Oct. 12, 2005
Oct. 12, 2005
HAMPTON, VA - Gillen Elder (Norfolk, VA) and Bryan Otis (Reston, VA) top the A division with 25 points at the Hampton Bay Days Regatta to help the Monarchs take first place overall with 66 points last weekend. Wick Smith (Chapel Hill, NC) and Matthew McCoy (Norfolk, VA) took fifth place in B division with 41 points. ODU beat out many local teams in the regatta including Christopher Newport, Hampton, Virginia Tech, and William and Mary.
A total of 10 races were sailed for each division on Sunday in cloudy, misty conditions with a steady north to northeast breeze at 6 -12 miles per hour. Saturday races were postponed because of severe conditions and torrential rainfall barreling through Hampton Roads. The wind never reached over 20 miles per hour, but it shifted 360 degrees twice during the course of the day making it impossible to set a racecourse.
Also this weekend, the MAISA Men's Singlehanded qualifier was held at King's Point. ODU's Bobby Noonan (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) finished 10th with 115 points and Charles Higgins (Arlington, TX) finished 13th with 138 points. The top three sailors advanced to the MAISA Men's Singlhanded Nationals. Saturday the race started off with south winds 15-20 miles per hour building to 20-25 by the fourth race. The race was cut short when wind gusts were recorded at 51 knots, there were five breakdowns filed and awarded for broken top sections, a pintle, and a vang block. Sunday racing picked back up with 20 mile per hour winds from the North that slowly decreased throughout the day. A total of 13 races were sailed.
Hampton Bay Days Results
A B TOT 1. ODU 25 41 66 2. Ocean County 38 32 70 3. Fordham 46 28 74 4. U/Penn 42 37 79 5. CNU 41 32 83 6. Virginia Tech 62 75 137 7. Hampton 53 92 145 8. Virginia 78 76 154 9. Salisbury 105 58 16310. William & Mary 74 93 16711. Maryland 87 97 18412. American University - NO SHOW
MAISA Men's Singlehanded Results TOT
1. Andrew Campbell 392. Chris Branning 643. Alex Steele 654. Trevor Moore 705. Conner Higgins 956. Carl Horrocks 1067. Robert Crane 1108. Jay Mills 1119. Patrick Curran 11210. Bobby Noonan 11511. Charles Fulmer 12012. Ian Hogan 12813. Charles Higgins 13814. James Givens 14315. Chris Alexander 14416. Chris Dold 160