2025 Azalea Bowl Regatta

Summary

Saturday, April 5:

The 2025 Azalea Bowl weekend began with great hospitality and tasty Spoonfed Kitchen breakfast for sailors, coaches, and volunteers on the soundside of Wrightsville Beach, and great, breezy conditions. With a concurrent high school regatta and more than 40 boats on the soundside Banks Channel, regatta spectating was exciting and full of opportunity. With a steady 12-14 mph southeasterly breeze and chop, racing began on time. The third race of each set finished upwind to expedite rotations from the CYC docks. Morning current was aggressive and was a significant factor in course-side decisions in the first two sets. Windspeed built throughout the day reaching upper teens by the mid-afternoon as the switching current further complicated the racecourse. Racing was completed with a one-and-one rotation for a seventh race in each division. Races averaged 17 mins. The Azalea Bowl dinner and college information night presentations began shortly after racing wrapped.

Sunday, April 6:

Sunday morning breeze was spicy and following a brief morning meeting, the RC decided to send out College’s A-Division and keep the concurrent high school sailors shoreside. A-Division was able to complete the two-race set began on Saturday evening, but with several significant capsizes, strong gusts, and building consistent breeze north of 18mph, B-Division’s launch was recalled for things to calm down. Conditions were monitored by the CYC safety team and the decision to abandon the effort was made at noon. Special thanks to the RC Pierce and Kiki Barden, Jay Smith, and more, as well as the numerous volunteers and CYC safety officers led by Sterling Powell. Special thanks to the CYC team led by Jack Gower for running an outstanding regatta and shoreside operation.

Event photos are now available online at: https://capefearcommunitysailing.org/

Score summary

SchoolTeamABTOT
1Peter Gruber InternaVolts351146
2John T. HoggardVikings Varsity203959
3Great MillsHornets452368
4AntillesHurricanes551570
5WandoWarriors274774
6Leonardtown HighRaiders404787
*7Good Hope County DayPanthers5064114
*8West CravenWest Craven Varsity7044114
9Cape Fear AcademyCFA Varsity7249121
10NB Bears Sailing5180131
11Eugene AshleyScreaming Eagles6671137
12Hough HSHuskies7399172
13Chapin HSVarsity Sailing63111174
14New HanoverWildcats11480194
15Pine Lake PrepVarsity98103201
16Emsley A Laney11599214
17Nighthawks JVC89130219
18WaccamawWaccamaw Warriors104120224
19Ben LippenVarsity Sailing135114249
20CarrboroVarsity136125261
Sym.Explanation
*Number of high-place (4) finishes

Score history

The following chart shows the relative rank of the teams as of the race indicated. Note that the races are ordered by number, then division, which may not represent the order in which the races were actually sailed.

The first place team as of a given race will always be at the top of the chart. The spacing from one team to the next shows relative gains/losses made from one race to the next. You may hover over the data points to display the total score as of that race.

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