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District 2 Regatta Report | Sat Sep 27th, 2003 through Sun Sep 28th, 2003 |
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2003 OXFORD FALL WIND-UP By John MacCausland I arrived in Oxford at eleven am Friday morning hoping to get some sailing in before the regatta. Most of the time I am the first person on site, but when I arrived there were at least five other boats with the same idea. There seemed to be a lot of interest in this regatta, the weather report seemed good and Oxford is a great place to go this time of the year. To bad the weather on Friday did not cooperate: lots of sun and not much wind. So the day was spent rigging and preparing for the racing. Oxford was hit pretty hard by hurricane Isabel. Most of the damage came from flooding. The yacht club was spared from the flooding. The water was within inches of the front door of the club. The club staff did a great job in cleaning up the club grounds and making everything ready for the regatta. Twenty-eight boats from places as far away as Florida, Chicago, Boston, Toronto were on site to start the 52nd Annual Oxford Fall Wind-Up. Out on the race course things looked good to get started right away. But the preverbal black cloud came over the course and slowed things down. After a short postponement we were able to start the first race. By the first mark it was Ben Cesare with Brian Sharp in the lead with the fleet in close pursuit. The breeze was on its way down on the first run and by the leeward mark it had become very light. The next beat featured a ninety degree left shift that shook up the fleet but Ben Cesare and Tom Price who were first and second at the leeward mark survived and were still in the top two spots at the second weather mark. The run to the finish was a parade with very little change in position. Race two was sailed in very nice conditions. Again the racing was very close. In the end it was Arthur Anosov with Peter Carson taking the gun. By the end of the day Tom Price and Will Wagner were leading with a 2-5. Next was John MacCausland and Brad Nichol with a 6-2. Rounding out the top three was Ben Cesare and Brian Sharp with a 1-10. One race was scheduled for Sunday the forecast did not look great but by the time we all left the dock and arrived at the race course things did not look too bad. Fifteen to eighteen knot of wind from the Northwest and blue sky coming. By the first mark John MacCausland and Brad Nichol were in the lead with Ben Cesare in close pursuit and regatta leader tom Price in fifth place. We were sailing a triangular course and on the first reach MacCausland and Cesare got a puff that the rest of the fleet did not get. The pair was able to open up a good lead on the fleet. As the race went on the top two positions did not change. Tom Price did a nice job to get back to third in the race. With their win MacCausland and Nichol sealed the overall win. Tom Price and Will Wagner sailed a very good series to finish second and rounding out the top three was Ben Cesare and Brian Sharp. We had a great turnout this year. Let’s all try next year to bring one more boat with us and we can have an unbelievable regatta. Thanks again to Richard Lippincott and the staff at the Tred Avon Yacht Club for putting on such a great event. |
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