While the Harvard sailing team muddled through less than ideal sailing conditions throughout New England in a weekend of middling results, the team’s freshman sailors finished strongly in their Central Series 6 event.

CENTRAL SERIES 6

In a fleet style regatta of FJ’s hosted by Boston College, the Crimson boats were able to take advantage of the weather conditions en-route to a 4th place in a field of 12. The hosts dominated the event, but Harvard’s boats finished a mere six points behind second-place Coast Guard.

The Crimson’s B Division boat of rookies, consisting of skipper Nick Karnovsky and crew Alejandra Resendiz, carried the team through the event with its 31 points, placing just behind group winner Boston College with its 27-point result. The A Division boat finished outside the top half while sailing to 62 points.

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The sparse breeze on the Charles River Basin didn’t cooperate for this Crimson contingent on Saturday, leading to the cancellation of all races on the day. However, the winds picked up overnight and fluctuated between five and nine knots throughout the day Sunday, allowing Harvard to fit in all of the races in its third home regatta of the year.

“We didn’t race at all on Saturday due to the lack of wind, so the regatta came down totally to the races on Sunday,” sophomore skipper Taylor Ladd said. “This makes it a bit harder because there are fewer races and you have to be more consistent.”

The Crimson squad finished 11th overall in a field of 17 teams, sailing in FJs. The gold went to Coast Guard.

In the A Division, recent ICSA Match Race National Championship qualifier, Ladd, and sophomore crew Emma Wheeler, finished at 11th with a point total of 92.

B Division sailors, freshman skipper Taylor Gavula and senior crew Sydney Karnovsky, produced consistent results on the weekend en-route to a 6th place result with 82 points over 10 races.

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Light winds also prevailed at the Edgewood Yacht Club in Providence, R.I., at the bi-divisional event of Z420’s hosted by Brown University. After only two A Division races allowed on Saturday, Sunday morning’s conditions were more promising with winds of 6-10 knots and gusts of 15 knots.

The breeze again died down for the afternoon’s last few races, but Harvard’s B Division boat of sophomore skipper Nick Sertl and junior crew Nomin-Erdene Jagdagdorj was able to capitalize on the circumstances. After a slow start to the morning, the duo put up higher place finishes, resulting in its sixth-place finish in the division.

“[The] slow condition definitely rewarded patience, which was a lesson we learned the hard way in the first couple races,” Sertl said. “It basically came down to trying to put yourself in the most wind and wait until others made mistakes.”

The A Division crew of senior skipper Marek Zaleski and junior crew Julia Lord placed 13th in its group, as it only cracked the top 10 in its first race of the weekend.

After placing 14th in the event a year ago, the Crimson capped the day with a 10th-place finish out of an 18-team pool. The squad put up 101 points, placing behind four fellow Ivy League crews and champion MIT.

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In a completely in-conference, tri-divisional regatta of FJ's and NC Firefly's hosted by both MIT and Northeastern, Harvard cracked the top half, finishing 9th out of 18 with 196 points across the three divisions. With very few contests heading out on Saturday, the hosts squeezed in most of the 21 races on Sunday as MIT pulled out a victory with a total of 104 points.

The A Division boat skippered by Nick DiGiovanni and crewed by Priscilla Russo finished the best of all the Crimson boats, but poor finishes in the middle three races marred strong results in the morning and late afternoon in its divisional 57-point 8th place finish.

The Harvard B and C divisional crews posted more consistent results throughout the weekend, finishing 9th and 12th, respectively.