The men and women of the Harvard sailing team had a full weekend of racing that included top place finishes in the Norman Reid Regatta and Firefly/FJ Invitational and an unexpected disqualification in the Lane Trophy.
NAVY FALL INVITATIONAL
The Crimson joined 19 other schools for the Navy Fall Invitational, finishing in eighth place. Harvard sent six sailors to race in the four-division regatta, with senior Brian Drumm and junior Jacob Bradt racing 420s and finishing in 13th place in the A division.
“As with last weekend, [Bradt] and I struggled in the beginning of the regatta, which we believe stemmed from subconsciously treating a race in a regatta differently from a race in practice,” Drumm said. “With this understanding, we worked hard throughout the regatta to evaluate and execute with the confidence we bring to our practices.”
Junior co-captains Andrew Mollerus and Sydney Karnovsky finished in sixth place in the B division sailing an FJ, sophomore Juan Perdomo in a laser took fourth in the C division, and junior Marek Zaleski came in sixth place sailing a radial in the D division.
CAPTAIN HURST BOWL
At the Captain Hurst Bowl hosted by Dartmouth, with racing taking place over two days, Harvard finished in 12th place out of 18 teams. Senior Michael Drumm was joined by freshman Kevin Coakley in the A division, where the pair finished in 13th place.
“Kevin and I were sailing in Z420s, a boat we haven't sailed yet together, so a lot of the racing was spent playing catch up with figuring out how to sail the boats fast,” Michael Drumm said.
Freshman Nick Sertl and sophomore Emma Wheeler came in 11th in the B division. Drumm noted that the lack of wind on Lake Mascoma halted races across the board on Saturday, limiting most of the competition to Sunday.
“I felt like this weekend was productive,” Michael Drumm said. “As the regatta went on, we kept making improvements in our execution around the racecourse.”
FIREFLY/FJ INVITATIONAL REGATTA
On Saturday, the Crimson placed second out of 17 boats in the Firefly/FJ Invitational hosted by MIT.
“I thought the weekend went very well,” freshman Dylan Farrell said. “We passed a lot of boats upwind and downwind by getting out to the pressure first. One thing to improve on is the consistency of our starts.”
Farrell was joined by senior Rebecca Frankel in the A division where the duo finished in fourth. Senior Reid Bergsund and freshman Kristin Anderson joined up to take the top place finish in the B division.
LANE TROPHY
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