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2015 505 Wickford Regatta Results & Report
By Craig Thompson – Eleven teams made their way to the first Region 1 regatta of the season. The Wickford Regatta takes place annually at the start of the season and never disappoints with great sailing, great race management, and great food. This year, the 505’s were sharing the Bravo course with the F18 catamarans. It was a great opportunity for sailors to shake off the rust from the long New England winter and get back out on the race course.
To learn more about the 505, and see this article there, go to http://www.505tanktalk.com/ )
Day 1 greeted sailors with a strong Northerly breeze, which is very atypical for this venue. 4 races were sailed in winds ranging from 8-14 knots. The wind was strongest in the first race of the day and moderated slightly in races 2-4 of the series. The forecast was for a much stronger breeze than what we saw on the racecourse. 505 newcomer Tracy Smith, sailing with Drew Buttner had a strong day, making great tactical decisions and showing good speed around the course. Craig Thompson and Mike Curtin had good speed, especially in the higher end of the wind range, but could not stay in front of the Smith and Buttner toward the end of the day. Tom Kivney and Gordon Russell ended the day with a strong 2nd place finish.
Day 2 started with a brief postponement on shore as the southerly thermal began to develop. 3 races were sailed in moderate seabreeze ranging from 10-14 knots. Drew Buttner had a new skipper for Sunday, but the same results; 505 legend Tim Collins made a guest appearance back in the boat and the team posted a strong 1-1-3 scoreline to seal the regatta win. Tom and Gordon posted the second best score of the day to challenge Craig and Mike for the second place position. The displaced Irishmen Peter Scannell and John Dunlea showed great downwind speed and were always in the mix.
Day 1 greeted sailors with a strong Northerly breeze, which is very atypical for this venue. 4 races were sailed in winds ranging from 8-14 knots. The wind was strongest in the first race of the day and moderated slightly in races 2-4 of the series. The forecast was for a much stronger breeze than what we saw on the racecourse. 505 newcomer Tracy Smith, sailing with Drew Buttner had a strong day, making great tactical decisions and showing good speed around the course. Craig Thompson and Mike Curtin had good speed, especially in the higher end of the wind range, but could not stay in front of the Smith and Buttner toward the end of the day. Tom Kivney and Gordon Russell ended the day with a strong 2nd place finish.The dinner on Saturday night was excellent and included barbecue chicken with all the fixin’s and homemade ice cream sandwiches for dessert. Wickford Yacht Club does an excellent job with running this regatta with a great support group of members and volunteers. Please consider attending this event next year if you have not done it yet; you will not be disappointed.
Day 2 started with a brief postponement on shore as the southerly thermal began to develop. 3 races were sailed in moderate seabreeze ranging from 10-14 knots. Drew Buttner had a new skipper for Sunday, but the same results; 505 legend Tim Collins made a guest appearance back in the boat and the team posted a strong 1-1-3 scoreline to seal the regatta win. Tom and Gordon posted the second best score of the day to challenge Craig and Mike for the second place position. The displaced Irishmen Peter Scannell and John Dunlea showed great downwind speed and were always in the mix.The next Region 1 event is the Newport Regatta July 11-12. The schedule for this season in Region 1 is fantastic so please be sure to consider making the effort to come enjoy the great sailing New England has to offer in July and August!
All photos copyright Cate Brown Photography. l Fulgallery: http://www.catebrownphoto.com/#!/portfolio/C0000LDcwxFmyyag/G0000qdA837ouzkw
Event Website: http://wickford.sailspace.net/
Final Results:
Pos, Sail, Skipper/Crew, Results, Total Points
1. 8830, Tracy Smith/Tim Collins/Andrew Buttner, 2-1-1-1-1-1-[3]- ; 7
2. 8854, Craig Thompson/Michael Curtin, 1-2-2-3-[4]-3-2- ; 13
3. 9005, Thomas Kivney/Gordon Russell, 3-3-[4]-2-2-4-1- ; 15
4. 8987, Peter Scannell/John Dunlea, [12/DNC]-7-3-5-3-2-5- ; 25
5. 8821, Michael Komar/Carson Turowski, 4-5-5-[7]-5-5-6- ; 30
6. 8808, Ben Greenfield/John Ingalls, [12/DNC]-4-10-6-8-6-4- ; 38
7. 7773, Duane Delfosse/Sol Marini , 6-6-6-[8]-6-8-8- ; 40
8. 6985, Michael Breton/Unknown, 7-[9]-9-9-7-7-7- ; 46
9. 8184, Whit Duncan/Unknown, 5-[10]-8-10-9-9-9- ; 50
10. 8939, John Wyles/Gareth Fletcher, [12/DNC]-11-7-4-10-10-10- ; 52
11. 8767, Dylan Breton/Kelly Shea, 8-8-[12/DNC]-12/DNC-12/DNC-12/DNC-12/DNC- ; 64
Pos, Sail, Skipper/Crew, Results, Total Points
1. 8830, Tracy Smith/Tim Collins/Andrew Buttner, 2-1-1-1-1-1-[3]- ; 7
2. 8854, Craig Thompson/Michael Curtin, 1-2-2-3-[4]-3-2- ; 13
3. 9005, Thomas Kivney/Gordon Russell, 3-3-[4]-2-2-4-1- ; 15
4. 8987, Peter Scannell/John Dunlea, [12/DNC]-7-3-5-3-2-5- ; 25
5. 8821, Michael Komar/Carson Turowski, 4-5-5-[7]-5-5-6- ; 30
6. 8808, Ben Greenfield/John Ingalls, [12/DNC]-4-10-6-8-6-4- ; 38
7. 7773, Duane Delfosse/Sol Marini , 6-6-6-[8]-6-8-8- ; 40
8. 6985, Michael Breton/Unknown, 7-[9]-9-9-7-7-7- ; 46
9. 8184, Whit Duncan/Unknown, 5-[10]-8-10-9-9-9- ; 50
10. 8939, John Wyles/Gareth Fletcher, [12/DNC]-11-7-4-10-10-10- ; 52
11. 8767, Dylan Breton/Kelly Shea, 8-8-[12/DNC]-12/DNC-12/DNC-12/DNC-12/DNC- ; 64
The Genesis of One Design Success: Planting Seeds for the Future
This past weekend, Severn Sailing Association & the Annapolis Vanguard 15 fleet hosted the 2015 Mid-Atlantic Championship. In years past, one would expect V-15’s to arrive en masse, on car tops, on trailers, all filled with college-age & post-college sailors, ready to do battle, and ready to have fun.
The Vanguard 15 became a very successful one design sailboat, primarily with the collegiate/post-collegiate sailing crowd. V-15 Midwinters, team races, and summer events often attracted 50+ boats, and incredible competition. These events had a summer open-air Woodstock feel; fun and excitement on the water was surpassed only by the fun off of it. This Bob Ames design was a hit; the V-15 is a great boat, which fit the crowd perfectly; simple to rig & maintain, keeping costs as low as possible, open, easy cockpit, boats even in speed, and they sail really well, planing in 10 knots and above. Good times.
Sadly, the class, as it was conceived, has all-but evaporated, as the new boat assembly line, and parts and sails, stopped production. But that’s another topic. To learn more about the history of the class, and what happened, visit this article “Elegy for the V-15: Good Things Do End, But That’s OK”.
So what to do with all of these V-15 hulls, and better yet, memories of great events? The 2015 V-15 Mid-Atlantics, then, one might think, would be dead on arrival. No interest, no one traveling, and, no regatta.
Not so fast. In comes Severn Sailing Association, and the Annapolis V-15 Fleet. Their response, led by new Fleet Captain Tim Herzog, and his wife Jennifer, was not only to keep this great boat alive, but re-invent the events. Times change. You see, many of those collegiate and post-collegiate sailors, who enjoyed the class and the boat in younger, carefree 20-something days, well, they got married, and had kids. Life gets in the way, there’s less time for sailing, have to find babysitters, it’s easy to say goodbye to weekend sailing…. unless….
Wait! Why not bring them along?? In fact, why not make the kids, who represent the future of the sport, the focus? Seems the venerable V-15, so perfect for team racing, and tight one-design racing among college stars, also fits a lot of kids, comfortably!!
Bingo! So this year’s event featured several former standout college sailors, along with their wives/husbands, and kids: Matt Schubert (Kings Point), Ian Burman (Georgetown), Julie Younger Sitzmann (US Naval Academy), Lori Plumb Schubert (U. New Hamsphire), Tim Herzog (St. Mary’s College). Along with a few “normal” teams, the event also attracted a few current college sailors, all from the US Naval Academy: Alex Asuncion, Mike Popp, and Gary Prieto.
With age ranges out there from 4 to 10, the “future stars” of sailing enjoyed a perfect day on the water. Smiles were everywhere on the course, which featured 7-14 knots and beautifully sunny skies. A few marks, to top it off, were equipped with candy. So, in this race, hitting a mark was a sugar-filled bonus!
Afterward, the fleet convened and awarded trophies for A, B, and C Divisions. This creative (and brilliant) scoring system allowed everyone to feel like they made a difference out on the water.
A Division: Open
B Division: Crew skippers this division
C Division: Must have someone under 12 driving the boat
Near the end of a long, sunny day of racing, as most of the kid-filled boats had happily sailed in to prepare for the planned scavenger hunt (designed by Jennifer Herzog) and the fleet dinner party, it was down to 3 boats remaining for the last race. In a nice sign for the future, a 10 year old skipper won it*; a perfect way to end the day.
*The editor did notice that the other two boats in this last race, skippered by US Naval Academy sailors, with no kids aboard, ran into rather interesting problems (lost sunglasses on one boat, and hitting a mark on another) during the race, which allowed the 10 year old to pass, and win. This was a subtle act, but a very thoughtful gesture that gave a young sailor a great thrill, and fit the philosophy of the event perfectly.
Great going to Severn Sailing Association, The Annapolis V-15 Fleet, and Fleet Captains Tim & Jennifer Herzog. It could have been easy to walk away from the V-15, and let the boat fade away with its younger, rowdy memories. Instead, the boat has new life, in a new format, and with proud parents looking on and engaged, the Vanguard 15 is making new sailors fall in love with our sport. I can’t imagine a better fate for a one design class.
I was able to catch up with Fleet Captain Tim Herzog, and get his take on the event:
- How was this event conceived?
It evolved from an idea that Alon Finkelstein had this winter to “rebrand” the fleet as a family fleet. Acknowledging that many of us who sailed the boat in the past now have young families (and a different lifestyle), it seemed we needed to make our monthly scored events non-weekend events (now Tuesday nights). And we thought we could still be ambitious with one weekend event, but after conducting a survey… it seemed one day would be much more feasible than two.
We toyed with ideas of team-racing, or A/B division events. We got excited about maybe having separate teams sail A division, so that kids could have breaks and play together on land, but we abandoned that idea for this first go at it. Logistically, it would have been hard, since we have to sail out a little ways in Annapolis to stay clear of motor boat traffic.
- How would you rate its success?
I think it was a success! I think we balanced giving good sailors an opportunity to have strong (but low-key) competition with opportunities for kids to have a taste of racing that didn’t feel extreme or intimidating.
- Do you think this event will happen again for the V15 fleet next year?
I imagine we’ll do something similar again. I’d love for everyone to put on their thinking caps and give feedback or ideas. I could envision having a rotation boat or two, so that kids could have breaks.
- Would you recommend this type of event for other one-design classes?
I would definitely recommend this format for other classes. Keep it simple and fun. Be realistic with everyone’s capabilities. And remember some of your biggest goals…like having kids walk away from the experience as psyched or more psyched about sailing.
SSA Vanguard 15 Fleet
Vanguard 15 Class Association
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2015 MARLOW ROPES COLLEGE SAILOR OF THE YEAR AND OTHER HONORS AWARDED
NEWPORT, R.I. (June 4, 2015) – At an awards ceremony following racing for the Gill Coed National Championship at the Sail Newport Waterfront Center at Fort Adams and New York Yacht Club, the honors for the Marlow Ropes College Sailor of the Year, Robert H. Hobbs Sportsmanship Award 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: Nevin Snow (San Diego, Calif.), a junior at Georgetown University and Graham Landy (Norfolk, Va.), a senior at Yale University.
Although both sailors have had incredible years, the winner, calculated by the numbers is Nevin Snow. Snow placed first with his team at the Match Race National Championship, fifth at the Men’s Singlehanded National Championship, fifth overall and third in A-division with his team at the 2015 Gill Coed National Championship. He also finished fifth with his team at the 2015 LaserPerformance Team Race National Championship.
Snow was named an All-American for the 2013 season, his freshman year at Georgetown and also for the 2014 season. Snow has already had an impressive collegiate sailing career as a junior.
“I am ecstatic – a little surprised – but relieved,” says Snow of the award. “It [college sailor of the year] is something that I have thought about, after being a finalist last year,” he says. “But it has not been on my mind over the last days of competition,” he continues, “Especially after the other finalist, Graham Landy, has sailed so well.”
Snow credits his coaches, Mike Callahan and Janel Zarkowsky, with being his biggest supporters.
“It’s a long year in college sailing,” says Mike Callahan, “Everyone thinks of the spring championships as the big events, but there are six championships and Nevin has done well in all of them,” says Callahan. “What makes him great is his ability to excel in all types of boats and all types of conditions,” says Callahan.
Georgetown has had numerous College Sailors of the Year over the last few years. “We have done a good job of having our good sailors impart their wisdom and abilities down to the next generation of sailors,” he says.
Snow grew up sailing in San Diego and says that his parents got him into the sport. “My Dad works for North Sails and my Mom did an Olympic campaign in the 470,” he says. It’s in his blood.
Snow is studying physics and math at Georgetown and will graduate next spring. In the meantime he has one more year of college sailing.
“I can’t wait for next year,” Snow says. “We have a lot of new freshman coming in and as sad as we are to lose our seniors, we are excited for what’s new and next,” he says.
The winner of the Leonard M. Fowle Trophy for best overall collegiate team is College of Charleston. Georgetown University was second and Boston College was third in line for the trophy. The team with the most Fowle points, which are compiled results of the ICSA Women’s Singlehanded, Men’s Singlehanded, Match Racing, Coed Semi-Finals, Women’s, Team Racing, and Coed National Championships, determines the Fowle trophy.
Charleston had a successful competitive year including placing 8th place at the Women’s Singlehanded National Championship, first at the Men’s Singlehanded National Championship, fifth at the Match Race Nationals, fifth at the 2015 Sperry Women’s National Championship, fourth at the 2015 LaserPerformance Team Race National Championship, first in the 2015 Eastern Gill Coed Semi-Finals and 4th at the 2015 Gill Coed National Championship.
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 are Kieran Chung (Newport Beach, Calif.) a senior at Stanford University and Mary Hall (Seminole, Fla.), a senior at the U.S. Naval Academy, both of whom have shown outstanding sportsmanship during their collegiate sailing career. This year’s winner is Kieran Chung.
“This is a huge surprise,” says Chung, “I never thought I would receive it,” he says. “It is humbling to be named with past recipients of this award – especially Adam Roberts who was a coach at Stanford – it is a unique award and I am really proud,” says Chung.
Chung grew up sailing in Newport Beach, Calif. at Newport Harbor Yacht Club after his grandparents suggested he give it a try at age 13.
In addition to Chung’s excellent college sailing record, he was named an All-American in 2014. Chung will graduate on June 14th from Stanford with a major in Biomechanical Engineering and plans to apply to medical school.
“I definitely want to continue to sail,” says Chung. “I will be team racing this summer domestically and in England and hope to pick up another class that will be fun to sail in the future,” he says.
The Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association (ICSA) is the governing authority for sailing competition at colleges and universities throughout the United States and in some parts of Canada. Visit www.collegesailing.org to learn more.
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