Brown's Tyler Rice Crushes B division and the Nachos.

2013 Dark of Night Regatta at Upper Mystic Lake, Medford

A beautiful day gave way to a very gorgeous but light air evening in Medford.  
As a contrast to the previous two evenings, temps were normal but the wind 
dropped to South on average, shifty, and only one knot for the first three 
races.  Race 4 saw three knots and a longer course.  The course was reach in, 
leeward, windward, reach back with start/finish right next to the Bacow Sailing 
Pavilion.  The last race had an added windward/leeward with gates at top and 
bottom.  All marks were dimly lit with withering flashlights.  Officially there 
were not enough races to make the regatta official, nor was there a enough wind 
at the start to make any races really official but they were fair enough to 
determine the best team for the evening.  

The lights on the boats were bright enough to see the jib and to see every 
other boat.  A spectacular sunset was replaced by the bright glow of the moon 
lighting up the high wispy clouds.  Back at the boathouse there was hot 
chocolate and nachos with great tunes reaching out to the starting line from 
the high deck.  A few teams were treated to dinner back on campus in the dining 
hall.

Tech Score will not be complete until next week (maybe sooner) but there were 
four races; A, then B, then A, then B though at present Tech Scores just shows 
it as one division http://scores.collegesailing.org/f13/dark-night/
There are also photos via 
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.759583767401124.1073741853.423900690969435&type=3
 

Thanks to scorekeepers Alex Tong and Sara Makaretz, port-line boat operators, 
David Liebenberg, Sam Madden, Alec, and Will.  PRO, Ken


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