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December 2007 Tell Tale
Volume 61, Number 7 December 2007
Area East Elimination
Hope College
November 3, 2007
Races started at 10:00 am after a thirty minute delay due to a lack of wind earlier in the morning, and ran until 3:30pm. The wind ranged from 13-19, gusting to 23. Six protests were filed and one breakdown through out the regatta. Thanks to Don and Jean Bergman for running the races.
A B TOT
1. Miami (Ohio) 16 34 50
2. Michigan State 19 35 54
3. Michigan 31 27 58
4. John Carroll 46 17 63
5. Owens CC 31 33 64
6. Western Michigan 43 37 80
7. Ohio State 38 55 93
8. Hope 64 57 121
A Division TOT
1. Miami (Ohio) 16 Ryan Zupon '10 / Liz Manley '10
2. Michigan State 19 Casey Ray '08 / Elise Miller '09
3. Michigan 31 Scott Pfeffer '09 / David Coviak '08
4. Owens CC 31 Kevin Bradley '10 / Amanda Sundling '10
5. Ohio State 38 Conor Hawkins '08 / Brynn Bachman '08
6. Western Michigan 43 Charlie Trost '11 / Lindsey Gates '10
7. John Carroll 46 Patrick Bloomstine '09, Reid Peirce '09 /
Reid Peirce '09, Amy Krystosik '10, Patrick
Bloomstine
8. Hope 64 Colin Vis '10, Glen Schubert '10
Janelle Schofield '11, Emma Biagioni '11
B Division TOT
1. John Carroll 17 Chris Simon '10/Kelsey Lipp '11,Miguel Lopez'11
2. Michigan 27 Blake Griffin '11 / Caitlin Fortune '08
3. Owens CC 33 Scott Marriott '10 / Liz Chavez '10
4. Miami (Ohio) 34 Tyler Black '11/Katrina Barns '09,Kerry Logan'10
5. Michigan State 35 Mills Forni '08 / Lindsey Vickers '08, Ryan
Rhoadarmer '11
6. Western Michigan 37 Chris Koch '07 / KC Muzik '10
7. Ohio State 55 Joseph Cannerd '08 / Eric Boyden '09
8. Hope 57 Trevan Thompson '11, Ethan Morrical '10
Amy Gilles '09, Tracy Piersma '09, Caleb Park'11
Area West Elimination
Hosted by Wisconsin
November 3-4, 2007
Day 1: Races started on time at nine thirty and ran all day until the eighth B race was completed at 4:30. The wind was anywhere from 6-12 throughout the day and moved west to northwest late in the day. There were two protests that were filed resulting in a withdrawal and a disqualification, a request for redress was also filed and denied.
Day 2: Races started at 9:45 and ran until the 12th B race was completed at 1 p.m. The wind was coming from the WNW with shifts at about 8-12 knots. The skies were clear and a total of 8 races were completed. There was an OCS and a protest filed however no one was thrown out. Congrats to Wisconsin for winning the 2007 Area West Qualifier.
A B TOT
1. Wisconsin 16 15 31
2. Minnesota 32 36 68
3. Northwestern 34 45 79
4. St. Thomas 50 63 113
5. Illinois 69 55 124
6. Iowa 56 72 128
7. Marquette 80 52 132
A Division TOT
1. Wisconsin 16 Rob Pickens / Mike Stephenson
2. Minnesota 32 David Elsmo / Amberose Kramer 1-8; Jessica
Haverstock 9-12
3. Northwestern 34 Jimmy Costakis / Alison Lehner 1-8; Amanda
Snyder 9-12
4. St. Thomas 50 Brandon Wilson / Medora Sletten
5. Iowa 56 Amy Rohlfing / Mary Wagner
6. Illinois 69 Brian Shaw / Allison Werner 3,4,7,8
Marilyn Logan 1,2,5,6,9-12
7. Marquette 80 Kate Gregory 1-6,9,10; Dan Wright 7,8,11,12 /
Kerstin Klein 1-6,9,10; Sam House 7,8,11,12
B Division TOT
1. Wisconsin 15 Patti Schmidt 1-4; Patrick Richards 5-12 /
Beccah Steffensen
2. Minnesota 36 Nick Hovland / Katie Hockin
3. Northwestern 45 Dan Bohl / Erin Miller 1-8; Alison Lehner 9-12
4. Marquette 52 Lucas Hiller / Steve Catlin
5. Illinois 55 Matt Reschke 1-4,7-12; Kaite Anderson 5,6 /
Matt Mahowald 3-6; Katie Anderson 1,2,7-12
6. St. Thomas 63 Joseph Couture / Rachel Piotraschke
7. Iowa 72 Pat Kresh 1-8; Ben Miller-Todd 9-12 /
Maria Aguenta
2007-08 ICSA/Vanguard Men's Singlehanded National Championsip
University of Washington and the NWICSA
November 2-4, 2007
35 sailors from around the country arrived in Seattle to sunny clear skies and crisp fall temps. Highs reached the low 50's by the afternoon, but the wind was never strong enough to get a race started. Sailors were postponed on shore until 3:30 when a 3-5 kt. Southerly finally filled. Once everyone made it to the course, the wind had died off and the RC never got the chance to start a race.
After a day of no wind on Friday, sailors started the day at 10:00 with an 8-10 kt southerly. As the clouds cleared, the wind built to around 12-15 kts with some bigger puffs for most of the day before fading back down to around 8 kts for the final races in both fleets. Temps reached the upper 50's and I think everyone was pretty tired after a long day on the water. All courses were W-4's with a leeward gate and downwind finish. Big thanks to PRO Jay Renehan and the race committee who did a great job getting races off. And thanks to our judges: Charles Macauley, Wayne Balsiger, Tom Barrett, Mike Karas, and Zak Malbin who spent the day on the water keeping everyone honest. There was one protest which resulted in a DSQ and one redress granted. Boats: Laser/Radial
Sunday brought consistent North winds in the 8-12 knot range. The remaining races were sailed under partly cloudy skies and crisp low 50 degree weather. No protests were filed. And both fleets were off the water by 2:00. Thanks to our judges today: Charles Macauley, Wayne Balsiger, Tom Barrett, Lindsay Bergan, Dalton Bergan and Jen Glass. Also, thanks to Jay Renehan our PRO and his race committee team. Also a huge thanks to all our sponsors: Vanguard Sailboats, Pentax, GTS Photos, Gill, Clif Bar, North Sails of Seattle, Kvichak Marine, Fisheries Supplies, Sail Sand Point, and all the volunteers who made the event possible.
Congratulations to Krysta Rohde of the Coast Guard Academy for winning the Janet Lutz Trophy, to Thomas Barrows of Yale University for winning the Glen S. Foster Trophy and Reed Johnson for winning the George H. Griswold Trophy.
1 Thomas Barrows, Yale '10 66 2 Reed Johnson, Boston College '08 75 3 Mitch Hall, South Florida '10 85 4 Kyle Kovacs, Harvard '08 96 5 Chris Wenner, UC/Berkeley '09 97 6 Charlie Buckingham, Georgetown '11 103 7 Andrew Criezes, Tufts '10 126 8 Chris Lash, Charleston '08 152 9 Jesse Kirkland, St. Mary's '10 163 10 Mark Spector, Hawaii '08 170 11 Martin Sterling, Navy '10 199 12 Paul Stewart, U/Washington '08 208 13 Brad Winslett, TAMUG '09 218 14 Jay Mills, Hobart '08 232 15 Mark Hulings, U/Texas '08 253 16 Ryan Lashaway, Owens '09 261 17 Tod Reynolds, Northwestern '11 267 18 Kevin Campbell, Wisconsin '09 308
2007-08 ICSA/Vanguard Women's Singlehanded National Championship
University of Washington and the NWICSA
November 2-4, 2007
1 Krysta Rohde, Coast Guard '11 53 2 Jane Macky, Yale '09 61 3 Katrina Williams, Old Dominion '10 71 4 Stephanie Roble, Old Dominion '11 96 5 Alison Blecher, Charleston '10 112 6 Evan Brown, Stanford '08 116 7 Sara Morgan Watte, St. Mary's '10 129 8 Allison Davis, King's Point '08 130 9 Megan Watson, Harvard '09 139 10 Tinja Anderson-Mitterling, Charleston '09 150 11 Morgan Wilson, Old Dominion '11 178 12 Lauren Knoles, Michigan State '11 183 13 Dominique Bertrand, UC/Berkeley '11 213 14 Janel Zarkowsky, Boston University '09 225 15 Christine Porter, Wisconsin '11 239 16 Molly Jackson, Western Washington 248 17 Nataleigh Vann, U/Texas '09 259
Blow Harder
Northwestern
November 10-11, 2007
Timmies Tune Up, hosted by Northwestern University, welcomed a chilly fall weekend with moderate sailing. On Saturday, 18 boats set out onto Lake Michigan around 9:40 a.m., sailing in 3-5 knots of wind that built slowly coming out of the N-NE. As the day went on the wind clocked 180 degrees and built to 10 knots by 5pm. After completing 6 windward leeward races per division sailors returned to the beach just as the sun was setting.
On Sunday, clouds filled the sky and the wind had picked up to 14-18 knots out of the South with 3-4 foot waves rolling in. Both divisions sailed one set with some teams opting not to sail because of the challenging conditions. Thanks to the Northwestern sailors who gave up sailing on Sunday to facilitate the rotating of boats off the sandbar in the big waves.
Throughout the regatta, there were two breakdowns filed, only one of which was allowed, and no protests.
1 Miami Ohio 19 15 34
2 Michigan State 31 34 65
3 Wisco 36 34 70
4 Michigan 1 45 36 81
5 Chicago 50 76 126
6 Northwestern 1 76 54 130
7 Iowa 89 52 141
8 Miami Ohio 2 58 89 147
9 Bowling Green 38 113 151
10 St. Thomas 110 52 162
11 Western Michigan 60 109 169
12 Northwestern 2 109 75 184
13 Michigan 2 87 98 185
14 Michigan 3 75 113 188
15 Marquette 120 101 221
16 Northwestern 3 125 108 233
17 Purdue 128 106 234
18 Toldeo 144 143 287
A Division TOT
1. Miami Ohio 19 Ryan Zupon / Liz Manley
2. Michigan State 31 Casey Ray / Elise Miller
3. Wisconsin 36 Bob Stelter, Leif Erikson / Brittney
Rathsack, Brad Dober
4. Bowling Green 38 Thomas McRitche / Jeramee Caraballo
5. Michigan 1 45 Daniel Morris / Amy Leder
6. Chicago 50
7. Miami Ohio 2 58 Spencer Simms / Andy Hoffman
8. Western Michigan 60 Chris Koch / Ross Jeffery
9. Michigan 3 75 David Coviak / Alex Bagatko
10. Northwestern 1 76 Christine Heckman,Erin Miller
Kirstin Kelliher&Amanda Snyder
11. Michigan 2 87 Nichiketa Tiwari / Eliza Wallace
12. Iowa 89 Amy Rohlfing / Mary Wagner
13. Northwestern 2 109 Justin Cohler / Bret Herda
14. St. Thomas 110 Joseph Couture / Karen Hasen
15. Marquette 120 Kerstin Klein / Alex Manchec
16. Northwestern 3 125 Brian Stenson / Olivia Green
17. Purdue 128
18. Toldeo 144 Chris Hoy / Tory Bishop
B Division TOT
1. Miami Ohio 15 Tyler Black / Katrina Barnes
2. Michigan State 34 Mills Forni&Steve Goffith /
Kevin Hanley&Audrey Burshey
3. Wisconsin 34 Steve Andreson / Luaren Valentor
4. Michigan 1 36 Patrick Burke / Christine McAllister
5. St. Thomas 52 Brandon Wilson / Matt Weishan
6. Iowa 52 Patrick Kresch / Maria Argueta
7. Northwestern 1 54 Cliff Harding, Trevor Lee / Trevor Lee,
Cliff Harding
8. Northwestern 2 75 Eric Michelle, Joe Teno /Frankie Ferroro
9. Chicago 76
10. Miami Ohio 2 89 Nick Boxold / Joe Glinka
11. Michigan 2 98 Mike Hamel / Carlos Michelen
12. Marquette 101 Kate Gregoky / hael Hartman
13. Purdue 106
14. Northwestern 3 108 Mike Jung / Maija Mikalis
15. Western Michigan 109 Bill Pyle, Lindsey Gates / Chris S, Mike Dean
16. Michigan 3 113 Dominic Piro / Dorian Waltz
17. Bowling Green 113 John Carter / Jeff Buckley
18. Toldeo 143 Mark D'Apolito / Sarah Trace
ICSA Sloop National Championship
Ft. Worth, TX
November 16-18, 2007
One of the best ways to determine a true champion, is to test them in a variety of conditions, this past weekend was one of those championships. Friday was relatively cold (50), with winds in the high teens to low twenty's, with several guts in the 25-30 range. Saturday was light, ten or less, with only three quality races completed. And Sunday morning was even lighter, a zero to five drifter, before filling back in to a very nice ten to twelve. Winds were from the south between 150 and 190 for the whole weekend (the normal direction for Ft. Worth). It was also relatively puffy (also normal), rather then well defined wind lines or regular oscillations moving across the course.
It was a relatively clean regatta, with only 2 protests; a port/starboard between Navy and Hawaii and an incident during the start of race 8 between St. Mary's and BC (this decided the regatta). One redress was granted to St. Mary's when their headstay broke on day 1 (The Boat Club thanks them for their seamanship and ability to save the mast with no permanent damage) and 1 redress was denied to Navy, wanting race 8 thrown out on account of light air. Boats: J-22 (crew of 3)
Thanks to the FWBC for continuing their long tradition of quality racing and hospitality, it's Commodore Karen Smith, PRO Herman van Beek, Board Member Finlay Higgins, the jury of Bryan Dyer, Mark Smith, and Mike Lattimore, ICSA Rep Charles Higgins, Glennon Stratton of GST Photos and the club staff.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 TOT
1 St.Mary's 2 AVG 3 1 2 1 1 3 7 4 27
2 Boston College 4 2 1 3 3 3 3 DSQ 2 5 37
3 Navy 1 1 7 2 4 8 2 7 3 7 42
4 Texas A&M Galveston OCS 8 6 4 1 6 4 2 5 6 53
5 Connecticut College OCS 6 4 6 6 4 6 1 9 2 55
6 Hawaii 3 4 DSQ 9 7 7 9 5 1 1 57
7 Northwestern 6 3 8 8 9 9 7 4 4 3 61
8 Western Washington 5 7 2 7 5 2 8 9 8 9 62
9 South Florida 7 9 5 5 8 5 5 6 6 8 64
10 Miami 8 10 9 10 10 10 10 8 10 10 95
St. Mary's College of Maryland
John Loe, New Orleans, LA
Valen Smith, Chicago, IL
Derick Vranizan, Seattle, WA
Boston College
Adam Roberts, 2009, San Diego, CA
Alden Reid, 2008, Belmont, MA
Charles Bayer, 2008, Grosse Point Farms, MI
Reed Johnson, 2008, Toms River, NJ (alt skipper)
Navy
Rob Ramirez, 2008, Miami, FL
Ian Gill, 2008, Westport, CT
Kevin McGill 2008, Barrington, RI,
Texas A&M University at Galveston
Brad Winslett, 2009, Dallas TX
Christine Barbour, 2010, Austin; TX
Robert Sparks, 2010, Hurst TX
Emory Williams, 2010,
Charleston SC
Connecticut College
Mike Marshall, 2011, North Kingston RI
Kit Will 2008, Milton, MA
Dave Marshall
Nat Taylor, Marblehead, MA
University of Hawaii
Mark Specter, 2008, Los Angeles, CA
Peter Wenner, Del Ray CA
Ryan Wild, 2010, San Diego, CA
Northwestern
Tod Reynolds, 2011, Summit, NJ
Jimmy Costakis, 2009, Wilmette, IL
Don Thinschmidt, 2008, Holland, MI
Western Washington University
Molly Jackson, 2009,
Bainbridge Island, WA
Rowan Yerxa, 2011, Seattle, WA
Andy Benett, 2009, Olympia, WA
University of South Florida
Mitch Hall 2010, St. Petersburg FL
Tim King, 2009, St. Petersburg FL
Chris Keimig, 2010, N. Kingston RI
David Weaks, 2010, Sarasota, FL
Miami University
Christian Pillat, 2011, Roswell GA
Spencer Simms 2009, L. Geneva WI
Doug Baker 2008, Winnetka IL
Tyler Black 2011, Gross Point MI
Ryan Zupon 2010, Larchmont NY
Timme Angsten Memorial Regatta
Chicago Yacht Club
November 23-25, 2007
The University of Vermont Sailing team won the 61st annual Timme Angsten Memorial Regatta, held at Chicago Yacht Club's Monroe Harbor Station. Vermont led the regatta in first place all weekend, with the Badgers of the University of Wisconsin, never more than a few points behind.
Sunday saw winds at 10 knots out of the Southwest. Wisconsin managed to come within one point as Vermont had a slow start early in the day. Going into the last two races Wisconsin needed to win to move into first place, but was only able to get a 2 and 3 while Vermont took two bullets and the Angsten Bowl. The University of Rhode Island finished third.
There were no protests in the regatta. Three breakdowns were awarded by the Jury headed by Ted Jones. Karen McLane was the PRO helped by many. Bill Fox managed the support boats. Janet Baxter did the scoring. Craig Capella repaired the boats that broke down. Suzy Phelps was Regatta Chair with assistance from Tom McGrath.
1 Vermont 25 23 48
2 Wisconsin 25 28 53
3 URI 50 43 93
4 Northwestern 79 51 130
5 Michigan 64 79 143
6 Minnesota 61 89 150
7 Michigan State 91 66 157
8 Miami of Ohio 95 71 166
9 St. Thomas 75 116 191
10 Iowa 124 94 218
11 John Carroll 100 131 231
12 UMBC 156 156 312
A Division TOT
1. Wisconsin 25 Patti Schmidt '08 / Beccah Steffensen '08
2. Vermont 25 Matt Clark '08 / Caitlyn Connolly '08
3. URI 50 Josh Greenfeild '09 / Emily Anderson '10
4. Minnesota 61 David Elsmo '08 / Amberose Kramer '10
5. Michigan 64 Scott Pfeffer '09 / David Coriak '08
6. St. Thomas 75 Brandon Wilson '10 / Medna Sletten '10
7. Northwestern 79 Jim Costakis '09 / Erin Miller '08,
Christine Heckmann '08
8. Michigan State 91 Casey Ray '08 / Elise Miller '09
9. Miami of Ohio 95 Spencer Simms '09 & Ryan Zupon '10 /
Doug Baker '08 & Liz Manley '10
10. John Carroll 100 Chris Simon '10 / Kelsey Lipp '11
11. Iowa 124 Amy Rohlfing '09 / Mary Wagner '08
12. UMBC 156 Did Not Show / Did Not Show
B Division TOT
1. Vermont 23 Andrew Franklin '08 / Molly Doyle '09
2. Wisconsin 28 Rob Pickens '08 & Matt Kirley '09
Mike Stephenson '08 & Carrie Bargren '10
3. URI 43 Whit Duncan '09 / Whitney Messinger '09
4. Northwestern 51 Tod Reynolds '11 / Amanda Snyder '10,
Christine Heckmann '08
5. Michigan State 66 Mills Forni '08, Steve Griffith '08 /
Lindsey Vickers '08
6. Miami of Ohio 71 Tyler Black '11 / Katrina Barnes '09
Liz Manley '10
7. Michigan 79 Blake Griffin '11 & Patrick Burke '08 /
Caitlin Furtme '08, Christine McAllister '08
8. Minnesota 89 Nick Hovland '10 / Kate Hockin '10
9. Iowa 94 Pat Kresch '10 & Ben Miller-Tod '09 /
Maria Argueta '10
10. St. Thomas 116 Joseph Couture '08 / Rachel Piotraschke '09
11. John Carroll 131 Miguel Lopez '11 / Michael Westerkamp '08
12. UMBC 156 Did Not Show / Did Not Show
Midwinters 2008
By Tom McGrath
The last week has been very busy planning Midwinters 2008, here in Chicago February 8-9, 2008 at the Chicago Yacht Club's Belmont Station. Everyone attending will have much to look forward to this year. Plan to drive in for a social event Friday night at a venue where registrations will take place. Upon arrival at the club Saturday morning, you will be greeted by a hot breakfast before sessions get started. Closing out the day will be a formal banquet and dancing at the club with the possibility of an event thereafter. I am still working out some additional details but all team leaders should expect to receive more details by email in the next few weeks. If you have any questions, drop me a line, tom@tommcgrath.net.
By George Griswold
There will be an Open Forum to discuss ideas on how to improve College Sailing. Teams are encouraged to bring and share ideas that other teams can use and ideas that will improve the MCSA. There will be a report of the ICSA Meeting held in January.
The main event will be the scheduling of events for 2008. The MCSA Executive Board has accepted bids for the MCSA Championships. The ICSA Semi-Finals will be at Hobart/Wm Smith and the US Sailing Center - Long Beach. Due to the ICSA's decision to hold Semi-Finals, the traditional MCSA Spring Schedule has been adjusted. Teams should take note that some traditional events have new dates. Teams are encouraged to schedule carefully. Further, Teams wishing to host events in addition to those on the schedule are encouraged to do so. New events should be considered for weekends when only a small number of teams are involved in Championships.
The Annual meeting will be held during which the MCSA Officers for 2008 will be elected. If you are interested in running it is not too soon to down load the Nominating Petition from the MCSA website and start collecting signatures. At the Annual Meeting teams will be admitted to and advanced in membership status. Again it is important that you down load the appropriate forms from the MCSA website.
Finally there will be the Annual Banquet where there will be the presentation of the MCSA Trophies, Awards for Sportsmanship, Student leadership, The Best Regatta, and the All Conference Team.