2013 Independent Schools Championship

After a long day at Mathews on Saturday the 4th, we competed in the Independent Schools Regatta on Sunday the 5th. The weather was still as dreary as the day before and the breeze was still up. This would be the last regatta of the season for most of the crews. Like last year, we finished second to Norfolk Academy in most events. We did place ahead of Norfolk Collegiate, Broadwater and Cape Henry in the final team efficiency scoring.

Below are the videos shot this regatta.

In the MN4 we had a horrible time with the wind swirling in lane 1 and were way off point at the start. Pilar straightened the boat out and we spent most of the race making up lost ground. If the course were longer we may have reeled in NA, but as it was, we finished 2nd, a harbinger of the way the day would play out.

Our MV4 crew was in a five-lane event and were comfortably in second place (a half a boat length up) with about 150 meters to go when the Norfolk Collegiate guys put together a tremendous sprint and walked right past us to finish a couple of seconds ahead. A hard lesson to learn, but it was eye-opening how an efficient sprint can make the difference.

In the MV8 event we again finished second to NA but extracted a bit of revenge on Collegiate by walking past them in a strong sprint to the finish. I guess turn-about is fair play.

Lastly, the coxswain's race. I believe a new Bousquet-created trophy is in the works...

The coxswain's race coxswain: