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St. Francis Yacht Club is Hiring for Summer 2019!!

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St. Francis Yacht Club, located in beautiful San Francisco California is seeking several talented and hardworking sailing instructors/counselors for our summer season, June 18- August 17, 2018. The Club currently supports a fleet of RS Tera, Lasers, Bytes, FJs, and C420s.  For more information on this position, and to apply, please visit the job ad HERE

St. Francis Yacht Club was founded in 1927 by a group of 21 San Francisco Yachtsman with a vision of a club in the City. Ground was broken for the clubhouse that year, and events were held on members yachts until the club was formally opened in 1928. In 1959, the Club acquired its Tinsley Island Station, located on the Sacramento Delta. Tinsley offers members a warm boating destination to escape the traditional summer fog on the Bay. In 2002, the membership celebrated its 75th anniversary of activity on San Francisco Bay and around the world.
The yachting interests of our 2300-plus members include racing, cruising, sailboarding, kiteboarding, water-skiing and more. Our sailors have challenged and defended for the America’s Cup, brought home Olympic medals, and won prestigious races such as the Whitbread, Transpac and Pacific Cup. Whether cruising in the Mexican Sea of Cortez or racing in the Olympics, a St. Francis Yacht Club burgee is apt to be seen.
St. Francis Yacht Club is a year-round host of over 40 regattas on San Francisco Bay, including the annual Big Boat Series each September. The Club was host to the 2000 US Olympic Sailing Trials, and continues to host World and National Championships. StFYC is also dedicated to the development of young corinthian sailors. Our junior sailing team (ages 10 to 23) races locally and internationally in Optimists, Lasers, Radial Lasers, 29ers, 420’s and Flying Juniors. Each year, our Club hosts the Laser Sailing Symposium, with invitations to the world’s most competitive Laser sailors. 
Our San Francisco clubhouse provides a boating and social venue for our members and their guests. It features large deep-water guest docks, outstanding dining and incredible vistas of the Golden Gate Bridge and San Francisco Bay. This is the premier location to view yacht racing on the renowned City Front. The Club’s annual calendar includes a wide variety of social events from theme parties, and winemaker dinners, to cruises both locally and far away.

Sail Park City is Hiring!

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We are promoting the sport of sailing to adults and children in the greater Park City community. We offer racing, summer sailing camps, adult sailing lessons, as well as partner with other local organizations to get as many people out sailing!We’re looking for a bunch of staff. Join us this summer for a great time in the mountain west. We are open to hiring a few folks from the same university/team together for a summer to remember! To learn more details about our open positions and to apply please see our job ad HERE!

When the town of Park City is mentioned it brings to mind the 2002 Olympic Games, 3 world class ski resorts and an eclectic funky community. Just outside of the town and under the slopes of the Deer Valley ski resort the State of Utah constructed the Jordanelle Reservoir within a State Park. This created a 6 square mile body of water at 6200’ in elevation. South east of the reservoir is Provo Canyon and the city of Provo. The summer heat in the valley creates a reliable thermal breeze and the combination has become the ideal setting for Park City Sailing.

It turned out that Park City is the home of a large number of sailing refuges who relocated to live a unique mountain town lifestyle. With the creation of the Jordanelle the pieces began to fall into place during the summer of 2008. The rest is history.

  • Spring 2018 – PCSA receives the Robie Pierce Award for Outstanding Adaptive Programing 2017 from the U.S. Sailing Association.
  • Summer of 2017 – Merit 25 and O’Day 19 are donated to the Park City Sailing fleet.
  • Summer of 2016 – over 1500 participants including 820 in Out Reach and 390 in our Junior program. 90 sailing lessons given and 48 Access members.
  • Summer of 2016 – our fleet expands to 42 boats with 4 Rhodes 19’s in the Access program and 4 Mercury 4 stroke motors are purchased.
  • Summer 2015 – 14 sets of Optimist sails and 2 sets of J/22 sails are donated.
  • Summer 2015 – 3 additional Boston Whalers are acquired to the continued expansion of our growing organization.
  • Summer 2015 – 2 additional Rhodes 19’s are purchased  to support the growth of the club.
  • Winter 2014 – additional Optimists are purchased to to bring the fleet to 14.
  • Summer 2014 – over 350 participants from the National Ability Center sail with us in adaptive and therapeutic programs.
  • Summer 2013 – a Rhodes 19 is donated to enhance the family sailing program.
  • Spring 2013 – 2 additional  Club 420’s to increase the fleet to 6 boats.
  • Spring 2013 – a donation of 8 Elliot 6m creates a club fleet race program.
  • Winter 2012 – PCSA acquires a second J/22 and a 17’ Boston Whaler Montauk.
  • Summer 2012 – 25 families participate in the inaugural  J/22 charter program.
  • Spring 2012 – 4 Club 420 sailboats are acquired to start an advanced racing program.
  • Fall 2011 – PCSA hosts the Laser No Coast Championships that was covered by Sailing World Magazine.
  • Summer 2011 – 130 children attend the Junior sailing program.
  • Summer 2011 – Laser racing averages 20 boats nightly.
  • Summer 2011 – 17 families join the J/22 Charter program.
  • Spring 2011 PCSA conducts a 3 day in depth Laser racing seminar.
  • Spring of 2011 – PCSA buys a J/22 and plans are made to create an Adult Sailing and Charter program.
  • September 2010 – PCSA hosts the Laser District 23 Championship with 30 boats attending.
  • Summer 2010 – 65 children attend the summer program.
  • Summer 2010 – The Junior program begins with a head instructor, 3 sailing instructors each certified by US Sailing.
  • Summer 2010 – The fleet hosts a series of sailing seminars.
  • Summer 2010 – Laser Summer Series averages 18 boats.
  • Spring 2010 – PCSA acquires a 13’ Boston Whaler and 6 Optimist dinghies.
  • Spring 2010 – PCSA’s Buster Pike receives the Outstanding Director of a New Program Award from PCSA’s Geoff Hurwitch receives the One-Design Leadership Award from the U.S. Sailing Association, Community Sailing Council.
  • Winter 2010 – PCSA begins planning a Junior Summer Sailing Program.
  • September 2009 – PCSA hosts the sanctioned Laser No Coast Championship with 31 competitors.
  • Late Summer 2009 – a Family Sailing Demo weekend is conducted to introduce junior sailing to the community.
  • Midsummer 2009 – Tuesday night racing attendance averages 15 – 18 boats.
  • Summer 2009 – a formal Tuesday night Laser racing series begins with sailors who have competed in 505, J/22, J/24, Etchells and Snipe World’s as well as newcomers to the sport.

The Park City Sailing Association’s fleet has grown each season. From a borrowed power boat in the summer of 2008, the membership has worked tirelessly to raise funds as well as organize donations to develop a fleet that permits us to expand to meet the wide needs of our community.

J22

J/22 – 2 SAILBOATS

In the summer of 2011 we acquired our first J/22 keelboat which permitted us to establish both our Boat Access Program and our Adult Sailing Program. Due to the popularity of both programs we acquired our second J/22 keelboat for the 2012 season. The J/22’s also enable us to host special day and week-long sailing camps for other summer youth programs in our community. For 2015, the J’s were given new sails through a donation of one of the PC Sailing families.

Rhodes 19

RHODES 19 – 4 SAILBOATS

Through the generosity of one of our families, PCSA received a donation of a Rhodes 19. This sturdy 19 footer became a popular family boat as she is stable and very comfortable. She also sits on a mooring to keep her user friendly for intermediate sailors. For 2016 we have expanded our Rhodes fleet to 4 boats. They are undergoing an extensive renovation and each of the boats will be rigged identically (eventually) with the latest fittings.

Elliot 6m

ELLIOT 6M – 8 SAILBOATS

During the spring of 2013 PCSA received a donation of a fleet of 8 Elliot 6 Meter boats. The donor was the Sailing Educational Association of Sheboygan (SEAS). The Elliots are identical to the boats used during the 2012 Olympic Games in London. So far the fleet has been used to support Wounded Warrior programs as well as the Thursday Night Keel Boat Racing Series.

Optimist Dinghy

OPTIMIST DINGHIES – 14 SAILBOATS

Our Junior Sailing Program is supported by our 14 club owned Optimist sailing prams. The “Opti” was selected by our Board due to its ideal trainer characteristics as well as the fact that in any given year there are over 150,000 Optis being sailed in over 100 countries. In addition to our club owned boats, there are several privately owned Optis in our program. For 2015 all of the club owned boats received new sails through a donation from one of our families.

College 420's

CLUB 420 – 6 SAILBOATS

For the 2012 season we acquired four Club 420 sailboats. These 14 foot two person boats are ideal for teenagers and they are one of the most frequently raced boats on the inter-collegiate circuit. Our 420’s are rigged with a trapeze and spinnakers that provide both a physical and advanced experience for the intermediate young sailor. In 2014 we acquired 2 more Club 420’s to support our expanding program with groups such as the University of Utah and the Park City High School Sailing Club.

Laser sailboat

LASER SAILING – 50+ PERSONAL & CLUB-OWNED SAILBOATS

Our adult sailing members privately own 42+ Laser Class Olympic sailing dinghies. The majority of these boats are stored in our secured facility on either racks or owner provided dollies. The spars and sails for the Lasers are stored in our 40’ cargo container, which is 100 yards from our paved launching ramp. Sail PC also owns 5 lasers that can be leased for Tuesday night racing.

Park City Sailing 17' Whaler

PARK CITY SAILING 17′ BOSTON WHALER & OTHER MOTORBOATS

Our primary race committee and safety boat is a Montauk 17 ‘Boston Whaler. Complementing it are our  smaller power boats which are three 13’ Boston Whalers and a 11′ Boston Whaler.  These fast and unsinkable boats support all of our programs.

Merit 25

MERIT 25 & O’DAY 19

At the end of the 2017 season we accepted the donation of a Merit 25 and an O’Day 19. Plans are underway for a learn-to-cruise, night sailing, GPS navigation and over night sailing programs on the Merit 25. The O’Day 19 sees exclusive use with the Jr. Program.

ICSA Spring Season News Update #4

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Yale, Charleston, HWS, Navy and Brown take regatta wins as the team race season, coed and women’s, heats up!

March  25, 2019, Written by Chris Klevan, Photos by Colin Grey Voight, Rob Migliaccio and Tyler Colvin

Brown University won the Duplin Women’s Team Race at Tufts University in Larks on Mystic Lake. Like most New England regattas, the Duplin was a one day event. Brown went 10-0 after a full 8-team round robin and a top-4 round robin. Brown likely would have been most people’s betting favorite as their top team race team features Hannah Steadman and Ragna Agerup- two of the best women’s sailors in the nation. However, Brown’s undefeated effort showed their depth as it featured none of the aforementioned women.

Brown sailed Rachel Foster ‘20, Sophie Hibben ‘19 and Olivia Belda ‘22 on the tiller with Maxine De Havenon ‘19, Emma Montgomery ‘22, Abigayle Konys ‘19 and Annabelle Hutchinson ‘21 in the front.

“The 40th annual Duplin Trophy honors former Tufts Sailing Master Joseph R. Duplin,” said Tufts Head Coach Ken Legler. “A fleet racing regatta for the first 30 years, the Duplin became a team racing regatta for women about ten years ago, the first of its kind. The Duplin is not meant to be a championship of any sort; as such there are no umpires. Protests were handled by three person panels comprised of one coach and two undergrad competitors. Hot soup was provided as a throwback to the former NEWISA which provided a modest lunch at all New England Women’s regattas.”

“The timing of the Duplin is best for all the very fast women’s sailors who are asked to team race in practice against their “A” teams during spring break.  The low-key but high level sailing at the Duplin is their reward,” finished Coach Legler who is also a terrific photographer and keeper of sailing history.

Boston College finished second at 7-3 and Boston University finished 3rd at 5-5, winning a tiebreaker over University of South Florida.

The Duplin was not the only Women’s Team Race last weekend. The Seahawk Women’s Team Race was taken by Navy and a 10-5 record, besting University of Pennsylvania who finished with a 9-6 record.

Navy started slow, finishing the first round robin with a 2-3 record. They turned it on thereafter as they finished the regatta only dropping two races in the final 10 sailed.

Navy sailed Olivia de Olazarra ‘22, Jessica McJones ‘20 and Brittany Slook ‘20 with Madeline Pruzan ‘21, Kelly Milliken ‘21 and Fiona Lobon ‘22 as crews.

Yale won the Friis Trophy, hosted by Roger Williams University, the premier regatta in New England last weekend. “The Friis started off with really shifty conditions with a lot of fleet inversions,” said Yale Head Coach Zack Leonard. “No race was over until the finish!  As the day wore on, the sailing got much better and the breeze solidified.”

The regatta was shortened due to big breeze and cold water temps on Saturday, limiting the regatta to a one day, one round robin format. Yale started their usual group plus a coupe more crews for the wide range of conditions. Nic Baird ‘19, Nick Hernandez ‘19, Shawn Harvey ‘21, Sonia Lingos-Utley ‘21, Graceann Nicolosi ‘20, Claudia Loiacono ‘21 and Catherine Webb ‘22 were joined by stars on the women’s circuit, Catherine Mollerus ‘21 and Christine Klingler ‘20 to add depth to an already deep and talented squad.

“The racing was what you would expect for early season team racing,” said Roger William Head Coach Amanda Callahan. “There were some head scratching decisions mixed in among solid execution. Team racing can be challenging enough in stable conditions but when you add big velocity and angle changes, as well as significant current, there was a lot being thrown at the competitors this weekend and it was good to see them trying to manage so many facets of the game.”

Building upon an already impressive team race season, the Bulldogs of Yale won the tie-breaker against the home team, Roger Williams in a high stakes, but ultimately anticlimactic one race sailoff to end the event. “Yale did a great job off of the line and we were in full chase mode from the jump. Our guys battled hard to get back into the race but, as you would expect from a talented team, Yale was able to punish us for our mistakes and they came away with an impressive win in the sail-off and the overall event win.”

Though the Bulldogs’ top squad has yet to finish worst than first at a team race regatta this season, carrying a 38 win and 5 loss record so far, they did appear to be beatable at the Friis, losing twice- once decisively to Dartmouth who finished that race in a 1-2-4 combination and the event in 4th (more on that later,) and to Boston University in what looked to be a  sketchy 1-3-5 finish in favor of the Terriers. Yale seems to be the most refined team in the nation but there are more than a few teams knocking on their door.

“We always have good battles with Yale, this one was no exception,” said Dartmouth Head Coach Justin Assad. “As always in NEISA, anyone can win any race, so we just try to stay level headed no matter who our opponent is, and we trust that we can beat anyone as long as we don’t beat ourselves.”

Dartmouth finished 4th after losing a sailoff with Stanford University. Both teams finished with a 6-3 record.

Assad continued to say, “We lost the tie break with Stanford – very good race, we undershot the Layline on the last beat in a 1-2, which ultimately cost us the race.  After opening the regatta with three straight losses we felt pretty psyched to be playing for third.”

With two weeks to go before the Fowle Trophy, New England’s Team Race Championship and qualifier for nationals, the conference hierarchy is incredibly uncertain. Yale is the obvious favorite to come out of NEISA, but with Roger Williams, Bowdoin, Dartmouth, Boston College, Brown, Harvard, Tufts, MIT and Boston University all vying for the remained 3 qualifying berths, the NEISA Champs could be quite contentious.

After a Friis Trophy where Roger Williams looked great and Dartmouth emerged from the White Mountains of frozen New Hampshire seemingly battle-ready, all eyes look to Boston and MIT for next weekend’s Lynne Marchiando Regatta as the last showdown and indicator of what’s to come in New England.

College of Charleston won the Aaron Szambecki Team Race with a 18-3 record after two full 10 team round robins and a final four.

“The regatta is named in memory of Aaron Szambecki, ODU `96. Aaron was an Honorable Mention All-American, Team Captain, and avid team racer,” said Old Dominion Head Coach and ICSA President Mitch Brindley. “In 1997 Aaron took his own life, and with the support of the Szambecki family, we renamed the ODU Team Race in his memory.”

“The regatta is known for at least one day of big breeze, a competitive field, a solid umpire team, great hospitality, and a regatta gift,” continued Coach Brindley. “And for the Monarchs, it is on opportunity to raise awareness for suicide prevention. With awareness, suicide is preventable. All campuses of resources available to help students in need.” To learn more see:  www.afsp.org; www.suicideispreventable.org

Photo by Tyler Colvin

“This year we had great day of big breeze on Saturday, followed by perfect team race conditions on Sunday.”

The win at the Szambecki marks the first interconference team race win this season for Charleston as the newcomers are finding their stride alongside the incumbent Dale and Lounsbury. Charleston is trending up in a big way finishing 3rd at home at the Bob Bavier, 4th at the St. Mary’s Team Race, second at the Graham Hall before winning the Szambecki.

 

“Augie is one of the most talented sailors I have ever had the pleasure to coach,” said Charleston Head Coach Ward Cromwell. “He has been struggling through a knee injury this spring and probably hasn’t spent the amount of time in the boat with Katie that we would like to have had by this point of the season, but they have really good chemistry when things are clicking and can no doubt be the fastest boat in any race. We are hopeful to make good use of the coming weekend and peak when it counts.”

The Cougars mixed it up again this regatta sailing Seven Leuck ‘20 and Jack Brown ‘21 with Carter Cameron ‘19, Annabelle Carrington ‘19, Hunter Skinner ‘20 and Payton Alexander ‘19 alongside Dale ’19  and Lounsbury ‘20. This group proved more than competent with Alie Toppa ‘20 back out of the rotation. However, with Toppa in the lineup, the Cougars finished 2nd at the Graham Hall- a deeper, more competitive regatta, just behind Yale. Coach Cromwell, again seems to have all the talent needed to make a run at Charleston’s third consecutive Team Race Championship.

“Skipper’s can get to the Nationals, crews win the nationals,” continued Coach Cromwell “Our crews mean everything to our team! If one crew doesn’t buy in to what we are doing, the whole team suffers. Our crews are strong, athletic, knowledgeable and provide an awesome wind range rotation for our skippers. This will most certainly be a factor at the end of the season. Acknowledging and improving our weaknesses is always a good first step. Everyone has bought into doing what is best for the team and stepping up when they are called upon. I feel very fortunate to be coaching such a great group of kids and we are all very much looking forward to seeing how good we can get as unit over the remainder of the spring season.”

Charleston’s three losses came at the hands of Stanford in round two, Navy and George Washington in the final four after the Cougars went 9-0 in round one. Navy finished second at 16-5 while George Washington finished 3rd at 15-6.

Hobart and William Smith Colleges won the Admiral Moore Team Race sailed at SUNY Maritime College. HWS finished with a 9-1 record in the single day regatta cut short, like many regattas in the northeast, due to high winds and cold water.

HWS sailed a pretty tight group as their championship lineup is starting to emerge. Hector Guzman ‘20 and Charles Miller ‘19 on the tiller has been a staple for their success for a while now. As is the case with Maya Weber ‘20 and Lindsey Kloc ‘19. However, the emergence of Kyle Easton ‘20 and Aiden Morgan ‘21 looks to provide stability for a team now with its eyes on a Mid-Atlantic Championship.

After losing their first matchup against Fordham, HWS ended the regatta on a 5 race winning streak, including a redeeming victory over Fordham. Fordham’s success in this event earned the Rams a trip to the MAISA Championships, The Prosser Trophy.

Fordham, along with HWS, Georgetown, ODU, George Washington and Navy prequalify, leaving St. Mary’s, Cornell, University of Pennsylvania, Christopher Newport University, SUNY and KP fighting for the final 2 spots at the Team Race Challenge, just to have a shot at being one of the 4 that MAISA will send to the Laser Performance National Championship May 25-27.

“I was really happy to get the results we needed this weekend to move directly to the Prosser,” said Fordham Head Coach Johnny Norfleet. “We knew going into the weekend that we either needed to win our event or finish two places higher than St. Mary’s as they were the only team we would beat in a tiebreak. Though we didn’t win, we did enough to barely edge out a spot in the top 6 of the team race league. This means we can give our sailors a much needed weekend off and put our focus entirely on preparing for the Prosser in two weekends. Hopefully the experience from this weekend will help prepare us for the high stakes environment of the Prosser in two weekends.”

“I wouldn’t be surprised if the qualifying spots come down to a multi way tie and a sail off, so it may come down to who can execute best under pressure,” continued Coach Norfleet. “I really like our chances this year as I know we can beat every team in the field, but there’s no doubt we still have some weaknesses that we’ll need to clean up in the next two weeks if we want to peak at the Prosser.”

Fordham finished 8-2 with Roger Williams rounding out the top 3 at 5-and-5, winning a tie-break against University of Pennsylvania.

California Yacht Club is Hiring!

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California Yacht Club’s year-round Junior Sailing Program has its emphasis on racing. Our program utilizes the single-handed Optimist Dinghy for our younger participants and the double-handed Club Flying Junior or spinnaker equipped Club 420 for our older teen sailors. The Program meets on weekends and attends local, regional, and national regattas throughout the year. The program emphasizes focus on personal responsibility and the principles of Corinthian yachting excellence. These skills are highly valued at high schools with sailing programs and the best Colleges and Universities.Our Junior Sailing Calendar lists all events and practices. We will also send out weekly emails to keep everyone informed on what’s going on!

We are searching for an experienced coach for a a Full Time Head Coach for the Junior Sailing Team. The CalYC Program is year round race program with a strong Opti, Laser, C420 and building 29er class. Candidates should be experienced working with all of these classes at a development and experienced race level. CalYC is looking for a candidate with high enthusiasm, great communication, logistics skills, and motivation to continue to build a great team. This position offers competitive salary and employee benefits. We also want our head coach to remain an active racer while working at CalYC. For more information and to apply, please see our job ad HERE.

The California Yacht Club is located in beautiful Marina del Rey, which is the largest manmade small craft harbor in the Western Hemisphere. CYC is one of several clubs in the marina but is one of only two clubs that offers full services to its members. The current club facility was built in 1967 having relocated from its temporary facility elsewhere in the marina. The California Yacht Club was founded in 1922 in Wilmington Harbor near San Pedro. When Marina del Rey was constructed in the early 1960’s, CYC relocated.

Today the club serves its very active and diverse membership needs by providing club programs, events and facilities that have earned the respect as being one of the leading Yacht Clubs in the country. In addition to the striking views offered from its clubhouse, the club has one of the finest boat anchorages in the marina. Only club members are allowed to rent slips at the club. Members can enjoy the use of the club’s spa and heated pool, enjoy a game of paddle tennis or relax in the Member’s Lounge. The clubhouse and offices are open Wednesday through Sunday although the docks and grounds are accessible at any time. Members can enjoy the many dining services offered in addition to the many formal and informal social events that the club is known for hosting. The heart and soul of any yacht club is its boating activities. CYC members are well known for their cruising, sailing, powerboating and rowing accomplishments.

Unsung Hero: Lake Champlain Community Sailing Center

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For centuries the Burlington waterfront was home to a busy commercial port. The two miles of Lake Champlain shoreline were covered in factories, shipping facilities, and oil storage. Resources were transported by ship and barge out of Vermont and south to New York or north to Montreal, then out to the ocean. Once Burlington became linked by interstate highway, it no longer needed commercial port facilities.

Gradually the industrial wasteland transformed into public parks, beaches, a bike path, and a public boat ramp. However the waterfront scene is still dominated by two structures. The Moran plant is a massive brick and scaffolding structure in disrepair just north of downtown and one of the last remnants of the old industrial waterfront, symbolic of the old Burlington. Right next door is an equally eye catching, brand new, modern blue structure home to Lake Champlain Community Sailing Center (LCCSC), symbolic of the new post-industrial Burlington.

From its founding in 1994, LCCSC had no real facilities of its own. Operating out of a spartan, re-purposed Burlington Public Works garage, space was subsidized by tents and shipping containers, reinforcing the waterfront’s then-gruff image. Perseverance was finally rewarded in winter 2018, when after an ambitious fundraising campaign and city support, LCCSC relocated to a state-of-the-art carbon-neutral building.

For years LCCSC somehow provided programming well beyond their meager setup. LCCSC’s robust catalog is comparable to well known programs in larger cities like Boston or Newport.  LCCSC delivers above its weight class in little Burlington, Vermont.

LCCSC has the standard programming you would expect to see at any sailing center, but takes it much further. They have summer camps for all ages and abilities, and then mix in speciality programs. Kids have access to programs combining sailing with a dozen other activities including painting, rock climbing, skating, mountain biking, museums, and STEM.

However what sets LCCSC apart is their signature programs. With names like Floating Classrooms, LeaderShip, WAVES, and First Sail, each one is likely worthy of its own article. Floating Classrooms is a unique program with the goal of putting each fourth and fifth-grader in Burlington on a sailboat at least once. This experience is paired with out of classroom learning in subjects such as ecology, physics, history, and STEM. These programs use sailing as a avenue to teach and provide life experiences larger than sailing itself. First Sail exposes participants to sailing who have previously never had the opportunity. LeaderShip uses sailing to challenge young sailors to develop life skills. LCCSC’s signature programs are really about communication, leadership, teamwork, sustainability, and go beyond sailing itself.

In addition to the signature programs, LCCSC has a robust adaptive program using a specially modified Sonar and Martin 16s. LCCSC partners with Vermont Adaptive Ski and Sports to remove barriers from sailing participation and make sure everyone is able to access the lake. Vermont Adaptive shares office space with LCCSC and uses their building as a summertime base for adaptive biking programs to make use of the bike path adjacent to the building.

LCCSC also serves the racer. They host the University of Vermont Sailing Team, a consistently well performing and high ranking NEISA team. They also organize and run the Northern Vermont High School Sailing Team (NVHSST). This is the only competitive high school sailing team in Vermont, made up of combined local schools, which regularly travels throughout New England to compete. In the summer season, LCCSC hosts a popular free Friday 420 racing series open to the public, and puts on racing clinics for 420s and Lasers.

LCCSC has something for everyone. Sailing happens seven days a week for six months a year, an impressive accomplishment for a city with snow on the ground the other 6 months. With rentals, private and group lessons, custom programming for larger groups, company outings, corporate retreats, racing, and lake-side yoga, there’s no reason to not “love your lake” as staff say.

As of spring 2018 LCCSC is housed in a brand new, state-of-the-art facility. The building includes two levels of indoor storage, staff offices, conference rooms, a massive outdoor function space, locker rooms, showers, equipment room, observation deck, and maintenance shop. The building is flanked by two gated boat yards and the Lake Champlain Bikeway, which circumnavigates the entire 500+ square mile lake. On the water sits the massive “Atlas” dock, a triple wide dinghy launch, a boat lift, and a dozen moorings, all protected by their floating wave attenuator. Larger boats launch at the next door public Coast Guard ramp. LCCSC fields an impressive fleet including a half dozen Sonars, twenty 420s, a dozen Lasers, Open Bics, Hartleys, a handful of Rhodes 19s, and several dozen kayaks, canoes, and paddleboards.

In a city and state famous for outdoor adventure sports, LCCSC is at home and does not disappoint. They offer more than a typical yacht club and faithfully deliver on their noble motto, “Lake access and life lessons for all”. They have an active volunteer program to help keep everything running, a hardworking dedicated staff (some of whom have been there since its inception), and strong relationships with local business and other outdoors programs. In their 20+ years LCCSC has firmly embedded itself in Burlington’s outdoor culture. Now that they finally have facilities to match their ambitions, the LCCSC is set for even more growth. Despite their relative geographic isolation, LCCSC is world class by any standard.

 

S1D ICSA Team Race Rankings UPDATE #3, and College Sailing Weekend News Report!

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Yale wins Graham Hall and St. Mary’ Women’s; Boston College wins the SNETR

March  18, 2019, Written by Chris Klevan, Photos by Colin Grey Voight

After an action-packed and exciting weekend of sailing, the latest S1D ICSA Team Race Rankings are now live, complete with coach comments!! To see the updated ICSA Team Race Rankings and coach analysis, CLICK HERE!
The Graham Hall is the largest team race on the College Sailing spring schedule. Showcasing 16 teams, this year’s edition ended with 122 races sailed. The accomplished Race Committee at Navy completed a full 16 team round robin and tie-break sail offs between the second and third finishing teams as well as between the tenth and eleventh finishing teams. Ian Burman, Head Coach at the Naval Academy had the following to say of the now iconic event:

“The regatta is named for a former Navy coach who passed away from cancer. He was one of the original advocates for team racing in ICSA. Gavin O’ Hare started the regatta maybe 15 years ago. For the first few years it was a combined event with the John Jackson at georgetown.  8 teams at each venue the first day and then the top 4 from each venue would sail at Georgetown on Sunday while the bottom group was at navy. 9 or 10 years ago, we switched it to a 16 team event at navy only. For the first few years, we did it on 2 courses, but we switched it to 1 course around the same time that nationals expanded to 16 teams.”

Yale won the event finishing with a 14-1 record, only dropping one race throughout the 122 race regatta. Yale sailed their standard squad of Nic Baird ‘19, Nick Hernandez ‘19 and Shawn Harvey ‘21 at the helm of each of the three boats alongside Graceann Nicolosi ‘20, Sonia Lingos-Utley ‘21, Claudia Loiacono ‘21, Catherine Webb ‘22 and Sam Tobin ‘22 in the front of the boat, rotating depending on the breeze.

“We had a solid week of practice last week on our spring trip and although it’s still early season and we’ve only had 7 or 8 days of sailing, the rust is starting to shake off,” said Coach Zack Leonard when asked about his team’s success last weekend “We are improving our communication as a group and becoming a more cohesive group.”

Sailors were welcomed to Navy by a fresh breeze from the Northwest which led to sporty team racing. “The conditions were fantastic for team racing on Saturday with consistently strong breeze and a few gusts hitting the mid 20’s,” said Georgetown Coach Janel Zarkowsky. “Unfortunately Sunday’s light north westerly started fighting a weak sea breeze which slowed down racing considerably. The Graham Hall is a monster event hosting so many teams. It’s a perfect opportunity to prepare a team for a marathon day of sailing, in big breeze, with 15 races to complete a round robin, and the sun setting at 7PM. It did remind me of nationals in that it was completely overwhelming. Each team brought a quiver of players to tackle the weekend’s forecast and the race committee did a great job having minimal lags between rotations.”

Whether it was the conditions or skill that favored Yale, the Bulldogs started the event by winning their first 10 races sailed before dropping their first and only race in race 75 of the regatta, at the hands of St. Mary’s College. Yale finished the regatta by sailing a perfect Sunday, 3-0 including a 1-2-3 finish against an excellent Georgetown team in the school’s first showdown of the young spring team race season.

Charleston finished second with a 12-3 record, winning a tie-breaking sailoff with Georgetown. Again, Charleston leaned on Augie Dale ‘19 and Katherine Lounsbury ‘20 as they adjust to a drastically different team than last year’s championship winning one. Compared to Yale and Georgetown, this Charleston is unseasoned but also that means we don’t know how good they can be. According to techscore, Steven Leuck, a junior,  has only sailed 8 regattas in his college sailing career. Alie Toppa ‘20, on the other hand, has sailed 36 events. But this is only her third team race. Despite inexperience outside Dale and Lounsbury’s boat, clearly the Cougars are doing something right.

“We sail the boats better than the opponent and then team race as needed,” said Charleston Head Coach Ward Cromwell. “I know this team can beat any team in the country right now.  Once we get a bit more starting practice in and tidy up some Mark 3/4 situations this team will be deadly for sure! Annabel sailed with every skipper on my team this weekend, something I have never seen before and speaks volumes to her ability to improve others.  Allie is as fast as anyone in the game right now.  She loves the game & plays with a ton of inspiration and and excellent attitude every time we hit the water.”

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Georgetown finished third overall (12-3) after the tiebreaker sailed against Charleston. “We sailed very well this weekend with only 3 losses in the round robin,” stated Coach Zarkowsky. “The races we won were achieved by a clean execution of all three players at the start. We have confidence in our speed and boat handling, so starting was the key to our success.”

“One issue in the races we lost were the persistent shifts and velocity changes on both days,” continued Zarkowsky. “At the Naval Academy, when sailing in the river adjacent to the Robert Crown Sailing Center, any westerly direction gets blocked by the campus. This creates massive lulls in pressure on certain parts of the course and winding persistent shifts that make balancing pairs or completing passbacks difficult.”

“There is an unspoken coaches competition to have the most sailors compete at one event. We clearly won this weekend! Knowing that Sunday’s forecast was predicting winds from 10 to 25mph, it was a no brainer to bring the entire squad. Our goal was to try out different combinations in both FJ’s and 420’s in this range of conditions. I can say with confidence now that we feel comfortable in any breeze strength and in any boat after sailing this weekend.”

Navy finished fourth with a 11-4 record while Hobart and William Smith finished 5th with a 9-6 record.

Yale won the St. Mary’s Women’s Interconference to add to their team’s success over the weekend. Finishing with 150 total points after 14 races sailed in each division, the Bulldogs finished 22 points ahead of Harvard. Finishing in the top-4 in both divisions the victory was clearly a team effort for Yale. However, the A-Division effort by Louisa Nordstrom ‘20, Kathryn Clulo ‘21 and Catherine Mollerus ‘21 was especially impressive due to the way it started- with six of the first 8 races sailed, in big breeze, scored in the top-3. The two anomalies for Nordstrom, Clulo and Mollerus, a 4th and a 6th. The three Yale sailors won the division by 3 points over Boston College’s Isabella Loosbrock ‘19 and Emma Perry ‘19.

The B-Division performance by Yale was nothing to scoff at. Finishing 10 points out of the division win, Christine Klingler ‘20, Catherine Mollerus ‘21 and Kira Woods ‘19 only had 3 races outside the top-8 the entire 14 race event.

“We have great versatile crews that can sail in a big range,” said Yale Coach Bill Healy. “We moved three crews around the two divisions and it worked out very well. We start by talking about speed skills and technique. Making adjustments during an event is important. On a windy day I talk more about technique than about tactics.  Bad technique and poor speed will never be overcome by talking tactics. Once the speed is there, tactics make sense.”

“We trained for the past four days prior to this event,” continued Coach Healy “Comfort with each other is key and we are going to work on comfort all Spring. And never giving up- There were opportunities to gain and lose especially on Sunday at St. Mary’s. They gained more in those changing situation then they lost. There were times when things looked bleak and they had the skill to take advantage of situations when presented. Not to say that they weren’t ever on the short end of the stick!  And Chrissy, Cate and Kira should have won B as well but were tossed in an unfortunate protest. So everyone sailed really well while still taking stuff home to work on.

“The team is committed to succeed. They’ve done a good job in the gym, at lectures and we just came off a great week training at USF.  Every team is going to get better and we need to do the same.”

Harvard finished 2nd with 172 points while Hobart and William Smith finished 3rd with 180 points. Katherine Cox ‘20, Kate Homet ‘19 and Cailin Gensler ‘21 won B-Division narrowly, putting together a string of top-3’s to start the event, only finishing outside the top-3 in one of the first 8 races sailed.

Boston College won the Southern New England Team Race with a 15-2 record at Connecticut College, the host site of the New England Championship.  The Eagles started well, finishing the first round robin with a 7-2 record. However, Bowdoin too started the first round at 7-2 and MIT did one better, putting up 8 wins in their first 9 races.  The Eagles turned it on in the second round robin, going undefeated and winning the regatta.

“The Eagles made a couple of fleet racing mistakes in the shifty conditions on Saturday that left the door open for a few of teams to capitalize on,” said Boston College Coach Will Bailey. “On Sunday the team did a better job keeping their heads out of the boat and finding pressure to extend away from the competition.”

“We saw pretty some pretty classic conditions for Conn,” continued Coach Bailey. “A shifty westerly coming down over the hill with puffs touching down near the windward marks. Teams that were able to win the ends and extend to the edges found themselves in pretty good shape. The recipe for success was to focus on fleet racing up the first beats and try to avoid the umpires.”

Boston College sailed Wade Waddell ‘19, Sophia Reineke ‘21, Thomas Walden ‘20 and Peter Lynn ‘19 at the helm with Katharine Bowman ‘20, Tara Ferraris ‘19, Caroline Downey ‘19 and Lauren Seigel ‘20 in the front.

Bowdoin finished second with a 14-4 record. MIT finished 3rd, tied with Bowdoin, but losing the tie-breaker on points.

Maine Maritime Academy is Hiring a Chief Mate, full-time!!

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Looking for a job with year-round benefits but 3 months off each year to sail the circuit? Maine Maritime Academy in Castine, Maine is looking for a Chief Mate for the Schooner Bowdoin to work 9 months a year (March through November). For more information on this exciting opportunity, and to apply, see our job ad HERE.
Maine Maritime Academy is a public, co-educational college located in the coastal town of Castine, Maine. Our student population numbers approximately 950 students in courses of study in engineering, management, science, and transportation. Our rigorous courses and experiential programs equip students with the practical skills, knowledge, and training to launch successful careers upon completing an associate’s, bachelor’s, or master’s degree.

MMA students benefit from hands-on education, international sea-time aboard the Training Ship State of Maine or the Schooner Bowdoin, cadet shipping aboard commercial vessels, and cooperative education assignments. Our students become world-class mariners and engineers, supply chain managers, logistics professionals, and scientists here in Maine and beyond.

Maine Maritime Academy was ranked the #1 Best Public College on Money magazine’s Best Colleges list in 2014 and 2015. The college’s persistence, retention, and graduation rates are well above national averages. The job-placement rate for MMA graduates is in excess of 90 percent within 90 days of graduation.

Alumni of Maine Maritime Academy work all over the world. The success of our alumni has resulted in a worldwide reputation for excellence and reliability in maritime, business, and scientific fields. The alumni network connects MMA graduates with career opportunities in all of the industries and organizations we serve.

The college’s history dates back to 1941 when the Academy was founded by an act of the 90th Maine Legislature on March 21 of that year.
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US Optimist Team Trials: How to Make the Most of 4 Big Days

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The USODA Team Trials: When 4 days determine a year of preparation

By Bernat Gali Bou, USNT Coach, Lakewood Yacht Club Head Opti Coach

Let’s be honest…when does the Sailing Schedule ever give us a break throughout the year? Really, if a sailor doesn’t want to ever take a break from racing, he/she could be sailing at least one important Regatta (USODA and International Level) every month. In reality, sailing its a year round sport, only that depending on the area where the sailor lives, it becomes a year round ‘traveling’ sport.

Depending on the level of commitment, the sailor’s experience, the amount of resources your Yacht club or Team have (logistics, coaches, group size) and the family’s support, a sailor could be traveling as much as 2-3 weekends a month, including flight and drive time. Some Opti Sailing Teams around the country never stop their activities, and there’s pretty much something happening every weekend, whether it is practice, racing or travel to an out of state event.

After three years and a half in this country, I always wonder..all this commitment, all this travel, all this time on the water, all this effort from the sailors obviously, but coaches and parents as well…what’s it for? Sure everyone’s guess it’s the same: the USODA Team Trials.

The United States Optimist Dinghy Association organizes several Regattas across the country, spreading them as much as possible so every sailor has a chance to qualify for the most important event of the year. Because yes, you need to be part of the top 25% in this country in order to earn your spot for the USODA Team Trials.

So all this time on the water, all this effort, all this Regattas and all this travel in order to achieve one goal: earn your spot, and then, succeed at the only qualifier of the year where the Teams representing the USA at Worlds, Europeans, North Americans and Asians, IODA  (International Optimist Dinghy Association) sanctioned Regattas, will be selected.

Think about this: a full year of work for many sailors, and only 4 days (12 races max) to perform the best they can so they can achieve their yearly goal. Sounds crazy? It might, feels challenging? It sure does! And that’s what I truly believe: many factors affect a sailor’s performance at any Regatta (weather conditions, school work, long travel, coaching, accommodation) but nothing else affects a sailor attending Team Trials as much as it is pressure.

As many as 40 sailors will earn a spot to compete at one of the only 6 IODA Events of the year, and that’s a precious prize many sailors dream to achieve. It doesn’t matter how well you performed throughout the year, or the other way around, Team Trials can change a sailors perspective for an entire year. How to approach this unique Regatta? How to make the sailor s perform at their best? How to deal with the pressure, many times being the self pressure the toughest one?

I don’t have a magic answer, and if I did, not sure I would share it openly…lol ok, now seriously, in my humble opinion t’s all about communication, goal set up, process making and confidence. Sounds familiar? Yes, the mental game.

When you only have 4 days to achieve your goal (whether it’s qualify for Worlds or just make it to Gold Fleet), the sailor needs to feel like communication goes both ways and it’s clean (no riddles). The sailor needs to have a clear goal, one that’s challenging but at the same time he can achieve. The sailors need to have its process automatized (have a perfected routine which will bring you to perform on the water) and finally, the sailors needs to feel confident on his/her skills.  Whatever happens in the next four days, the sailor should feel he/she is as ready as he/she ever been, and most important, enjoy every second on the water.

Bernat Gali Bou

USNT Coach

Lakewood Yacht Club Head Opti Coach

ICSA Spring Season News Update #2

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Yale wins the Navy Womens as light air limits sailing across the east coast

March  11, 2019, Written by Chris Klevan, Photos by Colin Grey Voight

The 2019 Spring Sailing Season is slowly heating up, both figuratively and literally. Light air in MAISA limited racing at the Navy Spring Women’s, the John Jackson and the St. Mary’s Team Race- the three premiere regattas last weekend.

The Navy Spring Women’s, at Navy, sailed 11 races in each division. Yale won decisively over Charleston 78 points to 98, respectively. Yale’s victory can be attributed to the stellar sailing of B-Division winner, Christine Klingler ‘20 and Kira Woods ‘19. The Eli tandem put together quite the scoreline, finishing either first or second in all but 3 races sailed. Besides a tenth place finish in race 10, Klingler and Woods never finsihed outside the top-5 in what was, essentially, the women’s interconference season opener. Woods and Klingler finished with 31 points in their division, 26 points ahead of the next closest boat.

However, it was the depth of Yale that made the difference over Charleston as the Cougar’s A-Division boat was just as hot as Klingler and Woods. Alie Toppa ‘20 and Annabel Carrington ‘19 won A-Division, finishing with 33 points. Toppa and Carrington, like Klingler and Woods, finished with only one race outside the top five- a rare accomplishment in A-Division as the competition contains several Women’s College Sailor of the Year darlings.

Bailey Carter ‘19 of William Smith and Louisa Nordstrom ‘20 of Yale are two of the best sailors you’ll find on the women’s circuit today. They’re two of the best sailors you’ll find anywhere today. All who pay attention expect both Carter and Nordstrom to be mentioned for all the major awards come May. Toppa is proving that she belongs right next to those ladies in the conversation for best women’s skipper in College Sailing today.

Nordstrom’s ability to hang with Toppa and Carrington, finishing 14 points behind the A-Division winners, was the difference maker for Yale.

MIT finished 3rd with 111 points.

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The John Jackson Memorial Team Race at Georgetown was limited to a full 8 team round robin and a round of 6. The home team, Georgetown again set the bar for great team racing. Sailing their typical starting squad, Andy Reiter, Sean Segerblom, Will Logue, Claire Mohun, Haley Shea, Rebecca Fung and Caroline Teare, the Hoyas finished with a 11-1 record, dropping one race to Boston College throughout the event. For the second weekend in a row, the Hoyas showed that they are better and faster than the competition, winning 8 of their 12 races in a 1-2-3 combination.

Navy finished second with a 8-4 record and Old Dominion finished 3rd with a 7-5 record.

The John Jackson Memorial was one of two MAISA team race league regattas. The other was the St. Mary’s Team Race Interconference. Like the John Jackson, the St. Mary’s Team Race was limited due to light and variable conditions. 43 total races were sailed at Georgetown and 45 total races were sailed at St. Mary’s.

Stanford, sailing without consistent starter, Romain Screve ‘21, won the event with an 8-1 record- dropping its only race to Hobart and William Smith. Stanford, like Georgetown simply outsails the competition, winning 7 of their 9 races in a 1-2-3 or a 1-2-4 combination. With Screve in the mix they are as formidable as anyone in the game today. Without Screve, they are forced to sail Wiley Rodgers ‘22- the USA heir to the 470 class.

Brown finished second with a 7-2 record. NEISA is uncommonly deep this year and, with only 4 slots to the Laser Performance Team Race Nationals, there are more quality teams edging for a trip to the nationals than berths will permit. Brown is very much in this mix and they showed it with a strong performance in St. Mary’s. Brown features one of the strongest sailors in New England, Patrick Shanahan besides two of the best women’s sailors in the game, Ragna Agerup ‘20 and Hannah Steadman ‘20. With Agerup and Steadman, Brown may be the favorites to win the Women’s Championship this year. On the team race scene, they represent two of the most slippery boats around, they will be as tough as anyone in NEISA.

Hobart and William Smith finished third, 7-2, losing the tie-breaker with Brown. HWS started what is expected to be their top team in Charles Miller ‘19, Lindsey Kloc ‘19, Hector Guzman, Maya Weber ‘20, Kyle Easton ‘20 and Aidan Morgan ‘21. Most of that team sailed to a 3rd place finish at the Laser Performance Team Race Nationals and were about 10 boat lengths away from the regatta win. This is a different team clearly as over the past two weekends they’ve started 3 different boats alongside Miller, Gozman, Kloc and Weber.

Bowdoin won the Rudkin Team Race at Eckerd college, hosted by Roger Williams. Roger Williams beat the system by creatively finding a way to host a regatta about 1,300 miles from home. Bowdoin won the event with a 11-3 record in the two rounds of 8 sailed. Their three losses came twice to MIT and once to Connecticut College. Don’t forget to check out the S1D ICSA Team Race Rankings, complete with Coach Analysis!!

“For us the priority right now is boat speed and boathandling,” said Bowdoin Head Coach Frank Pizzo. “We need the foundation in place before we get going through all the plays.  We think we have a fast group and we hope that will continue to be a strength.”

“We have been using these early regattas to work on plays and communication, but also as opportunities to work on our character skills to perform when it matters,” Coach Pizzo continued. “The emphasis has been on responding well after loses, not focusing on things outside of our control, and winning the hard races at the end of the day.  We have some work to do here but it is important.”

“We know and respect the level of competition in our league so we are just trying to improve while we are down in Florida.”

The Polar Bears sailed senior Matthew Kaplan, Alden Grimes ‘21, Christian Filter ‘20, Matt Safford, ‘20, Marie Bergsund ‘20, Louisa Lindgren ‘19, Julia Adams ‘21 and Emily Gonzalez ‘20.

Roger Williams finished second with a 9-5 record, winning the tiebreakers over Boston College who split the head to head with Roger Williams but were beat 1,2,3 in the final matchup between the two schools.

ICSA News: Team Racing is Back! Yale wins the Bob; Charleston wins ODU Women’s

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March  3, 2019, Written by Chris Klevan, Photos by Colin Grey Voight

The ICSA team race season is officially upon us. The Bob Bavier Team Race, sailed in Charleston, South Carolina, featured the now two-time defending Laser Performance College Team Race Champions, College of Charleston. However, the Cougars weren’t the headliners of their home event. It was Stanford and Yale that stole the show. Check out the S1D ICSA Team Race Rankings complete with coach panel analysis HERE!

The 84 race regatta featured teams from the South Atlantic Conference, the Mid Atlantic, New England and the Pacific Coast. Despite light air throughout and dense fog on Sunday, the southern climate was a welcome change to teams traveling from  further up the I-95 corridor.

“Conditions were classic open water choppy sailing on crab bank,” said Stanford Assistant Coach Clinton Hayes. “The wind stayed pretty light the whole regatta so we couldn’t sail in the river at all. I’d say light and choppy conditions dominated the regatta. Some shifts but pretty steady overall. Charleston did a great job getting so many races off and the umpire crew was the best I’ve ever seen at this event.”

Yale won the event with a 17-2 record while Stanford finished second, one race back at 16-3.

Yale started the event slow, losing two of their first 5 races. Harvard beat them with a 1-4-5 combination in Yale’s third race then Stanford won with a 1-2-4 in Yale’s fifth race.  Yale finished the first round robin with a 6-2 record while Stanford went undefeated. However, the experienced Yale squad would find their stride as after race 28 of the 84 race regatta, Yale would lose no more races.

“A team effort,” said Yale Head Coach, Zack Leonard. “We had not practiced at all until we arrived in Charleston so we are just shaking off the rust and going around the course right now.  Everyone is pretty inconsistent at this time of year.  We are looking forward to getting some sailing done in Florida next week.”

“Yale was definitely good and got better as the regatta went on since it was some of their first few days on the water this spring,” continued Mr. Hayes. “Yale is going to be really tough to beat this season. They have 3 talented boats who sail fast and clean around the course. To be competitive in May we’ll need to continue to work on being fast in all conditions and continue to improve our boat handling. We always like our chances when it gets windy but we’ll need to be able to transition across all conditions as Newport is sure to have a little bit of everything.”

The Yale Bulldogs start three skippers consistently, Nic Baird ‘19, Shawn Harvey ‘21 and Nick Hernandez ‘19. The starting crews at the Bob Bavier were Sonia-Lingos Utley ‘21, Claudia Loiacono ‘21 and Catherine Webb ‘22. The only sailor missing from Yale’s typical crew was Junior, Graceann Nicolosi, one of the best crews in the country. For Stanford it was the usual suspects as well. Jacob Rosenberg ‘20, Jack Parkin ‘21, Romain Screve ’21, Kathryn Booker ‘19, Taylor Kirkpatrick ‘20, Sammy Pickell ‘22 and Meg Gerli ‘19.

“We sailed 3 boats across really well at this event,” continued Hayes. “Romain Screve and Sammy Pickell (also Meg Gerli sailed a few races when it got windier) are reliably the fastest boat on the water is all conditions so we have that to rely on but all 3 boats won their positions pretty consistently off the line and didn’t foul too much so it really was a team effort.”

“In general I think we came into the event with more practice then other teams which showed especially early in the regatta. We’re well aware that most teams haven’t sailed much so far this season and will get a lot better in the next few month. We had good boat handling, speed, and generally good starting. We can work more on some coordination on the 1st beat as well as sailing clean in tight situation especially when we’re already winning and in control of the race.”

The home team, Charleston finished 3rd with a 13-6 record. Unlike Stanford and Yale, there are a lot of questions surrounding the 2-time defending champs. As expected the Cougars were anchored by veterans Katie Lounsbury ‘20 and Augie Dale ‘19, the only returning starters from last year’s championship. Any team losing 4 of 6 starters should expect a drop-off. The question was how far would Charleston drop. The answer seems to be not too far. While they were swept 3-0 by Yale, Charleston won one of three against Stanford and 2 of 3 against a good Harvard team.

Many expected to see women’s phenom, Alie Toppa and Annabel Carrington in the team racing mix. She was indeed present at the Bob Bavier. However, in the final four, where Charleston put together an impressive 2-1 record against the top teams in the event, coach Ward Cromwell went with Steven Leuck ‘20 and Payton Alexander ‘19 along side Jack Brown, Hunter Skinner, Dale and Lounsbury.

Leuck and Alexander are unknowns on the college sailing circuit. The other boat, Jack Brown ‘21 and Hunter Skinner ‘20 have shown flashes. Next to Dale and Lounsbury, if the new faces to this team can learn from the championship experience present on this team, Charleston will surprise the critics for yet another spring team race season.

College of Charleston won the ODU Spring Women’s narrowly over St. Mary’s College of Maryland and Cornell, 113 to 116 and 118, respectively. While the Cougars’ presumptive top boat, Alie Toppa and Annabel Carrington were team racing, Charleston showed their depth, winning the women’s interconference regatta nonetheless. The driving force behind the regatta win was Marian Frances Williams ‘21 and Elizabeth Mignon ‘19 in A-Division. The duo won the division by 10 points, finishing in the top-5 in all of the final 8 races of the event, including three first place finishes.

St. Mary’s B-division boat, Katherine Bennett ‘22 and Sophia Taczak ‘21 also impressed, winning the division by 15 points with no races outside the top-5 in the 12 race regatta.

In the Mid-Atlantic Conference, two 6-team team races were held together on the Potomac River, south of Washington DC. The GW Team Race and the Georgetown Team Race start the MAISA Team Race League, a cumulative regatta circuit to seed their conference championship and national qualifier in April.

Hobart and William Smith Colleges won the Georgetown Team Race with a 13-2 record while Georgetown won the GW Team Race with a 15-0 record. HWS and Georgetown represented half of last year’s team race final four. While both teams lost essential seniors from last year’s campaigns, most of the sailors remain present for this team race season. The question for both teams will be how they fill the void left by those who graduated last year.  ICSA TR RANKINGS

For HWS, it was last year’s women’s A-division champ, Bailey Carter ‘19 who got the call early alongside Charles Miller ‘19, Lindsey Kloc ‘19, Hector Guzman ‘20 and Maya Webber ’20 in the Georgetown Team Race. Carter, sailing with Kyle Easton ‘20 sailed the first two round robins in entirety. HWS finished with a 8-2 record in those two rounds with a loss to ODU in the first round and a loss to Navy in the second round. However, coach Scott Ikle made a change in the final round robin, sailing Kyle Easton as skipper with Anna Flaherty ‘20. HWS went undefeated in this round, winning handily over Fordham, Kings Point and NY Maritime with 1-2-3 finishes each, a 1-2-4 over ODU and a 1-2-5 finish over Navy.

“Georgetown is going to be vying for a national championship,” said Cornell Head Coach Brian Clancy. Georgetown won the GW Team Race handily. They beat all other 5 teams at the event with a 1-2-3 combo at least once. The Hoyas finished with a 1-2-x in 14 of the 15 races they sailed. The only other race they finished in the super stable 2-3-4 combination. Andy Reiter ‘19, with Haley Shea ‘19 and Claire Mohun ‘19, is much more than just a suitable replacement for last year’s starter and graduating senior, Roger Dorr. The emergence of Reiter as a great team race skipper makes this Hoya team extremely dangerous next to two of the best sailors in the nation, Sean Segerblom ‘20 and Will Logue ‘20. Segerblom, Logue and Reiter are as formidable a starting 3 as any team can put together. The three skippers alongside an excellent group of crews with now ample experience, Caroline Teare ‘21, Rebecca Fung ‘19, Gynie Dunlevy ‘20, Shea and Mohun make this Hoya team as good as any team out there.

2019 Sunshine State Optimist Championship Results

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Jensen Beach, FL  03/03/2019:  Two hundred six boats (206!!) sailed this past Sat/Sun in the Sunshine State Optimist

Race 5 finally gave Opti sailors some big wind. Here Griggs Diemar diggs left, while Tommy Sitzmann splits right.

Championship, and most all of the top Optimist sailors in the country were there competing. The regatta featured light and shifty winds mostly, till race 5 on Sunday, when the wind built to 20+ knots, allowing the heavy-air sailors some opportunity to show their stuff.

The top 3 were separated only by a point each, so this one was close, after the throw-out. Congratulations to JACK REDMOND(12 pts) of Lauderdale YC for a great win at a highly competitive event!! Rounding out the top 3 was Freddie Parkin(13pts) and Tommy Sitzmann(14pts). Top Girl? Laura Hamilton(26pts), 2 points ahead of Samara Walshe.

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