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Orange Bowl Youth Regatta c420, Laser, Radial, 4.7 & Opti Green Results

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ORANGE BOWL REGATTA ENDS WITH A BLIZZARD

South Florida may not have snowstorms but the white sails on Biscayne Bay looked like a blizzard of boats on the bay.   Today was the final day of racing for Miami’s 2011 Orange Bowl International Youth Regatta. There were 559 sailors completing four days of sunshine, sailing, swimming in the pool and social activities. In addition to sailing, there were card games going on in the Club house, kids playing catch with their Orange Bowl rubber balls on the lawn and coaches talking to their teams surrounded by parents and siblings.
The Optimist Red/Blue/White class was the largest class with over 200 sailors. They all had a great time. For London, England’s Robbie King, it was his third Orange Bowl Regatta. A top ranked Blue Fleeter, Robbie said: “it is a fun event and makes for great practice.” Robbie finished 8th in the Blue Fleet. J.J. Johnson is a very lucky Opti White Fleet sailor because last year a British gal won an Opti sailboat in the regatta raffle and could not ship it back to England. J.J.’s grandparents bought it and hid it in their garage. After J.J. successfully finished his FCAT school testing, his grandparents sent him to the garage where he found his great surprise. He named his boat Sea Dog. Simon Gomez came all the way from Columbia to sail in his first Orange Bowl. He is in the White Fleet. “I made some new friends”, Gomez said. “And I really liked Obie, the Orange Bowl mascot.”
The results are as follows:
The Laser Full-Rig class had some very competitive “Olympic type” racing going on. For the leader, Greg Martinez from Texas Corinthian Yacht Club outside of Houston, it was his 4th and last Orange Bowl. He won it by 18 points. “It is a good way to end it,” he said. “My favorite thing about the OB is all the new sailors…the new faces.” Eighteen year-old Greg plans to sail varsity next year in college. Eric Lawrence, Dodge Rees and Luke Muller followed him in the results.
In the 99 boat Laser Radial Class, Michigan’s Mitchell Kiss held onto first place with a 15 point lead. Avery Fanning from South Carolina was second with Puerto Rico’s Juan Perdomo in third place. Erika Reineke from Lauderdale Yacht Club was the top girl.
Florida’s St. Petersburg Yacht Club dominated the Laser 4.7 class with Patrick Shanahan, Liam McCarthy and Nic Baird in the top three.
The beginner (and younger) Optimist Green Fleet was “ladies first” with Miami’s Julia Johannson  (age 10) winning it all. Despite her challenging last two races, she managed to hold on to her lead over Santiago Pacheco from Santo Domingo and Alex Gonzalez from Florida’s Upper Keys and still won by 19 points.
The Optimist Red/Blue/White class lived up to its spirited image with the top three sailors finishing 3 points apart. Will Logue started out the day in 1st place but his 20th place in the last race pushed him down to 3rd. Blue Fleeter Henry Marshall and Blue Fleeter Wiley Rogers passed him with finishes in the last two races totaling 6 points and 8 points.
The 420s had a tight regatta with only 11 points between the top three teams. Chicago Yacht Club’s Alex Curtiss and Daniel Ron won it all followed by Charlie Lalumiere and Elizabeth Pemberton from Portland, Maine in 2nd and Jack Jorgensen and Savanna Brown from Santa Barbara, California were 3rd. The top 420 All-Girl Team was Allyson Donahue and Maddie Widmeier from Brigantine Yacht Club in New Jersey.
The trophies included the Magnus Liljedahl Sportsmanship Award. Magnus is CRYC’s Olympic Gold Medalist sailor. His award is for courteous actions and fairness with other competitors and the Race Committee. There were 41 nominations. This year it was presented to a team from California who were helpful to their fellow sailors by coaching them prior to the start. They also stood out when they were disqualified by a Black Flag (over the line early) and came back by the Race Committee Signal Boat to apologize for possibly leading others over the line early. They were Chris Villicich and Nikki Obel from Marina del Rey.
Optimist Green (56 boats) – 13 races
1.       Julia Johansson (Miami’s CRYC) 4-3-2-1-1-8-4-8-1-1-15-[39]-[40] (48);
2.       Santiago Pacheco (Santo Domingo, DOM) 1-1-5-6-9-6-1-13-14-[15]-2-9-[36] (67);
3.       Alex Gonzalez (Florida’s Upper Keys Sailing Club) 12-2-8-7-8-[19]-7-1-13-4-11-1-[34] (74)
Optimist Red/Blue/White (206 boats) – 9 races
1.       Henry Marshall (Boston, MA) 2-1-11-1-5-1-[19]-3-3 (27)
2.       Wiley Rogers…(Houston, TX) 1-7-[27]-4-1-5-3-7-1 (29)
3.       Will Logue (CT) 6-2-1-2-4-1-10-4-[20] (30)
Optimist Red      Top sailor – Will Logue from Connecticut
Optimist Blue     Top sailor – Henry Marshall from Boston, Massachusetts
Optimist White Top sailor – Dylan Ascencio from Galveston, Texas
Top Optimist Girl was Audrey Giblin from Oceanpoint, New Jersey.
Magnus Liljedahl Sportsmanship Award – Chris Villicich and Nikki Obel from Marina del Rey.
420s (76 boats) – 10 races
1.       Alex Curtiss and Daniel Ron (Illinois) 1-11-6-4-6-8-2-3-[34]-5 (46);
2.    Charlie Lalumiere and Elizabeth Pemberton (Maine) 2-[23]-4-9-1-4-7-4-10-10 (51);
3.    Jack Jorgensen and Savanna Brown (California) 3-3-2-8-10-13-13-2-3-[32] (57)
Top 420 All Girl Team – Allyson Donahue and Maddie Widmeier from Brigantine Yacht Club in New Jersey
Laser Full Rig (28 boats) – 10 races
1.       Greg Martinez (Houston, Texas) 1-1-1-1-1-1-3-[7]-2-1 (12);
2.       Eric Lawrence (Ft. Lauderdale, Florida) 2-2-2-2-2-[OCS]-2-9-5-4 (30);
3.       Dodge Rees (Pensacola, Florida) 4-5-3-4-[16]-6-6-5-3-9 (44)
Laser Radial(99 boats) – 11 races
1.       Mitchell Kiss (Michigan) 1-4-[11]-2-3-7-5-7-4-1-3 (37);
2.       Avery Fanning (South Carolina) 11-8-7-4-4-8-[OCS]-2-1-3-4 (52);
3.       Juan Perdomo (Puerto Rico) [OCS]-1-1-3-2-2-8-1-23-5-22 (68)
Top Laser Radial Girl  (27 boats) is Erika Reineke from Lauderdale Yacht Club
Laser 4.7 (18 boats) – 10 races
1.       Patrick Shanahan (SPYC) 3-4-7-5-2-1-2-1-[15]-4 (29);
2.    Liam McCarthy (SPYC) 1-1-4-3-[13]-2-3-7-9-3 (33);
3.    Nic Baird (SPYC) 7-6-6-4-[12]-6-1-3-1-5 (39)
The regatta, an Orange Bowl Festival event, is hosted by Coral Reef Yacht Club (CRYC) in cooperation with Lauderdale Yacht Club (LYC), Biscayne Bay Yacht Club, Shake-A-Leg Miami and the US Sailing Center Miami. It is a huge undertaking with over 150 volunteers from the support clubs plus landside volunteers from the Orange Bowl Committee. The Regatta Chair Henry Chau says he could not have done it all without Assistant Chair Pat Ficaro,
Wendy Kamilar and PC Carol Ewing. The Principle Race Officers were CRYC’s Bill Scheuermann – Optimist Green Fleet, CRYC’s Jaime Ramon – Optimist Red/Blue/White and LYC’s Tom Lihan. Chief Judge was CRYC’s Sharon Bourke.
sponsors were McLaughlin, KO Sailing, Dinghy Locker @ Landfall, Laser Performance and the Orange Bowl Committee. The other sponsors are listed on the regatta website.
FULL RESULTS
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2011 Orange Bowl Laser, I-420 & 29er Results!

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Laser (27 boats) (top)
 Series Standing – 10 races scored

Information is provisional and subject to modification
Regatta results last updated: Friday, December 30, 2011 2:57:42 PM CDT
Click on race number to view detailed race information.

Pos,Sail,             Skipper, Yacht Club, Results, Total Points
1. 166839,                     Kyle Rogachenko,                            CGSC/Toms River Yacht Club,       1-1-1-2-1-2-1-1-1-[28/OCS]-       ; 11        
2. 199551,                     Peter Shope,                            Sail Newport,       2-4-[14]-8-6-6-4-5-6-1-       ; 42        
3. 197052,                     Peter Vessella,                            saint francis,       4-3-7-[28/OCS]-4-4-10-3-4-6-       ; 45        
4. 187117,                     erick rodriguez,                            none,       [14]-7-6-12-5-9-3-11-3-4-       ; 60        
5. 196157,                     Roman Plutenko,                            Chicago,       3-5-9-10-10-10-6-4-5-[13]-       ; 62        
6. 195425,                     Christine Neville,                            ilca,       7-12-3-[28/OCS]-3-3-9-10-9-9-       ; 65        
7. 199516,                     Dave Magno,                            Lavallette,       5-9-[16]-5-13-7-15-15-2-15-       ; 86        
8. 187277,                     Matthew Sullivan,                            Kingston YC,       [28/DNC]-28/DNC-8-3-7-5-8-2-7-28/OCS-       ; 96        
9. 187663,                     Erik Bowers,                            Minnetonka Yacht Club,       [28/OCS]-2-2-1-2-1-5-28/DNS-28/DNS-28/DNS-       ; 97        
10. 191467,                     Jeff Duval,                            Parque La Alameda,       11-14-18-[28/OCS]-15-8-2-14-10-7-       ; 99        
11. 199145,                     Konrad Davy,                            RCYC/EYC,       19-[28/DNF]-11-6-9-12-21-6-11-10-       ; 105        
12. 199205,                     R J Graef,                            Eagle Creek Sailing Club,       15-17-13-7-14-[20]-14-9-15-2-       ; 106        
13. 194253,                     David Hartman,                            na,       10-15-12-[28/OCS]-28/RAF-11-7-7-16-3-       ; 109        
14. 193322,                     Harumitsu Yamamoto,                            CLSA,       8-8-10-16-16-15-[18]-16-12-11-       ; 112        
15. 187975,                     Tyler Andrews,                            Eagle Creek Sailing Club,       [28/OCS]-6-5-9-8-17-16-18-8-28/OCS-       ; 115        
16. 176078,                     Rick Strilky,           &nbs
p;                CCYC,       9-13-15-18-[22]-22-12-8-13-12-       ; 122        
17. 175529,                     Paul Wurtzebach,                            chicago corinthian,       12-16-19-14-18-[25]-17-12-18-5-       ; 131        
18. 182870,                     Drake Jensen,                            Richmond Yacht Club,       6-10-4-13-11-13-22-[28/DNS]-28/DNS-28/DNS-       ; 135        
19. 177637,                     John Staff,                            California Yacht Club,       16-[18]-17-15-17-14-13-13-17-16-       ; 138        
20. 200184,                     Kenneth Davy,                            Etobicoke Yacht Club,       18-[28/DNF]-24-4-12-21-20-20-19-8-       ; 146        
21. 173187,                     Evan Olson,                            sailfit,       21-[28/DNF]-21-28/OCS-21-16-11-17-14-28/OCS-       ; 177        
22. 199728,                     John Brown,                            seaside park yacht club,       [28/DNS]-19-20-17-20-19-19-19-21-28/DNF-       ; 182        
23. 185425,                     Bob Lippincott,                            Tred Avon Yacht Club,       17-20-23-11-[28/OCS]-24-23-28/DNF-28/DNF-14-       ; 188        
24. 181839,                     Michelle Davis,                            Coconut Grove Sailing Club,       13-11-22-[28/OCS]-28/OCS-18-24-28/DNS-28/DNS-28/DNS-       ; 200        
25. 182029,                     Duncan Lamphere,                            Lake Geneva Yacht Club,       [28/DNC]-28/DNC-25-19-19-23-25-28/DNF-20-17-       ; 204        
26. 181800,                     Jacy Haff,                            OSSC,       20-[28/DNF]-28/DNS-28/DNS-28/DNS-28/DNS-28/DNS-28/DNS-28/DNS-28/DNS-       ; 244        
27. 172975,                     Augie Diaz,                            CGSC,       [28/DNC]-28/DNC-28/DNC-28/DNC-28/DNC-28/DNC-28/DNC-28/DNC-28/DNC-28/DNC-       ; 252

 

 

 

 

 

29ER (25 boats) (top)
 Series Standing – 11 races scored

Information is provisional and subject to modification
Regatta results last updated: Friday, December 30, 2011 2:57:42 PM CDT
Click on race number to view detailed race information.

Pos,Sail,             Skipper, Yacht Club, Results, Total Points
1. 23,                     Carlos Robles/Florian Trittel,                            c.n. el Balis,       2-[4]-2-3-1-[26/RAF]-2-1-1-2-1-       ; 15        
2. SWE 1733,                     Johanna Sommarlund/Marcus Anjemark,                            Royal Swedish Yacht Club,       8-3-3-5-4-2-[9]-2-3-[12]-3-       ; 33        
3. USA20,                     Judge Ryan/Hans Henken,                            SDYC,       1-1-1-1-7-5-14-[18]-5-1-[15]-       ; 36        
4. 111,                     Duncan Williford/Matthew Mollerus,            &nb
sp;               Lauderdale Yacht Club,       4-2-4-2-8-[26/OCS]-10-8-[14]-6-12-       ; 56        
5. USA 1995,                     Zack Downing/Andrew Cates,                            San Diego Yacht Club,       [18]-10-9-4-5-13-1-3-9-3-[21]-       ; 57        
6. USA 22,                     Tyler Macdonald/Mike Deady,                            Newport Harbor Yacht Club,       7-[26/DNF]-8-9-3-7-7-[26/DSQ]-4-4-9-       ; 58        
7. USA 510,                     Paris Henken/Connor Kelter,                            San Diego Yacht Club,       5-5-7-12-2-4-4-[26/OCS]-15-11-[20]-       ; 65        
8. USA 1268,                     Patrick Snow/Storm Brown,                            San Diego Yacht Club,       10-6-10-[16]-9-3-[17]-13-7-9-8-       ; 75        
9. USA 227,                     Scott Buckstaff/James Moody,                            San Francisco Yacht Club,       3-[26/OCS]-6-15-[26/OCS]-9-11-4-2-10-17-       ; 77        
10. 001,                     Campbell D’Eliscu/William McBride,                            NHYC,       11-9-14-6-14-6-3-10-6-[20]-[18]-       ; 79        
11. USA 490,                     Sterling Henken/JP Barnes,                            San Diego Yacht Club,       13-8-13-7-[19]-1-[18]-5-17-8-14-       ; 86        
12. USA 927,                     Annie Schmidt/Helena Scutt,                            SFYC,       12-12-16-[17]-13-[26/DSQ]-6-7-12-5-6-       ; 89        
13. 259,                     Christopher Williford/Kai Friesecke,                            Lauderdale Yacht Club,       6-11-12-11-12-[26/OCS]-[15]-15-11-7-5-       ; 90        
14. USA 200,                     Daniel Goldman/Chris Price,                            RWU,       14-14-[24]-[19]-10-10-12-9-10-15-2-       ; 96        
15. 1472,                     Rob Rice/Matt McDermaid,                            ABYC,       16-13-[23]-8-11-15-20-11-13-[21]-4-       ; 111        
16. USA 1446,                     A. Tucker Atterbury/Newt Cutcliffe,                            Santa Barbara yacht Club,       19-[26/OCS]-5-13-6-[26/DSQ]-8-26/OCS-8-18-10-       ; 113        
17. 418,                     Cody Stansky/Scott Ewing,                            CRYC,       9-7-11-14-17-14-19-14-[20]-14-[22]-       ; 119        
18. USA 841,                     Adele Whitmyer/Katie Kelley,                            Noroton YC,       21-18-17-10-[26/OCS]-[26/DSQ]-5-6-22-13-24-       ; 136        
19. CAN1047,                     Lauren Laventure/Danielle Boyd,                            PCYC,       20-[26/OCS]-18-18-15-11-[21]-19-18-17-11-       ; 147        
20. GER955,                     Laura Block/Moritz Block,                       &nbs
p;    KYC,       [26/DNF]-[26/OCS]-22-22-20-16-16-12-21-22-7-       ; 158T        
21. USA 267,                     Jack Toland/Nate Clemett,                            Seattle Yacht Club,       15-15-19-[26/DNS]-[26/DNS]-26/DNS-13-16-19-19-16-       ; 158T        
22. CAN 241,                     Jean Matthieu Bolland/Ben Strickland,                            Barrie YC,       [23]-17-20-23-18-8-[24]-20-16-16-23-       ; 161        
23. USA 1445,                     Kyle Cobbs/Brendon Bottom,                            CCYC,       22-16-21-21-16-12-22-21-[23]-[23]-13-       ; 164        
24. 888,                     Jackson Fadely/Pere Puig,                            CRYC,       17-19-15-20-21/TLE-17-23-17-[24]-[24]-19-       ; 168        
25. USA270,                     Devon Feusahrens/Lauren Feusahrens,                            SMSA,       [26/DNS]-[26/DNS]-26/DNS-26/DNC-26/DNC-26/DNC-25-22-26/DNF-25-25-       ; 227

I420 (20 boats) (top)
 Series Standing – 10 races scored

Information is provisional and subject to modification
Regatta results last updated: Friday, December 30, 2011 2:57:42 PM CDT
Click on race number to view detailed race information.

Pos,Sail,             Skipper, Yacht Club, Results, Total Points
1. 3,                     Raul Rios/Fernando Monllor,                            FVPR,       6-5-3-[9]-3-1-3-3-6-2-       ; 32        
2. 72,                     Nikole Barnes/Agustina Barbuto,                            St. Thomas Yacht Club,       4-6-2-1-1-[21/OCS]-1-1-7-12-       ; 35        
3. 54067,                     Reinier Eenkema van Dijk/Matt Wefer,                            Larchmont Yacht Club / LISOT,       1-1-1-3-6-[21/DNS]-21/DNS-5-1-1-       ; 40        
4. 53718,                     Sarah Williams/Haley Fox,                            Bay Head Yacht Club,       5-[9]-7-2-4-2-6-2-8-7-       ; 43        
5. 53896,                     Harry Koeppel/Charles Bocklet,                            Larchmont YC/LISOT,       3-3-6-5-[13]-3-9-6-2-13-       ; 50        
6. 54065,                     Lily Katz/Fiona Walsh,                            Bellport Bay YC,       7-4-13-7-5-4-7-[15]-5-3-       ; 55        
7. 53818,                     Ian Robinson/Alex Hume,                            Bayview Yacht Club/LISOT,       2-2-5-4-9-7-11-8-15-[21/OCS]-       ; 63T        
8. 53782,                     Megan Grapengeter-Rudnick/Abby Rohman,                            Noroton Yacht Club/LISOT,       8-8-8-8-7-[21/OCS]-2-13-4-5-       ; 63T        
9. 53629,                     Casey Klingler/julia rew,                            Larchmont YC,       10-11-4-[21/OCS]-8-6-10-4-11-8-       ; 72        
10. 54066,                     Ty Ingram/Henry Fernberger,                        &n
bsp;   Larchmont YC/LISOT,       [21/DNS]-13-14-6-11-5-16-7-12-4-       ; 88        
11. 53963,                     Drew Gallagher/Finn Mundinger,                            LarchmontYC,       14-7-15-10-14-[21/OCS]-14-11-3-6-       ; 94        
12. 53177,                     Thomas Gallagher/john gallagher,                            Larchmont YC,       13-10-9-16-10-9-4-[19]-14-10-       ; 95        
13. 53337,                     Claudia Taselaar/Amanda Taselaar,                            Larchmont Yacht Club,       12-12-11-12-2-[21/OCS]-17-12-9-16-       ; 103        
14. 54243,                     Max Flinn/Andrew Burns,                            RNSYS,       9-16-12-[17]-12-10-15-9-16-9-       ; 108        
15. 53656,                     Georgie Ryan/Greer Wattson,                            San Diego Yacht Club,       [21/RAF]-14-17-11-21/OCS-12-5-10-10-14-       ; 114        
16. 53655,                     Jack Ryan/Charlie Miller,                            San Diego Yacht Club,       [18]-18-10-13-17-11-13-14-17-17-       ; 130        
17. 53791,                     Hailey Ullmann/Samantha Robinson,                            IHYC,       15-19-20-15-[21/OCS]-8-8-17-19-11-       ; 132        
18. 53899,                     Liam Harr/Gabriel Smith,                            Severn Sailing Association,       16-17-[18]-14-15-13-12-18-18-15-       ; 138        
19. 53961,                     Jared Gaynes/John Sipp,                            Beach Point Yacht Club,       17-15-19-19-16-14-19-20-13-[21/OCS]-       ; 152        
20. 54069,                     Chuck Eaton/Kyle Sutter,                            Coronado Yacht Club,       11-20-16-18-[21/OCS]-15-18-16-20-21/OCS-       ; 155

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good article, brings up a lot of questions

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Elizabeth, I just finished reading your piece on How Much is too Much. I could not agree more with you. We have been very successful allowing our son, Chance, to drive the bus. To follow up on your piece would be a discussion of the private clubs that separated from yacht clubs for various reasons, ie, why they came to be. We live in California, and to my knowledge there has only been one such private club, and I hesitate to call it a club. It is West Side Opti. A very small group put together by a couple of parents for the purpose of allowing their kids to access high level coaching and travel without the problems of difficult kids/parents/program directors etc . They had very specific goals, driven by the kids, and the parents were not afraid to spend the necessary money to make it happen. The West coast now has enough kids and interest in this level of sailing, but it is very interesting the push back that comes from yacht clubs and their directors, with respect to private groups. One thing that creating small private clubs can do, is to exclude problem kids/parents, who are quite often a reason that another child may not want to go to practice. When kids begin playing at a high level and parents begin paying real money for high end sailing, I believe there needs to be a way to avoid the problem people, private clubs allow for such. It seems harsh, but our son has participated in both, and it makes a HUGE difference. Regards, Will Weston

Sail1Designer of the Month – Toms River High School South Sailing Team

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winners of the 2011 National Great Oaks Championship

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The Toms River team is a small but dedicated group of sailors, with just ten on the roster for this past fall season.  Led by senior captains Charlie Nunn and Taylor Genander, the team sails out of the Toms River Yacht Club, located only a few miles from the high school. They use Ocean County College’s fleet of 420s and occasionally nearby Kean College’s FJs.  Toms River is connected to the Barnegat Bay, which has a reputation for great sailing conditions of which the team can consistently take advantage. Matt Goetting, head coach of the Princeton University sailing team as well, splits his time between the two groups to coach the Toms River team along with Coach Randy Nunn. The team is also able to rely on some dedicated alumni to help them out whenever possible, including Olympic hopeful Clay Johnson, who helped to establish the team with his brother Reed back when they were in high school.

 
 

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Being in such a closely concentrated sailing area, the Toms River team shares water with a few other teams, and while they practice independently, they are often able to join up to do some team racing or larger fleet racing during practice.  In addition to practicing, the team competes weekly in Wednesday afternoon regattas held by the New Jersey League, alternating between fleet and team racing, and in both varsity and JV events on
the weekends.

 
Though excelling at the Great Oaks Championship, according to the sailors, the whole season was successful from start to finish. Toms River is part of the MidAtlantic Scholastic Sailing Association, or MASSA.  A-Division skipper Charlie Nunn was impressed with their success this season; “we had an excellent season; far better than I thought.  I was really nervous going in because we graduated two seniors who were really important to the team”.  But the remaining team seemed to have no problem filling picking up the slack, finishing 3rd at the Larry White Regatta, another high school intersectional regatta hosted by the Coast Guard Academy in New London, CT, 4th at the MASSA Fall District Championship, and 3rd at the ISSA ACC Championship in Maryland.

 
And of course, at the Great Oaks Championship this fall, the Toms River High School South from Toms River, NJ came out on top, winning the event by just two points over Minnesota’s White Bear High School. The regatta’s format has varied as the event had grown, and this year was host to forty-two teams. On day one, the teams were split randomly into two fleets to race, and those scores determined the seeding for the second day of racing in either gold or silver fleet. Staying true to high school sailing as a team sport, all four sailors on the Toms River team were able to contribute to the victory! Nunn sailed with junior crews Shelby Jacobs and Jimmy Kennedy depending on the breeze, and Shelby’s sister Kiaya jumped in with her to skipper on the first day, winning the last two races to qualify them for the gold fleet.  The team found their groove, relied on boat speed, and minimized mistakes to aim for the top five in each race on the final day. As a whole, they were happy with their performance, and thrilled to take home the victory.  “We have had several regattas over the years where we just couldn’t break past a third or second place finish,” said Nunn, “so one of the best parts of Great Oaks was finally coming out on top.  It was pretty cool knowing there were forty-two schools there from all over the country.”  

 
When asked about what made the difference this season in leading the team to victory, the answer was unanimous: hard work, practice, and determination.  Every member of the team helped push each other all season to prepare them for the national event, and they are excited to carry that momentum into the spring season. But as so many athletes know, being on a team is so much more than just winning regattas. Being on a team is about the camaraderie that comes with spending so much time with a group of people, and working together for a common goal. Says Genander when asked what she likes most about the team, “our team has always been a close group of kids. The parents and my teammates are a like a second family and we connect really well with our coach too… Sailing with them is pretty rad.  Our team is serious, but we know how to kick it back and relax too.  It’s the perfect balance for the perfect team.”

Congratulations
to the 2011 Fall Toms River High School South Team:

Charlie
Nunn 2012, captain

Taylor Genander
2012, captain

Shelby
Jacobs 2013

Jimmy
Kennedy 2013

Kiaya
Jacobs 2013

Bernie O’
Brien 2014

Aurora
Fotussky 2014

Mitchell
Nunn 2014

Joe
Gonzalez 2014

Matt
Roleke 2015

The unofficial fall championship, the Great Oaks Regatta hosted annually by the Southern Yacht Club in New Orleans, LA has become a coveted championship for high school teams to qualify for and win in the fall season.  Open only to teams who have not competed in either spring high school championship in the past five years, the event is designed to give smaller though equally competitive teams a chance to compete at the national level. This year, the Toms River High School South team from Toms River, New Jersey came out as the victors of the event.  Though a small team, these young sailors have figured out how to get the most from their time on the water and coaching, have excelled both locally and nationally, and have learned how to be a successful team both on and off the water.

INTERFERENCE: The Press, Spectators on Sailing Courses

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By Sail1Design’s Margaret Boehm
This weekend, top ranked Finn sailor from Great Britain Ben Ainslie was top news,
but not for his sailing. The sailor who is a triple gold Olympic medalist,
found himself among the gossip columns of Great Britain and Australia due to
his conduct with the media after a race during the ISAF World Championships in
Perth, Australia.

 
 
 
 

After finishing a race on Saturday, Ainslie jumped out of his Finn and swam to a nearby press
boat, an inflatable dinghy motorboat. Ainslie boarded the vessel and
communicated to those on board that they were too close to him during the race
and had hampered his race. Photos posted online sparked inquiries as to whether
or not Ainslie had accosted one of the newsmen onboard the press boat. These
claims were later debunked.

After this incident Ainslie was disqualified from both races of the day, making him
ineligible for the medal race on Sunday. 
Had Ainslie been found guilty for gross misconduct by the ISAF, Ainslie
could have faced a two-year ban from the sport.

Ainslie apologized for the row, but said
that he thought the disqualification was a “massive over-reaction.” The
incident this weekend is another example of the media interfering with sporting
events, most notably the media has been chastised for causing accidents during
Tour de France coverage.  

“At the moment the sport seems to be fumbling
its way into trying to make the sport more appealing for television,” said
Stephen Park, British team manager to the Sydney Morning Herald. The behavior
by Ainslie this weekend has been heralded by some and criticized by many online
and through various news outlets. For the believers that all press is good
press, the sport of sailing has gained more followers. “It’s on my
doorstep and I haven’t been following the sailing at all, but everyone’s heard
about (the Ainslie incident),” John Rawlins, an Australian to the SMH.

Sail1Design wants to hear from you. What do you think of Ainslie’s behavior? His
disqualification? Was the press boat at fault?

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