June 26, 2007

The Navy Offshore Sailing team has been active during Block 1 with four boats that participated in a variety of events. The Block is wrapping up this week and two of the four crews sailed home to Annapolis early Monday morning.

The crew of Swift, led by skipper Mark McClure earned second place in class in the Annapolis - Newport Race and also took honors for Best Performance by a Service Academy boat. Also participating were American Promise (skipper Ryan England), Tomcat (skipper Chris Hamilton) and Polaris (skipper James Lawsing).

Both Swift and American Promise participated in the Marion to Bermuda Race. American Promise won both the Naval Academy Trophy for best finish by a Chesapeake Bay entry and The Bartram Trophy for the Best Fleet finish by a Service Academy crewed boat. Swift earned a trophy for second place in her class.

While Swift and AP raced to Bermuda, Tomcat and Polaris participated in Block Island Race Week off the coast of New England. Tomcat finished fourth in IRC class 0 and won the trophy for best finish by a Service Academy entry and also scored a second-place trophy in the Around the Island Race. Polaris finished 7th also in IRC class 0.

Block 2 begins July 1. Matt Recker will skipper the 66-foot Zaraffa in both the Annapolis to Solomons Race and the Around Long Island Race.

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