Eight more Crimson sailors spent the weekend sailing at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in New London, Conn., for the Hap Moore Team Race Trophy.

Harvard finished ninth of eleven teams in the regatta.

Sailing Flying Juniors and 420s under a shifty south-southwesterly breeze, Harvard fell behind the first day, winning three races and losing seven to tie with Coast Guard ahead of MIT. On the next day, the north wind didn’t blow any more favorably for the Crimson, which finished 7-11. Boston College finished 5-0 to win the regatta with a 16-4 overall record.

In team racing, three boats from one team compete against three from another head-to-head, and the team with the lowest combined score wins. Team racing, usually a rite of the spring season, places a premium on a team’s strategy, tactics and experience.

“The three boats we sent didn’t have a lot of experience sailing team racing at this level, and we hadn’t practiced together all that much,” said captain Laura Schubert, who sailed with senior Genny Tulloch. Junior Sloan Devlin sailed with sophomore Christine Dahlman and junior Jess Baker sailed with junior Ruth Schlitz; alternate crews, senior Jenny Wong and junior Mallory Greimann, completed the Crimson fleet.

METRO SERIES FIVE

Four Harvard sailors also plied familiar waters, sailing the Charles River on a warm day with eight to 15-knot breezes for the Metro Series Five on Saturday.

The Crimson finished seventh in a twelve-team field. Sophomore skipper Kristen Lynch and junior crew Anjali Salooga took seventh in the A-division, with 66 points. Sailing in the B-division, sophomore skipper Marion Guillaume and junior crew Fran Moore also took seventh, with 75 points.

Boston College dominated the regatta, winning both divisions and posting an overall score of 38 points. The Eagles’ A-division won three of ten races and posted a final score of 24 points, while the B-division finished first in seven races, racking up 14 total points.