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A New Experience: Racing at Night
By Airwaves writer Elizabeth Dudley
Along with Match Racing, this summer, I had the pleasure of adding yet another new sailing experience to my growing list: racing at night.
I had two overnight races on my schedule: the race to
Prior to sailing the race from
That first race, the race to Solomons, was on a particularly cloudy night—too cloudy for a moon or stars. It made for a very dark race, interspersed only with the occasional red light from one of our flashlights used to grab snacks or check the sail.
In fact, it was so dark it was eerie. There was not enough light even to see shadows. At one point, we were coming closer and closer to a white light that was floating in the air, not moving. At first, we had all correctly deduced that it was a boat, although we were at first unable to tell whether it was moving or anchored. But as we continued to move closer to it, where we expected to see the outline of a hull, there was nothing. As we sailed directly by it we were able to barely make out the form of an anchored sailboat. But I think it safe to say that it spooked us. The night was playing tricks on us.
Adding to the eeriness level of our trip was the fact that one of the marks we were to honor during the race was a lighthouse. According to the charts, we should have been able to see the 4-second flashing white light of the lighthouse when we were 9 miles out. The GPS was informing us in which direction the lighthouse ought to be and how far we were from it. But as we got closer, within that 9 mile window, there was no 4-second flashing white light that we could see.
As boredom continued to set in, discussion would randomly break out as to why we were still unable to see this apparent lighthouse. Most agreed that the light was probably out. Ironic sure, but it made the most logical sense. Others were convinced we just hadn’t seen it yet. By 3am our skipper, tired of hearing the same discussion over and over, strongly stated that it was in fact a lighthouse, that there was no way the light could be out and that we needed to stop talking about it.
A couple hundred feet away from where the lighthouse was supposed to be, we watched the running lights of a boat just ahead of us pass behind a large dark mass—the lighthouse—the light was out.
That was the nature of my first overnight race. Until the sun started to rise, we had to blindly trust our GPS and our own instincts. It was hard to even see our other competitors. And as distance races go, this was short and down the
My second overnight race experience was the Governor’s Cup, a race from
But no mater how much moon there is, it is still difficult to see waves coming towards you and pretty much impossible to see the breeze on the water. Darkness adds a completely different element to a sport that is already full of constantly changing factors. It makes life a bit more difficult on a sailboat and even more so as sleep deprivation sets in.
Things that already happen quickly happen even quicker as you can not necessarily see them coming. It can be genuinely difficult to stay awake. And it is rather easy to let the night play tricks on your eyes. But for me, these are take-aways from only one night spent on the water. How do those that race much longer distances do it night after night? And the two nights I spent on the water, minus the cloud cover, were perfect nights. What if the weather had not been so cooperative? I would be curious to here stories of those who did not have the best possible conditions on their overnight sails, we all know those stories are out there.
But as tiring and difficult as racing at night may be, I would still recommend that everyone try it at least once. Y
ou see the sunset and then the sunrise and in the middle, assuming all is well on the boat, there is a calm that I am not sure I can properly put into words. While everyone at home is asleep, you get to be out on the water, viewing the silent world from a different perspective. The feeling of being on the water at night is a feeling that can not be replicated in another scenario. The only way to experience it is to let the sun set and go for a sail.
More where that came from
And there are now Fireflies and more coming in the mix, adding to the options for institutional sailing….
“Meet the New Collegiate 420”
By Airwaves writer Zach Brown
It’s an exciting time to be involved in high school and college sailing. Even in the face of an economic downturn, new programs are popping up all over the country. Teams are receiving more support from their Universities in the form of money or varsity status. And the governing body of ICSA has been progressive, introducing new changes over the last years. LaserPerformance is adding to the improvement of college sailing with the introduction of the Collegiate 420.
Over the last ten years there has been plenty of discussion about the creation of a modern collegiate boat. The debate has always been between performance and durability with the price tag serving as the moderator. Modern boat building technology combined with an increased focus on advancing collegiate sailing has given LaserPerformance the ability to improve the Club 420’s speed and strength without raising the cost.
History Lesson
Born in France in 1959, the 420 first gained traction as a development boat for the 470. It grew in popularity over the 60’s and made its way to the shores of the US. Yale was the first University to create a sailing club, and also the first to order a modified version of the 420 in 1977 from Vanguard. Yale’s Club 420 was thicker and stronger, preventing cracking of its rails when it bumped into a dock or another boat.
The evolution of the 420 to Club 420 was motivated by the need to lower costs and minimize boat repairs. Although fixing boats taught students valuable lessons about handiwork, boat care, and responsibility, the materials and equipment were expensive. The tradeoff between spending time on boat repair or time on the water drove college programs to request more durable boats. Breakdowns and byes were a common issue that plagued college sailing until the Club 420 evolved into the sturdy but heavy pigs sailed today.
Stronger, Better, Faster
Led by St. Mary’s coach Adam Werblow, LaserPerformance set out to design a new college sailing dinghy. Werblow started with the key questions: “How can we make the 420 lighter, more exciting, and more durable with modern boat building techniques? How can we make the boat look fun?” The LaserPerformance team had to work within some narrow parameters: maintain price, maintain boat size to fit existing college infrastructure such as docks and dollies, maintain equipment to make old and new parts interchangeable, honor the college system of ease and simplicity, decrease weight, improve performance, and increase durability. To accomplish this task they brought in some outside help from a naval architect who was also a college sailing star.
Laser Performance put considerable time, effort, and resources towards the project and redesigned the 420 to advance the sport of college sailing. The end result was the Collegiate 420, which features a core layer in the hull and deck that makes the boat twenty pounds lighter and significantly stronger with a closed forward bulkhead. Other small changes include inboard jib leads, an integrated bow bumper, and new fittings. The boat is a platform for change and the sky is the limit. More modified equipment such as masts, sails, and foils are in test phases but won’t be implemented just yet. Werblow smartly stated, “Change for the sake of change is not helpful.” LaserPerformance wants the progression of performance to be eased into high school and college sailing to avoid introducing an oddball fleet.
Get Ready for the Collegiate 420
The Collegiate 420 prototype is coming to a sailing venue near you this fall. For college sailors, there won’t be a huge time gap between testing the boat this fall and racing it for the first time in a regatta. It would be wise to get some boat time in the prototype because the Collegiate 420 will be the feature boat at St. Mary’s College for the 2014 ICSA Coed College Sailing Nationals. Look for another article in the near future that will unveil the Collegiate 420 specs, photos, and more at www.sail1design.com.
2012 US Youth Championship Final Results
2012 U.S. Youth Sailing Championship – Laser
Columbia Gorge Racing Association, Cascade Locks OR | August 14-18, 2012
29er (13 boats) (top)
Series Standing – 9 races scored
Information is provisional and subject to modification
Regatta results last updated: Saturday, August 18, 2012 11:10:53 AM CDT
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Pos,Bow/Sail, Skipper, Yacht Club, Results, Total Points
1. 10 / USA 221, Scott Buckstaff/James Moody, San Francisco Yacht Club, 1-1-1-1-1-1-2-[7]-4- ; 12
2. 3 / USA 928, Antoine Screve/Mac Agnese, St Francis Yacht Club, 2-3-5-4-4-2-4-5-[8]- ; 29
3. 9 / USA 9, Christopher Williford/Kai Friesecke, Lauderdale YC, 7-5-4-5-3-[10]-5-2-1- ; 32
4. 7 / 1473, Andrew Mollerus/Matthew Mollerus, Larchmont Yatch Club, 4-7-2-6-2-4-7-3-[9]- ; 35
5. 14 / USA 1444, Jack Toland/Scott Ewing, Seattle Yacht Club/Corinthian Yacht Club of Seattle, 3-2-7-3-[8]-3-3-8-7- ; 36
6. 6 / USA 1995, Zack Downing/Andrew Cates, San Diego Yacht Club, 5-6-6-[8]-5-7-8-1-2- ; 40
7. 2 / USA 998, Paris Henken/Connor Kelter, San Diego Yacht Club, [14/DNF]-8-3-2-9-5-10-12-3- ; 52
8. 13 / USA 1268, Patrick Snow/Storm Brown, San Diego Yacht Club, 6-4-8-[14/DNC]-11-9-11-4-14/RAF- ; 67
9. 1 / USA 001, Campbell D’Eliscu/Trevor Hecht, Newport Harbor Yacht Club, 8-9-10-9-10-8-[12]-9-6- ; 69
10. 15 / 496, Chuck Eaton/Newt Cutcliffe, Coronado Yacht Club, 11-10-11-10-[14/DNF]-11-6-6-5- ; 70
11. 8 / USA 1079, JP Barnes/Sterling Henken, San Diego Yacht Club, 9-11-13-7-7-6-9-10-[14/RAF]- ; 72
12. 11 / USA 22, Duncan Williford/Dane Wilson, Lauderdale Yacht Club, 10-12-9-12/TLE-6-[14/DNC]-1-13-14/DNF- ; 77
13. 4 / 1472, Robert Rice/Matt McDermaid, Alamitos Bay Yacht Club, 12-13-12-12/TLE-12-12-13-11-[14/DNF]- ; 97
C420 (33 boats) (top)
Series Standing – 8 races scored
Information is provisional and subject to modification
Regatta results last updated: Saturday, August 18, 2012 2:49:54 PM CDT
Click on race number to view detailed race information.
Pos,Bow/Sail, Skipper, Yacht Club, Results, Total Points
1. 20 / 6930, Max Simmons/Riley Legault, Norwalk Yacht Club, 1-2-1-[14]-2-5-8-1- ; 20
2. 33 / 4595, Esteban Forrer/Daniel Ron, Coronado Yacht Club, 9-18-5-2-1-1-1-[29]- ; 37T
3. 21 / 9315, scott sinks/Christopher Ford, San Diego Yacht Club, 8-[32]-2-3-7-6-2-9- ; 37T
4. 4 / 4143, Patrick Floyd/AJ Libby, Annapolis Yacht Club, 11-10-4-8-3-3-4-[14]- ; 43
5. 2 / 6922, Casey Klingler/Haley Fox, Larchmont Yacht Club, 5-6-12-6-5-10-[14]-10- ; 54
6. 15 / 4159, Korbin Kirk/Jacob La Dow, Long Beach Yacht Club, 3-[25]-7-1-15-2-5-25- ; 58
7. 31 / 6936, Forrest Short/Sophie Kerr, Houston Yacht Club, [21]-5-11-19-8-14-9-2- ; 68
8. 5 / 4768, AJ Reiter/Marissa Golison, San Diego Yacht Club, 13-4-16-7-21-[24]-3-6- ; 70
9. 16 / 6940, Bradley Adam/Charles MacBain, East Greenwich Yacht Club/ Sail Newport, 2-1-9-[31/TLE]-14-28-11-17- ; 82
10. 19 / 4119, Axel Sly/JP Silvestri, Coral Reef Yacht Club, [26]-12-23-23-4-4-10-7- ; 83
11. 3 / 5964, Jack Gerli/Kate Wasynczuk, Mantoloking Yacht Club, 4-8-18-16-11-9-27-[33]- ; 93
12. 11 / 5735, Sarah Williams/Ian Storck, Bay Head Yacht Club, 14-14-[31]-5-6-15-21-20- ; 95T
13. 30 / 5377, Connor Corgard/Nikki Obel, None, [34/DNF]-7-21-11-19-11-13-13- ; 95T
14. 34 / 6925, BEN Garber/Sarah Hogg, Minnetonka Yacht Club, 12-13-13-12-[34/DNF]-29-15-4- ; 98
15. 25 / 5790, Charlie Lomax/Evan Morgan, Annapolis Yacht Club, 10-19-[32]-13-20-18-6-16- ; 102
16. 9 / 4769, Jack Ortel/Austin Ortel, Annapolis Yacht Club, [27]-21-20-17-9-7-7-27- ; 108
17. 23 / 6932, Elizabeth Tell/Katherine Naylor, Bay Head Yacht Club, 15-11-8-27-22-[30]-16-15- ; 114
18. 28 / 6921, Holly Tullo/Alex Woloshyn, Sandy Hook Bay Catamaran Club, 22-3-17-[34/DNF]-13-16-19-26- ; 116
19. 12 / 6603, MaryClaire Kiernan/Madeleine Loosbrock, Chicago Yacht Club, 25-9-14-15-18-20-18-[31]- ; 119
20. 17 / 6923, Sean Golden/Camden Tougas, Tabor/Beverly Yacht Club, 16-17-10-21-[24]-17-23-18- ; 122
21. 14 / 8680, Will La Dow/Marly Isler, San Diego Yacht Club, 24-[29]-22-10-10-13-22-23- ; 124
22. 27 / 6935, Roger Dorr/Matthew Lyons, Port Washington Yacht Club, [31]-27-29-4-12-8-17-30- ; 127
23. 29 / 4114, Harrison Hawk/Cailin Oakes, Annapolis Yacht Club, 7-31-25-25-25-12-[32]-5- ; 130
24. 24 / 6938, Clay Danly/Rose Edwards, Chicago Yacht Club, 29-16-19-18-23-21-[31]-8- ; 134
25. 10 / 6530, Elena VandenBerg/Lilla Salvesen, Annapolis Yacht Club, 28-23-3-28-27-25-[30]-3- ; 137
26. 1 / 6931, Allyson Donahue/Maddie Widmeier, Brigantine Yacht Club, 23-24-6-20-16-26-24-[28]- ; 139
27. 35 / 6929, Jack Cusick/Henry Dumke, Pequot Yacht Club, 30-15-[33]-9-29-23-25-12- ; 143
28. 22 / 6937, Charlie Lalumiere/Elizabeth Pemberton, Portland Yacht Club, 19-22-15-24-26-[27]-20-19- ; 145
29. 6 / 21, Will Holz/Peter Bied, Chicago Yacht Club, 6-26-28-22-17-31-[33]-21- ; 151
30. 18 / 6437, Julia Lambert/Haley McMahon, Portland Yacht Club, 17-20-30-[34/DNF]-34/DNC-33-12-24- ; 170
31. 7 / 6928, Cally Tullo/Emily Johnson, sandy Hook Bay Catamaran Club, [32]-28-24-31/TLE-28-32-26-11- ; 180
32. 13 / 6834, Nicholas Sertl/Katja Sertl, Conanicut and Rochester YC, 20-[34/OCS]-26-34/OCS-34/OCS-19-28-22- ; 183
33. 26 / 6924, Dylan Ale/Lindsey Andrade, Kaneohe Yacht Club, 18-30-27-26-[34/DNF]-22-29-32- ; 184
Laser (16 boats) (top)
Series Standing – 8 races scored
Information is provisional and subject to modification
Regatta results last updated: Saturday, August 18, 2012 3:12:55 PM CDT
Click on race number to view detailed race information.
Pos,Bow/Sail, Skipper, Yacht Club, Results, Total Points
1. 5 / 188149, Greg Martinez, Texas Corinthian Yacht Club, 1-1-5-1-1-1-[8]-3- ; 13
2. 8 / 188854, Ian Ikeda, Laser Gold Sailing, 2-4-4-[7]-2-3-2-5- ; 22
3. 9 / 199185, Daniel DelBello, American Yacht Club, 3-7-3-3-4-2-1-[14]- ; 23
4. 2 / USA 194084, Dodge Rees, Pensacola Yacht Club, [9]-3-1-5-7-4-3-7- ; 30T
5. 11 / 195953, Kieran Chung, Newport Harbor Yacht Club, 6-2-[7]-6-5-5-4-2- ; 30T
6. 14 / 191997, LUKE MULLER, lauderdale yc, 5-8-2-2-3-8-[11]-6- ; 34
7. 13 / 169595
, James Barry, Riverside Yacht Club, 4-6-6-[17/DNC]-13-9-7-1- ; 46
8. 12 / 171001, Domenic Bove, St. Francis YC, San Francisco YC, 10-[13]-8-4-6-10-5-4- ; 47
9. 3 / 195890, Colin Kennedy, Lauderdale/Port Washington Yacht Clubs, 8-5-9-8-9-7-10-[11]- ; 56
10. 4 / 196150, Stephen Long, Santa Barbara Yacht Club / Cabrillo Beach Yacht Club, 7-9-13-13-8-6-9-[15]- ; 65
11. 1 / 183866, Curtis Woodworth, Lauderdale Yacht Club/Coral Reef Yacht Club, 11-10-[12]-9-11-12-6-8- ; 67
12. 7 / 185687, Kyle Brego, Saint Thomas Yacht Club, 12-12-10-10-[17/OCS]-11-12-10- ; 77
13. 18 / 199350, Jacob Rizika, Wianno Yacht Club, [15]-14-14-14-12-14-13-9- ; 90T
14. 6 / 175925, Ben Wilkinson, Ram Island Yacht Club/Mystic River Mudheads, 14-[15]-15-11-10-13-14-13- ; 90T
15. 10 / 195942, Olin Paine, Mission Bay YC, 13-11-11-12-[17/DNF]-17/DNC-17/DNC-12- ; 93
16. 17 / 196268, Michael Trebilcock, Put-in-Bay Yacht Club, [17/DNC]-17/DNC-17/DNC-17/DNC-17/DNC-17/DNC-17/DNC-17/DNC- ; 119
Radial (26 boats) (top)
Series Standing – 8 races scored
Information is provisional and subject to modification
Regatta results last updated: Saturday, August 18, 2012 3:10:05 PM CDT
Click on race number to view detailed race information.
Pos,Bow/Sail, Skipper, Yacht Club, Results, Total Points
1. 7 / 198358, Mitchell Kiss, Macatawa Bay Yacht Club, 1-2-1-1-1-1-1-[10]- ; 8
2. 25 / 184454, Erika Reineke, Lauderdale Yacht Club, 4-4-2-4-6-2-3-[18]- ; 25
3. 2 / 199796, Malcolm Lamphere, Lake Geneva Yacht Club, 2-3-10-3-2-7-[17]-3- ; 30
4. 11 / 199117, Gary Prieto, Old Cove YC, 5-1-7-[10]-7-9-6-4- ; 39T
5. 20 / 188663, Erik Weis, Lauderdale Yacht Club, [17]-8-3-2-3-4-10-9- ; 39T
6. 10 / 184541, Addison Hackstaff, St Petesburg Yacht Club, 3-9-6-5-13-13-[14]-1- ; 50
7. 3 / 198363, Andrew Puopolo, Marsh Creek Sailing Club, 7-11-8-12-5-3-[20]-5- ; 51
8. 5 / 166146, Richard Didham, San Diego Yacht Club, 6-5-9-6-4-8-[27/DNC]-27/DNC- ; 65
9. 6 / 200191, Matthew Long, Santa Barbara Yacht Club / Cabrillo Beach Yacht Club, 11-6-12-[17]-10-5-9-14- ; 67
10. 27 / 199170, Jack McGuire, Camden Yacht Club, 8-10-4-15-12-18-5-[19]- ; 72T
11. 15 / 177246, Chris Vilicich, Cabrillo Beach Yacht Club, 9-19-11-[27/DNF]-9-6-7-11- ; 72T
12. 12 / 195889, Brendan Shanahan, St Petersburg Yacht club, 13-7-[22]-8-8-10-15-13- ; 74
13. 9 / 185935, Cooper Weitz, California Yacht Club, 15-[22]-13-16-17-12-8-2- ; 83
14. 16 / 181828, Christopher Weis, Del Rey Yacht Club, 10-12-15-13-15-15-[16]-6- ; 86
15. 8 / 197626, Jack Marshall, Fast Sailing Foundation, 14-13-5-11-14-20-11-[22]- ; 88
16. 21 / ISV194538, Alec Tayler, St. Thomas Yacht Club, 19-14-14-20-[23]-11-2-16- ; 96
17. 24 / 194042, Hanne Weaver, Seattle yacht club, 12-15-19-9-18-[21]-4-20- ; 97
18. 13 / 199585, Matthew Schofield, Annapolis Yacht Club, 20-[23]-21-7-11-14-21-21- ; 115
19. 1 / 199951, Lola Bushnell, San Francisco Yacht Club / Saint Francis Yacht Club, 16-17-16-14-16-16-[23]-23- ; 118
20. 26 / 189813, Lindsey Baab, San Francisco Yacht Club/St. Francis Yacht Club, 24-16-17-19-[27/RAF]-22-22-7- ; 127
21. 18 / 201322, Dana Rohde, Beaufort Yacht and Sailing Club. Lauderdale Yacht Club, 18-18-[25]-21-19-19-12-24- ; 131T
22. 4 / 195637, Kyle Larsen, Sequoia Yacht Club / San Francisco Yacht Club, 23-20-18-18-20-17-[24]-15- ; 131T
23. 17 / 188920, William Livernois, Lauderdale Yacht Club, 22-[24]-20-22-21-24-18-8- ; 135
24. 23 / 182813, Greggory Kent, Balboa Yacht Club, 21-21-[24]-23-22-23-13-17- ; 140
25. 19 / 170747, Madison Gates, Saint Petersburg Yacht Club, [25]-25-23-24-24-25-19-12- ; 152
26. 22 / 197996, Sarah Stubbs, American Yacht Club, [27/DNC]-27/DNC-27/DNC-27/DNC-27/DNC-27/DNC-27/DNC-27/DNC- ; 189
More than coaches
Coaches provide a perspective … so will the Team Captains. Some schools don’t have coaches and the Team Captains run the show. All leaders’ contact information is available through the ICSA web page: http://collegesailing.org.
