CISA 2013 Advanced Racing Clinic Results
2013 CISA Advanced Racing Clinic
April 13-16, 2013
Alamitos Bay Yacht Club, Long Beach, CA
Results:
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2013 Baldwin Cup Team Race Regatta Report Video
At this years’ Baldwin Cup Team Race, 12 teams battled it out. After over 150 races, it came down to two teams: Larchmont Yacht Club and Newport Harbor Yacht Club Thunder. Congratulations to Larchmont who swept NHYC in the finals 3-0.
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ICSA Team Race Rankings, 10 April 2013
Compiled & managed by Martha Pitt
10 APRIL 2013: Lots more movement in the rankings this week, after some sleeper teams have awakened at a few more team race events over the past two weeks! Yale makes the biggest jump from 7th place in the previous rankings up to 2nd this week, after winning the SNETR and the Friis/Marchiando. We haven’t seen much team racing from College of Charleston recently, so they slipped down passed Yale and Georgetown, but are still ahead of 5th ranked BC who had some trouble at the SNETR but made up for it by finishing 2nd at the Friis/Marchiando Regatta hosted in Boston. Tufts is also creeping their way up through the rankings, “tired of being the spoiler,” according to Coach Legler. Harvard crushed the competition at the Ferrarone and along with MIT have put themselves on the board, making it into this week’s top 15 after not having been ranked.
A few team race nationals qualifiers have already been completed – in the PCCSC Championship, Stanford dominated and finished undefeated, followed by the UHawaii Rainbows who secured the second berth with a 7-3 record. Georgetown and St. Mary’s tied at the Captain Prosser Trophy, MAISA’s qualifying event, with the Hoyas winning the tie breaker for the victory, the Seahawks taking second, and Navy taking the third and final nationals berth.
Click HERE to see the Rankings & Coach Comments
Coaching Sound Bites, by Ken Legler
Coaching:
Telling them ain’t learning them. (From Gary Bodie’s grandfather)
“Make that kick,” instead of “Don’t miss.” (From Former Cowboys coach Jimmy Johnson)
“Sail clean,” instead of “Don’t foul.”
If you are not improving, you are going the other way (From former NHL coach Dave Lewis)
General Success:
The team that wins is not the most brilliant; it is the team that makes the fewest mistakes.
When the crew makes a mistake; it’s the skipper’s fault.
When the skipper makes a mistake; it’s the crew’s fault.
Sail from the dock to the starting line like it’s a race. (From Jonathan McKee)
Starting:
Pay close attention to the shifts, lulls and puffs on your final approach.
Find the line.
Start where the others are not.
Speed:
Mast forward for power, mast back for speed. (From Dave Ullman)
Speed through the turns is half the speed game in college sailing.
Over tack and hike immediately in the heading puff.
Whenever the boat is downspeed, such as pre-start, the crew steers with weight and trim.
Tacking when overpowered is slow, tacking when underpowered is fast.
Strategy:
Strategy is good, tactics are evil.
Play the favored side of the fleet, not the corner of the course.
Foot in the big lifts.
If you are in a 40 degree lift and you get a ten degree header, you are still lifted.
Aim your bow at the mark. (From former coach Joe Duplin)
Lateral Separation is better on the long run leg.
At a crowded weather mark, overlay the mark and the traffic.
Tactics:
When boat A hails “starboard” to boat B, boat C gains.
Never get fouled.
Sit down, danger lurks to leeward.
The passing lane is outside the wake.
At a crowded leeward mark, slow up to win.
Round the gate mark with the path of least resistance. (From Dave Ullman)
Current:
Unlike the wind; the current is a known variable.
100’ of drift in 1 minute equals 1 knot of current.
Overcompensate for current as others under compensate.
Team Racing:
The team that wins the most team races is not the best team racing team, it’s the best team.
Fleet racing principles, especially speed, wins 75% of team races.
First place alone does not make a winning combination.
Calling out the play not only tells the other team what to do, it tells them when to do it, as in immediately.
Soccer coach: Don’t wait for the ball to come to you, go to the ball.
Team racing coach: Don’t wait for the play to come to you, go to the play.
Pass your guy. (From former TR World champ Tim Wadlow)
To control your opponent’s boat, you must first control your own boat.
To control your opponent’s mind, you must first control your own mind.
Travel safety:
What time you arrive at a regatta is not a function of how fast you
drive, it is a function of what time you leave.
Avoid the three deadly D’s: Drunk, drowsy, distracted.
Personal risk management:
Never, ever break two laws simultaneously.
2013 Youth Match Racing Opportunities in the U.S.
Re-printed with permission of Dave Perry
Compiled by Dave Perry,
Match Racing is one of the fastest growing disciplines in the sport of Sailing. It is fast-paced, very combative tactically, and it demands you to be pushing the boat, your team and yourself to the highest limits of boat handling and boat speed at all times.
Some of the very best
And Match Racing is both an end to itself if one chooses to go that route, or a tool to sharpen one’s fleet and team racing skills and to help a sailor get to the next level in their sailing career.
The US Sailing Match Racing Committee is actively working on ways to get the more advanced 16-22 year old
- 1)The Rose Cup, a National Youth Match Racing Event –
which is a qualifier for The Governor’s Cup (an international youth match racing event)
We are running a national youth match racing event this summer, called The Rose Cup, which will be hosted by Sail Sheboygan in
- 2)Regional Youth Match Racing Clinegattas (a clinic and regatta in one event)
May 31 – June 2 – North U Youth Match Racing Clinegatta, in J/22’s
San Diego Yacht Club,
Aug 8-11 – North U Youth Match Racing Clinegatta, in Sonars (boat used for the ICSA National Match Racing Champs; see below). Oakcliff Sailing,
October 4-6 (to be confirmed) – North U Varsity (advanced) Match Racing Clinic,
October (date tba) – North U Varsity Match Racing Clinic, at the St. Petersburg Yacht Club,
For other youth match racing opportunities, check in with:
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- 3)Intercollegiate (ICSA) Match Racing (http://collegesailing.org/)
The intercollegiate national sloop championship is done in match racing. Sailors in college interested in match racing should alert their coach, or look at the ICSA schedule for match racing events and qualifiers.
Oct 12-13 – Intercollegiate Match Racing event sponsored by the Storm Trysail Club at the Larchmont Yacht Club in Larchmont, NY. For info, check with your coach.
Nov 22-24 – Intercollegiate National Match Racing Championship,
- 4)Other events good for youth sailors (especially those in college looking to prepare for the ICSA Nationals which are in Sonars)
June 12-16 – Great Lakes Championship,
June 12-13 will be a North U Varsity (advanced) Match Racing Clinic coached by Dave Perry
Aug 10-11,
- 5)Calendar of Events
The most complete calendar of Match Racing in the
US Sailing Calendar: http://racing.ussailing.org/Match_Racing/Match_Racing_Calendar.htm
ISAF Calendar: http://www.sailing.org/regattasearch.php (then under Discipline, select Match Racing)
- 6)Information and Resources for Match Racing, including Dave Perry’s Match Racing Playbook and free DVD Welcome to Match Racing, which explains how match racing works and what the tactics are
– Welcome to Match Racing DVD can be viewed for free on line (scroll down on the Resources page)
– Calendar of match racing events in
– Much information on Match Racing
North U Match Racing website: www.northu.com > All Things Match Racing!
– Dave Perry’s Match Racing Playbook; a comprehensive book on how to match race, and drills to do
– Match Racing – a CD with video shots, by Henry Menin and John Cutler
– Dave Perry’s Welcome to Match Racing DVD – free other than the cost of shipping
SAIL1DESIGNERS OF THE MONTH: STANFORD U. SAILING TEAM
By Airwaves writer Martha Pitt
Few could deny the impressive success of the Stanford Sailing Team so far this season. For a team with only ten boats at practice (relatively small compared to much of their top competition), they have managed to race in up to four events in one weekend, three-quarters for which they had to fly across the country to compete. The team is young too! With just two seniors on the team, the juniors and underclassmen are proving that Stanford will be a force for years to come.
This team has been building momentum for a few years, having recruited a huge class of talent back in the fall of 2010. The new sailors were fast, but still had a lot to learn about college sailing and team racing at such a high level. Since then, Head Coach John Vandemoer has been conditioning his young team out on the west coast, providing them with the guidance and experience necessary to compete with the ICSA powerhouses that primarily reside on the east coast. Many of the same players have been sailing for the Cardinals for the past few years, and it seems as though they are finally hitting their stride!
While the team has been successful across the board, much of the acclaim that they have received has come from their victories on the team race course. “We are very proud of our team racing success,” says Vandemoer, “especially because we started 10 different boats in the 5 team races we sailed.” They have been the unanimous pick in the Sail1Design ICSA Team Race Rankings since the beginning of March, winning five team race events with a different combination of boats at each, proving not only their ability to win, but also the depth on the team. Their stellar finishes across the ICSA results have also placed them in 2nd in the Sailing World rankings, just behind Yale, and 6th on the women’s side.
The coaches, captains, and sailors alike attribute much of the success to the hard work of the team as a group. “We only have 10 boats at practice so it really means it was a team effort,” commented Vandemoer. “The team has really worked hard together to share information and become great teachers to each other. Coach Hayes has worked hard preparing our team for the new bottom reach and the new run, his work has really helped.” This is Clinton Hayes’ second year coaching the Stanford team, but his contributions seem to be making a big difference with the group and he is equally happy to watch them work hard and to succeed. He notes, “The team is small but dedicated. We usually only have about 9-10 boats at practice but are consistent at that number everyday. We will add more next year with only 2 seniors graduating. I have to give a lot of credit to the captains, Helena Scutt and Katie Riklin. They do a lot to motivate the team and keep them on track while still keeping things fun. The team works hard in the weigh room 2 mornings a week year-round and that has really paid off.” Captains Scutt (’14) and Riklin (’13) have put a lot of value in creating a positive and supportive team atmosphere for the team to grow both at practice and during regatta weekends, even when the team is apart, explaining, “we have a really strong team bond and make a conscious effort to support each other when we are on different coasts each weekend. At the same time we take each victory as a true team victory because we know that our depth in practice is the source of our improvement.”
The winning team at St. Mary’s College
To handle the balance of schoolwork, practice time, travel, and competition, the coaches and sailors are very conscious of over-exertion and burnout. Coach Hayes says that they’ve paid particular attention to it this year, and planned their season accordingly, taking advantage of the fact that they can sail 12 months of the year and by “not taking any real time off, and instead just practicing 2 days a week January to now. We will start 3 days a week soon. The team is much less stressed compared to this time last year. It’s worked out great.” He also noted that they do their best to avoid any one sailor traveling two weekends in a row, which is less than many other teams, even those just traveling by van. To help avoid team burnout, Scutt and Riklin have made sure that they “treat practices as an escape from our schoolwork and other stresses” rather than an additional stress. “It allows us to focus and make practice very productive.”
But the coaches and team have been keeping the entire season in perspective, and know that they have the whole second half of the season to get through. “We have a long road ahead with lots to work on,” says Vandemoer. “Our focus is to improve. We are not focused on winning regattas but rather focused on getting better every time we are on the water.” The team is taking the season day by day, focusing on the daily improvements each time they hit the water, whether that be at team practices or at regattas. With such a deep team, the coaches are going to have a hard time making roster decisions later in the season, but I’m sure that they welcome that problem!
Stanford’s winning team at the John Jackson
Congratulations to Stanford thus far in the season, and keep an eye on the Cardinals through the remainder of this championship season!
