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Storm Trysail Club's Intercollegiate Offshore Regatta presented by Prestige Toyota

College Sailors Spend Columbus Day Weekend Competing on Big Boats

LARCHMONT, N.Y. (Oct. 9, 2006) -- A record 240 college sailors participated in the Storm Trysail Club’s (STC) 2006 Intercollegiate Offshore regatta at Larchmont Yacht Club over Columbus Day weekend (October 7-8). STC runs the regatta to introduce college dinghy sailors to the teamwork of big-boat racing and give college sailors who prefer big-boat racing to dinghies a venue at which to participate. Thirty-three boats raced in four one-design divisions, making the racing extremely close.

“The quality of the fleet was amazing,” said regatta chair Adam Loory. “The owners who loaned their boat and participated understand that donating their time and boats to the new generation of sailors is important to the sport. As Bob Behringer, owner of the Express 37 Draco, said, ‘They get it.’”

Class winners were St. Mary’s in the six-boat J/44 division; Webb Institute in the eight-boat J/109 division, Georgetown in the Level 72 division; and California Maritime in the 12-boat J/105 division. California Maritime also crushed the record for the school traveling the farthest to attend the regatta.

The first two races--four-legged windward-leeward races--were sailed in 20 -25 knots of breeze, and the fleet was limited to No. 3 genoas and no spinnakers. "For the most part, the college teams handled the boats well and had close finishes," said Loory. "Crews on the sprit boats 'winged-out' their jibs by hand – something the dinghy teams were used to."

The third race was sailed in a dying southeasterly that dropped from 15 knots to six by the time the last J/105 finished. After the big breeze on Saturday, Sunday dawned flat calm. The fleet drifted around for two hours, and the race committee gave up waiting for the wind and sent the fleet home for the awards ceremony.

Thanks to sponsorship from Prestige Toyota, Vineyard Vines, Rolex Watch U.S.A., Safe Flight Instruments, UK-Halsey Sailmakers, Coca Cola, J/Boats, and Gill North America, the regatta was free for all participants and boat owners. All the crewmembers on the first-, second- and third-place boats in each division won regatta polo shirts from Vineyard Vines. The boat owners were thanked with polo shirts, custom etched bottles of Mt. Gay Rum and a 20% discount on the entry fee for the Storm Trysail Club's 2007 Block Island Race Week presented by Rolex.

For more information, contact Regatta Chairman Adam Loory, adam@uksailmakers.com, 718-885-2028, or visit www.stormtrysail.org

About the Storm Trysail Club

The Storm Trysail Club (STC), reflecting in its name the sail to which sailors must shorten when facing adverse conditions, is one of the world’s most respected sailing clubs, with its membership comprised strictly of skilled blue water and ocean racing sailors. In addition to holding various prestigious offshore racing events (among them the Fort Lauderdale to Key West Race, Pineapple Cup Montego Bay Race, Block Island Race Week presented by Rolex and Block Island Race), STC also hosts the Intercollegiate Offshore Regatta and annual junior safety-at-sea seminars. It also has developed the Storm Trysail Transpac 65 and the Box Rule that will govern its design.

FINAL RESULTS

J44 (One Design - 6 Boats)
1. Vamp, St Mary's College , St Mary's, MD, USA, 2-5-1;8
2. Glory, US Coast Guard Academy , New London, CT, USA, 3-3-3;9
3. Resolute, US Naval Academy , Annapolis, MD, USA, 5-1-4;10
4. Honahlee, NY Maritime , Bronx, NY, USA, 1-4-5;10
5. Gold Digger, Mass Maritime , Buzzards Bay, MA, USA, 6-2-2;10
6. Stampede, US Merchant Marine Academy , Kings Point, NY, USA, 4-6-6;16

J109 (One Design - 8 Boats)
1. Relentless, Webb Institute, Glen Cove, NY, USA, 1-1-4;6
2. Sundari, Miami of Ohio, Oxford, OH, USA, 2-2-3;7
3. Patriot, U.S. NAval Academy, Washington, DC, USA, 4-3-1;8
4. Storm, Mass Maritime, Buzzards Bay, MA, USA, 3-4-2;9
5. Wingweaver, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA, 6-6-5;17
6. Mad Dogs, Middlebury, Annapolis, MD, USA, 5-7-6;18
7. Melody, Fordham University, Bronx, NY, USA, 7-5-7;19
8. Phling, American University, Washington, DC, USA, 8-8-8;24

Level 72 (One Design - 7 Boats)
1. Lora Ann, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA, 1-1-1;3
2. Perigrine, Bates College (Lewiston, ME)/ Colgate University (Hamilton, NY), USA, 2-2-3;7
3. Songlines, Western Michigan, Kalamazoo, MI, USA, 4-3-2;9
4. Soulmates, University of Massachusetts, Ann Arbor, MI, USA, 3-4-4;11
5. Privateer, NY Maritime, Bronx, NY, USA, 5-5-6;16
6. Troubador, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA, 7-6-5;18
7. Draco, Johnson and Wales, Providence, RI, USA, 6-8/DNS-7;21

J105 (One Design - 12 Boats)
1. Jato, California Maritime, Vallejo, CA, USA, 2-2-3;7
2. Kincsem, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA, 3-1-4/SCP;8
3. Eclipse, US Merchant Marine Academy, Kings Point, NY, USA, 4-5-1;10
4. Andiamo, US Merchant Marine Academy, Kings Point, NY, USA, 5-3-5;13
5. Cyan, United States Coast Guard Acad., New London, CT, USA, 1-6-7;14
6. 5 Cent, Tufts , Medford, MA, USA, 9-7-4;20
7. Amazing Grace, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA, 8-4-9;21
8. Morning Glory, Bowdoin, Brunswick, ME, USA, 6-13/DNS-6;25
9. Peregrina, St. Mary's College, St. Mary's City, MD, USA, 7-9-10;26
10. Yankee Doodle, US Military Academy, West Point , NY, USA, 11-8-11;30
11. Conundrum, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA, 12-13/DSQ-8;33
12. Tolo, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA, 10-13/DNF-13/DNS;36

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