Taking top skipper honors, Abbott Reeve paced the Harvard salling team to a second-place-finish in the Boston Dinghy Club Cup hosted by M. I. T. Saturday and Sunday.

M. I. T. won the cup with 74 points and was followed by Harvard with 82 and University of Rhode Island with 100.

The regatta-a major intersectional event-attracted 17 colleagues.

Reeve, Harvard's Division A skipper, took three firsts and a second in eight races for a point total of 29 and the division title. Notre Dame's Rich Doyle was second with 30 points and Dave McComb of M. I. T. finished third with 35.

In Division B. skipper Joe Worth took two first and three seconds but fouled out of one race to tie for fourth overall. M. I. T.'s Steve Miligan won the division.

Beats the Best

"Reeve's performance was spectacular," sailing coach Mike Horn said. "There were five 1969 All-Americans in Division A, and in the point standings he beat them all. His big thing was consistency-in the eight races his worst finish was an eighth." he said.

The Crimson opened the Spring season with a third at the Middle Atlantic Intercollegiate Sailing Association Spring Invitational at the Naval Academy March 28 and 29.

All-American Robbie Doyle in the A Division and former captain Jeff Storer in the B Division each took 17 points to place Harvard behind first-place Navy and second-place Stevens Tech.

This year's second was Harvard's best showing in the Boston Dinghy Club Cup since it placed first in 1962.