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After three weekends of competition the Crimson sailors finally completed their defense of the New England Team Racing Championship, and avenged a loss to the Coast Guard earlier this season in the Schell Regatta...
Last weekend the regatta continued on the Thames river in New London, Conn., dispite the heavy wind and rain. There Crimson skippers Carter Ford, Mike Horn, Mike Lehmann, and Dave Stookey left BU far behind in four consecutive encounters, earning a berth in the finals to be held this weekend, weather permitting. At the same time Coast Guard defeated MIT five...
...Harvard Yacht Club lost the Schell Regatta to the Coast Guard Academy 133-131, Sunday in the Charles Charles River Basin. Crimson sailors, who had won all six previous events of this season, tied for second place with M.I.T. for the Erwin E. Schell Trophy. Saturday racing in the regatta, normally a two-day event, was cancelled because of high winds, the sort of weather the Harvard club considers itself best in. On Sunday, although racing was hampered by light and unpredictable winds, seven of the twelve scheduled races in each of the two divisions were sailed...
...Stookey entered their final three races in seventh place, 35 points behind leading Coast Guard, making up the difference with several firsts and seconds. Before these wins, Stookey's third place position in the second race of the day had been disqualified for an infraction of the rules. The regatta protest committee ruled that the Harvard skipper had failed to allow enough time when asking for room to round a buoy on the course. The club has questioned the decision, but plans no formal action...
...Engineers have not shown much promise yet, but will pose a threat because the regatta is being sailed in M.I.T. Tech dinghies. Cornell finished second to the Crimson in the Ivy League championships, but will not be very dangerous this weekend...