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Conditions: 10 - 22 knots, rain, chop and heavy seas
After three days of no
wind and either hot sun or rain, the wind finally began to blow as the
effects of Tropical Storm Ophelia began to affect Long Island Sound. The
conditions allowed the race committee to sail longer courses and the
sailors raced in rolling seas.
Representing Deep Creek Yacht Club, Joni
Palmer from Annapolis, Md and her crew, Carrie Carpenter (Oakland, MD) and Meredith
Dodd (Pittsburg, PA)
with a first and a third regained the championship which the team
won in
2003.
In what began with a three way tie for second,
Theresa Brooks (Key West, FL), Caroline Grove Byrd (Sullivan Island, SC) and
Jessica Koenig (Charleston, SC) sailing for
Charleston Ocean Racing Association
had a first and third to capture
second place and the Mrs. Willis Wood Trophy.
Kirsten Cummings and her
San Diego Yacht Club team of Diana Carter and Stacey Szabo had two
fourths to win third place and the Alexander Gest trophy. The two teams had battled it out the
entire championship and in the end, only four points separated them.
Genie Simeona, last year's chair, won the
Francis
McElwain Wakeman Sportsmanship
Award.
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