Philly Fleet Race @ UPenn, 10/4-5- Mary Gamber '11
This past weekend Michelle Arader ’10, Eric Domb ’10, Esteban Plaza-Jennings ’11, Virginia Maloney ’10 and I traveled to Corinthian Yacht Club on the Delaware River to sail in the Philly Fleet Race. The weekend was sunny and warm but unfortunately not very conducive to sailing. The light and shifty wind made it very difficult to sail against the strong current. At times the entire fleet was unable to move forward, causing race 5A to be abandoned and the regatta to end early Sunday afternoon. However, we managed to prevail against the conditions and finish the regatta in second place.

Mary and Virginia sailed A division while Eric skippered B division with Michelle on Saturday and Esteban on Sunday. Both A and B division had some impressive finishes, including two firsts for Mary and Virginia and a second and third for Eric and Esteban. The shifty and light conditions gave us great roll tacking practice and showed us the importance of tacking on to lifts and playing the shifts. The fleet was small with only eights teams and we all spent a lot of time getting to know each other during the long waits for the wind to fill.

Despite only sailing four races for each division we all had a great weekend and enjoyed the regatta!

Official Results:

                              Philly Fleet Race
                            University of Pennsylvania
                                Oct 4-5, 2008

                                FINAL RESULTS

REGATTA HIGHLIGHTS:
Saturday:  Very light winds on the Delaware River where it was very
difficult to have a race in which boats were not swept away by the current.
  3 races total were sailed and the day ended early due to lack of wind.
Sunday:   Better wind, topping out at about 5 knots. 5 races total were
sailed, all  windward leeward courses once around. Current was a major
issue, boat had difficulty making it to the line in time for the start, but
all in all it was a successful day of sailing. Thank you to the Columbia
Coach and Congrats to Monmoath.

       A division = 4 Races
       B division = 4 Races
                           A    B  TOT

 1. Monmoath         6   12  18
 2. Princeton            10   16  26
 3. OCC                   23  5  28
 4. Columbia         16   15  31
 5. Drexel                  16   22  38
 6. GW                  24  20  44
 7. Delaware                   26   26  52
 8. UPenn                   23  31  54

                          A division = 4 Races
                         TOT
 1. Monmoath                  6  Andrew Stewart '11  ALL
                              Bianca Russo  '11  1-2, Emily Brown '11 3-4
 2. Princeton         10  Mary Gamber '11  ALL
                              Virginia Maloney  '10  ALL
 3. Columbia    16  Adam Walpert '09  ALL
                              Amanda Santamaria  '11  ALL
 4. Drexel             16  Aaron Chapin  '11  1-2, Andrew Bergin '10 3-4
                              Nedko Yordanov  '11  ALL
 5. OCC         23  Brendan Hogan '11  ALL
                              Stephzie Petty '11 ALL
 6. UPenn                  23  Sophia Gerard '12  ALL
                              Kelsi Schoenrock  '12  1-2, Stacey Toseland
'11 3-4
 7. GW                   24  Jack Bell '09  ALL
                              Katie Zilch  '12  ALL
 8. Delaware              26  Chris Klelneaht '10  ALL
                              Matt Randon  '11  ALL

                          B division = 4 Races
                         TOT
 1. OCC         5  Bradford Wright '11  ALL
                              Kristin Kilas  '11  ALL
 2. Monmoath            12  Rachel Bennung  '12  ALL
                              Karly Condon  '10  ALL
 3. Columbia    15 Derek Seehavsen  '09  ALL
                              Sarah Lyon  '12  ALL
 4. Princeton                  16  Eric Domb  '10 ALL
                              Michelle Arader  '10  1, Esteban
Plaza-Jennings '11 2-4
 5. GW                20  Briana O'Connell '12 ALL
                              Alison Wordin '11  ALL
 6. Drexel         22  Trevor Nederlof '11  ALL
                              Katherine McAdam  '10  ALL
 7. Delaware                  26  Daniel Klein  '10  1-2, Kelsey Adams '11
3-4
                             Tom Shiugr  '11  ALL
 8. UPenn         31  Amanda Vecchione  '11  ALL
                             Marina Rappucci  '12 ALL