Hood Trophy @ Tufts, 9/27-28- Allison Tracy '10
Our Hood Trophy adventure began the week before the regatta as we contemplated the infamous Larks. We practiced in the FJs in our respective pairs, but I knew that we would have to do some quick adjusting once we got out on the water at Tufts. The Tufts sailing site is located on the Mystic Lakes in Winchester, MA, and the conditions are notoriously tricky. Unfortunately, the passing storms out on the ocean never hit us and we had wind delays until noon both days. I sailed A Division with Natacha Jamar '09 and Jack Marzulli '12 skippered B Division with Eleanor Elbert '12. It was great to have freshmen enthusiastic enough to make their debut in college sailing at an Intersectional, and a particularly difficult one at that, but they took on the challenge.

It's really a shame that we only had three races in each division because Natacha and I really enjoyed the larks, so much so that we spent some extra time practicing roll tacks when they sent us in after a failed attempt at racing Sunday afternoon. Natacha also went out with Jack for some instructional help during the wind delay, and I fit in some short practice with Eleanor at the very end of the day on Sunday. We were able to have a great conversation among the four of us that helped us all think about ways to improve. As we started the car ride home Eleanor said, not at all sarcastically, how excited she was to start practicing roll tacks at Raritan.

There is nothing like an Intersectional with top sailing schools to demonstrate how important basic kinetics are. Often times we can let a few bad roll tacks slide, but not at Tufts. We didn't end up doing so well in the regatta itself, but my only regret is that we didn't have more time to figure out the puzzle of the Mystic lakes and work on our boat speed in comparison to some of the top sailors in the collegiate world. It really is an opportunity to do that, and we all enjoyed the time we spent sailing.

Our experiences off the water were a little less satisfying, as we managed to get lost several times, including in the middle of the night in Winchester- they don't have street signs. It was great to stay with the Marshall family, as well, and they had their own regatta activities going on with their three young opti sailors. Our new coach Rene accompanied us for this regatta and it was great to have him to facilitate the discussion of shifts and conditions between the two fleets. It was also good for him to get a taste of Tufts as he hadn't encountered much in regards to the Mystic Lakes.

We enjoyed ourselves in general and spent a lot of time bonding with the freshmen in those wind delays, so the regatta was a success for me. Now that I've been to Tufts twice I realize that going up to Boston for the weekend is no longer just a long haul. If I can make it next year I will definitely go to rehash the battle with the Mystic Lakes!

Official Results:


HOOD TROPHY REGATTA
TUFTS UNIVERSITY
Sept. 27-28, 2008
FINAL RESULTS
PRO: Ken Legler

Highlights:
Saturday: 24 teams showed up to beautiful Mystic Lake to find little breeze and moderate rain.  By the end of the day, 3 A-division and 2 B-division races were sailed in a 2-4 knot northerly.  No protests or breakdowns were filed.  Thanks to the throng of Jumbo undergrads and alumni for helping and hanging out, and to everyone who braved the rain to watch the racing from the viewing deck.

Sunday:  The lake was glassy and rainy most of the day, though around 2:30pm a 2-5 knot northerly held long enough to get 1 B-division race off.  Once again thanks to all for coming down, especially those of you with long drives home.  Congrat’s to the Yale Bulldogs, who have now earned the title “most hood” until next fall.

RESULTS:

A division = 3 races
B division = 3 races

                                     A      B    TOT
1. Yale                     4    9    13
2. Salve Regina              14    17    31
3. Conn. College            22    12    34
4. Tufts                        7    33    40
5. MIT                    29    14    43
6. Boston College            30    21    51
7. Roger Williams            29    23    52
8. St. Mary’s                16    41    57
9. Harvard                29    28    57
10. New Hampshire      43    16    59
11. Boston Univ.             25    39    64
12. Dartmouth        35    35    70
13. Rhode Island            29    57    86
14. Mass Maritime    54    36    90
15. U Conn                52    42    94
16. Bowdoin                38    57    95
17. Vermont                 54    42    96
18. NY Maritime              57    39    96
19. Brown                 59    39    98
20. Michigan                 58    46    104
21. U Penn                 46    64    110
22. Maine Maritime    48    67    115
23. Delaware                67    54    121
24. Princeton         55    70    125



A division totals
3 races

1. Yale               1 1 2,  4           Thomas Barrows ‘10, Blair Belling ‘11
2. Tufts             3 3 1, 7            Tomas Hornos ‘10, Lara Hwa ‘09
3. Salve             2 4 8, 14         Rome Kirby ‘11, Kelly Jordan ‘09
4. St. Mary’s     7 5 4, 16       Jeremy Wilmot ‘10, Franny Kupersmith ‘11
5. Conn. Coll.   4 13 5, 22        Bob Willis ‘10, Marina Gluckman ’12, Sarah Sheer ‘09
6. BU               10 12 3, 25        Billy Martin ‘10, Sarah Donahue ‘09
7. URI                 20 2 7, 29        William Whitman ‘09, Kelly Shea ‘11
8. MIT                8 7 14, 29        Brooks Reed ‘09, Ellie Hass ‘10
9. R. Williams    9 11 9, 29      Matthew Duggan ‘09, Maria Petrillo ’09, Nick Sirianno ‘11
10. Harvard 11 8 10, 29         Teddy Himler ‘11, Quincy Bock ‘11
11. BC               14 10 6, 30        Tyler Sinks ‘11, Lauren Gilooly ‘09
12. Dartmouth 5 9 21, 35       Sam Williams ‘12, Anne Megargel ‘09
13. Bowdoin    15 6 17, 38     Viktor Blmgren ‘11, Phoebe “Coco” Sprague ‘11
14. UNH           12 16 15, 43      Kevin Burnchian ‘09, Shannon Lane ‘12
15. Upenn        13 17 16, 46       Halsey Richartz, Kelsey Schoenrock
16. Maine Mar. 6 18 24, 48    Chris Poole ‘12, Nick Shafronsky ‘12
17. Uconn         19 21 12, 52    Sean Andrew ‘10, Jen Parenteau ‘10
18. Mass Mar.  17 19 18, 54    George Fleischfresser ‘09, Samuel Sherwood ‘09
19. Vermont     18 14 22, 54      Tyler Baeder ‘09, Christine Bletzer ’09, Theo Ingram
20. Princeton   16 20 19, 55     Allison Tracy ‘10, Natacha Samar ‘09
21. NY Mar.       21 23 13, 57     Randall Harfranft ‘11, Will Gallagher ‘11
22. Michigan     23 15 20, 58    Adam Cove ‘09, Karly Pfeffer ‘11
23. Brown          24 24 11, 59    Jeff Knowles ‘10, Sally Evans ‘11
24. Delaware     22 22 23, 67     Eric Bennung ‘09, Katie Cross ‘09
               
       


B division Totals
3 Races

1. Yale 2 5 2, 9        Joe Morris ‘12
                       Mike Hession ‘10
2. Conn. Coll. 1 7 4, 12     Matt Sterret ‘10
                                Liz Pollack ‘11
3. MIT 3 4 7, 14        Josh Leighton ‘10
                       Vicki Lee ‘10, Karlen Ruleman
4. UNH 10 1 5, 16         Clark Dhein ‘09
                               Lydia Johnson ‘09
5. Salve 6 10 1, 17        Torey Pellegrini ‘10
                             Lauren Grygiel ’10, Meredith Dart ‘09
6. BC 4 3 14, 21        Evan Cooke ‘10
                      Emily Migliaccio ’11, Lily Beck ‘09
7. R. Williams 5 8 10, 23    Sarah Mease ‘09
                               Kaytlin Hall ’09, Joe Strumolo ‘10
8. Harvard 8 12 8, 28        Drew Robb ‘10
                               Annie DeAngelo ‘12
9. Tufts DNF 2 6, 33         Baker Potts ‘09
                                Christina Kelly ‘09
10. Dartmouth 7 11 17, 35     Bernie Roesler ‘12
                                        Courtney Gerwin ‘11
11. Mass. Mar. 12 21 3, 36    James Sjolund ‘10
                                        Bailey Gingras ‘10 (1-2), Kevin Denien (3)
12. NY Mar. 13 13 13, 39     Ted Green ‘11
                                Matt Brink ‘09
13. Brown 14 6 19, 39        Charlotte Lipschitz ‘10
                                Allyson Russell ‘11
14. BU 16 14 9, 39        Max Bent ‘10
                                Alie Bittl ‘10
15. St. Mary’s 17 9 15, 41    Frederick Vranizan ‘09
                                Claire Collie ‘09
16. Vermont 9 17 16, 42    Coleman Bowen ‘11
                               Laura Walsh-Rogalski ’12, Eli Powell ‘12
17. Uconn 11 19 12, 42    Jon Beery ‘09
                                Kerry Duffy ‘11
18. Michigan 20 15 11, 46    Dan Morris ‘10
                                Amy Leder ‘11
19. Delaware 15 18 21, 54    Nicholas Verrochi ‘10
                                Sarah Walker
20. URI 19 20 18, 57         Mike Warren ‘10
                                Missy Hudspeth ‘10
21. Bowdoin 21 16 20, 57    Doria Cole ‘09
                                Laura Heyl ‘10
22. Upenn 18 22 24, 64    Doug Lotz
                                Aaron Dornbrand-Lo
23. Maine Mar. 22 23 22 67   Chris Hulse ‘12
                                    Cole Shea ‘12
24. Princeton 23 24 23, 70    Jack Marzulli ‘12
                                        Eleanor Elbert ‘12