Last weekend the Duxbury Bay Maritime School hosted the 2009 Duxbury Bay Junior 420 Regatta—the first major sailing event to be staged from DBMS’s spectacular new waterfront facility.  This two day regatta on Duxbury Bay included 23 boats from yacht clubs and schools all throughout Massachusetts.  Despite less than perfect weather all races were sailed and the event was deemed a success by all involved.  

The first day consisted of light winds from the northeast and heavy fog covering the race course.  Sunday was less foggy and moderately windy, also from the northeast.  Sean Golden and Doyle Calhoun of DBMS won the regatta with 8 points, followed by Katy Baker and Riley Calhoun of Cohasset.  Allison Shane and Stephen Pellegrini of DBMS rounded out the top three.  Mike Healy did a great job leading the P.R.O. while parent volunteers and the DBMS sailing staff also helped run this regatta and made it a great event to showcase the new campus.

Other Duxbury sailors in the top ten were Aidan DiPrima and Liz Runci who placed sixth and Austin Schofield and Ian Willie who placed seventh.  

Thanks to the huge deck and ample boat staging area, DBMS’s ACCESSAIL program for disabled sailors was also in full swing for the day on Saturday.