VISA NCS Team Race Regatta

Perfect conditions met 10 teams from 8 Virginia high schools on the Lafayette River for team racing on a digital N course. Teams were able to complete 51 races. Winds were 5-15 mph with gusts into the 20's, from the west, with vacillations 30 degrees toward the south and 90 degrees to the north. Seas were relatively flat to just a bit lumpy.

For the first round, teams were divided into silver and gold competition based on practice experience during the season. All team 2's were silver. The second round included match races between the top two gold teams, a round robin between the bottom 3 silver teams, and a full round robin between the bottom 3 gold teams and the top 2 silver teams. The original plan was to have the bottom two ranked teams finish with the conclusion of this round. Norfolk Academy retired for the day, and Phoebus finished after this round. Remaining teams were then group ranked into final 4 and the next 4. At the conclusion of the final four, there was a three way tie between CCS 1, NCS, and CCS 2. CCS 2 lost the tie breaker to NCS. Coaches from CCS and NCS agreed to have CCS 2 take third place as a team 2, and to conduct a best 2 out of three sailoff to break the tie between NCS and CCS to rank the schools.

Congratulations to Christchurch School Team 1 for taking first place, Norfolk Collegiate School for taking second place, and Christchurch School Team 2 for taking third place.

Thanks to the volunteers who made this a smooth flowing regatta, especially PRO Ann Stokes.