This weekend we traveled to Brown to sail at the Sherman Hoyt Trophy. On Saturday we packed ourselves into the vans at 845, and of course had to make a ritual stop at Dunkin’s before hitting the highway for our short, twenty-minute drive. When we got to the venue it was about 10 knots with winds gusting to about 13. Division A sailed 8 complete races with all top five finishes except for the final race where Kelly and Cy finished tenth. Overall for the day that put them in second for A division. Alec and Sophie sailed six complete races along with the rest of B division. Since the race committee wasn't sure if there would be enough wind to get many races in on Sunday, they decided to let A finish the day with two extra races, so that B division could pick up the next day with two more. Overall after racing on Saturday, Alec and Sophie were in fifth in B division. For our overall final place on Saturday our team was in second place behind BC, with a three point difference between first and second. We knew that Sunday would be a crucial day if we wanted to gain back those three points.
We met at the vans at 8:30 (earlier than Saturday, because Amanda promised us we could go to Bristol Bagelworks instead Dunks for breakfast). As we sat at the vans waiting, Amanda pulled up and asked us to help her put the Rhodes in the water so that parents could sail it later in the day. So we actually ended up going to Dunks anyways, and it was very disappointing. Well, unfortunately for us, the forecast for Sunday was right on with winds at 0 knots. We rigged up our boat in hopes that the wind would pick up and B division would be able to go out and sail, but the wait turned into a five hour wait which eventually ended up in the day being called. There was no racing on Sunday and so we had to accept our second place finish behind BC. Even though this is a frustration to the team, we will have the last laugh as we are quickly working our way to the top. Even though there was no sailing on Sunday, we had a great bonding experience as a team which we will never forget. We were also left to wonder that if maybe we could have gone to Bristol Bagelworks, the day would have turned out differently…
- Sophie Bellacosa
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