Fall Fury (September 17th & 18th, 2023)

Charlie Herrick (‘26), Gavin Dempsey (‘26), Kerstin Hyer (‘25), Lauren Bemis (‘26), Mary Castellini (‘25), Tina Dombrowski (‘23), Sophie Lusty (‘24), and Marissa Tegeder (‘25) competed at the fall fury regatta this weekend. This was the first dinghy regatta of the season, and our team was excited to put all their preseason work to use. The breeze did not cooperate for day 1 of Fall Fury. Though looking promising on arrival, wind readings stayed below 2 knots the entire day, and with storm cells on the horizon and no forecasted build-in wind speed, racing was called for the day at 2 pm with no races sailing. Forecasts seemed much better for the next day, and the team was eager to get an early start and squeeze in as many races as possible. The team started the day at Fall Fury, with a puffy wind of around 7-10 mph from the north-northeast and choppy conditions. The Badgers started the first set off strong with a 1st and a 2nd. The honey badgers followed close behind with a 3rd and an 8th. In the afternoon, the conditions built to approximately 12-14 mph from the same direction. The quality of these conditions allowed us to complete three sets. The Coed team finished in 2nd place overall, and the women's team finished in 3rd. A huge thank you to our PRO team, AJ Schweda and Joby Boland, and our judges, Mike Kaspar, Michael Lusty, Paul Murray, and Matt Resch.