Honors to Dartmouth College sailing team mom!

by Justin Assad on 22 Sep 2013 The Mrs. Hurst Bowl honors the wonderful Mrs. Christina Hurst, who has functioned as team mom for Dartmouth Sailing for some 30 years. Mrs. Hurst was on hand today to watch some of the racing, but had to leave early because she was celebrating her 88th birthday! We were excited to give her a great show, debuting two divisions on the water at the same time for the first time in Mascoma racing's history.

The sailing was phenomenal in a shifty 10-18 knot Southerly with some west in it, and some puffs into the 20s. In what must be a record for Saturday at a Dartmouth event, we completed 10 A and 11 B, and divisions switched after eight races.

Racing was in the Dartmouth FJ fleet and in the new Laser Performance Z420, which performed well for the sailors. We are excited to get the boats back out on the water tomorrow!

Special thanks to LP Rep Nick Ewenson, and enthusiast Meredith Nordhem for on the water judging and hearing protests, one of which resulted in a DSQ in race 6B. Nick and Meredith also did a lion's share of the work to get the boats on the water, and we really appreciate it! Finally, the Dartmouth shore ops crew of Hope Wilson '16 and Sarah Williams '16, and the RC crew of Emily Petno '16, Caroline Gray '16, and Nate Greason '17 did a killer job getting races off.

Looking forward to more action tomorrow!
Here is the Score summary

			School	Team	A		B		TOT
	1		Yale University	Bulldogs	33		39		72
	2		Dartmouth College	Big Green	39		62		101
	3		Brown University	Bears	52		89		141
	4		U. S. Coast Guard Academy	Bears	89		56		145
	5		Georgetown University	Hoyas	79		87		166
	6		Harvard University	Crimson	90		88		178
	7		Roger Williams University	Hawks	89		92		181
	8		Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Engineers	102		80		182
	9		Boston College	Eagles	91		92		183
	10		Bowdoin College	Polar Bears	101		87		188
	11		Connecticut College	Camels	90		113		203
	12		Boston University	Terriers	112		102		214
	13		University of Vermont	Catamounts	102		113		215
	14		Tufts University	Jumbos	106		113		219
	15		Northeastern University	Huskies	94		133		227
	16		University of South Florida	Bulls	92		154		246