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Club Profile: Barrington Yacht Club

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Located on the beautiful Barrington river in Barrington RI, the BYC offers yachting facilities that are among the finest on Narragansett Bay. Barrington Yacht Club is currently hiring a 420 Racing Coach and an Optimist Racing Coach!

Our members enjoy a full range of services including a complete yacht Racing program for sailors of all abilities and boats of all classes, year round Social Events, and four Cruises each year to various New England ports of call.
Facilities available to our members include the club house and marina (open year-round), as well as the pool, Dana Rice building, and snack bar (open June – September). Slips and moorings are available to transient non-members for a fee, on a space available basis. Our fuel dock is available to both members and non-members.
Our Club has a long tradition of strong family orientation, which is exhibited by our Junior Activities and superb Sail Training programs. These programs are indicative of our commitment to the development of our young people into becoming outstanding yachtsmen and sportsmen, as well as our belief that yachting is an activity to be enjoyed by the entire family.

An Active Membership

In addition to the social and racing activities, the club encourages all members to participate on various committees. The Club has a Board of Governors with standing committees such as: House Committee, Finance Committee, Race Committee, Publications Committee, Social Committee, Membership Committee, Junior Activities Committee, Sail Training Committee and Cruise Committee.
The chairs of these working committees are always interested in having new members volunteer to help out. These committees are largely responsible for the success of the club’s programs.

Making Continuous Improvements

Every year the Club invests a great deal of time and financial resources to upgrade our facility and improve our operations so that we can provide the best in services to our membership. Dock rebuilding, new boats and equipment, galley and bar upgrades are all part of the annual plan to keep our club in excellent condition.

A Rich History

The Barrington Yacht Club was incorporated on March 25, 1908. The object of the club, as stated in the bylaws, is to foster the sport of yachting and to provide suitable facilities and activities for both its social and yachting member families. For more details about the history of our club, please read the articles in the Club History section.
Junior Activities is open to children ages 9 and up who have completed 3rd grade by the summer.  However, there are activities planned throughout the year for all children of BYC to enjoy including the Children’s Halloween Party, Christmas Party, Easter Egg hunt, Family Day and Little Minnows “Fun afternoons”.

During the summer the Game Room/Coach’s Room in the Dana Rice Building is open for Junior Members only.  Junior Members must follow the rules (please see the Log and the Coach’s Room for a complete list of rules) and have completed the waiver for each year.

2017 S1D College Sailing 101 Symposium Notice

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Come join us for the 3rd Annual Sail1Design College Sailing Symposium! This event has become very popular and worthwhile for aspiring college sailors, and parents too! Last year we had nearly 30 colleges in attendance!!
College Sailing 101 is a round-table discussion/Q&A session at Severn School on Friday evening, 01 December 2017, from 1830-2130. Learn more about the world of college sailing from some of the top college coaches in the country.
Registration is required, and space is limited!! Sign up now to reserve your spot! SIGN UP FORM
collegesailingflag_400x400Schedule
Panelists and moderator will deliver a brief synopsis of college sailing, following the outline below. We will then open up the presentation to questions, followed by an informal meet and greet opportunity.
Topics will include:

  • Inside the ICSA: The organizational structure of the sport. What it is, and what it isn’t
  • The Conferences (Districts)
  • Types of Teams & a Few Team Profiles
    • Varsity vs. club
  • The Actual Sailing Itself
    • Types of regattas
    • COED, Women’s, Team Racing, Singlehanded, Match racing, Keelboats
  • Boats Used
  • Life of a College Sailor
    • Commitment
    • Travel
    • Social life
  • Eligibility
  • Recruiting 101
    • How coaches view players
    • How coaches view parents

Last year’s attendees included:

Drexel
UMBC
Stony Brook
Christopher Newport
Syracuse
Mitchell College
George Washington U.
Old Dominion U.
Hobart/William Smith
Tufts University
Connecticut College
Gannon
USMMA – Kings Point
Fordham
U. Pennsylvania
Washington College
US Naval Academy
Roger Williams
SUNY Maritime
Bowdoin College
U. Rhode Island
St. Mary’s College
Georgetown
Brown University
Middlebury

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ICSA News: #6 Charleston wins Danmark Trophy; Cornell wins Susan Rogers Women’s Interconference; #1 Georgetown wins MAISA Match Race; SAISA Women’s Singles and more…

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By Chris Klevan
October 4, 2017– #6 College of Charleston won the 75th edition of the Danmark Trophy, held at the Coast Guard Academy in New London, Connecticut. The Danmark, traditionally, is one of the most competitive interconference regattas of the fall season. Scheduled at the beginning of October, it marks the beginning of autumn and the period where the chips start to hit the table with Conference Championships looming at the end of the month.
After two days and 26 races of sailing in varied conditions, the Cougars of Charleston edged #12 MIT by 15 points. Clearly not out of their element in the first cold weekend of New England, the SAISA powerhouse picked up where they left off as last season’s champions. This rendition of the contending team features recognizable seniors, Stefano Peschiera and Grace McCarthy, A-Division winners at the Danmark with 93 points. The B-Division team however, is different than the one we saw at last spring’s championship. Finishing second in B-Division for the cougars was Junior, Augie Dale and Sophomore, Katherine Lounsbury. Last time we saw Mr. Dale was in his B-Division winning effort at the 2016 ICSA National Championship in San Diego, CA, where Dale was then flying the colors of the Old Dominion University Monarchs. After taking the year off last year to adhere to ICSA transfer policies, Dale’s return, coupled with the stellar sailing of Peschiera, McCarthy and Lounsbury, helped to solidify the continued relevance of the defending champions.
Winning B-Division was Trevor Long ‘19 with Marcus Abate ‘20 and Julia Cho ‘20 of MIT. The Engineers edged Dale and Lounsbury by 1 point in contributing to MIT’s second place team effort.
The #18 Roger Williams Hawks finished 3rd overall at the event with 228 points.
The lone interconference on the Women’s Sailing front was the Susan Rogers ‘75 Memorial Regatta. Sailed on the mighty Cayuga Lake, on the shores of Ithaca, New York, home to Cornell University, the regatta featured a breezy northerly with plenty of fetch for significant waves. Cornell might be located in central New York but their sailing venue is very exposed.
After 8 races sailed in each division, the home team, Cornell University won the event decisively. Finishing with 35 points, winning 10 of the 16 races sailed in the event, unranked Cornell defeatedeat #4 University of Rhode Island by 26 points.
Hobart and William Smith sailors Bailer Carter ‘19 and Anna Flaherty ‘20 won A-Division with 21 points in 8 races. Cornell University’s B-Division boat, Gabby Rizika ‘20 and Tara Bergstrom ‘18, dominated their division winning all but 1 of the 8 races sailed. That lone imperfection for the Big Red Ladies was a 2nd place finish.
The #19 William Smith ladies finished 3rd overall with 68 points after 16 races.
#1 Georgetown University won the 2017 Intrepid Trophy  held at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. The newest MAISA Match Race Champion started the event off slow and qualified for the knockout stage as the 4 seed. Falling behind 1-0 to last year’s National Championship runners up, #4 Hobart and William Smith Colleges in the first round of the knockout, the odds were not in the Hoya’s favor. However, Georgetown won the last 2 races of the best of 3 series to face #9 Navy in the finals. Georgetown swept the Midshipmen to win the event. Both teams advance to this year’s Match Race National Championship held at College of Charleston in Charleston, SC, November 10-12.
University of British Columbia won the NWICSA Match Race Championship held in British Columbia and in doing so, secured a berth to the ICSA Match Race National Championship, aforementioned above. Congratulation and good luck.
College of Charleston’s Sophomore, Kelly-Ann Arrindell won the SAISA Women’s Singlehanded Championship last weekend held at University of South Florida. Winning 4 of the 6 races and finishing with 9 points overall, her effort was nothing short of dominant. Marian Frances Williams ‘21 of Charleston grabbed the final qualifying spot finishing second at the event with 14 points. Both ladies qualified to compete in the Singlehanded National Championship held in St. Petersburg, Florida, November 4-5.
The #9 College of Charleston Women won the SAISA Women’s Fall, the South Atlantic women’s conference championship. Serving as the conference’s qualifier for the Women’s Atlantic Coast Championship, the event brings out the best women in the conference. The regatta was a combined division event.
Charleston’s victory was led by Ali Toppa ‘20 and Caroline Bracken ‘19. The Cougar’s top boat won 4 of the 9 races and finished with 21 points.
The South Florida Bulls finished second with 89 points while the Eckerd tritons finished 3rd, rounding out those qualifying for SAISA’s 3 spots at ACC’s.
Photo by Ken Legler
Written by Chris Klevan

Looking for a Healthy Snack While On The Water? : How to Make Homemade Granola Bars

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Making healthy choices to boost your sailing performance can be a hard task to accomplish. For a lot of people, they believe this statement to be true, however, eating healthy doesn’t have to be hard and unpleasant. With a little learning and work, you can make eating healthy fun and easy! We all need to spend more time learning how we can fuel our bodies better for boosting our performance on the water and improving our daily life.
For a lot of sailors eating healthy can be a challenge because of being on the water all day. A lot of times sailors bring granola bars as they are the easiest thing to snack on out on the water. However, a lot of the granola bars we are buying are filled with sugar and other ingredients that are hindering our performance. Before purchasing granola bars, you always want to check out the ingredient list to see what you are eating. However, the best way to always know what is in your food is to make it at home.
Making granola bars at home is fun and easy! It doesn’t take long to make some great snacks you can take out on the water to fuel you throughout the day of sailing. There are tons of different recipes out there for you to try at home. Below you will find a simple recipe I love to make for my sailing adventures. Making great healthy food at home can be scary to start, but trust me it is easier than you think and can be lots of fun!

 
Sailors Snack Granola Bar Recipe:
Ingredients:

  • 1 cup pitted Medjool dates
  • 1/4 cup maple syrup or honey
  • 1/3 cup peanut butter or almond butter
  • 1 cup sliced almonds
  • 1/4 cup chia seeds
  • 1 1/2 cup rolled oats
  • optional: raisins, chocolate chips, cranberries, other nuts, etc.

Instructions:

  1. Process the dates in a food processor until it forms a dough like consistency.
  2. Put sliced almonds, chia seeds, rolled oats, and dates in a large mixing bowl. Also, add additional ingredients if using.
  3. Warm maple syrup or honey and nut butter in a saucepan over low heat.
  4. Pour warm mixture over oat mixture and mix together. Using hands knead the mixture so consistent throughout.
  5. Line a glass baking dish with parchment paper. Take mixture and flatten in baking dish.
  6. Place dish into the freezer for at least 25 minutes to set.
  7. Remove from freezer and cut bars.
  8. Store bars in a container, until ready to enjoy. (store them in the freezer to keep them fresher.)

Enjoy Snacking Healthy!

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College Sailing News: Week 4 Report

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#13 Dartmouth wins St. Mary’s Fall Interconference; Laser sailors qualify for Nationals; #11 Stanford wins Sail-off!
September 25, 2017
                                           Photo taken from the NEISA facebook page, © 2017 Rob Migliaccio, All Rights Reserved
#13 Dartmouth College won the St. Mary’s Fall Interconference with impressive performances in both divisions. Sailed at St. Mary’s College of Maryland, the event marked MAISA’s second major intersectional as the fall season is now in full swing. Many of the nation’s top teams were in attendance and the fleets were mostly filled with college sailing veterans. Dartmouth was one such team, sporting a tandem in A and B-Divisions that may be the Big Green’s top squad.
“The racing was tricky, with pressure filling from the edges and many of the common moves toward consolidating and centering up not as beneficial as normal,” said Dartmouth’s head coach, Justin Assad. “Our team was able to start cleanly most of the time, and focused on being patient and balanced sailing the long tack with finding the next pressure.”
Brothers, Christopher ‘19 and Duncan Williford ‘18 sailed A and B respectively with crews, Rebecca McElvain ‘19 and Paige Clarke ‘20. The Williford brothers and crews represented the Big Green well, combining for only 3 races outside the top-10. They finished 2nd in both A and B-Division, winning the regatta over MAISA up-and-comer, #14 George Washington.
Assad continued, “Duncan and Christopher are unique young men, and the overwhelmingly positive relationship they share is infectious for our entire team.  They could trick you with their mellow and relaxed demeanor, but Duncan is an elected team leader and has a great attitude, and Christopher is a ferocious competitor.  They enjoy pushing each other and love to compete, whether it is winning practice starts or a quick game of pick-up basketball before lift, which leads to a successful dynamic when representing Dartmouth, as well as pushing the whole team to mirror their spirit of fun competition.”
The George Washington Colonials’ runner-up finish was led by senior, Kai Friesecke and sophomore Andreea Rainey-Pace. The A-Division boat finished the regatta with no races outside the top-9, winning A-Division over aforementioned Big Green by 10 points.
#1 Georgetown’s Andy Reiter ‘19 and Claire Mohun ‘19 won B-Division with 45 points after 11 races sailed. The Hoya Juniors were impressive over the two days finishing 9 of the 11 races inside the top-5.
The #9 Navy Midshipmen finished 3rd overall, with 143 points in the 22 races sailed.
The Men’s Singlehanded conference championships were sailed in SAISA, NWICSA and NEISA this past weekend, while the Women’s Singlehanded conference championships were sailed in MAISA, NIESA and NWICSA. Each of these 6 regattas qualified individuals for the both the Men’s and the Women’s ICSA Singlehanded National Championship, help in St. Petersburg, Florida, November 4th and 5th.
The SAISA Men’s Singlehanded Championship featured sailors from College of Charleston, Jacksonville University and the University of South Florida. Three of the 10 sailors competing would move on to the National Championship. Finishing first, with an impressive 15 points after 10 races was College of Charleston’s senior, Stefano Peschiera. Runner up was a freshman from Jacksonville, Gage Wilson. Capturing the 3rd and final qualifying spot was Gerald Williams ‘19 from the College of Charleston.
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The NEISA Men’s Singlehanded Championship featured sailors from 14 different schools. 4 of the 27 boats entered would qualify for the Men’s National Championship, making it the most competitive qualifier, simply by percentage of qualifiers, featured on the ICSA schedule. Yale’s Nicholas Baird ‘19 finished 1st overall with 44 points after 10 races. Last year’s national champion, Scott Rasmussen of Boston College (‘20), finished second overall with 50 points. Tied with Rasmussen, but finishing 3rd, was 2015 ICSA National Champion, Malcolm Lamphere ‘18 of Yale. Alp Rodopman ‘17 of Tufts, finished 4th, rounding out the NEISA qualifiers.
University of British Columbia freshman, Benjamin McMaster was the lone qualifier from the NWICSA Men’s Singlehanded Championship held by Washington. Totalling 18 points after 8 races, the youngster won the seven boat regatta with consistency. Congratulations and good luck to all the men’s qualifiers.
Three Georgetown Women qualify for the Women’s singlehanded national championship after the Faye Bennett – MAISA Women’s Singles.  A Senior, Lola Bushnell was extremely solid in winning the 18-boat regatta with 37 points in 10 races. Finishing second, 11 points behind the Ms. Bushnell, was Lenox Butcher (‘20) of UPenn. Finishing 3rd was Riley Legault (‘19) of George Washington University, with 55 points. Tied with 56 points for the final two qualifying spots were two Hoya Ladies, Carly Broussard (‘21) and 2015 National Champion,  Haddon Hughes (‘19).
Washington University senior Laura Smit was the lone qualifier from the NWICSA Women’s Singlehanded Championship. Smit won the final 4 races to edge teammate, Farzanan Mohamedali.  With 13 points after 7 races, finishing strong was obviously the key to winning the six boat regatta.
Coast Guard Academy senior Dana Rohde won the NEISA Women’s Singlehanded Championship despite not winning a single race. Ms. Rohde, after a slow start, showed how consistency wins regattas by finishing inside the top-4 in 6 of the last 7 races of the 17 boat regatta. An extremely tight regatta, only 8 points separated Rohde from the 5th and final qualifying spot. Talia Toland (‘21) of Tufts, Anna Weis (‘20) of Boston University, Lindsey Baab (‘18) of Brown and Sophia Reineke (‘21) of Boston College finished 2nd through 5th respectively.
#11 Stanford won the 2017 PCCSC Match Race Championship in a sail-off with University of California Santa Barbara. The Cardinal and the Gauchos squared off on the match race/team race circuit of the PCCSC in what appears to be a budding rivalry. Stanford, the long standing champion of the conference has found competition at conference championships over the past year. Stanford was the lone qualifier for the Match Race National Championship held in Charleston, South Carolina on November 10th through 12.

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