Last weekend, our dinghy sail team traveled to Rochester for the MASSA Fleet Racing Championships, hosted by the Rochester Yacht Club on Lake Ontario.

On Saturday, the morning began with thunderstorms and heavy rains, which gave way to light rain and a south westerly breeze as racing got underway at 10:00am. The weather held, and blue skies and sun even made an appearance, which allowed 16 races to go off before an afternoon squall chased the boats from the water. The weather on Lake Ontario remained volatile on Sunday morning with a big shifting wind that prompted a course alteration. Two races were completed in each fleet before the winds peaked at 33 knots and racing was called.

In Division A, Steven Hardee, JP Bennett, and Sean Beaver raced to a 5th place finish with 69 points, earning one 1st place and one 2nd place finish in the process. Gavin Hudson, Mairead Reitzel, and Nick Gargiulo combined to finish 2nd in Division B, earning two 1st place finishes and three 3rd place finishes in the process for 41 points. Their combined 110 points earned the team a 4th place finish overall in a field of 18 teams from across the eastern seaboard.

Results

1st	Severn School (MD)	73
2nd	Christchurch School (VA)	88
3rd	Christian Brothers Academy (NJ)	109
4th	Stony Brook School (NY)	110
5th	Norfolk Collegiate School (VA)	134
6th	Norfolk Academy (VA)	139
6th	Archbishop Spalding (MD)	139
8th	Donovan Catholic (NJ)	160
9th	Broadneck HS (MD)	185
10th	St. Mary’s (MD)	201
11th	Ranney School (NJ)	205
12th	Biotechnology HS (NJ)	213
13th	Point Pleasant Beach HS (NJ)	220
14th	Kecoughtan HS (VA)	265
15th	Southwestern Central HS (NY)	280
16th	Brighton HS (NY)	289
17th	Mamaroneck HS (NY)	309
18th	Nichols HS (NY)	316

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