NWISA Team Race JV

The NWISA DISTRICT JUNIOR VARSITY TEAM RACE CHAMPIONSHIP was hosted by Sail Sand Point on a perfect team race weekend. Moderate temperature and for the most part solid wind. Regular oscillations kept the sailors on their toes but not so big that any major course changes slowed the progress of the round robins. The wind speed varied from 3 to 12 knots building through the day both days.

The JV course was kept short to facilitate an optimistic goal that was achieved at the 1500 hr last warning time limit on Sunday of 90 races. The race times were from a short seven minutes to a long of 15. The coordination of the teams, coaches, dockmaster, and the start boat kept races going constantly with seldom less than 12 of the 18 boats on the water all day. The less experienced teams were treated to an unprecedented weekend of just plain team race. They did not have to fight fickle light or daunting high winds and the smiles were all there at the end. They got to concentrate on team race strategy and tactics.