Harvest Moon Regatta

In addition, the students had the benefit of a “match boat” for the last 12 hours of the race. “Typically in offshore racing, you barely even see another boat. It was great for the students to have another boat alongside, which, they knew was faster and had a more experienced crew. This made the students pay much closer attention to their course and sails and helped them win the race,” said Conway.

The TAMUG Offshore Sail Team, for the first time in the history of the campus, entered its first all female crew in the 19th Annual Harvest Moon regatta. The Gypsy North sailed with an all female crew with Michelle Spinelli serving as the student skipper. The ladies finished in first place in their class taking home the prestigious Luna Trophy for finishing first against all the other all female crews.

The ladies had less luck with the sailing conditions. “We left the starting line and were moving well the first day. On the second day, we lost wind and floated for 12 hours,” stated Michelle Spinelli, skipper of the Gypsy North.

Several boats gave up the race and motored into Port Aransas, however, the Sea Aggie ladies were determined to finish the race. When the wind picked back up, the ladies went from 1 ½ knots to six knots and came sailing into Port.

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