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490 Races, 42 Teams, 36 FJs, 18 420s, and a weekend full of fun and excitement. This was the formula for success for the 11th Annual Charles River Open Team Race, sponsored by Atlantis Weather Gear. Congratulations to Silver Panda, the 2007 Champions of the CROTR. A thanks must go out to the following: BU, Harvard, Community Boating and MIT for the use of their sailboats; MIT, BU, Harvard and Courageous for their powerboats; Carl Zimba, Tom Robinson, Kay, and the rest of the team of volunteers on the finish boats; Erin Riley and Peter Fleming for the party planning; Bill Lynn of Atlantis Weather Gear (http://www.atlantisweathergear.com/) for Sponsorship and Prizes; John Pratt for covering over 2/3s of the starts on the FJ course; Sue, Ellen Pratt, and Eric Gibber: the brain trust behind rotations, scoring, and creative problem solving; Alvar Saenz-Otero for the eRegistration, up-to-the-minute online updates, pictures, organization, and general being-the-man; the Dockstaff including Sam, Wally, Caitlin, Portah, Conan and Dwight; Matt Lindblad for countless hours of behind the scene organization, and running smooth races on the 420 course; Fran Charles for the food and T-Shirt Legwork, the continuing of the CRO tradition, running a tight ship at the Pavilion, and providing the facility to host over 252 sailors plus friends, family and volunteers; and last but not least, Kyle Welch, the Event Chair for orchestrating such a spectacular event. Each team sailed at least 20 races over the course of one evening and 2 full days of sailing. We had junior teams and masters teams. We had some international flavor. We had live music at the Pavilion Friday evening. And most of all we had fun. Full results can be found at: http://sailing.mit.edu/Calendar/Events/CROTR07/results.php Event Pictures: http://sailing.mit.edu/gallery2/v/crotr07/ Event Homepage: http://sailing.mit.edu/Calendar/Events/CROTR07/ Thanks for coming, thanks for sailing, thanks for the fun times. Respectfully submitted, Matt Cohen Head Sailing Coach MIT ________________________________________________ icsa mailing list [email protected] http://www.collegesailing.org/mailman/?listname=icsa
