Harvard hosted the Central Series on the Charles River. This regatta, exclusively for New England teams gave less experienced and younger Crimson sailors a chance to get on the water.

After crew shells cleared the basin, the race day began with two to eight knot winds. Throughout the day, breezes turned westward. The frequent and unexpected shifts made for close, competitive races. Sunday, the breeze was northwesterly again, ranging from four to 12 knots in velocity.

Freshman Ansel Duff and junior Jiyan Zang accumulated six top-10 finishes during the weekend for a total of 95 points, landing the duo in 12th place in the division.

Sophomore skipper Michael Lukas and junior crew Nicholas Gordon came in tenth place in the B division with eight top-10 finishes and accrued 91 points.

“We were happy with Mike Lukas, who is a walk-on and got his first regatta.” Harvard coach Michael O’Connor said. “He did pretty well: in the first race he won the start and cross-fleet on the first leg.”

As a team, Harvard finished 12th out of 15 teams at the Central Series 3.

Looking forward, this weekend acts as preparation for the remainder of the season.

“Competition was very good.” O’Connor said. “A lot of teams are using it as a tune-up for the New England Championship, which we are hosting next weekend.”

New England Dinghy Championships will be the first qualifier of the spring. Depending on how the Crimson sails determines if it will move on to National Semifinals at the Navy in mid-May or not.

—Staff writer Kendra F. Rosario can be reached at kendra_rosario@college.harvard.edu.