44th Hobie 16 Open North American Championships and 2015 Pan Am Games qualifier
Lewes Yacht Club, Lewes DE
Lewes, DE (September 27, 2014): The 44th Hobie 16 North American championships concluded on Friday with Jason Hess and Irene Abascal from Club Los Sauces, Guatemala taking the title. Mark and Grace Modderman from Long Branch, New Jersey followed in 2nd place and Pedro Colon and Monica Cabrera from Puerto Rico in third winning the tie break over Dan Borg and Liana Giovana from Canada. Nine races were completed with 4 races held on the last day of the regatta. An early fall Nor’easter wreaked havoc on the regatta, postponing races for 2 days. The competitors were greeted to a beautiful day for the last day of racing with sunshine and Northerly winds that started out near 18 knots and faded during the day. The event is also a Pan Am Games Country qualifier, with the top team from the top 3 countries (not including the host country, Canada) qualifying for the 2015 Pan Am games to be held in Toronto, Canada. The top three nations are Guatemala, United States and Puerto Rico. The top three US teams are Mark and Grace Modderman(2nd), Rich McVeigh and Carol Hilk (6th) and Paul and MaryAnn Hess (7th). The US representative to the Pan Am games is still to be determined.
More results can be found at http://www.regattanetwork.com/clubmgmt/applet_regatta_results.php?regatta_id=7949&show_crew=1
and photos can be found at http://www.walkerphotography.ca/2014-Hobie-16-North-Americans .
and at the capegazette, http://capegazette.villagesoup.com/p/day-3-rough-seas-force-postponement/1244716?cid=2271494
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US TEAM RACING CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL RESULTS 2014
Final Report (courtesy of US Sailing)
MARBLEHEAD, Mass. (September 28, 2014) – The final day of the 2014 U.S. Team Racing Championship ended up being a half day of sailing due to a complete shutdown of the wind. However, the fleet completed enough races to count Gold Round Robin 3 and crown Ladies and Gentlemen as the back-to-back Team Racing Champions. The championship team which includes Tyler Sinks (San Diego, Calif.), Lucy Wallace (Middletown, R.I.), Justin Law (Balboa, Calif.), Adrienne Patterson (Miami, Fla.), Michael Menninger (San Francisco, Calif.) and Ben Lezin (Santa Cruz, Calif.) will qualify for the 2015 ISAF Team Racing World Championship being held at the Rutland Sailing Club in Great Britain from July 19th-24th of next year. Team Do Less which includes Colin Smith (Ft. Lauderdale, Calif.), Annalee Leggett (Boston, Mass.), Chris Barnard (Newport Beach, Calif.), Brooks Clark (Charleston, S.C.), Sean Bouchard (Bristol, R.I.), and Victoria Lynch (Bronx, N.Y.) will also qualify for the World Championship.
Final Standings – Top 6 Teams
1. Ladies and Gentlemen, 15 points
2. Do Less, 14 points
3. Team Shred, 13 points
4. Hoodrat S.W.O.F., 9 points
5(T). Hawks Peacocks, 8 points
5(T). Kirkwood Ticklers, 8 points
– See more at: http://www.ussailing.org/racing/championships/adult/teamracing/#sthash.c1NwoAvF.dpuf
2014 505 East Coast Championship Final Results
Series Standing – 5 races scored
Information is provisional and subject to modification
Regatta results saved: Sunday, September 21, 2014 11:16:55 AM EDT
Division: 505 (32 boats) (top)
Pos | Sail | Skipper | Crew | Club | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Total Points |
Pos |
1 | 8808 | Diaz, Augie | Woelfel | CRYC/BBYC | [12] | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 11.00 | 1 |
2 | 8830 | Zagol, Mark | Butner, Drew | NESS | 1 | 4 | 3 | [7] | 4 | 12.00 | 2 |
3 | 8913 | Herlihy, Dan | Ewenson/Smi, Geoff/Carl | FBYC | 4 | [10] | 4 | 1 | 5 | 14.00 | 3 |
4 | 13 | Moore, Tyler | O’Bryan, Patrick | Hampton YC | 2 | 2 | [17] | 10 | 2 | 16.00 | 4 |
5 | 8854 | Thompson, Craig | Turowski, Carson | Kittery Point YC | 7 | 9 | 6 | 3 | [18] | 25.00 | 5 |
6 | 9095 | Nelson, Macy | Barclay, Parry | WRSC | 5 | [15] | 8 | 5 | 8 | 26.00 | 6 |
7 | 9041 | Amthor, Henry | Romey, Dustin | Hampton YC | 10 | 5 | 2 | [25] | 10 | 27.00 | 7 |
8 | 8838 | Storck, John | Rei, Alden | Storm Trysail Club | 8 | 7 | 10 | [17] | 3 | 28.00 | 8 |
9 | 8715 | Moon, Ben | Booth, Eric | 6 | 3 | [19] | 6 | 14 | 29.00 | 9 | |
10 | 8264 | Boyd, Jeff | Crothers, Gord | Kingston YC | 15 | [19] | 9 | 2 | 9 | 35.00 | 10 |
11 | 8821 | Komar, Michael | Grove, Ervin | Newport, RI | [18] | 12 | 5 | 15 | 7 | 39.00 | 11 |
12 | 7200 | Meller, Ali | Coe, Mike | SSA | 3 | [14] | 12 | 12 | 13 | 40.00 | 12 |
13 | 8194 | Ferraone, Ted | James, Clayton | Larchmont YC | 11 | 6 | 11 | [14] | 12 | 40.00 | 13 |
14 | 8722 | Phillips, Jonathan | Averil/Nelson, Kelsey | SSA | 9 | 8 | 7 | [19] | 17 | 41.00 | 14 |
15 | 7346 | Jones, Andrew | Marks, Zack | SPYC | [24] | 11 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 44.00 | 15 |
16 | 8 | Conners, Ian | Miller, Russell | SSA | [19] | 13 | 13 | 4 | 16 | 46.00 | 16 |
17 | 9005 | Kivney, Tom | Russell, Gordon | Region 1 | [21] | 20 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 56.00 | 17 |
18 | 7773 | Delfosse, Duane | Marini, Sol | LSYC | 13 | [18] | 15 | 13 | 15 | 56.00 | 18 |
19 | 7606 | Connell, Brendan | Heussler, Brendan | 14 | [24] | 22 | 16 | 21 | 73.00 | 19 | |
20 | 9003 | Falsone, Jesse | Russell, Clayton | SSA | 22 | 16 | [24] | 18 | 19 | 75.00 | 20 |
21 | 7199 | Papadakis, Stergios | Anderson, Eric | SSA | 16 | 21 | 21 | 20 | [23] | 78.00 | 21 |
22 | 7359 | Brady, Catherine | Brady, Christopher | SSA | 17 | [27] | 25 | 21 | 20 | 83.00 | 22 |
23 | 8883 | Scannell, Peter | Renda, Michael | WRSC | 20 | 23 | 20 | 22 | [33/DNC] | 85.00 | 23 |
24 | 8851 | Huebner, Amy | Huebner, Ted | Hampton YC | 25 | 17 | 16 | [33/DNC] | 33/DNC | 91.00 | 24 |
25 | 8939 | Wyles, John | Fletcher, Gareth | 27 | 22 | 23 | [29] | 26 | 98.00 | 25 | |
26 | 8850 | Watson, Doug | Stanton, Pete | WRSC | 23 | 26 | 26 | 23 | [33/DNS] | 98.00 | 26 |
27 | 8919 | Schoene, Lauren | Richardson, Bryan | SSA | 26 | 25 | [31] | 24 | 25 | 100.00 | 27 |
28 | 8822 | Burchfiel, David | Forman, Andy | Carolina SC | 28 | [33/DNS] | 27 | 26 | 22 | 103.00 | 28 |
29 | 8951 | Rasmussen, Christian | Cravits, Mike | Hampton YC | [29] | 29 | 29 | 28 | 24 | 110.00 | 29 |
30 | 8244 | Esbensen, Gretchen | Andron, Paul | SSA | 30 | 28 | 28 | 27 | [33/DNC] | 113.00 | 30 |
31 | 919 | Hidalgo, Joseph | Dorfman, Avram | SSA | [33/DNF] | 33/RAF | 30 | 33/DNF | 33/DNC | 129.00 | 31 |
32 | 8059 | Neal, David | Korpella, Sherri | SSA | [33/DNC] | 33/DNC | 33/DNC | 33/DNF | 33/DNC | 132.00 | 32 |
Notes
(1) | Scoring System is ISAF Low Point 2009-2012 |
(2) | Finishes in [brackets] denote throwouts |
One Design Notebook: Developing a Team Position Chart
By Airwaves Writer Andrew Kerr
One of the hardest things for a team to do is to field the same team at every race or regatta – inevitably someone cannot make the event and the team has to adapt with new crew, it is the reality of life that just about every team has to adapt to.
As a coach I recognize this fully and have formulated team position charts for different types of boats so that the team has a blue print on how to plug someone new in as seamlessly as possible, the most challenging scenario very often is on bigger boats where there are more team members and very often more complexity than smaller boats teams experience.
The position chart that I use as an example is for a J/120 team sailing in PHRF and like all the charts, is very flexible in terms of how it is applied as regards to the experience level of the new crew and who they may be replacing.
CrewPositionchart
The chart has been very useful as a training tool in helping develop the foundational structure of the teams individual responsibilities around the race course, in some instances I have expanded it to include roles at the dock prior to and after racing, roles and a check list in between races – who packs the spinnaker, keeping the boat close to the starting line etc. as well as the team debrief with a team member taking notes or filming the session.
To start developing your own chart I recommend interviewing each team member on their role going around the race course, fine tune it then implement it in the next practice session or in the pre-race practice session . The chart is continuously developed and fine-tuned after each regatta and really does help provide a blue print for who does what when – especially if you notice three people up on the bow during a Spinnaker takedown doing one person’s job !
Club 420 Association Announces New Winter Series
North Kingston, RI (September 19, 2014) — The Club 420 Association today announced the new c420 Winter Series 2014 which will include the 2014 Orange Bowl Regatta, the 2015 Boomerang Regatta and the 2015 c420 Midwinters.
Building on the success of the summer c420 series, The Triple Crown, the c420 Class has designed the 2014-15 Winter Series to bring some of the popular winter events together into a point series at three great venues. The regattas counted towards the winter series will be the 2014 Orange Bowl (Dec. 26-30), the 2015 Boomerang Regatta (Late Jan.) and the 2015 c420 Midwinters (Feb. 14-16). The regatta series will move north up the east coast of Florida each event from Miami, to Ft. Lauderdale and finally to Jensen Beach.
The c420 class is not only about providing great regatta opportunities but also about providing great access for our sailors to coaches and quality information for every sailor in the class to improve. As a prelude to the new Winter Series, the c420 class is proud to present the Warm-Up Clinic, hosted by Biscayne Bay Yacht Club. This clinic will be a three day (Dec. 21-23) educational experience where sailors will be exposed to great college coaches like Justin Assad (Dartmouth College), John Mollicone (Brown University), Kevin Reali (Eckerd College). For more information on this great clinic go to www.club420.org
After getting some great coaching at the Warm Up Clinic sailors have three quality regattas to look forward to in three very different venues. “What stands out to me the most about this series is the opportunity to race against the best junior sailors in the country in three very distinct venues” commented class director John Vandemoer. “Club 420 sailors will have a chance to sail in beautiful Biscayne Bay, the home for many top level international regattas; in January the boats move north to Lauderdale to a fantastic ocean venue at Lauderdale Yacht Club with waves and great breeze. To top it all off we head to the home of winter c420 sailing in Jensen Beach at the US Sailing Center of Martin County which can provide a little of everything.”
The Winter Series rules and regatta details will be announced at www.club420.org. Registration has just opened up for the Orange Bowl regatta and there is a limit of 100 boats so register quickly to insure your place. Boomerang and Midwinters will open up their registrations soon.
Orange Bowl: http://www.coralreefyachtclub.org/Waterfront/orange-Bowl-Regatta/COMPETITORS.aspx
Boomerang: http://www.lyc.org/web/guest/regattas
C420 Midwinters: http://www.usscmc.org
About The Club 420 Class Association
The Club 420 Association was established in 1980 to promote, foster, encourage and sponsor one-design sailing. The Association sponsors a class North American Championship, US and Canadian National Championships as well as regional championships for the class across North America while promoting the class to all ability and experience levels of youth sailing. Since 2006, the class membership has more than doubled from 300 to its current 715 members. The class offers many regional, national and North American championships in both fleet and team racing formats as well as clinics across North America. Our Nationals / North Americans have had 175 boats attend, with all levels of sailors competing in some of the finest and socially fun regattas you will attend.
About The Club 420
The Club 420 is a two person dingy which forms the base of many local, high school and collegiate programs in North America. Simple for beginning sailors and yet challenging enough for collegiate champions. The Club 420 offers more learning opportunities than any other double-handed boat you can find. Over 5,000 Club 420s are sailed in youth, high school and collegiate programs all over the United States, Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean.
For more information please visit our website at www.club420.org or visit us on Facebook
Contact:
John Vandemoer, Executive Director
Email – ED@club420.org
44th Hobie 16 Open North American Championships and 2015 Pan Am Games Qualifier
Lewes Yacht Club, Lewes DE
Pre-event Press Release
Lewes, DE (September 17, 2014): 50 to 60 teams from all across North America will be descending on Lewes Delaware and the Lewes Yacht Club for the 44th Hobie 16 North American Championships. Racing is scheduled to begin Monday, September 22, 2014 on the classic Hobie 16 just off the beach in the Delaware Bay. Four to five races are expected to be held every day for 5 days with the champion being crowned on Friday. The event is also a Pan Am Games Country qualifier, with the top team from the top 3 countries (not including the host country, Canada) qualifying for the 2015 Pan Am games to be held in Toronto, Canada. The top finishing US team will qualify to represent the USA in the Pan Am games. Currently, teams from USA, Canada, Guatemala, Puerto Rico and Venezuela are registered. Many former North American Champions and other top sailors in the class will be in attendance so the racing will be exciting.
In addition to the competitive racing scheduled, the event is highlighted by a presentation by Gary Jobson. Also, the Hobie Class Association in partnership with the Hobie Cat Co. will create a promotional video featuring Hobie 16 sailing to be filmed during the 2014 Hobie 16 North American Championships. Gary Jobson Sailing, Inc will create and produce the video.
About Hobie Class Association of North America: The Hobie Class of North America, as a regional association of the International Hobie Class Association (IHCA) carries on the “Hobie Way of Life” tradition that Hobie Alter started over 50 years ago. We organize regattas (including women’s and youth events), publish the quarterly HOTLINE magazine, organize Guest Expert Programs, provide grants to deserving youth sailors and a host of other services. For more information visit: http://www.hcana.hobieclass.com/
Lewes Yacht Club: http://www.lewesyc.com/ Pan Am games: http://panamsailing.org/
Event Media contact: Greg Raybon 732-939-5414, graybon@verizon.net
Hobie 16 North Americans Website
Event Chairs: Rich McVeigh – 301-526-6046, mcveigh.rich@gmail.com
Mark Santorelli – 908-783-1915, racedirector@hobiebrat1.com