Navy Offshore Sailing to Compete in McMillan Cup This Weekend

Mids to compete in Annapolis Yacht Club Series No. 3 this weekend as well.

	The Navy IC Sailing team will compete in the McMillan Cup this weekend.

Oct. 19, 2007

The Navy offshore sailing team had seven crews racing locally and one crew (combined with IC team) representing the Naval Academy in Rio de Janiero, Brazil. this past weekend.

For the third consecutive year, USNA sailors won the Regata Escola Naval (Brazilian Naval Academy Invitational Regatta), topping teams from various country's naval academies from around the world. The Navy crew was led by skipper Rob Ramirez, and included Kevin McGill, Tyler Struzinski, Jim Foss and Kellen Browne.

Locally, the team competed in the Annapolis Yacht Club Fall Series. In the eight-boat PHRF A0, Chris Hamilton's Hellcat crew posted scores of 3, 4, 5 earning fifth for the weekend but is seventh overall after two of three weekends. Matt Hamlet's Esprit de Corps crew currently holds third position in the 14-boat PHRF A1 class after posting finishes of 10, 3, 4. In the 20-boat PHRF A2 class, Maile Cornish led the Swift crew to scores of 5, 13, 2 to hold 11th overall, while Chester Hewitt led the Flirt crew to a 10, 16, 12 for 15th overall in the same class.

In the 29-boat J105 class, Thomas Oberdorf and his Allegiance team posted 10, 23, 19 for 14th position overall and Ryan England led his crew aboard Dreadnought to 25, 18, 23 now to hold the 21st position.

Next up for team is the McMillan Cup and weekend No. 3 of the Annapolis Yacht Club Fall Series this coming weekend.

# GO NAVY #