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Sailing Struggles In Nine Regatta-Weekend

It was a jam-packed weekend for the Harvard sailing team, which competed in six regattas along the northern Atlantic coast.

Lane Trophy

It was a tough showing for the Crimson, who failed to win any of its match-ups in this in-conference lark regatta hosted by Tufts. The Jumbos came out on top, winning 83.3 percent of the races.

Five teams from four schools came out for Sunday’s round robin. Racing for Harvard was senior captain Ames Lyman, junior Richard Bergsund, sophomore Daniel Leichus, and freshmen Bennet Capozzi, Emma Wheeler and Olivia Kjorlien.

The regatta had three rounds, each with 10 face-offs of two teams that had their six sailors split into three boats. Harvard’s scores totaled higher than each of its competitors in every set, ending its day at 0-12.

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Yale Women’s Intersectional

The Crimson headed down to Connecticut for a two-day FJ intersectional regatta on Saturday, but racing didn’t start until 2:30 in the afternoon due to heavy winds that kept the sailors onshore.

Yale finished on top, while the women sailors of Harvard placed 14th out of the 18 teams competing.

Caitlin Watson ’14 and Kristina Jakobson ’16 were in the A division while Sophie Bermudez ’16 and Ashleigh Inglis ’15 competed in the B division. Both squads finished in 14th place.

Captain Hurst Bowl

The poor sailing conditions were echoed up north on Mascoma Lake in New Hampshire, where Dartmouth hosted this intersectional regatta. The sailors couldn’t compete until 12:30 in the afternoon on Saturday due to the lack of wind.

Their luck turned around on Sunday when the 18 teams were met with much stronger and consistent wind, and officials were able to fit nine more races in before the day was over.

Despite the change in weather, the Crimson finished in 16th place. Harvard sent some of its more routine competitors to the regatta: Michael Drumm ’15 and Luke O’Connor ’14 in A and Gram Slattery ’15 and Julia Lord ’17 in B. Senior captain Isabel Ruane bounced between divisions.

“I think in general the two boats that sailed [there] were disappointed this weekend,” sophomore Jacob Bradt said. “They were struggling with starts and didn’t perform as well in a fleet as they thought they would.”

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