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Club Profile: Buzzard's Sailing School

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NewsFlash: The Buzzards Sailing School is Hiring a Sailing Program Director and a Race Team Coach!
Sailing: Learn it. Do it. Love it!  The Buzzards Sailing School, Inc. (BSS) is a non-profit, community sailing school for youth ages 8 to 18. Our mission is to inspire young people, teach them to master the art of sailing and instill a love of the sport.  All of our classes emphasize fun and enjoyment on the water as well as water safety and the learning of sailing skills. Graduates of this program have sailed across oceans, cruised distant coasts, captained traditional schooners and raced high-tech boats in local, collegiate, national and international competitions. The goal of the program is to provide students a fun and safe summer experience built around developing sailing, racing, teamwork and seamanship skills. By learning and doing, young sailors will develop a lifelong love of sailing. The summer of 2017 will be our 52nd year.

Classes of Boats in Our Fleet

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International
Optimist Dinghy

The Optimist Class is the largest and fastest growing International Sailing Class in the world. This is undoubtedly because it is the ideal youth training boat. It is safe and simple enough for very young children to sail, yet lively and exciting enough for kids up to 15 to race in international competition.
Length: 7′ 6.5″
Sail area: 35 square feet

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Widgeon

The Widgeon is an excellent all-around displacement hulled sailing dinghy–simple enough for young children to handle, but large enough to comfortably carry adults. We have used the Widgeon with great success for over 25 years at all levels from beginner through advanced. They are stable, responsive, rigged with all the standard sail controls, and have complete spinnaker gear.
Length: 12′ 4″
Sail area: 90 square feet 

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Club 420

The Club 420 is a lightweight, high-performance, planing-hulled dinghy that is super fast and exciting to sail. It also provides the additional excitement and challenge of a spinnaker and trapeze. Over 100 schools and colleges across the country already have active racing fleets and the class is rapidly becoming even more popular. For those who want to race, there are ample opportunities to compete in the 420 on local through international levels. Many Olympic sailing champions trained in the Club 420 as junior sailors.
Length: 13′ 9″
Sail area: 110 square feet

Safety Boats

All classes are accompanied by the appropriate number of instruction /rescue power boats.
NewsFlash: The Buzzards Sailing School is Hiring a Sailing Program Director and a Race Team Coach!

Club Profile: The Lake George Club, 2017

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NewsFlash: The Lake George Club has an opening this summer for a Waterfront Director/Head Sailing Instructor
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The Lake George Club was formally organized and received its certificate of incorporation on November 16, 1908. Nine months later a clubhouse had been built and docks, tennis courts and a nine hole golf course were in place.
The Club opened its doors on August 14th, 1909 with its first and only Superintendent, Mr. Emil Strand and his bride, to welcome the members. Mr. Strand served the members for fifty-four years until he retired in 1963. Each spring he grew the white petunias which graced the Clubhouse. We keep this tradition as a tribute to his long and dedicated service.
The purpose of the Club as outlined in a meeting in 1908 was to provide a place where residents and visitors might meet and have the opportunities for mutual pleasure, to hold regattas and other aquatic sports, to provide a golf course, tennis courts and facilities for other games and make arrangements for dramatic and musical entertainment.
These things were all done, but changes have taken place over the years. The original regattas were motor boat races. Ever faster and more sophisticated boats were built and raced, leading at last to George Reis’ El Lagarto which won the Gold Cup in 1933 and defended the Cup in 1934 and 1935 at the Lake George Club. That was the last Club sponsored motorboat regatta.
Golf was played on a nine-hole course laid out on Club property and property to the north leased from the Marion House. The course ran parallel to and on both sides of the Bolton Road. The Marion House was torn down in 1939 and the land subdivided, but the golf course continued in operation through 1942 when the lease expired.
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The original three clay tennis courts served the members for 75 years. For thirty-three of those years, 1916-1949, the Tennis Chair was Miss Helen Simpson, a devoted member who was also a director for twenty-eight years and Vice President for five years. In 1983-84, after ten years of discussion, three new courts were added and the old courts resurfaced. We continue to have some of the finest courts in the area.
Sailing was introduced in 1935 with boats from all over the lake invited to join the eight Club boats; Dr E.F.W. Alexandersons Nordic, Mr. W.M. Bowdens Highland Fling, three Stars and three Cape Cod Knockabouts. The Stars began racing as a separate class in 1936 followed by the Cape Cods in 1937 and the Sound Interclubs in the late thirties. Mr. Harold Pitcairn, who was Commodore from 1940 to 1953, provided his own fleet of two boats in each class sailed by himself and his eight children. Sailboat racing was suspended from 1943 through 1945. New classes were introduced after the war: the Rainbows in 1963, the J-24’s in 1980 and the J-22’s in 1991. The sailing story would not be complete without the mention of Ralph and Mary Derby, Boom Boom and Can Can, who were in charge of the starting guns and signal flags on the race committee boat for over 25 years.
Learn more about our junior sailing program HERE.
During World War II, the membership dropped from 125 to 64. The Club was closed for the 1943 season. A small group headed by C. Everett Bacon, president from 1933-1945, and Hubert Brown, 1946-1947, rallied support and contributions to keep things going. In 1955, the emphasis shifted from the older generation to the baby-boomers.
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Tennis, sailing and swimming instructors were hired in 1955 and junior tennis and sailing programs were started. The juniors competed in Turnabouts, Cape Cods and Lasers for the next 25 years. Contributions from the members have permitted the Club to fund three newer fleets: the 420’s in 1979, the Optimist Dinghies in 1990, and the FJ’s in 1994. The children of the baby-boomers are now active participants in our junior programs.

The club presently has 300 regular members and a waiting list of prospective members. The House Committee and staff have revitalized our Social program. Sailing and tennis are actively pursued on all levels.
The Junior Sailing program is a focus of the Club.  Juniors grow up sailing, swimming and playing tennis, building long lasting relationships. Their parents and parents did as well. There is a great sense of community and family here! Learn more about the Junior Sailing Program here: http://www.thelakegeorgeclub.com/Summer-Sports/sailing.html
NewsFlash: The Lake George Club has an opening this summer for a Waterfront Director/Head Sailing Instructor
For more information, please contact:
Tracey Thacker / 518-668-5734 / lgctracey @ yahoo.com

2017 J/24 East Coast Championship Report & Results

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It was another fantastic Fall weekend of racing in Annapolis for the 39th J-24 ECC & J/22 Mid Atlantics. Twenty-four J/24 teams raced Friday through Sunday, joined by twenty-five J/22 teams on Saturday & Sunday. Full results HERE
Things started on the right foot, with teams arriving to the luxury of Gold Sponsor, The Rigging Company ( https://theriggingco.com/ ), helping with mast stepping and setup.  J/24 Fleet 8 members provided free housing to many out of town teams and can accommodate many more in the future.
We’ll get to the action on the water in a moment – the highlight on land was the Saturday evening dinner & dance party under the tent! When sailors came off the water, the beer truck was their first stop, then on to the racing recap organized by North Sails Mike Marshall. Mike brought together a cohort of world class sailors, including Allan Terhune, Willem van Waay, Cory Sertl & Matt Schubert. The breeze was in the mid-teens all day so the focus was on rig settings, steering in waves, and determining how to pick the favored side. Starting at 1800, over 180 J sailors broke bread, with a wonderful meal catered by Annapolis Smokehouse. Shortly afterward, The Shatners, an uber-popular Annapolis band got going, as did the flip-cup challenge between the 24’s & 22’s. The crowd, packed onto the dance floor, demanded two encores of the band before they finally allowed them to leave the stage!
On Friday night, Travis Odenbach from Quantum Sails led a recap of the Friday racing, featuring pearls of wisdom from professional sailor Willem van Waay, Mike Coe from Quantum, and Even Petley-Jones from Halifax, NS. In addition to discussing rig settings & depowering techniques, Willem van Waay gave the crowd an advanced course on using the ProStart! Meanwhile, Lyon distilling was mixing their special rum into Dark & Stormys, and the crowd was enjoying oyster shooters & two hot soup offerings.
Now on to the action on the water.  Friday and Saturday brought classic Fall Chesapeake Bay top-end of the Genoa conditions with nasty waves and chop.   In those technique intensive conditions, Mark Hillman, Travis Odenbach and Tony Parker collected twenty-one of the twenty-four available top three finishes over eight races.  The consensus from these teams was that lots of twist, minimizing helm movements and infrequent tacking seemed to be the 3 top components to upwind success.  Mark Hillman, a tad rusty after three years away from racing J/24’s, had a slight speed disadvantage to the other two leaders in Race 1 and finished third.  That was the worst race over the first two days for the winning SISU team, which featured SISU’s owner, Jim Bonham, hiking hard in the middle, multi-class world champion Willem van Waay trimming both uphill and downhill, accomplished J/24 veteran Monica Morgan on mast, and Volvo Ocean Race veteran George Peet on bow. Full results HERE
 
Friday Photos:
https://lukepelican.smugmug.com/J24-East-Coast-Championship-Day-1/
Saturday Photos:
https://lukepelican.smugmug.com/J24-ECC-Day-2–J22-Mid-Atlantic-Day-1/
Featured Photos:
http://j24eastcoastchampionship.com/?page_id=19

No Equipment? No Problem! : Workout For Anywhere Anytime

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Getting a good workout in doesn’t have to be complicated. You can get a great workout in by just using your body weight and no equipment. Sometimes when we are traveling for sailing, we are greeted with a hotel that doesn’t have a gym, or maybe its a day we want to workout at home instead of the gym. These days are perfect for body weight exercises that still get you working hard, just don’t have to worry about all that equipment. Gaining strength for sailing doesn’t have to be complicated, and I’m here to show you how.
In the workout below you will get a full body workout with cardio mixed in. This is a fun workout you can do anywhere anytime! Next time you’re on the road or don’t have time to make it to the gym add this workout in to help better your sailing performance on the water. Remember working out for sailing doesn’t have to be complicated!

No Equipment Workout:
-Warm up with Dynamic Stretching (5 minutes)
Core Activation:
-Plank Jacks (30 seconds)
-Split Lunges (30 seconds)
-Shoulder Taps (30 seconds)
-High Knees (30 seconds)
Repeat 3x
The Workout:
1. Push Ups (15 reps)
2. Wall Sit (60 seconds)
3. Shoulder Taps (20 reps)
4. Forward Alternating Lunges (20 reps)
Repeat 3x
1. Burpees (30 seconds)
2. Switch Kicks (30 seconds)
3. Mountain Climbers (30 seconds)
Repeat 2x
1. Tricep Dip w/ Leg Raise (15 reps)
2. Single Leg Deadlift (15 reps each side)
3. Rotational Push Up (12 reps)
4. Squat Pulses (30 seconds)
Repeat 3x
1. Plank (60 seconds)
2. Diamond Push Up (12 reps)
3. Side Plank Knee To Elbow (12 reps each side)
4. Squat Jacks (20 reps)
Repeat 3x
1. Tuck Jumps (30 seconds)
2. Wide Mountain Climbers (30 seconds)
3. Squat Jumps (30 seconds)
Repeat 2x
-Cool Down with Foam Rolling and Static Stretching (5-7 minutes)
For more information on fitness for sailing contact [email protected]. Also check out Sailorcise on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram for daily tips on fitness, nutrition, and sailing.

ICSA News: #12 George Washington wins the Mid Atlantic; #3 Charleston win the Hoyt and #2 Coast Guard win Mrs. Hurst

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#12 George Washington University won the MAISA Women’s Fall Dinghy Championship, hosted by SUNY Maritime College. The regatta, on the shores of the East River, was dictated by the breeze, or lack thereof. The 8 race event, therefor was a stressful one for MAISA teams hopeful of a berth to the Women’s Atlantic Coast Championships with only 7 available.
The Colonials of GWU were impressive, finishing in the top-3 in each of the two divisions, including a B-Division victory by Riley Legault ‘19 and Andreea Rainey-Pace ‘20 with 11 total points after 4 races sailed.
Senior, Rose Edwards of Georgetown with Caroline Teare ‘21 won A-Division with just 7 points after the 4 races sailed. The Hoya boat finished with no races outside the top-2.
The seven teams to qualify for the Women’s Atlantic Coast Championship, held at Connecticut College, November 11-12, are #12 George Washington, #14 Hobart and William Smith Colleges, #16 Cornell, #9 Georgetown, Fordham, #20 Navy and #17 St. Mary’s.
The Sherman Hoyt Trophy hosted by Brown University was the premier Coed-Inter-conference regatta hosted over last weekend. Moreover, it was the only major interference or conference championship with quality breeze throughout the weekend. After 14 races sailed in each of the two divisions, #3 College of Charleston won the event by 10 points over #2 Yale.
The only team with two top-5 division scores, the Cougars placed 3rd in A and 3rd in B which was enough to get it done for Charleston in a regatta where consistency was hard to find. Charleston featured their stalwart team of Stefano Peschiera ‘18 with Grace McCarthy ‘18 in A and Augie Dale ‘19 and Katherine Lounsbury ‘20 in B.
#6 Dartmouth College Juniors, Christopher Williford and Rebecca McElvain won A-Division with 75 points. Stringing together a scoreline with only two races outside the top-10, the Big Green Boat was impressive.
Lindsey Baab ‘18 and Julia Kim ‘18 of #20 Brown won the B-Division with 77 points, winning four of the 14 races sailed.
#2 Coast Guard won the Mrs. Hurst Bowl hosted by Dartmouth College. An extremely light-air regatta, only 5 races were sailed in each division. Starting slow, after an 11th place finish in each of the two divisions, Coast Guard rallied back to win the event after tie-breaker with home-team, #4 Dartmouth.
Ragna Agerup ‘20 and Abigayle Konys ‘19 of #3 Brown won A-Division with 21 points and Dartmouth’s Audrey Giblin ‘20 and Sophia Diserio ‘18 won B-Division with 16 points.

Stanford Alums Capture 2017 Hinman Team Racing Trophy

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Report from US Sailing, photos by Matt Cohen
OYSTER BAY, N.Y. (October 22, 2017) – This weekend’s 2017 U.S. Team Racing Championship for the George R. Hinman Trophy featured a “who’s who” of college sailing’s present and past. Jet Lag, a team composed of Stanford University alumni sailors, had all the right combinations this week, especially on Sunday, as the Northern California based team captured their first Hinman Trophy. They placed fifth last year and second in 2015.
In a close finish to the Round Robin series, Jet Lag went 2-0 on Sunday to improve to 10-2 overall for the Championship. They edged Hawks Peacocks and Comm Ave Convicts by a point in the final standings. Hawks Peacocks, a team comprised mostly of Roger Williams University sailors, went 0-1 today and 9-3 for the Championship. Comm Ave Convicts, comprised of current and past Boston College sailors, also finished 9-3 overall and 1-1 on Sunday. There was no knock-out series in this regatta. See results and final standings.
Jet Lag’s team is composed of skippers Mateo Vargas (San Francisco, Calif.), Oliver Toole (Palo Alto, Calif.) and Kevin Laube (San Francisco, Calif.) and crew Samantha Steele (San Francisco, Calif.), Carolyn Kelly Ortel (Palo Alto, Calif.) and Yuri Namikawa (San Francisco, Calif.).
Placing second was Comm Ave Convicts. Their team features skippers Wade Waddell (Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.), Scott Sinks (San Diego, Calif.) and Raul Rios (La Colina, Guaynabo, PR), and Emma Perry (Lexington, Mass.), Allison Ferraris (Manhasset, N.Y.) and Katja Sertl (Annapolis, Md.).
Finishing third was Hawks Peacocks. Their team includes skippers Conner Harding (Naples, Fla.), Mackenzie Bryan (Chistansted, St. Croix VI) and Martim Anderson (Bristol, R.I.), and crew Mike McBrien (East Patchogue, N.Y.), Jennifer Agell (Huntington, N.Y.), and Marina Cano Sostre (Boston, Mass.). Here is the entire list of teams.
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Teams patiently waited out another lengthy postponement this morning. The race committee was hoping to catch some morning breeze and scheduled the first warning signal for 9:00 am. Fortunately, the sea breeze filled in earlier this afternoon, which allowed the race committee to finish the Round Robin.
The regatta was made official on Saturday after they tallied 20 races late in the afternoon and early evening, completing 80% of the Round Robin which constitutes an official regatta. They finished 53 races on Friday.
This US Sailing National Championship included an impressive list of accomplished teams and experienced team racers, many of whom have competed in and won this Championship. From top-notch one-design sailors in fleet racing circles to current and former high-level college sailors and coaches, this US Sailing National Championship attracts a wide range of sailors, both men and women.
First held in 1981, this premier team racing event in the United States is an invitational event. Interested teams applied by resume and international teams are invited to compete. The championship is raced in three-boat/six-person teams (three skippers and three crews).
The U.S. Team Racing Championship remains one of the hottest events in the country. Over 100 races can be sailed in just a few days. Races, or flights, are shorter than traditional race courses and are raced on a “Digital N” course. Three flights can race simultaneously with teams swapping out after each race with each team wearing a unique identifying pinny or bib.
The regatta was initiated by Sailing World magazine, and after years of growth and popularity, the event was adopted by US Sailing and became known as the U.S. Team Racing Championship for the George R. Hinman Trophy. The trophy was donated in recognition of George R. Hinman’s many years of service and contributions to sailing.

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