REPORT ON THE GREAT OAKS
REGATTA
CONDITIONS
: NORTH TO EAST BREEZES FROM 3 TO 15 KNOTS.
LUMPY SEAS.
AIR TEMP : 55 TO
70 DEGREES.
WATER TEMP : 70
DEGREES.
58
COMPETITORS FROM 13 STATES REPRESENTING 20 HIGH SCHOOLS SAILED FOR THE GREAT
OAKS TROPHY THIS WEEKEND.
SAILORS
FROM AS FAR AWAY AS HAWAII AND VERMONT GOT TOGETHER FOR A WEEKEND OF COLLEGIATE
420 SAILING AND COMPANIONSHIP.
ENTRY
IN THE GREAT OAKS REGATTA IS LIMITED TO HIGH SCHOOL SAILING TEAMS THAT HAVE
BEEN IN CONTINUOUS EXISTENCE FOR THREE YEARS OR LESS AND BY DISTRICT
ELIMINATIONS.
EACH
HIGH SCHOOL SAILED ONE BOAT. TWENTY RACES WERE COMPLETED. THERE WERE NO
PROTESTS OR REQUESTS FOR REDRESS FILED. NO THROWOUTS WERE ALLOWED SO
CONSISTENCY WAS KEY.
THE
COMPETITTION WAS VERY CLOSE WITH ONLY 29 POINTS SEPARATING FIRST PLACE FROM
FOURTH PLACE. LEEWARD MARK ROUNDINGS WERE SOMETIMES FOUR BOATS WIDE AS A RESULT
OF THE CLOSE COMPETITION.
RYAN
SHAUGHNESSY AND CULLEN SHAUGHNESSY REPRESENTING THE COMMUNITY SCHOOL OF NAPLES,
FLORIDA WON THE EVENT WITH 87 POINTS. THEY EACH RECEIVED GOLD MEDALS.
JOHN
STORCK, KRISTEN RIEDER, ERIK STORCK, AND KAITLIN STORCK REPRESENTING ST
ANTHONY’S SCHOOL OF HUNTINGTON, NEW YORK WERE SECOND WITH 101 POINTS. THEY EACH
RECEIVED SILVER MEDALS.
DAVID
O’REILLY AND DIANE HAYNSWORTH REPRESENTING THE ACADEMIC MAGNET H.S. OF N.
CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA WERE THIRD WITH 102 POINTS. THEY EACH RECEIVED
BRONZE MEDALS.
COMPLETE
RESULTS ARE ATTACHED.
RESPECTFULLY
SUBMITTED,
CHRIS
V. CLEMENT
SOUTHEAST DISTRICT DIRECTOR