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Roy Williams of St. Georges School: Notes From a Very Fortunate High School Sailing Coach

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by Jen Mitchell, Airwaves Senior Writer

Wordle: Sail1Design Airwaves Interview with St. George's Head Sailing Coach Roy Williams

 

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Notes From a Very Fortunate High School Sailing Coach

Roy Williams is the varsity sailing coach at St. George’s School in Newport, Rhode Island.  Roy grew up in North Wales in the United Kingdom, where he lived just a couple hundred yards from the local sailing club.  Although both his parents were sailors, they did not pressure him to sail, but he did naturally drift into it.  He participated in summer sailing and competed in high school level regattas, such as the North Wales High School Championship.  He grew up with both fleet racing and team racing, and in the 1980’s moved to the United States.  He has been coaching at St. George’s for twenty-one years now, and has developed one of the strongest high school sailing programs in the country.  He will openly admit and joke that the St. George’s program, like Tabor, Hotchkiss, and Portsmouth Abbey, is unique in the great resources there are to work with.  Being a private boarding school, St. George’s is able to offer some benefits that not every high school can, like a great fleet of boats and excellent facilities.  Taking into account Roy’s coaching experience and St. George’s excellent sailing reputation I took advantage of a Skype chat to learn more from him.

I asked Roy what he enjoys about coaching high school and what has kept him at it for so long.  Roy is also a calculus teacher at SG, and it is this educating aspect that he takes the most pleasure in.  Roy explains that he “likes to see results, and with high school sailing there are big improvements in a short amount of time.”  When students come to the team they do not necessarily know much about high school or college sailing, even if they have been competing in youth summer sailing programs.  It really is a different type of sailing than summer sailing; it takes place on shorter courses without trapeze and spinnakers. Roy is rewarded by “seeing the students get into the sailing and develop confidence and skills.”  A lot of students have not team raced and he likes to see when sailors discover that team racing is one of their favorite aspects of high school sailing.

Most of the sailors who join the SG sailing team have some sailing experience, but every year they take on some complete beginners who have never been in a boat before.  Roy reflected that some of the best crews on the team have been literal walk-ons; they were already athletic people who picked up on sailing.  As Roy quoted, he thinks from Ken Legler (head coach at Tufts University), it is “easier to turn an athlete into a sailor, than a sailor into an athlete.”

Most of the varsity sailors at SG go on to sail in college, however some of the best sailors look to other facets of college they are interested in and will choose not to sail.  “It really varies because some of the team members will only look at schools that sail, but some will choose to not make sailing their key element,” Roy goes on to explain that there are a few things high school sailors should know when it comes to sailing in high school and then onto college; one of those things is that sailing is not an NCAA sport, it is not a gateway into college, academics REALLY matter.  Another piece of high school sailing students should know is what a significant time commitment it is.  At SG they sail five or six days a week in the spring.  It is a fairly short season, so it can be very time consuming, especially when it comes to competing in the various qualifiers that lead up to Nationals.

Roy feels that the season is really not about Nationals for them.  Of course they will go if they qualify, but he feels that you cannot prepare for it until you have qualified, so focusing on getting to New England’s and sailing well there is their primary goal.  He does goal setting with his team so that they can track where they are at the beginning of the season and then revisit their goals to see how they are progressing.  He really feels that his main goal with the team is improvement because if you are always improving the rest will take care of itself, “ practice how you race and race how you practice.”  He wants to be sure that the goals the team sets are relevant and that it is not nationals that drive their season, but long term goals that do.

It soon becomes apparent to me that Roy is the ultimate educator, he loves to teach and give the kids the tools they need to succeed, but leaves it up to the students to apply the tools, and figure out the details for themselves.  An example of this is at the beginning of the season when the sailors are sorting out whom they will sail with. They rotate a lot and usually personalities and skill levels will dictate who ends up with whom.  Of course weight will play a little bit of a factor and the exceptions when a very knowledgeable crew will end up with a less experienced skipper to help bring them up to speed.  It is this depth in the team that fosters their talent and success.

One of the challenges that Roy can face with teenage sailors is that their egos creep out and take over the team concept, “I address their egos by talking to them about the differences in task and ego orientation, how it develops with age, and how it affects the behavior on the water.” He also explains the “storming, forming, norming, performing, and adjourning” steps of team building.  “The more they know about their own psychological development, the better.”  When he then asks them, “why are you behaving this way?” They have the background tool to reflect on this question, Roy finds that they can easily see what is really agitating them and work it out.  Another useful aspect of the sailing team is that the older sailors set a benchmark, and when young sailor egos join the team, this benchmark proves valuable in putting the young sailors in their place. It is a tool that is more effective than anything a coach can do for the team.  The older kids help to teach the younger kids.

 

Much like the students need to keep their egos in check, Roy does the same with his own ego.  He has learned in his coaching experience, that he needs to keep his ego separate from the performance of his team.  “I had to learn that teams will come and go and there will be good years and bad years, you simply cannot treat the teams’ performance as a reflection of yourself.”  He now knows that he cannot expect the team to be the same from year to year, each year is a new team.  Roy’s mantra is to “innovate, educate, motivate, and appreciate.”  He keeps perspective that this is a high school sport and coaching is teaching, “I can get frustrated with the team, but it is when they make a mistake and you know that they know better.”

Some common mistakes that Roy sees high school sailors make, is when they first come to high school sailing, they do not realize how important boat handling is in short course
sailing and team racing.  Trying to apply long course tactics to short course racing does not work either.  Another common mistake is when “sailors cannot separate their performance from their egos, the best sailors realize that they will have some bad events and that there will be people who will beat them from time to time.”  There has been a tremendous amount of growth in high school sailing, the level of sailing is much higher and there are more teams participating.  Roy believes that the top high school sailors go to college and make an impact earlier in their careers, “college freshman can now join a college team and be competitive right away and travel to big regattas.”

Roy likes to keep himself competitive as well, sailing avidly in the Sheilds fleet, where he was 4th at Nationals and 4th in 110 Nationals.  He also competed on Goose in the 6 Meter World’s and was the top U.S. boat.  He will continue to pursue his own sailing and racing.  He finds it fun to be on the racecourse now competing against or with sailors that he used to coach,  “It is an unusual sport that you can continue to be competitive after many years.”  I asked Roy if he would continue to coach indefinitely and his response was: “I will as long as I enjoy doing it…and yes, I still enjoy it!”

 

A Bit About St. Georges School Sailing Team:

Sailing – Coed Varsity
The St. George’s sailing program has been in continuous operation for over 30 years and has developed into one of the best-supported high school programs in the country. The current fleet consists of a total of twenty-two club-collegiate 420s (the largest high-school owned fleet in the country) and two FJs. These boats combined with the program’s four power boats, give the coaches the flexibility to structure practices in a wide variety of ways. The base of the on-the-water operations is the Ida Lewis Yacht Club. Situated on a rock in the middle of famous Newport harbor, the club provides an ideal location from which to run the program as courses can be set only a couple of minutes away from where the boats are stored. Although there is some informal sailing during the fall and several students race their Lasers in the winter frostbite series, the focus of the program is the spring season that begins in late March. Around forty to forty-five sailors are then divided up into three squads: varsity, JV, and middlers. Sailing is one of the few sports where young men and women can compete on an equal footing, and in recent years, almost every varsity team has featured both male and female skippers and crews. The focus of the program is racing and some sailing experience prior to entering the program is helpful. The aims of the different levels of the program are very different. At the middler and JV levels the program strives to develop the sailing and racing skills of the participants. The varsity level, while continuing to develop the same skills as the lower programs, focuses on preparing the team to compete at the very highest levels of competition, namely the Fleet Racing (Mallory/Cressy) and Team Racing (Baker) National Championships.

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2011 Rose Bowl College Final Results- BC Wins!

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26th U S C Rose Bowl

  • Southern Cal
  • January 8-9, 2011
  • Intersectional Regatta
  • Boat: FJ

Scores in Divisions

Team A B TOT
1 Boston College Eagles 35 52 87
2 St. Mary’s Seahawks 46 43 89
3 Georgetown Hoyas 41 63 104
4 Charleston Cougars 51 60 111
5 Coast Guard Bears 65 69 134
6 Vermont Catamounts 91 45 136
7 Old Dominion Monarchs 93 74 167
8 UC Irvine Anteaters 125 53 178
9 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos 76 108 184
10 Stanford Cardinal 101 92 193
11 UC Los Angeles Bruins 70 125 195
12 Navy Midshipmen 109 98 207
13 Southern Cal Trojans 105 116 221
14 Hawaii Rainbows 138 92 230
15 Oregon Ducks 143 87 230
16 Cal Maritime Keelhaulers 100 136 236
17 Fordham Rams 90 163 253
18 Roger Williams Hawks 142 113 255
19 Connecticut College Camels 129 135 264
20 Kings Point Mariners 145 121 266
21 Santa Clara Santa Clara 142 136 278
22 UC San Diego UC San Diego 126 153 279
23 Western Washington Vikings 191 133 324
24 Berkeley Berkeley 143 182 325
25 Texas A&M Aggies 214 191 405
26 UC Davis UC Davis 187 226 413
27 Notre Dame Fighting Irish 204 210 414
28 Cal Poly Cal Poly 177 248 425
29 Channel Islands Channel Islands 223 203 426
30 Chapman Panthers 234 205 439

Scores by Race

Team Div. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 TOT
1 Boston College A 7 3 3 12 2 4 3 1 35
Eagles B 3 14 4 6 5 8 11 1 52
10 27 34 52 59 71 85 87 87
2 St. Mary’s A 11 17 1 7 6 1 1 2 46
Seahawks B 7 2 1 1 9 6 2 15 43
18 37 39 47 62 69 72 89 89
3 Georgetown A 18 8 2 1 1 2 4 5 41
Hoyas B 14 9 12 13 2 3 3 7 63
32 49 63 77 80 85 92 104 104
4 Charleston A 1 4 14 6 4 10 2 10 51
Cougars B 10 10 2 5 4 1 6 22 60
11 25 41 52 60 71 79 111 111
5 Coast Guard A 12 14 8 3 13 5 7 3 65
Bears B 2 1 16 3 14 5 22 6 69
14 29 53 59 86 96 125 134 134
6 Vermont A 15 1 4 22 16 3 14 16 91
Catamounts B 1 3 10 10 1 2 5 13 45
16 20 34 66 83 88 107 136 136
7 Old Dominion A 16 16 11 13 7 7 15 8 93
Monarchs B 5 15 7 4 3 19 10 11 74
21 52 70 87 97 123 148 167 167
8 UC Irvine A 3 9 17 20 18 9 25 24 125
Anteaters B 4 4 3 2 8 22 7 3 53
7 20 40 62 88 119 151 178 178
9 UC Santa Barbara A 20 7 10 5 5 8 9 12 76
Gauchos B 12 20 19 9 7 11 13 17 108
32 59 88 102 114 133 155 184

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10 Stanford A 6 10 6 16 15 17 16 15 101
Cardinal B 20 5 5 14 6 25 15 2 92
26 41 52 82 103 145 176 193 193
11 UC Los Angeles A 2 5 15 8 10 11 6 13 70
Bruins B 18 6 13 18 13 10 23 24 125
20 31 59 85 108 129 158 195 195
12 Navy A 19 6 5 15 19 21 18 6 109
Midshipmen B 11 24 8 11 23 4 12 5 98
30 60 73 99 141 166 196 207 207
13 Southern Cal A 14 11 7 10 17 12 13 21 105
Trojans B 16 11 11 19 15 23 1 20 116
30 52 70 99 131 166 180 221 221
14 Hawaii A 17 20 21 17 21 26 12 4 138
Rainbows B 8 8 24 8 11 17 4 12 92
25 53 98 123 155 198 214 230 230
15 Oregon A 13 24 27 25 9 24 10 11 143
Ducks B 9 18 6 7 16 15 8 8 87
22 64 97 129 154 193 211 230 230
16 Cal Maritime A 4 19 9 11 14 13 5 25 100
Keelhaulers B 19 12 17 17 18 16 16 21 136
23 54 80 108 140 169 190 236 236
17 Fordham A 9 12 12 2 3 23 22 7 90
Rams B 22 13 21 20 25 18 25 19 163
31 56 89 111 139 180 227 253 253
18 Roger Williams A 23 21 16 23 12 18 20 9 142
Hawks B 13 7 14 22 20 14 14 9 113
36 64 94 139 171 203 237 255 255
19 Connecticut College A 21 18 19 9 8 6 26 22 129
Camels B 17 22 9 16 22 9 17 23 135
38 78 106 131 161 176 219 264 264
20 Kings Point A 8 22 24 19 28 14 11 19 145
Mariners B 23 16 15 23 24 7 9 4 121
31 69 108 150 202 223 243 266 266
21 Santa Clara A 10 15 23 14 24 20 8 28 142
Santa Clara B 15 23 20 21 17 12 18 10 136
25 63 106 141 182 214 240 278 278
22 UC San Diego A 5 2 22 21 20 19 23 14 126
UC San Diego B 6 26 25 24 10 20 24 18 153
11 39 86 131 161 200 247 279 279
23 Western Washington A 30 23 13 DSQ 23 25 28 18 191
Vikings B 21 21 18 15 12 13 19 14 133
51 95 126 172 207 245 292 324 324
24 Berkeley A 25 30 18 4 11 15 17 23 143
Berkeley B 25 17 22 12 29 26 26 25 182
50 97 137 153 193 234 277 325 325
25 Texas A&M A 29 27 29 28 27 27 21 26 214
Aggies B 24 19 26 25 19 21 28 29 191
53 99 154 207 253 301 350 405 405
26 UC Davis A 22 28 25 24 22 22 24 20 187
UC Davis B 29 29 28 28 28 29 27 28 226
51 108 161 213 263 314 365 413 413
27 Notre Dame A 28 26 26 27 25 28 27 17 204
Fighting Irish B 28 25 23 26 26 27 29 26 210
56 107 156 209 260 315 371 414 414
28 Cal Poly A 26 25 20 18 26 16 19 27 177
Cal Poly B DSQ DSQ DSQ DSQ DSQ DSQ DSQ DSQ 248
57 113 164 213 270 317 367 425 425
29 Channel Islands A 24 13 DSQ DSQ DSQ DSQ DSQ DSQ 223
Channel Islands B 27 28 DSQ DSQ 21 28 21 16 203
51 92 154 216 268 327 379 426 426
30 Chapman A 27 29 28 26 DSQ DSQ DSQ DSQ 234
Panthers B 26 27 27 27 27 24 20 27 205
53 109 164 217 275 330 381 439 439

A Division Scores

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Team Total Sailors
1 Boston College 35 Tyler Sinks ’11 1-8
Eagles Katy Nastro ’11 1-8
2 Georgetown University 41 Chris Barnard ’13 1-8
Hoyas Hilary Kenyon ’13 1-8
3 St. Mary’s College of Maryland 46 Michael Menninger ’11 1-8
Seahawks Frances Kupersmith ’11 1-8
4 College of Charleston 51 Mac Mace ’13 1-8
Cougars Corinna DeCollibus ’13 1-8
5 U. S. Coast Guard Academy 65 Samuel Ingham ’11 1-8
Bears Amanda Hamlet ’12 1-8
6 University of California at Los Angeles 70 Judge Ryan ’14 1-8
Bruins Erica Parker ’14 1-8
7 University of California at Santa Barbara 76 Ryan Sullivan ’12 1-8
Gauchos 1-8
8 Fordham University 90 Alexander Sachs ’12 1-8
Rams Ryann Hall ’11 1-8
9 University of Vermont 91 Coleman Bowen ’11 1-8
Catamounts Laura Walsh-Rogalski ’12 1-8
10 Old Dominion University 93 Dillon Paiva ’13 1-8
Monarchs Alexa Cavalieri ’14 1-8
11 California Maritime Academy 100 Sean Kelly ’12 1-8
Keelhaulers Jessica Schember ’12 1-8
12 Stanford University 101 Kevin Laube ’14 1-8
Cardinal Carolyn Ortel ’14 1-8
13 University of Southern California 105 Stephen Lue ’12 1-6
Kelsey Rupp ’12 7-8
Trojans Mallory Schluter ’14 1-8
14 U. S. Naval Academy 109 Devin Laviano ’13 1-8
Midshipmen Julie DiGiovanni ’13 1-8
15 University of California at Irvine 125 Jack Porter ’11 1-4
Colin Kincaid ’14 5-8
Anteaters Christopher Huang ’12 1-4
Ashley Hobson ’13 5-8
16 University of California at San Diego 126 Eric Alamillo ’13 1-6
Matthew Nguyen ’12 7-8
UC San Diego Amanda Suarez ’13 1-8
17 Connecticut College 129 Wells Bacon ’11 1-8
Camels Elizabeth Wilsterman ’12 1-8
18 University of Hawaii 138 Zach Hester * ’11 1-4,8
William Petersen ’11 5-7
Rainbows Shealin Johnson * ‘ 1-6
Zach Hester * ’11 7
William Petersen ’11 8
19 Santa Clara University 142 Lindsay Grove ’13 3-4
Santa Clara Lindsay Grove ’13 1-3
20 Roger Williams University 142 George Saunders ’12 1-8
Hawks Kathleen Keaveney ’11 1-8
21 University of Oregon 143 Philip Gordon ’11 1-2,5-6
Andrew Balter ’12 3-4,7-8
Ducks Hannah Darrow ’13 1-2,5-6
Hyojung Na ’12 3-4,7-8
22 University of California at Berkeley 143 Cody Shevitz ’12 1-8
Berkeley Jacob Freimer ’11 1-8
23 U. S. Merchant Marine Academy 145 Eric Horrocks ‘
11		 1-8
Mariners Alyssa Montague ’11 1-8
24 Cal Poly University S.L.O. 177 Thomas Maher ’12 1-8
Cal Poly Francesca Delle Cese ’11 1-8
25 University of California at Davis 187 Ryan Lee ’11 1-8
UC Davis Elizabeth Thome ’11 1-8
26 Western Washington University 191 Bryan Rust ’11 1-8
Vikings Debbi Kenote ’13 1-8
27 University of Notre Dame 204 Nathaniel Walden ’12 1-8
Fighting Irish Ali Donahue ’11 1-8
28 Texas A&M University 214 Robert Long ’12 1-8
Aggies Travis James ’13 1-2,5-8
Kerry Pelton ’13 3-4
29 California State University Channel Islands 223 Gregory Dair ’14 1-8
Channel Islands Lisa Marchand ’12 1-8
30 Chapman University 234 Trevor Moseley ’13 1-8
Panthers Taylor Forster ’13 1-4
Maxwell Kosydar * ’14 5-8

B Division Scores

Team Total Sailors
1 St. Mary’s College of Maryland 43 Megan Magill ’11 1-8
Seahawks Meredith Powlison ’11 1-8
2 University of Vermont 45 Johnny Norfleet ’13 1-8
Catamounts Ellie O’Brien ’12 1-8
3 Boston College 52 William Bowman ’14 1-8
Eagles Emily Massa ’12 1-8
4 University of California at Irvine 53 Rex Cameron ’12 1-8
Anteaters Blair Johnston ’11 1-8
5 College of Charleston 60 Ben Spector ’13 1-8
Cougars Alexis Scott ’13 1-8
6 Georgetown University 63 Michael Campbell ’11 1-8
Hoyas Annalee Leggett ’13 1-8
7 U. S. Coast Guard Academy 69 Jennifer Proctor ’11 1-8
Bears Kristen Holloway ’12 1-8
8 Old Dominion University 74 Scott Hoffmann ’14 1-8
Monarchs Emily Reich ’12 1-8
9 University of Oregon 87 Elliot Drake ’12 1-8
Ducks Jessica Prange ’14 1-8
10 Stanford University 92 Sarah Mace ’14 1-8
Cardinal Katie Riklin ’13 1-8
11 University of Hawaii 92 Craig Schifferns ’11 1-8
Rainbows Lindsay Stewart ’13 1-4
Shealin Johnson * ‘ 5-8
12 U. S. Naval Academy 98 Michael Grove ’14 1-8
Midshipmen Alice Hong ’12 1-8
13 University of California at Santa Barbara 108 Matt Foster ’11 1-8
Gauchos Katherine Sander ’13 1-8
14 Roger Williams University 113 Eric Schwarm ’13 1-8
Hawks Megan Place ’13 1-8
15 University of Southern California 116 Emily Dahl ’13 1-6
Mallory Schluter ’14 7-8
Trojans Maggie Nolting ’11 1-8
16 U. S. Merchant Marine Academy 121 Kevin Reilly ’11 1-8
Mariners Maggy Ashton ’14 1-8
17 University of California at Los Angeles 125 Oscar Jasklowski ’11 1-6
Andrew Morton ’11 7-8
Bruins Carly Olenick ’13 1-6
Emelia Pelliccio ’13 7-8
18 Western Washington University 133 Patrick Taylor ’12 1-8
Vikings Sarah Hanavan ’11 1-8
19 Connecticut College 135 Max Rollins ’12 1-8
Camels Stephanie Kapinos ’13 1-8
20 Santa Clara University 136
Santa Clara
21 California Maritime Academy 136 Scott Doyle ’14 1-8
Keelhaulers Sara Himes ’13 1-8
22 University of California at San Diego 153 Alicia Bernhard ’12 1-4,7-8
John Olson ’14 5-6
UC San Diego Brooke Sharp ’11 1-4
Tyler Wooldridge ’14 5-6
Jennifer Lyons ’12 7-8
23 Fordham University 163 Joseph Turchiano ’11 1-8
Rams Emma Pfohman ’13 1-8
24 University of California at Berkeley 182 Elizabeth Felando ’13 1-8
Berkeley Sarah Adams ’13 1-8
25 Texas A&M University 191 Colin Feik ’13 1-2,5-6
Conner Fullerton ’12 3-4,7-8
Aggies Jennifer Bender ’13 1-2,5-6
Amanda Quintanilla ’11 3-4,7-8
26 California State University Channel Islands 203 Andrew Domingos ’11 1-8
Channel Islands Lisa Marchand ’12 1-2,7-8

Joey Bea * ’11 3-4
Hayley Bracken ’12 5-6
27 Chapman University 205 Catherine Bevens ’14 1-8
Panthers Alyssa Aoki ’12 1-8
28 University of Notre Dame 210 Jeffrey Miller ’12 1-2,5-8
Elizabeth Werley ’12 3-4
Fighting Irish Jessica Hedrich ’11 1-8
29 University of California at Davis 226 Karisa Chapa ’14 1-8
UC Davis Jonathan Wilkerson ’11 1-4
Brittany Hirsch ’13 5-8
30 Cal Poly University S.L.O. 248 Shaun Prestridge * ’13 1-8
Cal Poly Christine Gorney ’11 1-4,7-8
Macy Stout * ’13 5-6

International 420 World Championship Final Results

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For more info, visit here:   http://www.420worlds2011.org.ar/Content.aspx?Id=1093

 

2011 420 World Championship – Results – Overall

PROVISIONAL – 02/01/2011 – 20.10 HS.

Pl Sail # Crew B From 1 2 3 4 5 6 Tot
1 52855 P. VOLKER & A. CUNILL MARTINEZ 1 ARGENTINA 4 2 (5) 1 3 1 11
2 53885 B. GREZ & D. GONZALEZ 5 CHILE 7 4 1 (13) 12 2 26
3 53835 J. XAMMAR & J. HERP 28 SPAIN 1 5 4 (15) 5 11 26
4 54293 E. MANCINELLI SCOTTI & L. CUCCHIARA 8 ITALY (16) 1 8 16 1 4 30
5 53967 T. GRATTON & E. RILEY 41 GREAT BRITAIN 8 7 6 10 (25) 3 34
6 54281 J. MARTEN & M. KAMPEN 35 GERMANY 11 8 3 (20) 2 13 37
7 53966 M. WOOD & H. STANLEY 48 GREAT BRITAIN 3 (38) 14 9 10 7 43
8 52654 J. GARCIA RODRIGUEZ & F. OLEZZA 14 ARGENTINA (25) 9 20 5 8 5 47
9 53890 Y. THELIER & G. HOLIN 39 FRANCE 6 3 12 (34) 22 10 53
10 53087 N. THAMSOONTORN & A. CHOMTONGDEE 17 THAILAND 17 6 7 17 9 (30) 56
11 53872 M. FOSKETT & A. WLAKER 47 GREAT BRITAIN 13 12 11 14 (30) 6 56
12 53959 J. FREEMAN & B. GRATTON 43 GREAT BRITAIN 15 14 2 (24) 7 19 57
13 52542 P. SALZMANN & C. VERGARA 4 CHILE 2 16 10 (23) 11 21 60
14 54123 J. HAYWARD & T. CARTER 44 GREAT BRITAIN 12 19 9 6 16 (57DNC) 62
15 54010 T. FISCHER & M. FISCHER 34 GERMANY 21 22 13 11 6 (24) 73
16 53984 J. STUCKL & A. HOESCH 29 GERMANY 18 11 (48) 3 23 20 75
17 52652 H. HADDAD & N. CASTRO 40 BRAZIL 5 (41) 31 8 19 23 86
18 53830 E. L´HER & H. LAURAS 36 FRANCE 10 15 17 (41) 17 33 92
19 51581 A. KAVAS & G. KAVAS 20 GREECE (43) 32 32 2 13 14 93
20 54361 F. BENDANDI & F. PASINI 7 ITALY 28 21 21 21 (36) 8 99
21 53922 G. PIROUELLE & V. SIPAN 37 FRANCE 27 13 15 (29) 20 28 103
22 53172 G. NICKEL & D. HOFFMANN 33 GERMANY (30) 20 26 12 29 18 105
23 50794 M. LOMBARDO & J. FEHRMANN 12 ARGENTINA 26 42 18 19 4 (57DNC) 109
24 54164 T. MORSLEY & M. WALLIS 46 GREAT BRITAIN (44) 35 43 7 14 12 111
25 53692 G. D´ERRICO & G. MINELLI 55 ITALY 24 24 16 27 21 (57DNF) 112
26 52854 F. OLIVEIRA CALDEIRA & A. DALE 25 BRAZIL 32 17 (57BFD) 32 15 17 113
27 50792 G. BISI & T. VOLKER 2 ARGENTINA (31) 23 24 28 24 15 114
28 53726 P. KUBEL & H. PEPIN 31 GERMANY 23 18 25 (31) 26 29 121
29 53838 A. FERRERO & L. KALB 9 ITALY 22 25 (44) 26 18 35 126
30 53997 T. RODDA & C. RODDA 6 ITALY 33 31 40 4 (41) 22 130
31 53626 J. NACHTIGALL & F. CLEMENS 30 GERMANY 20 (57BFD) 35 18 39 25 137
32 53219 M. BERTRAND & X. LARA 38 FRANCE 34 39 (57DSQ) 39 27 9 148
33 52848 R. PARANHOS & P. ESSLE 19 BRAZIL 19 43 22 37 (52) 32 153
34 53165 H. SCHAAL & F. SCHAAL 32 GERMANY 29 33 (38) 33 28 32 155
35 54082 H. DERBYSHIRE & T. LOVESEY 45 GREAT BRITAIN 35 37 19 30 35 (39) 156
36 52618 T. MURATA & K. TANAKA 18 JAPAN 9 30 34 43 43 (57DNC) 159
37 54243 J. FOUGERE & H. MACHUM 56 CANADA (45) 28 27 45 32 27 159
38 52204 C. SWAN DE FREITAS & G. TOLENTINO 10 BRAZIL (37) 26 30 36 37 31 160
39 53544 A. COYLE & J. NEMETH 16 VIRGIN ISLAND 14 10 23 (57RAF) 57RAF 57OCS 161
40 50481 G. NANDIN & F. JACOBS 24 ARGENTINA 39 29 (47) 42 44 16 170
41 50480 F. LAZZARI & A. GIRALT 21 ARGENTINA (48) 36 33 40 31 36 176
42 52532 J. JIMENEZ & A. JIMENEZ 54 CHILE 40 (57DNC) 41 22 34 44 181
43 52202 F. DONZINO & J. VARISCO 52 ARGENTINA 38 27 42 38 42 (57OCS) 187
44 50791 M. MAJDALANI & F. KYBURG 26 ARGENTINA 36 34 39 (51) 46 38 193
45 52526 J. FERGUSON & A. FERGUSON 15 CANADA 47 45 29 (52) 48 26 195
46 52856 M. NOGUEIRA & M. CHAMMAH 42 ARGENTINA 42 (57DNC) 36 48 40 34 200
47 52531 T. MIDDLETON & M. PEREZ 3 CHILE 41 46 37 46 38 (57DNC) 208
48 54067 R. VAN DIJK & S. MCDONOUGH 50 UNITED STATES (57DNF) 48 57DNC 25 33 57DNC 220
49 54358 D. LOMBARDI & G. NAD SEQUEIRA 11 BRAZIL 52 (57DNC) 28 35 50 57DNC 222
50 52524 C. FRERS & F. POLIMENI 51 ARGENTINA (49) 44 46 44 47 42 223
51 52651 T. ROLDAN & F. ROLDAN 49 ARGENTINA (50) 49 45 47 45 43 229
52 53515 N. STEFANI & A. MARTINEZ 23 URUGUAY 46 (57DNC) 50 53 57OCS 37 243
53 50790 C. DUHALDE & S. VODANOVICH 53 ARGENTINA (57DNC) 47 57DNC 49 49 41 243
54 53514 A. ZULIAN & J. MARABOTTO 22 URUGUAY 51 40 49 54 (57OCS) 57DNC 251
55 50484 L. CABRAL & S. FISCHER 27 ARGENTINA (57DNF) 51 51 50 51 57DNC 260
56 50795 T. VIGNATI & J. BRANZ 13 ARGENTINA (57DNC) 50 57DNC 57DNC 57DNC 57DNC 27

V15 Midwinters Results!

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Vanguard 15 (27 boats) (top)
Series Standing – 10 races scored

 

Skipper Yacht Club 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Total Pos
Luke Lawrence/ USSCMC/ USSCMC 2 1 1 13 8 7 [28/OCS] 1 2 2 37 1
Brogan Abernethy
John Storck III/ Tan Guts Society/ DCYC 7 4 2 2 5 5 [28/OCS] 4 6 3 38 2
Sam Williams
Mark Dinneen/ Duxbury Yacht Club/ Saefern Saddle & Yacht Club 1 5 3 8 1 3 9/ZFP 2 12 [28/DNF] 44 3
Janel Zarkowsky
Philip Crain/ MIT Sailing/ MIT Sailing 8 2 5 1 [17] 6 8/ZFP 7 1 6 44 4
Reguli Granger
Eamon Glackin/ MITNA/ NCYC [9] 9 7 4 2 2 7/ZFP 8 3 7 49 5
Kaitlin Storck
Ben Quatromoni/ Salt Pond YC/ Salt Pond YC 4 6 6 5 10 9 11/ZFP 6 10 [15] 67 6
Emily Anderson
Benjamin Spiller/ None/ Brown University 3 13 13 6 [20] 1 13/ZFP 3 4 14 70 7
Sally Evans
Johnny Norfleet/ Vermont Sailing/ Vermont Sailing 11 3 16 [18] 6 4 6/ZFP 16 5 4 71 8
Ellie O’Brien
Collin Leon/ Old Dominion University/ Old Dominion University 6 8 9 [14] 11 11 10/ZFP 12 14 9 90 9
Dillon Paiva
Graham Mergenthaler/ SCYC/ Surf City Yacht Club 16 17 14 7 7 10 [28/OCS] 5 8 18 102 10
Ashley Kark
Mike Komar/ Oakcliff Sailing Center/ Brady Stagg 14 11 8 12 13 19 [28/OCS] 9 7 11 104 11
Brady Stagg
Matthew Carmody/ URI/ URi 5 12 4 3 18 15 23/ZFP [28/DNS] 21 8 109 12
Andrew Moakes
Brendan Kopp/ Pequot Yacht Club/ Pequot Yacht Club 23 10 [28/OCS] 10 12 8 15/ZFP 17 15 1 111 13
Tim Clark
Matt Johnson/ 369198R/ Kaneohe Yacht Club 19 19 11 17 3 14 22/ZFP [23] 16 5 126 14
Ian Towill
Michael Collins/ Sayville YC/ SSA 10 7 [24] 22 24 12 14/ZFP 10 17 12 128 15
Morgan Wilson
Max Bulger Jumbo Sailing 15 14 [22] 9 16 13 19/ZFP 18 19 17 140 16
Ben Greenfield/ Boston University/ Boston University 12 20 10 [21] 21 17 17/ZFP 20 13 10 140 17
Fiona Gordon
Jake Denney/ TeamDenney/ TeamDenney 18 [22] 17 15 9 20 12/ZFP 21 11 20 143 18
Kaitlin Denney
Zach Runci/ ODU/ ODU 13 15 15 20 [22] 22 20/ZFP 15 18 13 151 19
Collin Kirby
Jeff Knowles/ Ida Lewis Yacht Club/ BUST 21 18 18 [23] 15 16 16/ZFP 11 23 16 154 20
Theresa O’Neal
Bernie Roesler Toms River Yacht [25] 23 20 19 4 18 24/ZFP 19 9 21 157 21
Madeline Gill/ Cedar Point Yacht Club/ Lake Geneva Yacht Club 17 16 12 11 23 21 21/ZFP 14 [24] 22 157 22
Christopher Kennedy
Christopher Berger/ chicago corinthian yacht club/ CHICAGO CORINTHIAN YACH CLUB 20 24 19 16 14 24 18/ZFP 22 [28/BFD] 23 180 23
MARCELLA GRUNERT
Sean Harr SSA 22 25 21 24 19 23 [28/DNF] 24 20 28/DNC 206 24
Donald Massey Chicago Corinthian Yacht Club [28/DNS] 21 23 27 28/DNF 28/DNC 28/OCS 13 22 19 209 25
Ann Sager/ University of New Hampshire/ Massachusetts Maritime Academy 24 [26] 25 25 25 25 25/ZFP 25 26 24 224 26
Mikayla Martin
Aaron Sandow/ USSCMC/ USSCMC 26 [28/DNF] 28/DNS 26 26 28/DNF 26/ZFP 28/DNF 28/DNC 28/DNC 244 27
Ricky Anderson

“When are you going to get a real job? Some Thoughts on Landing a Job in the Sailing Industry”

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by David G. Bryan

Presented by Mauri Pro Sailing

Wordle: Sail1Design Feature article: Getting a Job in the Sailing Industry

*David Bryan has been the General Manager at the Boston Sailing Center for 22 years, and has numerous sailing accolades including winning the Mallory Cup in 2002.  He steps out of his usual role to provide some insight for Airwaves readers on getting that “temporary” job.

I remember graduation was approaching, everyone I knew had interviews lined up but my heart wasn’t in it. I credit Northeastern’s co-op program for helping me decide what I didn’t want to do but needed some time to find the right career choice. I had taught sailing on a lake in NJ and really enjoyed it, so I started looking for a summer sailing job in Boston. A friend told me about the Boston Sailing Center and now, more than 20 years later, I’m still at my temporary summer job.

Back then, other than word of mouth, you looked in the Yellow Pages to find a school and then called to see if they were hiring. It’s amazing what is available now. In addition to checking a businesses’ employment section on their site, there are always marine industry ads on various publications, and of course, Sail 1 Design.

While I don’t have a lot of experience looking for marine jobs I have done a fair amount of hiring, especially during my run as head sailing instructor.  Below I hope to provide some quick general advice, tips, and tricks for anyone looking to break into the industry.

 

Your Resume;

Even though employers in the Sailing Industry may be less formal, a resume is still extremely important. I have had some job seekers stop by without a resume and want to interview on the spot. There’s a big difference between stating your experience verbally as opposed to leaving a written version that can be referred to with other members of the hiring staff. Plus, when it comes to sailing experience, it’s easy to sound like you’re bragging. Better to let your resume do the talking.

If you really want the job, take your time to rework your resume if needed. How hard is it to change that objective that doesn’t match or add your sailing experience? It can be difficult to get past “Objective: Engineering Technician”.

Think about how your non sailing work experience might apply. For instructors, I am looking for excellent sailing skills as well as good communication skills. Make sure any relevant skills standout on your resume.  Winning championships is great, but experience teaching others is better.

Tell it like it is. This may go against the prevailing resume writing advice, but I like a resume to be very straight forward. Too many times I see good work experience become almost comical from action words and the like.

 

The Interview;

Over the years I have tried different procedures for interviewing and testing sailing skills. Originally, I would do a sit down interview followed by a single handed sailing test. I eventually shortened the sit down portion and would continue the interview while sailing. It’s a great way to see if someone can stay relaxed while sailing through a crowded mooring field and carry on a conversation.

It always amazes me that people will apply for a sailing instructor job who don’t really know how to sail. It’s always difficult when you realize someone doesn’t have the skills shortly after leaving the mooring.  Don’t waste your time or the organizations if your abilities don’t match what they’re advertising for.

 

References;

I like to see references sent in with the resume. If we are getting to the final stage and decide to check references, “furnished upon request” can slow the process.  Showing references early show me that you’ve held other similar jobs, and you’re confident that your previous employer will speak well of you.  I’ve had instances of provided references talking me out of a hire, so make sure you really know who you’re putting on there!

A job in the marine business can be very rewarding but be ready to answer the “when are you going to get a real job” question. You should also make sure you have an answer for Winter.

 

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