
Sailing in a variety of challenging conditions over the weekend, the Mids continually tested their skills including racing through dense fog.
 
Senior skipper Javier Jimenez-Kane led his crew aboard KODIAK to first place out of eight boats in Performance Division 1 over the four-race series. Kane's crew included senior XO Kit Oney, seniors Cam Coffelt and Casey Quijano, juniors Chris Cordner, Ulysses Buzan, Gus Reed, Inaku Romero-Garza and Finn Prescott and sophomores Chad Schaffner, Sean Cain, Olivia Schuchard, Zach Peterson, Ed Konjoyan and Graham Rose.
 
Fellow senior skipper Maddy Ploch led her crew to fifth place in the same class aboard WAHOO, as the second Navy crew had a strong regatta going until they suffered a sail failure just before the final race, causing them to miss the race and take a last place score.
 
The crews departed Boothbay on Sunday evening bound for Sea Cliff, N.Y., where the Mids will compete in the Around Long Island Race starting Thursday.