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Foley Wins 26th International Optimist Regatta

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St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. Speed and tactics proved the winning combination that led 13-year-old Peter Foley to place first overall at the 26th International Optimist Regatta (IOR), presented by Electronic Merchant Systems (EMS) Virgin Islands, and hosted out of the St. Thomas Yacht Club (STYC), June 15 to 17. Yet it was the starts, meaning getting a front row seat on the start line without being early, that figured strongly into the Foley’s win especially in today’s final two races for the Championship Fleet. In fact, it was a combination of light winds, strong current and last day push the limits excitement among the sailors that led to many being over the start line too early and thus receive penalty points. As a result, there were several final day place changes on the scoreboard. Full results HERE

 

“I was in second place by 8 points going into today,” says Foley, from Coconut Grove, Florida. “My strategy was to sail my best and win the first race, which I did. Then, I was prepared to match race Ryan (Satterberg) if I needed to in the second race just to be sure and get ahead of him. In the end, he (Ryan) had two black flags (over early designations) and I only had one.”

 

Satterberg, from Santa Barbara, California, led the IOR/EMS the first two days and ultimately finished seventh overall in the Championship Fleet. Seventy-nine sailors completed 10 races in this fleet.

 

Foley also won the 13- to 15-year-old Red Fleet.

 

Meanwhile, it was Foley’s sister, Audrey, who led the 11-and 12-year old Blue Fleet.

 

“My strategy was to do my best, always find a good place on the start line, and stay in front,” says the 12-year-old Foley, who said she enjoys sailing against her brother and the competition it offers. Foley also won the Top Girl award.

 

Tanner Krygsveld, who won the age 10 and under White Fleet last year, led the Blue Fleet the first two days, before falling to third after two double-digit scores.

 

“It was the last day, all or nothing, and we were all really pushing the start line,” says Krygsveld, from St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands.

 

In the White Fleet, Elliott Lipp, from Charleston, South Carolina, scored a black flag in the last race today, but two of these penalties sent class leader, James Pine, from Lakewood, Texas to third. St. Croix’s Ryan Moorhead expertly handled his starts to handily move up to second in this fleet.

 

“The waves were the hardest for me,” says 10-year-old Elliott. “I actually got seasick the first day. We sail in the harbor at home in Charleston and this was the first time I’ve raced in the open ocean.”

 

The Top U.S. Virgin Islands sailor in the IOR/EMS was St. Thomas’ Caroline Sibilly, who placed 11th overall.

 

“The conditions were tricky because the winds were lighter than what we usually have here, but it was a fun regatta,” says 14-year-old Sibilly. “We practiced time and distance at the start at the clinic earlier this week and that really helped me to avoid a black flag.”

 

In the Green Beginner Fleet, the champion was 10-year-old Alejandro Ferrer, from San Juan, Puerto Rico. The 24 sailors in this fleet completed 22 races.

 

“My friends told me about this regatta and I wanted to come,” says Ferrer, who started sailing a year ago. “I did bad in one race today. I said to myself I must do better next time and that helped.”

 

In other awards, it was the Canada’s Daniel Connors, representing the Royal Nova Scotia Yacht Squadron in Halifax, who earned the Chuck Fuller Sportsmanship Award, while it was Tony Slowik III, from the Austin Yacht Club in Texas, who was presented with the Pete Ives Award, given for a combination of sailing prowess, sportsmanship, determination and good attitude both on and off the water.

 

“The wind cooperated, and we had fantastic championship and beginner fleets. It was probably one of the best regattas we’ve had. As always, the St. Thomas Yacht Club and Virgin Islands Sailing Association (VISA) delivered again,” says St. Thomas’ Bill Canfield, who shared Principal Race Officer duties with Puerto Rico’s Diana Emmanuelli.

 

Some 110 8- to 15-year-old sailors representing five nations – the U.S. Virgin Islands, British Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, the USA and Canada – started the week by training in the three-day TOTE Maritime Clinic held June 11 to 13. The Clinic was run by top local and international coaches: Mykel Alonso (Coral Reef Yacht Club), Cyrill Auyer (US National team coach/Swiss coach/St Petersburgh Yacht Club); Mike Dowd (USA National team coach/Team CERT); Tino Galan (USVI coach); Bernat Gali (Spanish coach/Lakewood Yacht Club); Esteban Rocha (USA team coach for the Optimist World Championships/Lauderdale Yacht Club); Argy Resano (USVI team coach); Manny Resano (USA National team coach/California Yacht Club); Greer Scholes (USVI coach); and Omari Scott (USA team coach for the Optimist European Championships/Coral Reef Yacht Club).

 

The one-day TOTE Maritime Team Racing Championships took place, June 14. Out of 13 teams, the winner was Team USA Worlds, composed of Peter Foley (Coral Reef Yacht Club, Florida), Thommie Grit (Sarasota Yacht Club, Florida), Ryan Satterberg (Santa Barbara Yacht Club, California), Tommy Sitzmann (Lauderdale Yacht Club, Florida) and Stephan Baker (Lauderdale Yacht Club, Florida). This marked the first time that the sailors had competed together as a team.

 

The IOR/EMS was organized under authority of the Virgin Islands Sailing Association and it is a Caribbean Sailing Association-sanctioned event.

 

“We at EMS Virgin Islands would like to thank all the sailors, families and coaches; the race committee, principal race officers and international judges; and the St. Thomas Yacht Club for making this regatta such a success,” says Cobia Fagan, owner, EMS Virgin Islands, whose 8-year-old son, Coby, participated in the regatta for the second year and competed in the Green Fleet. “We are so happy to see many past participants return and several new sailors and their families visit the Virgin Islands and compete for the first time. We are looking forward to the IOR/EMS 2019.”

 

This year’s event will follow an eco-friendly theme. Sailors will be encouraged to recycle all plastic water bottles, use the reusable water bottle in the goodie bag throughout the regatta, keep all lunch bags and wrapping out of the water, pick up any trash on shore and accept drinks without straws.

 

The IOR is sponsored by EMS Virgin Islands, TOTE Maritime, the U.S. Virgin Islands Department of Tourism, K3 Waterproof Gear and TRIO Sportswear.

 

RESULTS

TOP 5 FINISHERS BY FLEET

 

RED FLEET

1. Peter Foley, USA (27)
2. Stephan Baker, USA, USA (32)

3. Tommy Sitzmann, USA (67)

4. Jackson McAliley, USA (70)

5. Tony Slowik III, USA (72)

 

BLUE FLEET

1. Audrey Foley, USA (105)

2. Charles Gil Hackel, USA (106)

3. Tanner Krygsveld, St. Thomas, USVI (121)

4. Freddie Parkin, USA (124)

5. Pearse Dowd, USA (141)

 

WHITE FLEET

1. Elliott Lipp, USA (406)

2. Ryan Moorhead, St. Croix, USVI (424)

3. James Pine, USA (428)

4. Nathan Pine USA (474)

5. Gian Marco Piovanetti, San Juan, PR (555)

  

GREEN FLEET

1. Alejandro Ferrer, San Juan, PR (44)

2. Brayden Zawyer, USA (53)

3. Elinor Alfi, USA (105)

4. Ava McAliley, USA (107)

5. Coby Fagan, St. Thomas, USVI (110)

For more information, call (340) 513-2234, Email: [email protected]. For full results, visit the STYC web site at www.styc.club or www.regattanetwork.com Please also visit the International Optimist Regatta on Facebook!

ABOUT THE SPONSORS

 

Electronic Merchant Systems (EMS) Virgin Islands. EMS Virgin Islands offers an extensive suite of payment acceptance options through Electronic Merchant Systems, a proven leader of the industry. We work to give customers the opportunity to pay using their preferred method, including a feature rich, affordable POS system that includes EMV, Apple Pay and Google Pay.  We’re continually adding new solutions, allowing business owners to make their products or services available to the broadest audience possible. www.emsvirginislands.com (340) 513-9759.

 

U.S. Virgin Islands Department of Tourism. The U.S. Virgin Islands are located in the Eastern Caribbean 1,100 miles southeast of Miami, Florida, USA. Each of the three major islands–St. Croix, St. Thomas and St. John–possesses a unique character of its own. Visitors can enjoy a wide range of watersports as well as immerse themselves in the territory’s rich culture by enjoying historical tours, culinary encounters, artisan fairs, parades, storytelling and other special presentations. www.visitusvi.com

 

TOTE Maritime. TOTE Maritime is a domestic ocean freight carrier headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida, that offers freight services for containerized cargo between the U.S., San Juan, Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands. TOTE is the first carrier to operate liquid natural gas (LNG) powered vessels. www.totemaritime.com

 

Media contact:

Carol Bareuther

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2018 S1D/Gill Coach of the Year Announced

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17 June 2018, Annapolis, MD — Sail1Design has been lucky to be part of some great moments over the years, mostly when we do our job, and take part in recognizing youth, high school, college, and one-design sailors. Reading nomination letters, hearing from our community about unsung heroes, sharing in the joy of the winners…… makes the whole Sail1Design project, now 11+ years in the making, more than worth it.
Remember, we only choose candidates from nomination letters sent in, so we sit back, and take what we get. This year, we were faced again with narrowing an incredibly deserving field. Not easy. In fact, we almost couldn’t finish the job. Two candidates stood out, for different but equally compelling reasons. After going back and forth, and at first considering having two winners, we settled on one. This year, the S1D/Gill Coach of the Year Award goes to Scott Iklé.
Scott is the Head Intercollegiate Coach at Hobart/William Smith, a position he’s held for 25 years. His roots there go even deeper, however, as Scott is a 1984 graduate of the college himself. Scott is a full-time, lifetime professional contributor to the world of competitive sailing, and is a standout sailor himself. He’s been worthy of an award like this for a long time, so we are elated that he was nominated. Scott has been incredibly successful over the years at Hobart/WS, and while this year the team didn’t win any of the big ones, we fell in love with his nomination letter, which came from one of his players. I think the part that touched us the most was the fact that he was nominated by one of his players, along with her “meet us halfway” description (see letter below) to show us his dedication to their team. Scott’s collegiate team’s results this year were pretty incredible as well, across the board. While most college teams would kill to be in the top 3 of any of the National Championship events, Hobart was there in all of them: 4th at COED Nationals (3 points out of 2nd), 3rd (tied for 2nd in record) at Team Race Nationals, and 3rd at Women’s Nationals. That’s pretty impressive stuff for one team, and this across-the-board average finish place at the three National Championship events was bested only by College of Charleston. Congratulations Scott, and well-earned.

Thanks to our sponsor, Gill NA, our winner will receive an embroidered, beautiful Gill Race Series Softshell Jacket. Below is some copy taken from the nomination letter Scott received. What a tribute.

For Scott Ikle:

Coming into college, I wasn’t sure I was going to have the skill or courage to make it past even the first day of try-outs for the Hobart and William Smith Sailing Team. But here I am today, newly graduated from HWS after spending all 4 years with the sailing team I’ve called home grateful for every second I spent here.   

To us, Scott really knows how to connect to everyone on the team.  Scott knows what every person needs to push them to the next level.   Scott also is not a coach who will pump your ego, but he will ensure you that you are able and have the potential to make things happen…  Scott is willing to go that extra mile for his team, to meet them halfway. This year at Old Dominion University, Scott quite literally met us halfway, wading waist deep in the water to be eye level and connected for our “between set pep talk” (that’s a huge feat, for those of us who know that Scott wears two pairs of spraypants at practice).  He knows when to push, and when to let go and let us shake off the bad race, helping us get ready for the next one. ….Scott has this unique ability to understand what his sailors need, whether it be in his office on campus, hanging onto his rib after a drill at practice, or standing onshore in between sets at a regatta.  In my four years at HWS, Scott has taken a team of the most unlikely people, who in 2015, did not qualify for any ICSA Finals in Newport RI, to being a strong cohesive team that placed 3rd in Women’s Finals, 3rd in Team Race Finals, and 4th in Coed Fleet Race Finals.  To all of us, Scott has proven to be so much more than just a coach, but a mentor, someone we can learn from while cracking some jokes along the way, but most importantly, someone we can confide in.  Scott has made Bozzuto Boathouse and the HWS Sailing Team an eternal home for his team.  And although Scott would probably deny this (being as humble as he is) I truly believe there is no person more deserving of this award than Scott Ikle.  

S1D Coach of the Year Winners
2018- Scott Iklé
2017- Bill Healy
2016- Bill Ward
2015- Frank Pizzo
2014- Chris Dold
2013- Steve Hunt

Worlds Team USA Wins 2018 International Optimist Team Race Regatta

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Thursday, June 14 2018,   St. Thomas, USVI   — Coached by Pilo Rocha, the 2018 USODA Worlds Team of Stephan Baker, Peter Foley, Ryan Satterberg, Thommie Grit, and Tommy Sitzmann just topped 12 other teams and won the Team Race portion of the International Optimist Regatta, held in St. Thomas, USVI. International Optimist team race regattas are 4-on-4 events (whereas high school & college team racing is 3-on-3). The course is usually a “digital-N” (see diagram) and this regatta was the first chance for the US World team to work together. With 5 sailors, they have the ability to try different combinations, and all 5 Team USA sailors sailed in this event  to help secure the win.

The TOTE Maritime International Optimist Regatta Team Race in St. Thomas, USVI was comprised of thirteen teams of five sailors. As the wind picked up to 8-12 knots the weather became perfect for team racing, which was aided by flat water in making it a great day. In a close race, the 2018 IOR Team Race Championship Title came down to a best of three races between two USA teams-USA World Team (Stephan Baker, Peter Foley, Thommie Grit, Ryan Satterberg and Tommy Sitzmann) and Team Invisacrox (Nico Garcia-Castrillon, Spencer Dominguez, Kevin Gosselin, Truman Rogers, Kurt Stuebe). The USA World Team clinched the title, giving the United States wins for three consecutive years. “The team worked well together with good communication during each leg of the races. This is the first time these sailors raced as a team.“ USA World’s Coach, Pilo Rocha of Lauderdale YC said, “I was pleased with their performance and I look forward to working with them as they train for The 2018 World Optimist Championship in Limassol, Cyprus.”

Matias Capizzano photo

Conditions so far in St. Thomas have been outstanding, and the fleet racing portion of the event is set to begin Friday, June 15. For updates check our the IOR Facebook page! Photos by Mattias Cappizzano; Please check out Capizzano photos for some outstanding shots!
1st Place:   USA World 1
2nd Place:  Invisicrox
3rd Place:   ISV1

Matias Capizzano photos

S1D High School Team of the Year Awards Nominations Now Open!

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It’s that time of year!! Please send in your letter to [email protected] with your nomination for the High School Team of the Year.     Read below for more information

HIGH SCHOOL SAILING TEAM OF THE YEAR, presented by KO SAILING

Sail1Design supports high school sailing, because it is where future great one-design sailors, in may cases, are made. We are proud to present this award annually to the top high school sailing team in the country. Our panel of judges looks at the entire season of district events, and of course, the Mallory and Baker National Championship results. To win this award, at a minimum, the team must qualify for at least one of these events. We also look for participation in the Singhlended Cressy National championship in the fall. Finally, we encourage written nomination submissions. If you think your sailing team deserves this award, tell us why in a 200 word minimum letter, to [email protected]. This award is presented annually, in June, after the preceding year’s full high school sailing season.
Nominations close on 30 JUNE 2018AWARD WINNERS
2015-2016    –St. George’s School
2016-2017    –Point Loma High School

2017-2018    -???
 

Quantum Sails is Hiring!

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At Quantum, we’re connected to sailors everywhere through our love of sailing and our belief that facing every challenge head-on is infinitely rewarding. Quantum Sails is currently looking for a Grand Prix Sailmaker. (click here to see job ad)

For us, that means challenging convention – especially if that’s what it takes to help our customers and the sailing industry get to new, better places. As a company and as individuals, we embrace every single challenge you bring our way as our own.

Since 1996, we have focused on providing the best-performing products in sailing. Today, we’re equally relentless about delivering a higher standard of service, customer care, education, support and mentorship. It’s how we’ll continue to help sailors at all levels pursue their passions and achieve their aspirations.

Our commitment starts with our dedicated employees at more than 60 sail lofts around the world and includes hundreds more working behind the scenes to design, build and service Quantum® sails. 

Quantum has taken the art and science of sailmaking to the highest level to produce the most efficient and fastest sail shapes possible. Quantum’s proprietary iQ Technology® system was created by experts with over 20 years of knowledge and expertise in both sailing and the complexities of engineered structures. The computational tool set of iQ Technology® is used by our experienced designers to perform virtual testing and complex analysis of aerodynamic performance and determine the ideal structural requirements of each sail.

Integrating state-of-the-art sail design and manufacturing methods with on-the-water-testing, Quantum® sails are perfected to offer sailors of all levels outstanding performance, consistency and repeat-ability.

An Interview with Women’s College Sailor of the Year Dana Rohde

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Editor’s Note: It was very gratifying to review this article for publishing, as it made me recall the origins of this award. Since I am also a history teacher, here’s a little story for you. Way back in 2002, I owned “Quantum Sails Northeast” in Maine, and was running that business while coaching college sailing at Bowdoin. My loft was heavily invested in dinghy sails, and wanted to support college sailing, so I brought up the idea of a women’s college sailor of the year award to the partners of Quantum Sail Design Group. After some discussion, QSDG agreed, and that very next spring, I was off to Detroit on a plane, with the new crystal trophy sitting in the empty seat next to me, to present to the very first winner, Corrie Clement of ODU, the very first “Quantum Female Sailor of the Year Award.” Since then, it’s become a staple of the ICSA award ceremony, and it’s great now, as I sit here working with Sail1Design, to read an Airwaves report on the award I remember helping bring to life. Pretty cool. -ts

By Senior Airwaves Writer Taylor Penwell

How did you get into the sport of sailing?

My dad grew up sailing in Bellport, New York. He attended the United States Merchant Marine Academy where he met my mom, because my mom was so small he asked her if she wanted to learn how to sail. They were both on the team all four years of college, and were a part of USMMA team that won the coed nationals in 1982 and the team race nationals in 1983. My two older sisters sail, and my initial push to sail was due to my want to be like them. It did not take me long, however, to realize that I myself loved every part of the sport.

Where was it that you first started sailing?

My first sailing lessons were in Savannah, Georgia at the Savannah Sailing Center. This sailing center was on a small lake and was what was left behind after the 1996 Olympic Games. I took lessons here until I was about 8 and then began doing the summer program at the Beaufort Yacht and Sailing Club in Beaufort, SC.

What appealed to you about racing?

I have always been a very competitive person when it comes to sports. So I inherently loved the competition of racing. When I began racing I was quite frankly awful at it, so the challenge to get better really excited me. I can still remember the distinct change in my racing when I stopped counting how many boats were behind me (because that was a smaller number of boats then those ahead of me) and began counting the number of boats in front of me. I am still working hard to get better and better at racing, and love the fact that you have never just figured it out or reached your best. You can always get faster, point higher, and become smarter.

What were some of the boats you sailed in your junior career?

I started in the opti like most other sailors, but really did not love it. I quickly transitioned out of the opti at the age of 12 and into the Laser 4.7. I quickly fell in love with the boat. It was faster, more technical, and more physical. I sailed the Laser Radial for most of my youth sailing, and trained with the Lauderdale Yacht Club (LYC) Racing team. I sailed club 420’s in some big regattas, but always jumped quickly back in the laser were my heart was. I also sailed High School sailing and that was always so fun, and made the transition into college sailing a little easier.

What were some of your favorite memories about sailing during your youth?

Oh man, junior sailing was awesome! I have so many good memories. The weekends I spent down in Fort Lauderdale sailing with the LYC team were always so fun. We would sail hard for long five hour sessions, come off the water and talk about sailing, then go straight back on the water to wakeboard and water ski – it was exhausting but a blast. Another cool memory was when I got to sail against my oldest sister Krysta at the Laser Midwinters in Clearwater, FL when she was a senior at the United States Coast Guard Academy. Krysta has always been one of my biggest idols in sailing and life in general, but I was never able to sail against her because she was seven years older than me. So it was just so fun being able to sail in a regatta with my sister. My best memory, however, was driving across country with my mom during the summer before my Junior year of high school to sail in regattas across the country. We packed up our small hatchback volkswagen with my laser on top and started out. Our first stop was Newport, RI for the Brooke Gonzalez clinic, then we headed to Chicago for the Lieter Cup, next to the Gorge in Oregon, then to Sheboygan, Wisconsin, and finally home. There aren’t many opportunities in life to spend endless hours talking and hanging out with just your mom. This will be a memory that I will cherish for the rest of my life.

Tell us about some of your junior racing highlights?

Winning the 2013 Junior Women’s SingleHanded National Championship (The Lieter Cup), Placing 9th in the 2012 Orange Bowl Regatta in the Laser Radial.

When you were looking at college sailing programs, what things were you looking for?

I was so excited for college sailing, so I was looking for schools that gave me a good opportunity to sail every weekend. I wanted to sail for coaches that took Womens sailing just as seriously as coed and wanted to sail with a team that worked hard everyday to get better. The USCGA sailing team truly lived up to all my expectations. We sailed every weekend in the sailing season. The coaches took every part of college sailing and every sailor on my team seriously, they treated us all equally no matter what – making us the first team in recent memory to finish in the top ten in coed nationals while sailing all female sailors. And finally the team is extremely hardworking and dedicated to not just the sport, but to each other.

Why did you decide to attend USCGA?

This was honestly such a hard decision for me, I was so scared of everything that came along with going to a service academy: swab summer (boot camp), being away from family a lot, and huge culture shock. I did not know what I wanted to do in life though, all I knew is that I wanted to help people in some aspect and I knew I would be able to do that at the USCGA. I had been accepted to the Academy and could not pass up an opportunity that offered me so much in the end. It ended up being the best decision I ever made. Every fear I had ended up being no big deal, and made me stronger in the end!

How do you feel you have progressed since your freshman year sailing?

I feel that I have become a smarter and less emotional sailor. Our team talks so much about the specifics of sailing and works so hard to understand the game more and more. Brian and Chris are two of the best coaches that I could have asked for, and have worked with me in being a stronger and less emotionally driven sailor.

What do you attribute to your success during your college sailing career?

My coaches and teammates, my awesome crews that have sailed with me the past four years and taught me so much, and my family. My family has supported me tremendously before college sailing and has continued through college sailing. I’m pretty sure that they will miss spending every Saturday and Sunday refreshing TechScore.

How do your team and coaches help push you to be better?

The team is incredible. We are so competitive at practice, almost simulating the feeling of regattas everyday. We also, though, are so close and friendly off the water, which helps in sharing information and getting better as a team. My team also just makes sailing fun, and when you’re having fun you’re always getting better. Brian and Chris do so much to push us. They take the time to get to know each of us and know what makes us tick. They know when we need tough love, when we need encouragement, and when we just need sound advice. Brian and Chris act as members of the team, when we do bad in a regatta they take just as much responsibility in the result as we do and work just as hard to get better for the next time. They make us internalize our failures but do not allow us to dwell on them. In conclusion, I just feel lucky to have sailed on a team with such hardworking coaches and teammates.

Can you review with us about this past season?

This past year was so busy with school and military obligations, so sailing was my escape and enjoyment everyday. I tried to just take in and enjoy every regatta realizing that it was my last year, which is honestly so sad. I did not expect to have the success this season that I did, but it was so excited when it all started to come together for my crew, Maddie Ekin and I, It is always more fun to win races and regattas, but the most fun part was sailing with the team we had this year.

What were some goals you had going into this season?

I did not know what to expect from this year because I had not sailed in many A-Division women’s regattas prior to this year. Early on in the season, however, my goals became to help our team qualify for both coed and women’s national championship and become the best team we could be by the championship.

Had you sailed in College Nationals any other years on your career?

I have sailed in Women’s Nationals all four years of college sailing. The team has made it to coed nationals all four years that I have been on the team, and have actually sailed in coed nationals for the last two years.

How’d Nationals go for you and your team?

Nationals did not go exactly how my team or I wanted it to go necessarily. The team, however, learned so much in that week and a half which will be so helpful in the years to come because the team is only losing myself and one other senior. I am so excited for the future of the USCGA sailing team.

How did you feel when you were announced as college women’s sailor of the year?

It was a lot of emotions. I was so excited and humbled to receive the award, but also so sad that my women’s college sailing career was officially over! It was something I truly never thought I would ever receive when I entered college sailing, but something I had always had my eye on. I have sailed against so many incredible female sailors this year that have pushed me so hard, so it was extremely humbling to receive that award.

What does it mean to have this award bestowed to you?

So many incredible women’s sailors who I have always looked up to have won this award, so being named to this list of sailors has meant so much to me. It was the best way to finish my college sailing career and to realize that the hard work that I have put towards this passion of mine has paid off. Every time I look at this award I think of how much fun I had in college sailing and how many truly incredible people I met.

What are your plans after college?

I will be reporting to the Coast Guard Cutter Juniper in Newport, RI as a deck watch officer. I will be assigned to this cutter for two years. I will be serving in the Coast Guard for at least 5 years.

What did you study in school?

Operations Research and Computer Analysis

How do you intend to stay connected to sailing moving forward?

I want to stay very involved with college sailing by helping the USCGA sailing team and in any other way I can help. I want to continue to sail in any way I can, which I think will be pretty easy while living in Newport, RI. I do not have any specific plans right now, because I know that first few months of working in the Coast Guard will be extremely busy but I know I want to continue to sail.

What does the sport of sailing need?

Sailing needs more grassroots sailing programs to bring non-sailing families into the sport.

What advice do you have for junior sailors who are interested in racing in college?

If I could give any advice it would be to have fun with junior sailing and sail whatever boat makes that most possible. Don’t make sailing a job, make it your escape. Finally, do not expect to come into college sailing as good as you left junior sailing, no one does. College sailing is hard and not exactly like any other sailing you have done, come in expecting to work hard and with hard work you can accomplish everything you want to. Have fun with it, it’s the best sailing you’ll ever do!

Optimist Sailor Development: Coach & Athlete Relation vs Parent Involvement

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By new Airwaves Optimist Reporter Bernat Gali Bou
Optimist Sailing is without a doubt a unique class among the wide range of existing fleets in the Sailing World. Targeted solely for kids, none has got the history, the curriculum and the reputation the Optimist Class enjoys around the World, and that’s why it has remained almost untouched, respecting it’s design, since it was introduced a long time ago.
Being the introductory class to the youngest athletes in this sport, I find sailing one of the most complex yet exciting sports a young athlete can be exposed to. The wide range of skills this young sailors are introduced to since a very young age (technique, fitness, tactics, rules, strategy, meteorology and so on) shape them not only as athlete but as a whole person for the rest of their lives.
Especially in this particular young age, the coach & athlete relationship is very analogous to a teacher & student relationship one might find at school. In their young years, the exposure they have to different inputs coming from different places is off the charts; and as a Coach, I believe we have quite a strong impact on how the sailor will sail for the rest of their life. This comes with a very strong responsibility, because at this age a person develops her or his own personality, and coaches can really make a difference.
Throughout the years I developed many sailors around the World (Spain, Myanmar, New Zealand, Iceland, USA) and I recognize the need of finding a point of balance when it comes to parents and their degree of involvement in the Opti Sailing Career of their child. Particularly in the Optimist Class, parents obviously are the sponsors, whom invest in their children and their passion for Sailing. Coaches are part of this investment, and because this unique situation, I find it essential to engage them in the process. The significant investment in time, money, and effort made by parents is evidence of their desire to help develop. This desire should be channeled in the right direction for the sailor.
In my experience, the Coach & Athlete relationship develops from mutual respect, a sort of give and take, and obviously from providing the sailor with the necessary knowledge and support so he/she can reach his/her goals in the future. How do we fit parents in then? How can we, Coaches, engage the parents in a way they feel involved but don’t step into our job?
I don’t really have an answer for it, but I learnt that honesty and communication can make a big difference in whether the sailor benefits from it or not. I’m no parent, but I understand how difficult it might be to send your child out on the water and not being able to know if he’s alright, if he’s having fun, if he’s sailing fast.. maybe these are the reasons why we see the increasing number of Parent Boats in the water following races as spectators in the last year. Don’t get me wrong, I do believe having them in the water following races it’s a great step forward, you can do it in any other sport as well, and it only benefits the Sport to keep growing up.
What I’ve found challenging in my experience is when the sailor comes from a family with a background in Sailing, where sailing is a topic in any lunch/dinner and one of the parents (or both) might be very accomplished sailors in the present or in the past. At this point, the Coach & Athlete relation should be strong enough for the sailor to put the Coach’s opinion and instructions ahead of the parents possible opinion on the start strategy or the last tack when finishing the upwind. I say challenging as the sailor will always be exposed to feedback coming from both ways (Coach and Parents) and it can turn very challenging if this feedback isn’t similar. In order to be similar, the Coach and Parents should work together to provide the sailor with the appropriate information, and mutual trust plays a big part in order to show the sailor that we all row in the same direction.
Optimist Sailors are amazing little persons, who face challenges in the water everyday, and it’s important for them to know they have the Coach and the Parents support all the time. In order to accomplish that, I strongly believe information has to flow from Coach to Sailor and from Coach to Parents so we keep our extraordinary young athletes engaged and focused in sharping their skills in order to achieve all their dreams.

Bernat Gali Bou
USNT Coach
Lakewood Yacht Club Head Opti Coach
S1D Collaborator

Please also check out Sail1Design’s Coaches Locker Room Article: How to Handle Over-Zealous Sailing Parents

2018 S1D Coach of the Year Nominations Open!

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Greetings, sailing fans!!! We’re sending out our annual call this year for nominations for the prestigious Coach of the Year Award. In true grass-roots fashion, we pick the ultimate winner only from nominees supplied by you, our readers. We are thrilled also to announce that again, Gill North America is our Exclusive Sponsor for this award, and will provide the winner with a well-deserved gift!
2017 S1D/Gill Coach of the Year Nominations Now Open!!Sail1Design annually seeks your nominations for the Gill-S1D Coach of the Year, for a coach that embodies the qualities (and more) listed in the article below. Sailors, this is your award! The Sail1Design staff chooses the winner only from our readers nominations! This is a great opportunity to recognize a coach that you feel makes a difference!
Last years deserving winner was Yale’s Bill Healy. See a post from the Yale Athletics website detailing this honor. Please also read excerpts from the incredible nominations that Bill received here.

Please write a detailed nomination letter to [email protected] .  Nominations close on 15 JUNE 2018

Past S1D Coach of the Year Winners
2018-  ???
2017- Bill Healy
2016- Bill Ward
2015- Frank Pizzo
2014- Chris Dold
2013- Steve Hunt

All good coaches, regardless of their chosen sport, share some important fundamental qualities that transcend technical knowledge, or specific x’s & o’s. In other words, whether it’s a basketball, tennis, hockey, football, chess, or sailing coach, there are certain key characteristics to good coaching, and none of these really requires technical knowledge of the sport they are in.
Here are some of those characteristics: logistics, organization, energy, leadership, passion, creativity, patience, dedication, motivational skill, humility.
I would bet that you could take a good coach, put him or her in a new sport, and that coach would find some success. Think about the best coach you ever had, and visualize that person in another sport, and you might see just how that person could adapt and still be a difference-maker.
However, we all know that great coaches not only possess these core qualities, but indeed they are also masters of the subtleties, rules, and technical chess moves of the sport they are involved in. Very often, great coaches are former players themselves, and often they are good, but not necessarily great players. In any event, it seems virtually certain that actually having been in the arena at some level, having been a true game player, is a necessary ingredient for a great coach.
So then, what an important advantage sailing coaches have, since the sport allows lifelong top-level competitive opportunities. While it would be impossible for a middle-aged football coach to live, first-hand, what his players go through on the gridiron, middle-aged sailors and coaches can stay current, and can compete right alongside the world’s best sailors, and even win world championships in sailing. Opportunities exist in team racing, match racing, and all types of one-design classes offer regattas, year-round. In this manner, sailing coaches have the ability to get inside the sport, at the highest levels, learn more, and feel the same things that their players go through out on the race course. The empathy gained here is a very powerful tool that great coaches employ when coaching.
Getting into the rhythm of a sailboat race, realizing first-hand the excitement and frustrations of the sport, preparing mentally for each race, “knowing when to tack”, these are all things that coaches must be able to talk to their players about, and talking to them about these things is so much more clear and present when done by someone who is actually good at them, and has done them recently at a high level.
For example, it was always easy for me to say to a team, “make sure when you are in FJ’s at the starting line to allow yourself more leeward room to accelerate since the foils are small and the boats need to go bow down first before they start lifting.” It was really easy to say. It was quite another thing to actually do it, and to go out on the starting line, in FJ’s, and practice what I preached. That was a LOT harder, and I drew a great deal of empathy with my players from that situation and recognized better ways to talk about it and to talk them through it, having been there myself. This is especially true in team racing, where coaches can see plays easily on the coach boat or on the drawing board, but it’s one thing to talk about a mark trap at Mark 1; it’s another thing altogether to go out and be able to execute it. Without being, or having been, in the arena, sailing advice and technical coaching can be somewhat hollow compared to other sailing coaches who know it first-hand and live what they coach.
So, when you look to your coaches for advice or to get to that next level, or if you are a interested in sailing in a college program, take a moment and check out the coaches resumes, just as they will most assuredly be checking yours. The list that makes coaches good coaches should be there for sure, but see if the coaches list how, or if, they stay current in their profession and have the passion to go out on the racecourse themselves. Great coaches usually always have a story, and very recent one, of a lesson learned at a regatta they sailed in themselves. They love to sail and get better, if only to become a better sailor and coach.
While there is a short list of coaches who choose to (and can) do it all, many top collegiate programs now share these coaching qualities by hiring an assistant or co-head coach, who is very often a recent college sailing alumnus and is active in dinghy racing and brings that empathy, right away, to the team. The head coach then ties everything together with experience, maturity, management, and knowledge of the game.
If you’ve ever noticed, baseball coaches actually suit up for games even though they certainly won’t be playing. This historically comes from the old “player-coach” model, and perhaps, this connects them with the game and the player more intimately. Sailing offers the unique ability for all ages to compete at the highest levels of the sport, and great sailing coaches take advantage of this, “suiting up” themselves and making themselves better at coaching by sailing competitively.
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2018 Marlow Ropes College Sailor of the Year, All-Americans and More Announced

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NORFOLK, V.A. (June 2, 2018) – At an awards ceremony following racing for the Gill College Sailing Coed National Championship, the honors for the Marlow Ropes College Sailor of the Year, Robert H. Hobbs Sportsmanship Award sponsored by US Sailing and the Leonard M. Fowle Trophy for the Best Overall Team were presented. The names of the winners will be added to the ICSA Hall of Fame display located in the Robert Crown Center at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md.

The Everett B. Morris Trophy is awarded annually to the Marlow Ropes College Sailor of the Year for outstanding performance at the highest level of sailing in the collegiate year. The trophy is named in memory of a distinguished journalist who spent more than 30 years, as a yachting writer and editor. This year there were two finalists for the prestigious award: Stephano Peschiera (Lima, Peru), College of Charleston ’18 and Greiner Hobbs (Tampa, Fla.), Hobart and William Smith Colleges ’18.
Although each of the sailors had an incredible year of competition, the winner, calculated by the numbers, is Stephano Peschiera.

Peschiera had an incredible year of racing including winning the LaserPerformance Men’s Singlehanded National Championship, the LaserPerformance Team Race National Championship, placed second overall at this Gill Coed Championship and won intersectional and other top events throughout the season among other great finishes and having previously been named an All-American.
“Stefano had a great year at ICSA Championships,” says Ian Burman, chair of the Awards Committee. “All in all, it was just enough to earn the award over Greiner Hobbs, who had the strongest year in coed fleet racing.”
“When I arrived at Charleston, my main goal was to qualify Peru for the Olympic games,” says Peschiera, “But then I found out all of the incredible opportunities that college sailing has to offer. I learned to sail a double handed boat and managed to work really hard with my crew in order to get better each day. Now I look back at the incredible sailors I have had the pleasure of sailing with and against and I am very thankful for it.”

“To get this award means the world to me and it took me working really hard through college to earn it,” he says. “I think placing well at college nationals is a very hard thing to do because of the competitiveness of the fleet and also the pressure,” says Peschiera.

“I think the team did great this year in every national championship, not placing worst than third in any of the six national championships,” he says, “And I am sure the team will keep up the level and will keep killing it in the years to come.”

“I want to thank my closest teammates Augie Dale, Katie Loundsbury, Carter Cameron, and of course my college crew of the year Grace McCarthy. I also want to thank my coaches and family for the support they gave me through out this journey,” says Peschiera.

The winner of the Leonard M. Fowle Trophy for best overall collegiate team is College of Charleston with 99.20 points. Boston College was in second and Hobart and William Smith Colleges in third. The team with the most Fowle points, which are compiled results of the ICSA Women’s Singlehanded, Men’s Singlehanded, Match Racing, Coed Semifinals, Women’s, Team Racing, and Coed National Championships, determines the Fowle trophy.

The Robert H. Hobbs Sportsmanship Award is awarded annually to the Sportsman of the Year. The trophy honors Robert Hobbs (MIT ’64), past Executive Vice President of ICSA, past President of U.S. Sailing (1992-1994), and former chair of the U.S. Sailing Olympic Committee.

This year’s finalists were Sterling Henken (Coronado, Calif.), University of California Santa Barbara ‘18, Malcolm Lamphere (Lake Forest, Ill.), Yale University ‘18 and Charles Lomax (Annapolis, Md.), U.S. Merchant Marine Academy Kings Point ‘18. This year’s winner is Charles Lomax.

“Charlie really stood out as someone who sailed at the highest level all four years, always gave his all and was a pleasure to sail against,” says Burman. “One of the nicest and most gracious sailors on the water every weekend.”

Lomax also recently won the Mid-Atlantic conference Sportsman of the Year award and is known by his competitors as the ‘nicest guy’ on the water.

“Charlie is the ideal college sailor, someone who is always fun to see at regattas, always has a great attitude even when faced with adversity, and is always willing to help out a fellow sailor if they need it,” says one of Lomax’s nominators.

In Lomax’s address to his fellow competitors he expressed his gratitude to the people who have supported him.

“Thanks to my parents who gave me the foundation to be the person I want to be – without whom I would not be standing here,” says Lomax. “I also want to thank the entire Kings Point Waterfront staff and I hope they know how impactful they are.”

The Intercollegiate Sailing Association (ICSA) also announced the 2017-18 All-American Crews, Coed Skippers and Honorable Mentions (the Women’s All-Americans were announced at the Sperry College Sailing Women’s Nationals awards ceremony). The names of the winners will be added to the ICSA Hall of Fame displayed at the Robert Crown Center at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md.

A committee of representatives from the seven conferences in the ICSA selects the ICSA All-America Team. This year’s committee is: Ian Burman (chair), MAISA; William Martin, MAISA; Geoff Pedrick, MCSA; David Thompson, NEISA; Michael Kalin, NEISA; John Vandemoer, PCCSC; Ward Cromwell, SAISA; Charles Higgins, SEISA; Scott Wilson, NWICSA.

To select an All-American skipper, the committee evaluates a competitor based on their competitive record in inter-conference competition as well as conference and national championships. The committee analyzes how this record compares to fellow competitors, the quality of the competition the record was achieved in, and results achieved competing with different crews, the span of the record over the fall and spring seasons, and how the record compares to previous All-American winners in past years.

For All-American crew selections, the committee uses criteria similar to skipper selection, but also considers: demonstrated leadership (may consider seniority), outstanding body mechanics and boat handling skills as well as proven ability to improve the results of the skipper(s) with whom he or she sails.

The committee selects up to 18 Coed All-American skippers and additional Honorable Mentions, together totaling no more than 25 and up to 20 All-American Crews and additional Honorable Mentions together totaling not more than 30 honorees. The committee is not obligated to select the maximum number of honorees.

Here are the names of the All-American Coed Skippers, Crews and Honorable Mentions.

UPDATE: In a previous release on June 2, the ICSA All-Americans were announced and there has been a correction to the listing. Wade Waddell (Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.), Boston College ‘19 is an ICSA Honorable Mention Coed All-American Skipper, he was previously listed as an ICSA Coed All-American Skipper.

ICSA Honorable Mention Coed All-American Skippers:
Kai Friesecke (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.), George Washington University ‘18
Jeremy Herrin (Bohannon, Va.), Old Dominion University ‘18
Peter Hogan (Charleston, S.C.), U.S. Naval Academy ‘18
Will Logue (Cos Cobb, Conn.), Georgetown University ‘20
Charles Lomax (Annapolis, Md.), U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, Kings Point ‘18
Trevor Long (Hockessin, Del.), Massachusetts Institute of Technology ‘19
Gary Prieto (Southold, N.Y.), U.S. Naval Academy ‘18
Nick Sertl (Rochester, N.Y.), Harvard University ‘18
Wade Waddell (Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.), Boston College ‘19
ICSA Coed All-American Skippers:
Martim Anderson (Lisbon, Portugal), Roger Williams University ‘18
Nicholas Baird (St. Petersburg, Fla.), Yale University ‘19
Mackenzie Bryan (Christiansted, USVI), Roger Williams University ‘18
Augie Dale (Pewaukee, Wis.), College of Charleston ‘19
Hector Guzman (Huixquilucan, Mexico), Hobart and William Smith Colleges ‘20
Greiner Hobbs (Tampa, Fla.), Hobart and William Smith Colleges ‘18
Ty Ingram (White Plains, N.Y.), Massachusetts Institute of Technology ‘18
Will La Dow (San Diego, Calif.), Stanford University ‘18
Stephano Peschiera (Lima, Peru), College of Charleston ‘18
Romain Screve (Ross, Calif.), Stanford University ‘21
Sean Segerblom (Costa Mesa, Calif.), Georgetown University ‘20
Scott Sinks (San Diego, Calif.), Boston College ‘18
Christopher Williford (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.), Dartmouth College ‘19

ICSA Honorable Mention All-American Crews:
Annabel Carrington (White Stone, Va.), College of Charleston ‘19
Sophia Diserio (New York, N.Y.), Dartmouth College ‘18
Maddie Ekin (Paulsbo, Wash.), U.S. Coast Guard Academy ‘20
Christine Gosioco (Manila, Philippines), Harvard University ‘19
Taylor Kirkpatrick (Portsmouth, R.I.), Stanford University ‘20
Sonia Lingos-Utley (Yarmouth, Mass.), Yale University ‘21
Lily McGrath (Falmouth, Mass.), Boston College ‘18
Lydia McPherson-Shambarger (Annapolis, Md.), St. Mary’s College of Maryland ‘19
Ana Mier (San Jose, Puerto Rico), U.S. Naval Academy ‘19
Elizabeth Pemberton (Osterville, Mass.), College of Charleston ‘18
Caroline Teare (St. Thomas, Virgin Islands), Georgetown University ‘21
Elena VandenBerg (Annapolis, Md.), Stanford University ‘18

ICSA All-American Crews:
Jennifer Agell (Huntington, N.Y.), Roger Williams University ‘19
Rebecca Anderson (Northport, N.Y.), Roger Williams University ‘18
Lizzie Bohan (Newport, R.I.), Boston College ‘18
Julia Kim (Los Angeles, Calif.), Brown University ‘18
Lindsey Kloc (Barrington, R.I.), Hobart and William Smith Colleges ‘19
Katharina (KB) Knapp (Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y.), Yale University ‘18
Carter Little (Charlotte, N.C.), Old Dominion University ‘18
Katherine Lounsbury (Jensen Beach, Fla.), College of Charleston ‘20
Meaghan MacRae (Melrose, Mass.), Georgetown University ‘18
Michael McBrien (East Patchogue, N.Y.), Roger Williams University ‘18
Grace McCarthy (San Diego, Calif.), College of Charleston ‘18
Rebecca McElvain (San Diego, Calif.), Dartmouth College ‘19
Graceann Nicolosi (St. Thomas, USVI), Yale University ‘20
Haley Okun (Darien, Conn.), Hobart & William Smith Colleges ‘18
Emma Perry (Lexington, Mass.), Boston College ‘19
Kennedy Placek (San Francisco, Calif.), Stanford University ‘18
Sameena Shaffeeullah (Danbury, Conn.), Massachusetts Institute of Technology ‘19
Maya Weber (Amherst, N.Y.), Hobart and William Smith Colleges ‘20

MIT Wins Gill College Sailing Coed National Championship

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NORFOLK, V.A. (June 1, 2018) – Today was the last day of the Gill Coed National Championship. This is the final of three high caliber spring college sailing national championships that were run on the Elizabeth River, hosted by Old Dominion University. After four days of challenging conditions and competition the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has won the national title and the Henry A. Morss Memorial Trophy.

The sailors arrived to very little wind this morning and had a slight delay before racing began in about 5-8 knots from the southwest. It was a hot and sunny day and the winds did lighten up off and on, so the sailors had some more delays through the day and a wind shift to the northwest.

There was another long delay midday, but the race committee tried again to get the sailors out for at least another race, however the wind did not cooperate, and the day ended with two races in each division to make the regatta total 14 races. The race committee tried up until the deadline, but called the racing just before 5 p.m.

The competitors sailed in FJs and Z420s on windward-leeward courses. Principal Race Officer, Gary Bodie, and his team did the best they could with the conditions today – a dying shifting breeze.

MIT stayed on top of the leader board for the two days of the Finals and beat the defending champions College of Charleston. The Henry A. Morss Memorial Trophy was donated by a group of nationally known yachtsmen as a memorial to Henry A. Morss, a Boston yachtsman and 1907 Bermuda Race winner, as well as an MIT alumnus and benefactor.

The top teams in this regatta were consistent and close throughout the event, but MIT separated from the pack early on and held their place at the top of the fleet. Both the A-division and B-division sailors won their fleets and were 57 points overall ahead of second place.

“We were able to make comebacks when we didn’t’ start well and when we did we were able to capitalize on boat speed,” says Matt Lindblad, head coach for MIT. “ This group of sailors is exceptional, all of the team members are. They are able to make a commitment to sailing with their most rigorous academics. Sailing is one beat behind academics for these guys.”

“Our goal this year was to win this Nationals,” says Lindblad. “It was the first thing we talked about this year and we thought we could do it. We knew it would not be easy, but we hoped this is where we would be at the end of the season.”

“Hard work, skill and some luck played a part,” he says. “We are definitely feeling good. We have been through heart break and success together so this is the perfect culmination of the positive attitude everyone has had.”

It has been 57 years since MIT last won this championship, in 1961.

Sailing for MIT was: Ty Ingram ’18, Sameena Shaffeeullah ’19 and Greta Farrell ’18 in A-division and Trevor Long ’19, Julia Cho ’20, Greta Farrell ’18 and Marcus Abate ’20 in B-division.

College of Charleston finished in second place, which they held throughout the Finals. They finished just two points ahead of third place overall and won the Oxford University Trophy.

The Oxford University Trophy is awarded to the second place team in the Gill Coed Dinghy National Championship. The Oxford University Yacht Club team and its captain Jeremy Thomas presented this trophy in 1954 on the occasion of the first of a continuing series of college regattas between British and North American teams held alternately in the United States and Great Britain every two years.

Sailing for Charleston was: Stefano Peschiera ’18 and Grace McCarthy ’18 in A-division and Augie Dale ’19 and Katherine Lounsbury ’20 in B-division.

Georgetown University finished in third place, moving ahead of Hobart and William Smith Colleges today by one point winning the Metropolitan Sailing League Trophy, which was first presented in 1971.

“Today was a super hot day, so we kept the sailors under the tent and hydrated, but it was a mental challenge to stay focused all day,” says Mike Callahan, head coach for Georgetown. “Our A-division was really consistent and sailed well and I am really happy with their performance. Our B-division had some younger sailors who rose to the occasion and I am proud of their sailing.”

“What kept us in the races was good starts, getting off the line clean and out in the top of the fleet so we could use good tactics and boat speed,” says Callahan.

Sailing for Georgetown was: Sean Segerblom ’20 and Meaghan MacRae ’18 in A-division and William Logue ’20 and Caroline Teare ’21 in B-division.

The Robert Allan, Sr. and Robert Allan, Jr. Trophies are awarded to the low point “A” and “B” teams, respectively, in the Gill Coed Dinghy National Championship. Ty Ingram ’18, Sameena Shaffeeullah ’19 and Greta Farrell ’18 won A-division from MIT with 73 points, 16 points ahead of second place. Trevor Long ’19, Julia Cho ’20, Greta Farrell ’18 and Marcus Abate ’20 won B-division with 63 points, 15 points ahead of second place.

Final Overall Results (14 races)
1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 136
2. College of Charleston, 193
3. Georgetown University, 195
4. Hobart and William Smith Colleges, 196
5. Stanford University, 225
6. Roger Williams University, 234
7. Yale University, 248
8. George Washington University, 253
9. Old Dominion University, 273
10. U.S. Naval Academy, 276
11. University of Rhode Island, 286
12. U.S. Coast Guard Academy, 293
13. Dartmouth College, 294
14. St. Mary’s College of Maryland, 303
15. Boston College, 314
16. University of California Santa Barbara, 353
17. University of South Florida, 356
18. Eckerd College, 364

To learn more about the teams competing in all of the events and to follow the racing and results visit the event website: http://2018nationals.collegesailing.org/

Dan Egan, of Degan Media, will provide some live coverage during the events sponsored by US Sailing and LaserPerformance, streaming from the event website.

Follow the events via the regatta app from US Sailing, learn how to sign up here: ICSA Nationals App

Additional social media updates will be available throughout the events on the regatta website.

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College of Charleston Sailing is Hiring

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The College of Charleston Varsity Sailing Team is made up of 60+ sailors who sail a wide variety of boats. About 40 sailors make up the Dinghy Team that compete on Lasers, 420s, FJs, and Sloops. The rest make up the Offshore Team that trains on a Melges 30 (Cougar) and J36 (Soul). The Varsity Sailors are treated like any other varsity team at the College with mandatory team workouts, mandatory study hall hours, mandatory practice and other varsity athlete responsibilities like maintaining an exceptional GPA.

College of Charleston, recently crowned 2018 ICSA Team Race National Champions, defending last years title, seeks an Assistant Sailing Coach.

 

College of Charleston Wins ICSA Team Race National Championship

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NORFOLK, VA (May 28, 2018) – Racing was completed today in the LaserPerformance Team Race National Championship on the Elizabeth River hosted by Old Dominion University. This is the second of three spring college sailing national championships. The top sixteen collegiate team racing teams in the nation competed for the national title and the Walter C. Wood Trophy and the defending champions, College of Charleston won the title.

The day began with a 180-degree wind shift; so racing was delayed but got started around 11 a.m. when the wind settled into a northeast direction around 7 knots. The winds stayed light and temperatures were about 80 degrees under cloudy skies.
Principal Race Officer Michael Collins kept the course running well all three days of the event. Along with the team of umpires, it was a great regatta with top-level team racing.

Going into the final four Charleston led the regatta; they were the leaders at the start of each day of the event. In their first race in the final four, however, they lost to Georgetown University. They turned things around for their next two close races and won them both to move on as the regatta champions.

“We are feeling good,” says Ward Cromwell, head coach for College of Charleston. “The top four teams were all really tight and our guys sailed really well. We were over early in the Georgetown race and Augie Dale [and Katherine Lounsbury] got us back in the race. They were our fastest boat out there today.”

“I told the team if you get off the line, then no one can beat you – we have great boat speed,” says Cromwell. “We are stoked, they worked really hard all season and came together well. The team put in a lot of effort and we had great conditions in Charleston to practice in, and it was great to see the sailors peak this week.”

“We will have some fun to celebrate the win, but we will put our heads down and get ready for the Semifinals tomorrow and hope to have another four days off good racing,” says Cromwell.

Sailing for Charleston is: Christophe Killian ’18, Elizabeth Pemberton ’18, Augie Dale ’19, Katherine Lounsbury ’20, Stefano Peschiera ’18 and Grace McCarthy ’18.

After the final four racing there was still a three-way tie for second place. The sailing instructions called for a sail off for the podium finish. Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Roger Williams University and Georgetown University all had a 18-7 record.

The rainy weather and the light wind held on for some more racing in the sail-off. The three teams all fought hard for the remaining podium finishes and even after the additional races each team had one win and one loss, so the tie was still in place. The scoring reverted back to using points to break ties, but included the points from the sail off round.

Roger Williams finished in second place having sailed a very good event and made it out in front of Hobart and William Smith, who was in second place after yesterdays racing.

“We went out today and took it one race at a time,” says Sean Bouchard, assistant coach for Roger Williams. “We wanted to stay calm and keep it simple and mechanical. Easier said than done, but this is a seasoned team who has sailed together a lot and they were able to transition well with the races and the conditions.”

“We had the potential to win today and that was a great position to be in,” says Bouchard. “I am proud of their mentality, ability to bounce back and proud of how they sailed.”

“I am so incredibly proud of the team and how they have progressed over the last four years,” says Amanda Callahan, Roger Williams head coach. “They have an amazing chemistry – you can’t fake it, can’t buy it – they have been amazing to work with.”

Sailing for Roger Williams is: Mackenzie Bryan ’18, Jennifer Agell ’19, Martim Anderson ’18, Rebecca Anderson ’18, Conner Harding ’19 and Michael McBrien ’18.

Hobart and William Smith Colleges finished in third place after a hard fought regatta.

“It was great sailing and tight racing – just what you want in a final four,” says Scott Ikle, head coach for Hobart and William Smith Colleges. “It was incredible that we went back to scoring off points after the sail off, but it shows how evenly matched the teams are and is a great testimony to how good they are.”

“Of course we wanted to do better, but we are proud of our accomplishment and it is a good way to end the year,” says Ikle. “It is an improvement from last year and to have a podium finish is great, there are plenty of teams who would have liked to be third. We did a great job and these top teams were great to sail against all season long.”

Sailing for Hobart and William Smith is: Greiner Hobbs ’18, Haley Okun ’18, Charles Miller ’19, Lindsey Kloc ’19, Hector Guzman ’20 and Maya Weber ’20.

Georgetown finished in fourth place. They sailed very well with only one loss in the final four and the sail off round, but combined with their previous record they were not able to place on the podium.

Sailing for Georgetown is: Roger Dorr ’18, Rebecca Fung ’19, Haley Shea ’19, Sean Segerblom ’20, Meaghan MacRae ’18, William Logue ’20, Caroline Teare ’21, and Rose Edwards ’18.

Racing continues tomorrow at 10 a.m. in the Gill College Sailing Coed National Championship at Old Dominion University. The event will begin with two days of Semifinals racing followed by two days of Finals racing.

Final Results (wins and losses):
1. College of Charleston, 20-5
2. Roger Williams University, 19-8*
3. Hobart and William Smith Colleges, 19-8**
4. Georgetown University, 19-8 b

5. Stanford University, 14-8 c
6. Boston College, 14-8 d
7. Yale University, 14-8 e
8. George Washington University, 10-12

9. Dartmouth College, 7-8
10. Cornell University, 5-10 e
11. University of California at Santa Barbara, 5-10 f
12. University of South Florida, 4-11
13. Texas A&M University at Galveston, 3-12
14. University of Wisconsin, 2-13 e
15. University of Michigan, 2-13 f
16. University of Washington, 0-15

* Total points scored when tied teams met (83)
** Total points scored when tied teams met (84)
b Total points scored when tied teams met (85)
c Number of races won when tied teams met (3)
d Number of races won when tied teams met (2)
e Number of races won when tied teams met (1)
f Number of races won when tied teams met (0)

To learn more about the teams competing in all of the events and to follow the racing and results visit the event website: http://2018nationals.collegesailing.org/

 

 

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