Sailors Close Out Season in Annapolis

The varsity sailing team finished its season at the Atlantic Coast Championship on waters off Annapolis over two days, finishing 16th in a fleet of the 18 best scholastic teams from the region.

Eighteen races were run over Saturday and Sunday with lighter winds of six to 18 knots the first day and a more blustery second day with gusts to 24 knots. Archibisop Spalding won the regatta with Christchurch School second.

Victor Layne, Darden Purrington, Dreugh Phillips, and Ellie Maus were skippers for the two Oaks boats, while Sarah Smith, Nick Baker, Daniel Vail, and Ann Burns Morrison were the crews. Layne, sailing in the B Fleet, won two races for the Oaks.

The overall finish:

1 Archbishop Spalding 203 pts
2 Christchurch 207 pts
3 Ransom Everglades 229 pts
4 Annapolis 267 pts
5 Marblehead 298 pts
6 Norfolk Academy 306 pts
16 Norfolk Collegiate 407 pts

Fleet A finish:

1 Christchurch 85 pts
2 Archbishop Spaulding 112 pts
3 Arrowhead 132 pts
4 Ransom Everglades 139 pts
5 Annapolis 144 pts
10 Norfolk Academy 169 pts
17 Norfolk Collegiate 237 pts

Fleet B finish:

1 Ransom Everglades 90 pts
2 Archbishop Spaulding 91 pts
3 Chirstchurch 122 pts
4 Annapolis 123 pts
5 Loyola 124 pts
6 Norfolk Academy 137 pts
9 Norfolk Collegiate 170 pts

Finishes for Norfolk Collegiate:

A: 15 15 18 12 13 14 13 14 15 7 15 17 7 12 15 3 15 17
B: 6 14 11 ocs 17 15 8 15 12 1 8 6 8 9 9 3 1 8