Results
ITHACA, NY – On Oct. 28-29, the Maritime College dinghy sailing team competed in its fall championship regatta—the War Memorial, which was hosted by Cornell University. The Privateers finished 12
th in the final standings, posting a total score of 247 points after 12 races.
Maritime's "A" crew of
Spencer Barnes (Rocky River, OH) and
Shawn Tirone (Jackson Township, NJ) raced their FJ to first place in Race 2. They followed that effort with a fifth-place showing in Race 3 before taking fourth in Race 9. Barnes and Tirone tallied 105 points, which ranked eighth in the division.
In the "B" division,
Ben Hosford (Fairport, NY) and
Brooks Turcotte (Chautauqua, NY) shared skipping duties. Hosford was in the boat for Races 1-4, as well as the final two, with Turcotte taking over for Races 5-10.
Nicholas Cunha (Red Bank, NJ) sailed with both Hosford and Turcotte across the 10 races on Saturday, while
Kaitlyn Scarcella (Staten Island, NY) was Hosford's partner for the two Sunday races.
The Privateers' best result in the "B" division was Turcotte and Cunha's fifth-place effort in Race 5. Hosford and Scarcella, meanwhile, were seventh in Race 12. Overall, Maritime collected 142 points in the "B" boat, which was good for 13
th place in the division.
While this was the final competition of the fall for the dinghy sailors, Maritime's offshore team has one event remaining. The Privateers will be in action at the Kennedy Cup—the offshore fall championship—on Nov. 4-5.
