Despite wind conditions preventing the final races, Bowdoin sailors competed in the Friis/Marchiando team race at MIT and Tufts and finished sixth of 12 teams in the Alymer's Trophy.
The team placed sixth after a fourth-place finish in A division and seventh in B division.
On Saturday the Polar Bears sailed in big breeze on the Charles River at MIT in FJs. Eight teams competed at MIT, Bowdoin included, and another eight raced at Tufts. After completing two round robins, the four best teams from each venue competed at MIT on Sunday and the bottom four teams sailed at Tufts.
Viktor Bolmgren '11, Alex Takata '12, and Doria Cole '09 skippered in the team race with crews Erin Taylor '09, Coco Sprague '11, Audrey Hatch '10, and Charlotte Ryan '12.
Bowdoin finished in the bottom four after several close races against some of the top-ranked team race schools in the U.S.
"Roger Williams and Yale are in the top five team race teams in the country and we had two really good races against both," Coach Frank Pizzo said. It was a good opportunity to race against teams that will be at the team race qualifiers in two weeks."
The wind was blowing over 20 mph on Sunday at Tuft's Mystic Lake. There was a lineup change for the Polar Bears on Sunday. Pete Wadden '09 sailed at Tufts while Cole sailed in the fleet race at Mass. Maritime Academy. The race was postponed due to high winds. Several hours later the teams began the races without jibs.
Bowdoin won its first race of the day, but in the warm-up for the second race Bolmgren and Ryan's rig was loose and the mast snapped in half.
Tufts called the race due to boat breakdowns and high winds.
At the Alymers Trophy on Saturday, Wadden skippered in A division with crew Jeffrey Goodrich '12. Billy Rohman '11 skippered in B division with crew Ben Berg '12.
The team is preparing for fleet race qualifiers this weekend at Boston College.