Sunday, September 10, 2006

In the final day of competition for the 2006 U.S. Team Racing Championship, the top eight teams competed in a bracket elimination to determine the champions.  The knockout format consisted of teams matched by their seeding position in a best of three races for the quarter finals.  The semi and finals format was best of five races.  Throughout the day, the breeze was 5 -8 knots from the Southwest. 

With a brief wind delay in the morning, all teams were re-weighed to confirm weight minimum required by sailing instructions.  The breeze filled in about 1130 and so began the eight team quarter finals.  In the semi finals arch rivals Silver Panda battled it out with arch rivals Cape Code WHishbone.  Silver Panda dominated with three consecutive victories.  The second semi-final matched Team Newport Storm against Larchmont Yacht Club.  Larchmont won their semi’s with a record of three wins and two losses to Newport Storm. 

The finals saw classic downtown San Diego conditions, sunshine, 10 knots from West and flat water!  Silver Panda (Lisa Keith, Colin Merrick, Peter Levesque, Clay Bischoff, Amanda Callahan, and Elizabeth Hall) won three straight victories over Larchmont Yacht Club. 

Racing was completed 3:30 in the afternoon and then all competitors pitched in to tow back to San Diego Yacht Club and break the boats down for delivery back to Vanguard Sailboats, a sponsors of this year's championship, who provide 24 evenly matched V15 boats each year.  

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