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March 2008 Tell Tale
Volume 62, Number 1 March 2008
Katrina Barnes: MCSA Commodore for 2008
I'm a junior at Miami University double majoring in Anthropology and International Studies. Although I grew up in Cleveland, OH on Lake Erie, I had never dinghy raced before college, however in my senior year of high school I sailed Tall Ships off the coast of Los Angeles. This experience initiated my love for sailing. I joined the Miami Sailing Team my freshman year and have participated in many regattas as well as held the positions of Secretary and Commodore of the team in years prior. Last spring I sailed around the Equatorial Central Pacific for a semester abroad on the Tall Ship, the Robert C. Seamans collecting oceanographic data. It was an amazing six weeks at sea! Besides sailing, I love to travel. I have been to five countries and am hoping to add many more to my list in the years to come. I am very excited to be on the MCSA Board and am interested to observe the new Nationals system, how it affects the MCSA, and what I can do to better help our sailors excel. I am looking forward to a great year ahead of us!
2008 Nelson Roltsch Regatta
Tulane University/Southern Yacht Club
February 2-3, 2008
Day ones winds blew 6-11 knots from the South-Southwest on smooth waters, and a total of 12 races were held. The second day held heavier winds from the South with occasional shifts from South-Southwest, pushing up from 15 knots to over 20 on light chop. 12 races were held on the second day for a total of 24 races for the regatta. Four teams were No-Shows on day two of this Mardi Gras weekend regatta: Texas A&M, Texas A&M Galveston, University of North Texas, and Vanderbilt. The second day held two protests. The University of South Alabama protested Boston University but the protest was disallowed. In addition, Texas protested Florida and this protest was also disallowed.
A B TOT
1.Boston U 45 19 64
2.U South Alabama 22 44 66
3.Florida 48 33 81
4.Notre Dame 52 47 99
5.Texas 42 64 106
6.Florida Atlantic 72 78 150
7.TAMU Corpis Christi 107 79 186
8.Tulane 110 87 197
9.Vanderbilt 123 130 253
10.Texas A&M U 119 145 264
11.Texas A&M U-Gal. 137 131 268
12.U North Texas 140 153 293
A Division
1. U South Alabama 22 Paul Kleinschrodt 08 / Adrian Roe 09
2. Texas 42 Mark Hulings 08 / Nicola Kirkham 08
1-6,7-8, Betsy Marger 09 9-12
3. Boston U 45 Bobby Martin 08 / Sarah Donahue 09
4. Florida 48 John Wright 10 / Danny Levy 11
5. Notre Dame 52 Timothy Roy 08 / Caroline Yamartino 11
6. Florida Atlantic 72 Jeff Dusek 09 / Laura Torres 09
7. TAMUCorpis Christi 107 Nicholas Huffeldt 1-6, 9-12, Madolyn
Carazos 08 7-8/ Jessica Stroh 09
8. Tulane 110 Andrew Eyring 11 / Jenny OConnel 11 1-2,
Jessie Yoste 11 3-12
9. Texas A&M 119 Davide Valentine 09 / Christina Stewe 08
10. Vanderbilt 123 Beverly Lanstreet 08 / K. Mituh 11
11. Texas A&M-Gal. 137 Jeff Krebs 10/ Erica Freno 11
12. Univ. N. Texas 140 Robert H 10/ Jarad Gerad 08 1,2,
Josh Troegle 08 3-6
B Division Tot
1. Boston U 19 B.T. Spiller 09 / Alie Bittl 10
2. Florida 33 Meredith Muller 09 / Elzbieta Oipka 08
3. U South Alabama 44 Alex Boudreaux 11 / Ashley H 08
4. Notre Dame 47 Chris May 08 / Paul Cordes 09
5. Texas 64 Chase Dearing 09 1-6, 9-12, William
Liles 09 7-8/Betsy Marger 09 1-2,
Brandon Firw 10 3-6, 7-8, William Liles
09 9-12
6. Florida Altantic U 78 Lianne Laubschen 11 1-2, 6-12, Nick
Muzia 09 3-6/ Rick Barrett 11 1-2, 7-8,
Matt Young 09 3-6, 9-12
7. TAMUCorpis Cristi 79 Kieth Bass 11 / Sarah Pendelton 09
8. Tulane 87 Sophia Little 11 1-2, 7-8, Chris Burd 10
3-6, Peter Johnson 08 9-12/
Chris Burd 10 1-2, Jenny
OConnell 11 3-6, Mary Duncan 11 7-12
9. Vanderbilt 130 Matthew Bery 09 / Tyler Hagen 10
10. Texas A&MU- Gal. 131 John Young 10/ Hilary Shoop 08
11. Texas A&M U 145 Carson Marston 10 1-2, Brian Earnest 10
3-6 / Beth Linton 08 1-2, Fiona Macdonnel
07 3-6
12. U North Texas 153 Ashley OFria 11/ Josh Troegle 08 1-2,
Jarad Gerad 08 3-6
Vice Commodore: Bruce Martin
Year: Junior - University of Michigan Major: Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering Hometown: Diego Martin, Trinidad, W.I.
I started sailing Optis in Summer 1995 with my cousin and best friend, and never looked back. After sailing Optis for 5 years, I got into Laser/420s and big boats, sailing those until I came to Michigan. I'm serving my 2nd term as a member of Michigan's Executive Board.
Two of the things I want to work on this year are improved practice relationships between nearby teams with joint practices and scrimmages, and more opportunities for big boat racing for the MCSA.
When I'm not mixing it up on the racecourse in a 420, I'm in the pool playing inner tube water polo, or on the squash court.
Race Chairman: Tod Reynolds
After enjoying my first year of college sailing in the Midwest last year I am excited to be this years Race Chairman. I am a sophomore electrical engineering major at Northwestern University and have been sailing competitively since age 6. I grew up sailing on Barnegate Bay in New Jersey racing opti's and lasers on a junior team and sailing E-scows with my dad. Some of my sailing highlights include a 3rd place finish at CORK in full rigs and a 26th place finish at Finn Youth Worlds this past summer in Moscow, Russia. Outside of sailing I enjoy theatrical lighting design, am a member of the Sigma Chi fraternity, and participate in Northwestern's autonomous robot competition.
In addition to keeping the regatta schedule running smoothly as race chairman, I hope to boost participation at the Harken clinic by gearing it towards advanced sailors, work with other districts club teams to develop a club team national championship, and improve attendance by out of district teams at the Timmie Angsten regatta.
Charleston Spring Coed Intersection
College of Charleston
February 16-17, 2008
Saturday: Racing started around 12:30 in a south wind at 4-6 knots. The wind shifted east and increased to 6-10 knots. The final two sets were sailed in the north section of the river. W/L with gates, gold cups, and triangle windward courses were sailed. No protests or breakdowns were filed.
Sunday: Racing started around 12:30 in a south wind at 4-6 knots. W/L with gates, gold cups, and triangle windward courses were sailed completing 10 races in each Division. No protests were filed and one breakdown was awarded for a broken pintle.
A B TOT
1. Charleston 64 36 100
2. NY Maritime 68 60 128
3. Eckerd 74 60 134
4. Wisconsin 68 70 138
5. Stanford 62 81 143
6. Kings Point 81 71 152
7. Dartmouth 79 79 158
8. Yale 109 53 162
9. Salve Regina 91 79 170
10. Georgetown 77 95 172
11. South Alabama 50 124 174
12. Bowdoin 85 92 177
13. Old Dominion 88 119 207
14. UC/ Irvine 133 110 243
15. Coast Guard 134 119 253
16. Florida Atlantic 135 121 256
17. Clemson 132 156 288
18. UC/ Santa Barb 190 190 380
A Division TOT
1. South Alabama 50 Paul Kleinschrodt '08 / Adrian Roe '09
2. Stanford 62 Cole Hatton '11 / Carrie Denning '08
3. Charleston 64 Chris L.'07(1-4,7-10) Manton P. '09(5-6) /
Britney H.'08(1-4,7-10), Erin Markee(5-6)
4. NY Maritime 68 Todd Hawkins '09 / Laura Wasson '11,
Matt Brink '09
5. Wisconsin 68 Rob Pickens '08 / Patrick Richards '10
6. Eckerd 74 Andrew Keane '09 / Nicole Butchart '09
7. Georgetown 77 Evan Aras '11 / Caila Johnson '10 (1-10)
8. Dartmouth 79 Benjamin M. Sampson '08/Betsy Bryant '08
9. Kings Point 81 Chris Alexander '08/Laura Beck '08 (1-10)
10. Bowdoin 85 Mark Dinneen '08 / Coco Sprague '11
11. Old Dominion 88 Kyle Rogachenko '10 / Kaitlyn Paulsen '11
12. Salve Regina 91 Mike Komar '08 / Cassie Martin '08
13. Yale 109 John Kempton '10 / Adriane Levin '09
14. Clemson 132 Edward Levert'08 / Hali Knight '09(1-8),
Austin Nettles '11(9-10)
15. UC/ Irvine 133 Jack Porter '10 / Blair Johnston '11(1-2)
Frank O'Brien '10(3-10)
16. Coast Guard 134 Kevin Kuhn '08 / Jenn Hom '09
17. Florida Atlantic 135 Jeff Dusek '09 / Laura Torres '09
18. UC/ Santa Barbara 190 Johnny Heineken'10/Christina Nagatani '11
B Division TOT
1. Charleston 36 Nick Martin '10(1-8), Steven Barbano '11
(9-10)/Megan Riddle '08(1-8), Dani Neri
'08(9-10)
2. Yale 53 Jane Macky '09 / Marla Menninger '10
3. Eckerd 60 Arthur Blodgett '09, Alex Jacobs '09/
Catherine Commette '11,Nicole Laliberte'10
4. NY Maritime 60 Dan Hesse '09 / Dani Gamache '09(1-6),
Matt Brink '09 (7-10)
5. Wisconsin 70 Patti Schmidt '08 / Beccah Steffensen '08
6. Kings Point 71 James Givens '08 / Robert Grandstaff '08
7. Salve Regina 79 Torey Pellegrini '10 / Meredith Dart '08
8. Dartmouth 79 Andrew Geffken '08 / Courtney Gerwin '11
9. Stanford 81 Ben Pedrick '11 / Beth Hoover '08
10. Bowdoin 92 Stuart MacNeil'08 / Charlotte Williams '10
11. Georgetown 95 Scott Furnary '11 / Ginger Cutler '11
12. UC/ Irvine 110 Rex Cameron '11(1-4), Dan Ryan '09(1-5) /
Monica Orphan '10, Megan Pluth '08
13. Old Dominion 119 Michael Collus '08 / Ashley Pellerit '11
14. Coast Guard 119 Sam Ingham '11 / Abbey Lafond '08
15. Florida Atlantic 121 Nick Muzia '09 / Laurie Bacheler '09
16. South Alabama 124 Alex Boudreaux '11 / Ashley Hall '08
17. Clemson 156 Anna Lee B. '11(1-2,7-8), Kate H.'11
(3-6,9-10) Kate H.(1-2),Hanna C.(3-4,9-10)
Logan B.(5-8)
18. UC/ Santa Barbara 190 Matt Foster'11(1-2),Conner Leech '11(3-10)/
Lauren Lorenzi '11(1-10)
Publicity Secretary: Amberose Kramer
I am a sophomore at the University of Minnesota majoring in Chemical Engineering. I come from Racine, Wisconsin and first started sailing at the age of 13 by joining Sea Scouts, B.S.A. Through scouts I attended adult sailing school, sailed once a week on a Catalina-27 and crewed on the Penny Express for Wednesday night races out of the Racine Yacht Club. I started sailing 420s at the age of 16, competing through the Chicago Yacht Club. At the age of 11, I was an exchange student in Paris, France. Since then I try to travel as much as possible and am currently enrolled in a Physics class taught in Italy and France this coming May.
Special Interests Coordinator: Matt Kirley
I'm Matt Kirley, the Special Interests Chair for 08-09 and also Co-Captain of Wisconsin for 07-08. I am currently a junior majoring in Physics. I grew up in Shakopee, MN, a suburb of the twin cities. I hadn't sailed before I started college, my first week of school I went to a practice and sort of just stuck with it. I sail an e-scow during the summer on Lake Mendota, and I also enjoy skiing and rock climbing. During the winter, I volunteer as a youth ski instructor at a nearby ski hill.
Old South
Florida
2/23-24/08
Day 1: The day started with a postponement for one hour to wait for the wind to fill. The rest of the day was a light shifty breeze with 6 gold cups completed in A Division, 4 gold cups in B, and 7 Gold cups in C division. One protest filed that was disowed and one breakdown was filed.
Day 2: The wind filled from the south for most of the day and each division finished out their rotation through 9 races.
Team A B C Tot
1. C of Charleston 19 32 32 83
2. U South Florida 27 47 22 96
3. Florida Atlantic 37 28 45 110
4. Florida 43 28 41 112
5. Eckerd 31 41 61 133
6. Miami OH 51 55 39 145
7. Florida State 46 71 39 156
8. Clemson 81 54 42 177
9. Rollins 70 49 99 218
A Division Total
1. C of Charleston 19 Cole Allsopp '11 / Cristy Jamison '11
2. U South Flor 27 Rachael Silverstein '11/Ash Landes '09
3. Eckerd 31 Spencer Verney '10 / Ashley Zyorski '10
4. Florida Atlantic 37 Nick Muzca 09 / Matt Young 10
5. Florida 43 Carley Salmon 10 1-6 , JP Wright 11 7-9/
Wendy Brown 09 1-6,Dan Weberndorfer 10 7-9
6. Florida State 46 David Lasky '11 / Karlee Kuersteiner 11
7. Miami OH 51 Ryan Zupon 10 /Joe Glinka 08
8. Rollins 70 Tristin Jackson'11 1-6, Andrew O Sullivan
'10 7-9 / cer Wu '11 1-6
Margie Priest '10 7-9
9. Clemson 81 Patrick Holligan '09 / Austin Clary '11
B Division Total
1. Florida Atlantic 28 Matt Bradley 11 / Shari Sandhaus 11
2. Florida 28 Danny Levy 11 1-4, Meredith Muller 11
6-9 / Ashley Arenson 11 1-6 Elzbieta
Ocipka 08 7-9
3. C of Charleston 32 Andrew Zuber '11 / Liz Miller '09
4. Eckerd 41 Dylan O'Brien '10/Lillain McCormick '11
5. U South Florida 47 Kathleen Carter '11/Christine Sayler '11
6. Rollins 49 Brad Hoyt '11 1-4 , Allie Merberg '11
5-9/Matt Smith '11 1-4, Karsen Lattimore
'11 5-9
7. Clemson 54 Austin Nettles '11 / Eric Anderson '09
8. Miami OH 55 Christian Pillat 11 / Alex Zalar 09
9. Florida State 71 Mauricio Galarce '08 / Reese Spencer '09
C Division Total
1. U South Florida 22 Zack Marks '11
2. C of Charleston 32 Luke O'Neil '10
3. Florida State 39 Miguel Botero '10
4. Miami OH 39 Tyler Black 11
5. Florida 41 Franco Villanueva-Meyer 11 1-4 ,
Andres Villanueva-Meyer 11 5-9
6. Clemson 42 Edward Levert '08
7. Florida Atlantic 45 Jeff Dusek 09 1-7, Lianne Laubscher
11 8-9
8. Eckerd 61 Eric Stickney '11
9. Rollins 99
Equipment Information Coordinator: Sam House
Conference Commissioner: Jenn Hockema
Hello my name is Jenn Hockema and I have been the Graduate Secretary, now Conference Commissioner since 2006. I graduated from Purdue University in 2005 with a degree in Youth, Adult, and Family Services. My freshman year, I happened to be walking across campus the evening of the Purdue Sailing Club Call-out. I attended, joined the club, and served in a variety of roles from Publicity Secretary to Commodore. I have very fond memories of college sailing both on and off the water, and that is why I decided to run for a graduate office.
Currently I work as a Program Coordinator for the American Youth Foundation. I coordinate and design experiential education programs. The purpose of my work is to provide programs in which kids have fun, safe, positive experiences. In my spare time, I like to stay pretty active and enjoy boating of any kind, hiking, and bicycling. I'm also hoping to join a yacht club in my area this spring.
I look forward to attending regattas this spring, seeing those sailors I know, and meeting sailors I haven't met yet.
Intersectional Coordinator: Kelly Nichols
MCSA Sailors - My name is Kelly Nichols and I am continuing my role as Intersectional Coordinator. I am a 2004 alumnus of the University of Minnesota where I sailed all four years. I grew up sailing in Minnesota on scows and sunfish. I moved to racing when I got to college. I am currently living in the Boston, MA area and loving it. I work in Human Resources for a company called The MENTOR Network. They provide services for vulnerable adults and children to help them become more independent in the community. I have kept up sailing here in Boston on the Charles and I cant wait to cheer on the MCSA when they travel to the East Coast! I am really excited to continue my work with the MCSA. I will be your resource to get berths and invitations to intersectional regattas (contact me FIRST! and EARLY!). I am hoping to streamline the signup process to make sure everyone gets the regattas they want to attend. If you have any ideas or questions feel free to drop me a line. Sail fast.
Treasurer: George Griswold
I continue to attend regattas serving as a Judge. This past year I became Certified as a US SAILING Club Race Officer. I continue to serve as Chair of US SAILINGs Singlehanded Championship Committee, serve on the ICSA Eligibility Committee as Chair, and on the Rules and All America Committees. I continued my practice of building trophies for MCSA Major events completing one for the Buckeye Intersectional this year. My interest in G scale model railroading has also continued with the acquisition of a E8 locomotive which necessitated reworking my garden railroad.
MCSA Midwinter Meeting
The MCSA Midwinter meeting was held at the Chicago Yacht Club February 9th. Tom McGrath was the organizer. In addition to the Scheduling Meeting a number of presentations were given: George Griswold Rules, Joey Harris Preparing your Team, Tod Reynolds The New ICSA Dinghy Study, Cliff Black Team Racing from an Umpires Prospective, The Boating Industry - Kate Muller.
The Keynote Speaker at the Awards Banquet was Dawn Riley, Americas Cup sailor. In addition to her various sailing experiences on the high seas, she reminisced about her college sailing experiences as a member of the Michigan State Sailing Team.
The Yearly Awards Announced
Best Regatta - Cary Price Intersectional, University of Michigan
Sportsmanship Award - Pat Bloomstine, John Carroll
Student Leadership Award - Jordan Gourash, Ohio University
Harken All District Team 2007
Co-Ed Skippers
David J. Elsmo, University of Minnesota, 2008
Scott Pfeffer, University of Michigan, 2009
M. Casey Ray, Michigan State University, 2008
Tod Reynolds, Northwestern University, 2011
Patricia K. Schmidt, University of Wisconsin, 2008
Ryan M. Zupon, Miami University, 2012
Women's Skippers
Anna E. Bargren, University of Wisconsin, 2007
Christina M. Falcone, University of Michigan, 2007
Jessica E. Haverstock, University of Minnesota, 2008
Crew
Stephen W. Griffith, Michigan State Univ., 2008
Nick A. Hovland, University of Minnesota, 2010
Elise K. Miller, Michigan State University, 2009
Rebeccah A. Steffenson, Univ. of Wisconsin, 2008
Michael W. Stephenson, Univ. of Wisconsin, 2008
Lisa M. Vandenbossche, Univ.Michigan, 2007