I have also sailed on the MBC Adam s Cup team in 1994 and 1995. The Adams Cup is the Women s North American Sailing Championship, and is a ladder event in The United States Sailing Association . The association specifies the location and the type of boat to be used in the races. The Area C winner advances to the finals to compete against other area winners for the national championship. Unlike other races, USSA events require sailing under the eye of USSA judges, and very strict racing rules.
Teams travel to compete, and race in supplied boats.
I have sailed Flying Scots , Lightning s, and J-22 s in these competitions. Our best outing was in 1994, when the team won the quarterfinals and found ourselves traveling to Havre De Grace, Maryland for the semifinals. In 1996 Dave and I took over the supervision of the MBC Junior Sailing Program, with 50 kids from 8 to 16, including Tom. The juniors sail Optimist Prams , a small trainer for novices that takes a lot of abuse from the concept of full contact docking. There are three classifications that MBC uses for class instruction novice, intermediate and advanced.