Navy Offshore Sailing Team Wins McMillan Cup :: Also compete in the Annapolis Yacht Club Fall Series.

Oct. 22, 2007

Team captain Matt Recker led his crew to victory this weekend in the 2007 McMillan Cup Intercollegiate Big Boat East Coast Championship. Eight teams competed aboard the USNA 44-foot sloops on the Chesapeake Bay this past Saturday and Sunday. A total of six heats were run with Navy winning three of them. Maine Maritime Academy was second followed by St. Mary's College (Md.). Recker's crew included Cullen Shaughnessy, Will Arnest, Mark Picinich, Owen Brooks, Alex Fletcher, Ken Endicott and Wes Jahrus.

Navy also had six teams competing in the final weekend of Annapolis Yacht Club's Fall Series.

Dash skippered by Chris Hamilton finished with a third and an eighth out of 18 boats.

Esprit de Corps skippered by Matt Hamlet finished with two 11ths to take seventh overall out of 14.

Swift skippered by Kellen Browne finished with a 12th and a third to take sixth overall out of 18.

Flirt skippered by Tyler Struzinski finished 10th and seventh but ended up 15th overall out of 18.

Allegiance skippered by Thomas Oberdorf finished 18th out of 33 boats.

Dreadnought skippered by Ryan England finished 22nd out of 33 boats.

Next up for the Navy Offshore Team is the US Sailing Offshore Championship on Oct. 26-28.

# GO NAVY #