ICSA Team Race Spring Season Outlook. Sail1Design previews, by district, the teams to watch for the 2013 spring college sailing season. All photos courtesy of Ken Legler Sailing.
By Ariwaves writer Martha Pitt [Read more…] about ICSA Team Race Spring Season Outlook
| 1 | Sail | Name | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 3 | Race 4 | Race 5 | Race 6 | Race 7 | Race 8 | Race 9 | Race 10 | Points |
| 2 | 5235 | Mollicone, John / Healy, Tim / Becker, Geoff / Rabin, Dan / Borges, Gordon | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | [21/DNS] | 21 |
| 3 | 5362 | Welles, Will / Bowen, Rich / Snow, Chris / Reggio, Anderson / Borrer, Dan | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | [8] | 2 | 26 |
| 4 | 5287 | Bream, Peter / Abdullah, Paul / Griffin, Scott / Smith, Scott / Gilliam, Tucker | 6 | 2 | [12] | 10 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 43 |
| 5 | 5448 | Ingham, Mike / Hoelzer, Max / Paisley, Sarah / Ikle, Scott / Dexter, Bill | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 6 | [13] | 44 |
| 6 | 58 | Parker, Tony / dierdorf, ross / niblock, james / white, carter / gold, barbara | 5 | [20] | 3 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 47 |
| 7 | 5432 | Odenbach, Travis | 4 | 7 | [11] | 5 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 47 |
| 8 | 2918 | Jankowski, Chris | 9 | 10 | 14 | [17] | 4 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 76 |
| 9 | 799 | Brown, Robby / Vilardabo, Nate / Hyatt, Ron / Regan, Karen / Wilson, Jonathan | 3 | 5 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 16 | [17] | 5 | 15 | 3 | 77 |
| 10 | 3223 | Smith, Darby | 7 | 6 | 7 | [18] | 13 | 7 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 12 | 80 |
| 11 | 5351 | Poulson, John / Till, Chip / Britts, Rob / Prior, Bryan / Whitney, Maybe | [13] | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 84 |
| 12 | 3203 | Guarnieri, Jim | 14 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 3 | [17] | 13 | 16 | 4 | 9 | 85 |
| 13 | 4190 | Malone, Brian & Kat | 12 | 9 | 6 | 13 | [14] | 11 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 89 |
| 14 | 3147 | Wiedeke, Ted / Challoner, Stu / Miller, Owen / Crocket, Chris / Keene, Mel | 10 | 13 | 10 | 9 | [16] | 10 | 16 | 8 | 14 | 10 | 100 |
| 15 | 5350 | Ravenswaay, Paul Van | [21/RAF] | 18 | 18 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 109 |
| 16 | 4550 | Sullivan, Gretchen / Helming, Sarah / Demers, Jessica / Dambrie, Nick / Hopple, Peter | 15 | 15 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | [18] | 15 | 120 |
| 17 | 4202 | Mcnamara, Frank / Snelgrove, Don / Powley, John / Hennessey, Mary / Dooley, Kevin | 16 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 14 | [18] | 14 | 10 | 6 | 121 |
| 18 | 592 | Heaton, John / Poast, John / Anderson, Dave / Martinez, Daniel / Geoghan, Ritchie | [21/RAF] | 12 | 15 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 10 | 20 | 17 | 14 | 123 |
| 19 | 154 | Kresge, Daniel / Kresge, Daniel / Jeremiah | 11 | 14 | 17 | 15 | [18] | 18 | 15 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 140 |
| 20 | 3880 | Jeffs, Matthew / Bresett, Nathan / Richards, Ted / Nelson, Tom / O’Bryan, Mike | 18 | 17 | 19 | 19 | [20] | 19 | 19 | 18 | 20 | 18 | 167 |
| 3636 | Izmirlian, John / forney, david / Reemlin, mark / doug | 17 | 19 | [20] | 20 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 172 |
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Mildly resembling that mad scientist from Back to the Future, both in action and in thought, Fran Charles continues to push our community, and sometimes drag others, toward sailing innovation. Because it is often very comfortable to get stuck in the past, using antiquated ideas, equipment, and rules, over and over again, it is important to guard against complacency, and to look forward to new innovation and progress. For several decades now, through the MIT Sailing Pavilion, Fran has done just that, tirelessly focusing on making sailing better, more accessible, and more fun, especially for those that are the future of our sport: young sailors. From carbon Techs, FJ innovations, colored boats & sails, team racing management, to Fireflies, Fran has kept the thought curve moving forward. This latest innovation, however, will launch this spring much further north, at Mount Desert Island in Maine, where Fran serves as the summertime sailing master. In what will surely be an exciting development for the youth sailing world, Sail1Design introduces you to youth/institutional sailing’s Flux Capacitor, the Rondar Turbo 420, a 420 hybrid that in its development assumed (almost) nothing, re-evaluated everything, employs very modern construction techniques. This platform promises to be a great deal of fun for kids. This boat is being developed now at the Rondar boatbuilding facility in Peabody, Massachusetts. Sail1Design plans to cover, first hand, the first ever high school regatta held in Turbo 420’s. Stay tuned right here. [Read more…] about Youth Sailors, Take Notice. Meet The New Turbo 420
The Audi Melges 20® fulfills the need for a more compact, yet spacious, fast, well-built sportboat. With its introduction, Melges Performance Sailboats is proud to deliver the next generation of sailboats. An exclusive Reichel Pugh keelboat design, it is advanced in every respect. It will be simple to sail, made with high-quality materials, and easy to rig. It will be beautiful and have a wide appeal to many ages and skill levels.
The same great standard features found on other Melges products — like the Melges 17™, Melges 24™ and Melges 32™ — will be included on the Audi Melges 20. These include a smooth, comfortable deck with a clean, simple layout complemented by a truly cutting-edge design and new, easy, advanced rig setup.
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| PRODUCT OVERVIEW | ||
| LENGTH | 20 ft | 6.096 m |
| BEAM | 7 ft | 2.133 m |
| DRAFT | 4 ft 6 in | 1.374 m |
| WEIGHT | 1,146 lbs | 520 kg |
| SAIL AREA | ||
| MAIN | 172 sq ft | 16 m2 |
| JIB | 88 sq ft | 8.2 m2 |
| SPINNAKER | 430 sq ft | 40 m2 |
| CREW | ||
By Airwaves Writer Martha Pitt
January 21st – 25th marked the 2013 Quantum Key West Race Week, and over the five-day period, numerous new champions one- design champions were born. Though the number of competitors has been down in the past few years, 2013 has nonetheless been marked as one of the most competitive in event history. To further highlight the success of the event this year were fantastic conditions – great weather and breeze spanning across all five days, allowing for a lot of good, competitive racing. Standing out among the champions was Brian Porter skippering the Melges 24 Full Throttle. Porter and his crew of Andy Burdick calling tactics, Sam Rogers trimming the spinnaker, and Matt Woodworth on the bow sailed an impressively consistent regatta, winning six of the twelve races, and finishing out of the top three only once! Close on their heels was Alec Cutler of Bermuda aboard hedgehog, but the Full Throttle crew was able to maintain their lead through the last race, not letting Cutler extend and finish out of reach, despite hedgehog winning the final race of the event. Cutler finished just three points behind Porter. Bora Gulari on West Marine Rigging/New England Ropes finished in third, Argyle Campbell on Rock n’ Roll in fourth, and Don Wilson on Convexity rounded out the top five. [Read more…] about Sail1Designers of the Month – Brian Porter and the Melges 24 Full Throttle Crew
By Airwaves Writer Zach Brown
Biscayne Bay Yacht Club hosted almost 200 future college sailors and twenty-six universities at the 2012 Orange Bowl College Night. The night started off at 5 pm as college sailing coaches and representatives poured into BBYC’s bottom floor and set up their tables. Each coach or team representative brought information packets, posters, and flags to attract and enlighten prospective students. Despite the close quarters created by the unprecedented number of colleges in attendance, prospects and coaches were able to communicate effectively. This was an exciting night!
At 5:30 Orange Bowl sailors, parents, and interested local students of Miami began to trickle in and make their way to tables where they were greeted by coaches. The first 100 attendants in the door picked up a free Sail1Design t-shirt. By 6:00, the energy was high as BBYC was buzzing with college talk and packed to the brim. A common scene at the greeting tables was a college coach leaning over the counter, extending his/her hand, and talking to a group of excited youth sailors while interested parents eavesdropped in the background trying to pick up every detail.
Shortly after 6:00 the forum began with a panel of eight head coaches answering questions from the crowd and the organizer. The head coaches included Amanda Callahan (Roger Williams), Kevin Reali (Eckerd College), Tim King (USF), Russ O’Reilly (SUNY Maritime), Greg Fisher (College of Charleston), Nick Ewenson (University of Rhode Island), John Vandemoer (Stanford), and John Pearce (George Washington Universiy). The eight panel members offered valuable insights into the recruiting process, college sailing life, and college selection.
The audience who filled every seat and then some listened intently to the messages from the coaches. URI coach Nick Ewenson set some myths to rest about recruiting by explaining that the power of a coach to admit a student is more dependent of the student’s academic ability to meet a universities standards than a coach’s ability to pull some strings. Stanford’s John Vandemoer discussed the college sailing schedule and the juggling act that student athletes must perform to succeed at both. Greg Fisher from Charleston talked about the importance of team camaraderie.
Biscayne Bay Yacht Club expressed their commitment to making the Orange Bowl College Night the premier college sailing fair. Look for this event to grow in attendance from college coaches and prospective college sailors. Coaches, mark your calendars for December. Sailors, work hard in school and attend the Orange Bowl to show off your talent and talk to the top coaches in college sailing.
