NEWPORT, R.I. (May 28, 2015) – Today was the last day of racing for the Sperry Women’s National Championship on Narragansett Bay co-hosted by Brown University, Salve Regina University and the New York Yacht Club. Eighteen women’s collegiate teams raced for the Gerald C. Miller Trophy and Yale University came away with the win.
Racing began at 9:30 a.m. in temperatures right around 70 degrees under cloudy skies. Although the winds were the lightest of the event this morning, they did not disappoint for the last day of racing. The southwest breeze in the morning was around 10 knots and built to around 15+ knots by the end of the day. The course was affected by some thunderstorms near the area, but the course was pretty even for the day until the last sets when the left side became favored.
Today the divisions swapped boats again, A-division sailed in FJs and B-division sailed in Z420s. The sailors completed nine races in both divisions on windward leeward courses with 3 or 4 legs for a total of 18 races in each division for the event. The race committee was able to meet the racing deadline and completed the races just before 4:30 p.m.
Going into today’s competition Boston College, Brown University and Yale University were each only separated by one point. Dartmouth College, the defending champion trailed the top three by nine points.
The intense competition and solid conditions made for exciting racing today. Boston College led the racing until race 14 when Yale took over the lead. The two teams were always within striking distance of each other, but Yale kept the lead for the final four races of the day. Right behind Boston College was Brown University and Dartmouth College, who were never far from finishing in the top three.
The home and co-host team, Brown University took third place winning the Ann Campbell Trophy. The Brown women aimed to sail clean and execute today.
“We are psyched to be on the podium,” says John Mollicone, head coach for Brown. “We will be kicking ourselves because we had the opportunity to win the regatta, but we are happy to be third,” Mollicone says.
Despite being one of the home teams, Mollicone explains, “The last few days we felt we had some home court advantage, but with the weather and conditions today, we did not feel that.” Although Brown finished in third place overall, they did win B-division.
“We had two senior skippers win B-division and we are really happy for them,” says Mollicone.
Sailing for Brown was Megan Grapengeter-Rudnick ’17 with Lydia Whiteford ’15 and Alexandra Swanson ’16 in A-division and Johanna Kincaid ’15 with Jessica O’Dell ’16 and Kelly McGlynn ’15 with Ragna Eide ’16 in B-division.
Boston College finished in second place winning the New England Women’s Trophy. Once Yale took the lead, Boston College fought hard to gain it back, but was not able to catch them.
“It was a great day,” says Greg Wilkinson, head coach for Boston College. “We wish we could have executed better, but I think the girls realize the strength of the competition that they were up against,” Wilkinson says. In between races, Wilkinson says, “I tried to just remind the girls this is a sailboat race and there is nothing special you need to do – just do what you practiced.”
“From our team, our hats off to Yale, we gave them everything we had,” says Wilkinson.
Sailing for Boston College was Erika Reineke ’16 with Elizabeth Barnard ’15, Katja Sertl ’16 and Emily Schalka ’15 in A-division and Allyson Donahue ’17 with Emily Schalka ’15 and Madeleine Loosbrock ’17 in B-division.
The Sperry Women’s National Champions and winners of the Gerald C. Miller Trophy is Yale University. After finishing in third place yesterday, the women sailed smart and fought back to take the win today.
“Morgan [Kiss] had a string of seven top three finishes in a row and that made a big difference for us today,” says Bill Healy, assistant coach for Yale, of the A-division boat. “Morgan was in her own zone today and she and Emily did great,” Healy says.
Morgan Kiss is a senior this year and she felt especially proud of their win. “I think that it was obviously really good competition and that it was really tough sailing against all of the girls and it was a really tight fleet,” says Morgan Kiss. “I think that what we did was just focus on one race at a time and try our hardest in each one and I definitely owe it to my crew today, Emily Johnson, who kept us in the game even when we had our doubts,” Kiss says.
Another turning point for Yale today was when they switched out their B-division crew for the last set of the day to try and get more weight in the boat. “We put Claire [Huebner] in with Casey [Klingler] so that we could hang with Boston College and that saved us,” says Healy.
Sailing for Yale was Morgan Kiss ’15 with Emily Johnson ’16 and Claire Huebner ’18 in A-division and Casey Klingler ‘18 with Katherine Gaumond ’15 and Claire Huebner ’18 in B-division.
After racing, awards were presented at the Sail Newport Sailing Center hosted by Salve Regina University, for the top teams and also for the first place finishers in each division. Morgan Kiss ’15 with Emily Johnson ’16 and Claire Huebner ’18 from Yale won the Madeleine Trophy, awarded to the low-point A- division team. They finished with 96 points total, 15 points ahead of the second place pairing from Boston College.
Johanna Kincaid ’15 and Kelly McGlynn ’15 with Jessica O’Dell ’16 and Ragna Eide ’16 won the Judy Lawson Trophy, awarded to the low-point B-division team. They also finished with 96 points total and were four points ahead of the second place pairing from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy.
Full results: http://scores.collegesailing.org/s15/2015-sperry-icsa-womens-national/
Women’s Final Overall Results
1. Yale University, 223
2. Boston College, 228
3. Brown University, 234
4. Dartmouth College, 237
5. College of Charleston, 292
6. Georgetown University, 300
7. University of Vermont, 308
8. University of Rhode Island, 310
9. Stanford University, 334
10. St. Mary’s College of Maryland, 341
11. U.S. Coast Guard Academy, 348
12. Cornell University, 398
13. George Washington University, 402
14. Old Dominion University, 412
15. Eckerd College, 426
16. U.S. Naval Academy, 436
17. Bowdoin College, 444
18. University of South Florida, 487
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2015 Baker High School Team Race National Championship Results
Saturday, May 23: Light winds and choppy conditions made for difficult racing on Day 1 of the 2015 Baker Championships. The race committee were busy with the tricky condition but managed to get 52 races of the 66 race round robin complete on Saturday. St.Thomas Aquinas High School leads going in to Day 2, with 8 wins.
Sunday, May 24: Day 2 dawned with cloudy skies and glassy seas. The Race Committee found a few puffs of wind early on, and ran 2 very slow races, then the wind shut off. The sailors and RC waited around (somewhat) patiently, and finally the breeze filled in from the East at 10-15 kts. This allowed the committee to finish the initial round robin, but leaving no time for a gold, silver and bronze rounds.
In an exciting three race sail-off Shorecrest Preparatory (St. Petersburg, FL) bested its cross-state rival St. Thomas Aquinas (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) 2-1. National Champions are Shorecrest Prep with St. Thomas Aquinas in second and Newport Harbor (Newport Beach, CA) in third. In fact, 3 teams ended the regatta at 8-3, tied for 3rd place: Severn School, Newport Harbor HS, and St. Georges School. Tiebreakers were left to who-beat-whom in the regular round.
Sailing for Shorecrest Preparatory School was skippers Nic Baird ’15, Patrick Shanahan ’15, Hannah Steadman ’16, and Josh Dochoda ’16; crews were Kathryn Booker ‘15, Peninah Benjamin ‘16, Kyle Dochoda ‘17, and Andreea Ranney-Pace ‘16.
On another important note, the Baker Championship Regatta qualified as a Clean Regatta, in partnership with Sailors for the Sea, Chicago Yacht Club’s first and highly successful green initiative. Through the use of reusable water bottles presented to each sailor with water stations available on the rotation and umpire boats, zero trash on water lunch containers, and an electric powered spectator boat, the CYC hosted Baker Championship Regatta is going for a Gold level certification. Chicago Yacht Club proudly embraces keeping our waters clean for future generations of sailors.
ISSA Team Race Website
Sailing for Shorecrest Preparatory School was skippers Nic Baird ’15, Patrick Shanahan ’15, Hannah Steadman ’16, and Josh Dochoda ’16; crews were Kathryn Booker ‘15, Peninah Benjamin ‘16, Kyle Dochoda ‘17, and Andreea Ranney-Pace ‘16.
On another important note, the Baker Championship Regatta qualified as a Clean Regatta, in partnership with Sailors for the Sea, Chicago Yacht Club’s first and highly successful green initiative. Through the use of reusable water bottles presented to each sailor with water stations available on the rotation and umpire boats, zero trash on water lunch containers, and an electric powered spectator boat, the CYC hosted Baker Championship Regatta is going for a Gold level certification. Chicago Yacht Club proudly embraces keeping our waters clean for future generations of sailors.
ISSA Team Race Website
ICSA 2015 Team Race Championship Preview & Prediction!
Brought to you by Dynamic Dollies, Sail1Design is pleased to present the final ICSA Team Race Rankings entry for 2015. In this coaches poll system, we rank the teams based on the format of the ICSA Team Race Nationals, to be held 29-31 May in Newport, RI! Below our rankings, cast YOUR vote for whom you think will win!!!
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2015 505 Pacific Coast Championship Results & Report
–FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE—
By Chris Love – – The West Coast contingent of the American 505 Class showed off its big guns as well as its infantry this past weekend at the Pacific Coast Championship, hosted by Santa Barbara Yacht Club May 15-17. Though the 505 is a dinghy, the boat’s technical prowess and penchant for speed apparently qualified the fleet of 17 for entry to SBYC’s yearly Santa Barbara Skiff Festival, sharing the water with slightly smaller fleets of International 14’s and 29ers.
Even in the boat park, the favorites were known to all. Perhaps the most notable this spring is Santa Cruz, Cal. skipper Mike Holt who successfully defended his world championship in South Africa in April, and his crew Rob Woelfel, who was also in the front of the boat when Holt won worlds the first time around in 2014. Howie Hamlin, who sailed with his regular crew Andy Zinn, has been the driving force of the class since the 1970’s, and has won several major trophies along the way including the 1999 505 Worlds in Quiberon, France and the 2002 JJ Giltinan Championship, known as the world’s championship of 18ft Skiff Racing. Mike Martin of San Francisco won his first world championship crewing for Hamlin in 1999, then claimed the title again as helmsman in 2009. Martin and his crew, Adam Lowry, had planned to challenge Holt at the 2015 worlds, but were unable to get there due to unforeseen shipping complications. Another San Franciscan, Ted Conrads, who finished third at the recent Worlds, arrived with fill-in crew David Kenny, an accomplished part-time 505’er. Needless to say, these teams are intimately familiar with each other.
Friday’s racing kicked off in a spirited 10-12 knots and the veterans Hamlin/Zinn got off to a quick start with two bullets. The breeze dropped throughout the afternoon, culminating in a floater for part of race three, and a tough race for both Hamlin and Holt’s boats. Martin/Lowery took the win and the lead. With expectations high for more breeze, Saturday delivered a somewhat disappointing 6-8 knot choppy race course, but it was enough for Hamlin/Zinn to get back on track with two more first place finishes and top the leaderboard going into the final day. Sunday morning didn’t look promising, but after an onshore postponement, the fleet went out for what turned out to be another two good, closely fought light air races.
Besides the roster full of sailing rock stars duking it out in the front, this regatta offered plenty of memorable moments for the entire fleet. SBYC’s deck was the perfect location for post-racing debriefs along with good beer, classic margaritas and even a stiff martini served under the guise of a “Cold Remedy,” loosening tongues and making for fun conversations between competitors. Sailors reported sightings and close calls with gray whales each day. In one instance, the local whales looked to be ducking the fleet on port tack. “In hindsight we should have lee-bowed them and lead them over to the right instead of crossing through to the left. Clearly whales are smarter than we are!” says Richard Mundell of Royal Victoria Yacht Club in British Columbia, Canada.
One boat served as the fleet’s recruiter, unexpectedly bringing on new sailor’s each day. On Friday Jeff Sharp jumped in to crew for Bob Tennant while crew Richard Mundell desperately sought some back therapy in downtown Santa Barbara. Then on Saturday and Sunday local youth sailing rock star and current 49er campaigner Dane Wilson gave 505s a try for the first time, driving for Rich (Bob had to fly home). Four people in one boat in one weekend!
When it was all said and done, it was the veterans Hamlin and Zinn who stood atop the podium with an impressive four race wins in seven total races. Next were Holt and Woelfel, edging out Martin and Lowery by a single point when factoring in the drop of their worst race. Not far behind in 4th were Kevin Taugher of Alamitos Bay, Cal. and local Don Smith, considered by the fleet to be an SBYC “founder” on account that he can remember when the current clubhouse was built, back in 1966. Their only race win came on the final race, putting the pair ahead of Ventura Yacht Club’s Ryan Cox and Garrett Baum on the tiebreaker.
Impressive distances traveled by sailors hailing from San Diego, Seattle, and even Hawaii made this a strong showing for the west coast fleet.Their ability to mix it up with the reigning world champion and have a great time doing it bodes well for the group as they look ahead to the North American Championship on the other coast, to be hosted by Severn Sailing Association in Annapolis, Maryland, September 16-20, 2015.
Event Website: http://sbycracing.org/2015-skiff-festival/
Full results: http://sbycracing.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Skiff_Fest_2015D32.htm
Top ten:
1 Howard Hamlin, Andy Zinn, 1, 1, (7), 1, 1, 5, 2, 11
2 Mike Holt, Rob Woelfel, 3, 2, (5), 2, 3, 1, 3, 14
3 Mike Martin, Adam Lowery, 2, 3, 1, 3, 4, 2, (6),15
4 Kevin Taugher, Don Smith, 6, (7), 2, 4, 5, 4, 1, 22
5 Ryan Cox, Garrett Baum, 4, 5, 4, (6), 2, 3, 4, 22
6 Jeff Miller, Pat Diola, 5, 4, 3, 5, 6, (12), 5, 28
7 Douglas Hagan, Paul Von Grey, 7, 6, 11, 7, (18 OCS), 6, 8, 45
8 Robert Tennant, Rich Mundell, 9, (15), 12, 9, 11, 7, 7, 55
9 Pierre Jeangirard, Antoine Laussu, (14), 9, 9, 12, 12, 8, 10, 60
Coaches Locker Room: Game Plan for Summer Sailing
By Airwaves Writer Tyler Colvin
As we transition back into the junior sailing mode, many of us will be shaking off the cobwebs and cringing every time someone mentions that white four letter word that falls from the sky. It’s been a long hard winter here in the Northeast and mentally getting back in the game can be a tough time. Whether you’re coming off your college or high school spring season, or you haven’t stepped in a boat since last August, we all could use some help. Today we talk about planning; summer, session, weekly and daily plans. When utilized, they are an instructor’s best friend and help a summer go smoothly.
Summer Plan- Sitting down at the beginning of the season with the whole staff and talking about the summer is a good place to start. As a group, discussing ideas, goals, plans, what has worked, what hasn’t worked, anything you can think of, is a great way to begin this planning process. What do you want to get out of the summer? What are your personal and professional goals? How can we make this the best summer on the water possible? Answering these, and other questions, provides a foundation for how the plan can be formulated.
Splitting off into smaller groups by classes and age groups (assuming your program director/head instructor has designated who is going where) you can start to have the discussion about where you want your classes to be at the end of the summer. What do you want them to ultimately be able to do by the time they leave the yacht club? Here we are generating a general idea or set of skills that we absolutely want the kids to know.
Session Plan- This can be similar to the summer plan if your club runs an 8 week program, or it can be a smaller sub set of the summer plan if you are on any other variation of 1-4 weeks. Because many clubs have a 2-4 week session with only some of the sailors returning for a second session, it can be beneficial to establish session goals as well. How much do we think we can teach them in a 2-4 week span? Depending on the age group and ability level this can vary. How can our 2-4 week goals help achieve our full summer goals? Once we have this established we can work backwards into our weekly plans.
Weekly Plan- Weekly plans are effective when they focus around a skill set that helps to work towards the session goal. An example could be Week 1: Sailing upwind towards a destination. These weekly mini-goals will then help you structure your daily lesson plans, as well as give the kids a theme for the week so they know what to expect. Working backwards off the weekly plan, if I know that by the end of the week I need to have my advanced beginner class sailing upwind to a mark, I can plan my 4 classes out for the whole week.
Daily Plan- Breaking down your weekly plan even further, your daily plan should have an end goal or theme. With beginner Optis it could be as simple as to get everyone some tiller time, or with your intermediate class it could be to get everyone sailing around a course. Either way, the goal for the day should be a step towards your weekly plan, as well as provide a good reference for the drills you plan on using to accomplish the goal. Having a plan, or an outline of a plan, before going out on the water saves you from having to deal with 15 rowdy middle school kids with nothing for them to do. A tip with daily plans, always plan more drills than you think you have time. Having to cut something off the back end of practice because you run out of time is better than running out of ideas with 45 minutes left.
Plan, plan, plan- Making all of these outlines and plans takes time. It takes time at the beginning of the summer, the session, the week, the day. You may feel in the first couple weeks of summer that it’s useless and you know exactly what you want to do. But as soon as August rolls around and you have the phrase “Tiller towards trouble!” forever engrained in your head, you’ll be thankful for that piece of paper in your binder with a lesson plan ready to go.
As always, Coaches Corner is brought to you from the desk of Tyler Colvin. If you have any questions about topics written, or would like to see an article written, please email him at [email protected].
Club Nautique Seeks School Director
Club Nautique, one of US Sailing’s premier sail and power schools, is seeking a School Director. This is a full-time, year-around, salaried position, managing over 40 part-time and full-time US Sailing and US Powerboating professional instructors. Club Nautique has two locations on San Francisco Bay and offers the full range of US Sailing keelboat courses from Basic Keelboat through Offshore Passage Making and US Powerboating courses from Basic Powerboat Cruising through Coastal Powerboat Cruising. Learn more and apply HERE.
SINCE 1980 WE HAVE PROVIDED A UNIQUE PATHWAY INTO THE WORLD OF SAILING AND POWERBOATING WITH INSTRUCTION, A SAILBOAT AND TRAWLER CHARTER FLEET, CLUB FACILITIES AND ACTIVITIES, AND YACHT SALES. OUR MISSION IS TO HELP YOU GET ON THE WATER AND REALIZE YOUR YACHTING GOALS!
The fact that we’re not just a sailing school or rent-a-boat operation means we are committed to your long term yachting success. When you take a class at Club Nautique, rest assured our goal is to make you into the best sailor possible. After all, when you graduate, you’re going to be skippering our boats. Our courses are guaranteed exactly for that reason.
Once you’re a member of Club Nautique, we continue to meet your yachting needs, from on-going instruction to worldwide charters and maybe even boat ownership. We’re very proud of the fact that many of our members have been with us since we opened our doors back in 1980. We’re also quite proud of our members who came to us never having sailed before and with the skills learned at Club Nautique, are out cruising the world.
Perhaps you simply look forward to flying to the Caribbean with your US SAILING Bareboat Charter certification in hand and skippering a charter boat on the vacation of a lifetime. Whatever your sailing dreams, we’re here to help you realize them.
Club Nautique offers its members more yachting services than any other club in the country, all for the low price of one membership. Pay us a visit or email us to discover how we can make your yachting dreams come true. We look forward to welcoming you aboard!
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-Jim Ellis – US SAILING Certified through Offshore Passage Making
