May 2002 Tell Tale
Volume 56, Number 3 May 2002
Women's Dinghy Championship for the Doyle Trophy
Apri1 20-21,2002
The 2002 MCSA Women's Dinghy Championship was scheduled to be held at Northwestern. Saturday morning winds at Northwestern's sailing site were NE 15-20, building and gusty, with 5- 7 foot waves on Lake Michigan. The sailors rigged the 420's and A division worked to head out to the course. The cold temperatures and high winds contributed to jib windows breaking and blowing out, causing teams to have to return to shore. Bursting through the breakers to get off the beach proved to be a problem. Notre Dame did a cartwheel, bow first, resulting in a bent mast. Ohio University experienced a violent capsize with waves kicking the boat as it went over which resulted in a broken mast in two places.
A number of jibs and a couple of mains blew out. Northwestern capsized and in the recovery broke the centerboard. Miami boasted they didn't break anything. Thanks to the sailor's boat handling skills, Northwestern's safety boats and Race Committee, there were no injuries. The fleet headed out two times, but no whistles were ever blown.
Northwestern Race Committee: Dave Pakula, Aaron Lasher, John Fogelsong, Jake Byl. Regatta Chairman, Brian Sabina. Committees: Ali Garmey, Liam Cavanaugh, Jean Downing (boats and safety); Erin Mosely (housing); Lizzie Kountze (food); Jackie Lazzo (registration meeting); Katie Hastys (photographer); Rachel Feller, Cyrus Gamer (dock dictators); Maya Wolfson, Nate Freeman, Liz Snow (administration); Scott Broderick, Andy Russell, Kerry Shiels (grilling committee). The Judges scheduled for the event were Bill Bentsen, Robert Christie, and George Griswold. The women sailors praised Northwestern for doing everything possible to try to sail the championship as scheduled.
MCSA Board Members present huddled to evaluate the situation. The weather forecast for the day called for the conditions to remain the same and deteriorate (incoming snow) for Sunday. Options were considered, including moving to Minnesota, Wisconsin, Notre Dame and Michigan, and the possibility of having a combination Womens/Team Racing weekend one week later. Michigan determined that their site on Base Line Lake near Dexter, MI was available and the regatta was moved to Michigan to be sailed in JY-15s. Teams departed from Evanston, IL for Ann Arbor, MI, 250 miles away, with housing in place and an announced report time of 7:30 a.m.
Well, it turned out there was a Michigan Sailing Club event scheduled in the JY –15's, so a Plan B-2 was implemented. Michigan's recently acquired fleet of 6 420's was augmented with 3 420's from Bayview Yacht Club and sails from Sheridan Shore YC in Wilmette, IL, and a quick loan of a safety boat from the Capilla family of Grosse Pointe, MI. The Bayview boats were at Grosse Pointe YC for high school practices and Michigan team members were rousted from the US SAILING Safety at Sea seminar to load up a three-pak trailer and move boats to the University of Michigan Sailing Club site 50 miles to the west. Michigan's team was at Base Line Lake until 2:00 in the morning rigging, tuning and evening the boats as much as could be done on such little notice.
Teams came down the hill Sunday morning promptly at 7:30 a.m. As predicted, it was snowing and winds were E 10-15. The Michigan team had arrived early and had the boats rigged and ready to put into the water. The skippers meeting was called promptly at 8:00 and the first start was blown at 8:30.
The relatively moderate conditions early in the day contributed to rapid progress on the boat rotation. As the morning wore on, the breeze continued to build. It was quite shifty. Temperature was far below 69 degrees with snow flurries, sleet and bitter cold mixing together. Although there was not spring weather, the racing was competitive. Nine races were completed in each division, to complete a full round robin. The first four races were modified Triangles. The remaining were modified Olympic. There were tight battles between the top 3 teams, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Marquette, with the other women showing excellent ability. In the 5th A race, Wisconsin's jib fell down which cost them 1 place. There were a few capsizes, more as the day progressed.
Race Committee was Nathan Marshall and Amy Leenhouts with assistance from Dave Elwood, Chris Amory , Craig Capilla, Trevor Hartwell, Dan Reagan, Lindsey Hart, Chris Metcalf, Thomas Martin, Aaron Penn. Judges were: George Griswold, Mike Thompson, and Pete Horsch. Scoring were Gail Turluck and Pete Horsch. Gail Turluck dug down deep in her freezer to provide the competitors with a hot food for breakfast and lunch. Michigan sailing team extends its thanks to all of the participants for cooperating with an event change which took a great deal of dedication and commitment to the sport to pull off.
There was one protest filed in Race 4B, which resulted in Miami being DSQ for violating Rules 10 and 14. Wisconsin was awarded breakdown points for Race 9B for a broken mainsheet shackle; the part snapped shortly after the start and materially affected the ability to trim the boat.
Graduate Secretary note: The can-do attitude of the Michigan team, the Northwestern team and all of the Women's teams are an incredible example of what makes college sailing in the Midwest a great program to be involved in the excitement was infectious.
A B TOT
1. Michigan 33 15 48
2. Wisconsin 32 17 49
3. Marquette 19 35 54
4. Northwestern 49 37 86
5. Miami 46 43 89
6. Michigan State 52 48 100
7. Minnesota 50 64 114
8. Notre Dame 45 70 115
9. Ohio U. 80 76 156
A Division
1. Marquette 19 Jamie Kraus '03, 1-9 / Linsey Paddock '04, 1-9
2. Wisconsin 32 Kaitlin Krause '04,1-9 / Kari Sachs '04, 1-9
3. Michigan 33 Katie Kaltz '03,1-9 / Anna Keefer '03, 1-6;
Ellen Hartwell '03, 7-9
4. Notre Dame 45 Nell Ryan '05,1-9 / Katie Brandes '05,1-9
5. Miami 46 Nicole Finefrock '05,1-9 / Sarah Paisley '04,
1-9
6. Northwestern 49 M. Lindsey Duda '05, 1-9 / Marie Kyle '04,1-9
7. Minnesota 50 C. Anne Scheuerrnan '03,1-9 / Kelly Nichols
'04, 1-9
8. Michigan State 52 Mary Vorel '05, 1-9 / Jaime Ziegler '03, 1-9
9. Ohio U. 80 Shannon Bonds '04,1-9 / Anna Rice '06, 1-9
B Division
1. Michigan 15 Diane Miller '02, 1-9 / Ellen Padilla '04, 1-9
2. Wisconsin 17 Teresa Phillips '05, 1-9 / Jamie Gwidt '02,
1-9
3. Marquette 35 Kate Oswald '02, 1-9 / Anna Retzke '02, 1-9
4. Northwestern 37 N. Carolyn Dix '02,1-2,5-6,9; Betsy Nielsen
'05, 3-4,7-8 /Emily Macintosh '02, 1-2,5-6,9;
Tania ~RuizdeLuzuriaga '02,3-4,7-8
5. Miami 43 Melissa Pyfrom '04, 1-9 / Christina Peretti
'04, 1-9
6. Michigan State 48 Michelle Manente '03, 1-9 / Jill Byczek '03,
1-9
7. Minnesota 64 Naomi Hertl'02, 1-4,7-9; Molly Rosenblatt '04,
5-6 / Molly Rosenblatt '04, 1-2,7-8; Robyn
Saphir '03, 3-6, 9
8. Notre Dame 70 Katie Roney '04, 1-9 / Katie Thompson '05, 1-9
9. Ohio U. 76 Annie Herman '02, 1-9 / Stephanie Thompson
'06, 1-9
Team Websites
Bryon Thornburgh
I would like to address the issue of team websites. My hope is that every team in the MCSA has a website or is in the process of creating one. A team website has countless benefits for your team and therefore it should be every team's priority to not only create a website but to keep it up to date. There are a variety of items your team's website should include, but the basics are information about the team, your regatta schedule, a way for alumni to contact you and pictures. If the time and resources are available, your team's website could be a great source of communication and fundraising.
How can you use your team's website to fundraise? It is as simple as creating a section to sell your team's merchandise. I realize the ability to actually take orders and charge credit cards may be a little advanced, but you don't have to go that far. Placing pictures, descriptions and prices of items you have for sale and a way for people to contact you to purchase these items is very easy. Let me share a first hand experience with you. Last year my team, John Carroll, received an e-mail from a gentlemen in Louisville, KY who owns and races a keelboat with his wife and two kids. Their last name is Carroll and one of their sons names is John. His son came across our site and saw that we had t-shirts for sale so they ordered four t-shirts and wear them when they race together. I think that was the easiest sale we ever made.
I realize that some teams do not have any HTML gurus on their team and so creating a website may be a challenge. If you are in this situation I would suggest that you contact your school's Computer Science department or Management of Information Systems department. Many times instructors are looking for website projects for their students or they will offer extra credit to their students if they work on a website for someone or something related to the school. You may find someone this way that can create a simple website for your team. If you can't seem to find anyone contact me and I will see if I can find someone to help you out.
Finally, I am happy to announce that over the next few months the MCSA's website will be undergoing a "face lift". The plan is to redesign the entire site, make it "prettier", but maintain the same content and usefulness. I ask that if anyone has any suggestions concerning the MCSA's web site that you contact me.
Bryon Thornburgh, MCSA Webmaster
Correction
The Notre Dame Freshman Icebreaker results in the April issue should be amended as follows: Race 3 B: Wisconsin OCS changing the Division score to 76 and the Team score to 161. This moves up the teams below and gives Michigan State B Division 52 and a team score of 92. Also in Race 3 B: Notre Dame 2 was scored in 6th instead of 5th. With the Wisconsin OCS the final position should be 4th changing the B Division to 67 and the Team score to 151. Indiana was DSQ for using the same skipper in both Divisions in races 7 & 8 A this makes the A Division score 117 and the Team score 234. None of these point total changes affect either a Division placement or a Team placement. We regret the inaccuracy, GHG.
KENNEDY CUP
Naval Academy
April 20-21, 2002
1. Charleston 4 2 4 1 1 3 15 2. Mass. Maritime 5 1 5 2 8 2 23 3. Coast Guard 2 5 1 5 4 8 25 4. Navy 11 6 2 3 3 1 26 5. NY Maritime 6 4 6 4 2 7 29 6. St. Mary's 1 7 10 8 7 5 38 7. W. Michigan 3 3 3 9 10 10 38 8. Kings Point 8 8 7 6 9 4 42 9. Maine Maritime 9 9 9 7 6 6 46 10. Boston College 7 10 8 10 5 9 49
Friday SSE 10-12; 2 races, no sail restrictions
Saturday W 5-10; 1 race, then wind died
Sunday ENE 8-15; 3 good races, no sail restrictions
Western Michigan: Curt Porter, Chris Higgins, Dave Hampton, Patrick Murray, Ian Pouliot., Dave Brown, Adam Shiller, Brian Turuta, Ian Lindahl, Jenny Berg
Buckeye Intersectional
April 13-14,2002
Sailors came off the water around six in the evening and found burgers and hot dogs awaiting them at the club- house. Following dinner, Dave Rosekrans (the President of U.S. SAILING) spoke to sailors about opportunities in sailing after college. He also answered questions posed about U.S. SAILING'S involvement with college sailing.
Sunday morning arrived wet and cloudy. The temperature hovered just above sixty degrees, with thunderstorms moving through the area. The races were first postponed by the race committee, but when the wind evaporated, races were cancelled at 11:00 in the morning. An awards ceremony was hosted by OSU Sailing Club Commodore Brad Koinis and Fleet Captain Adam Dunki-Jacobs following the abandonment of racing, and trophies were handed out to fIrst, second, and third place teams in A and B divisions.
We would like to thank our race committee: Ben Stock, Matt Scantland, and Katie Neff from OSU. In addition, many thanks are due to U.S. Sailing judges George Griswold, Clay Mock and Dan Van Meeckler for being our protest committee. Last but not least, we owe Dave Rosekrans -President of U.S. Sailing -a debt of gratitude for his appearance at our regatta. -Rich Rykens
Graduate Secretary notes: Both Denison University and Kalamazoo College did not sign their RP Forms and a 20 point per division penalty was applied. Kalamazoo awarded breakdown points in races 1A and 2A for being given wrong tiller. Florida was awarded breakdown points in race 7 A for broken tiller universal. Michigan State was DSQ in race 7B for violating rule 18.2(a).
A B TOT
1. Minnesota 28 27 55
2. Wisconsin 39 18 57
3. Christopher Newport 29 49 78
4. Ohio State 30 55 85
5. Michigan 47 59 106
6. Brandeis University 47 65 112
7. Florida 62 68 130
8. Washington 70 70 140
9. Notre Dame 67 92 159
10. Northwestern 119 41 160
11. Ohio University 69 101 170
12. Marquette University 100 72 172
13. Tennessee 92 96 188
14. Western Michigan 107 92 199
15. Michigan State 114 93 207
16. John Carroll 120 105 225
17. Hope College 96 132 228
18. Ka1amazoo College 128 138 266+40=306
19. Denison University 152 148 300+40=340
A Division
1. Minnesota 28 Tim M. Krech ('03, 1-8)/Molly L.
Rosenblatt ('04, 1-8)
2. Christopher Newport 29 Justin Ailsworth ('03, 1,2,5,6); John
Branton ('04, 3,4,7,8)/Marie Triplett
('05, 1,2,5,6); Justin Ainsworth (05,
3,4,7,8)
3. Ohio State 30 Adam R. Dunki-Jacobs ('04, 1-8)/Shelley
Szabo ('05, 1-8)
4. Wisconsin 39 John Porter ('04, 1-8)/Tina Weber ('03,1-8)
5. Brandeis University 47 Nick Farina ('03, 1-8)/Arwen Roth ('03, 1-8)
6. Michigan 47 Nathan Marshall ('02,1,2,5,6); Michael
Rohde ('05,3,4,7,8)/ Anna Keefer '03,1,
2,5,6); Ellen Padilla ('04,3,4,7,8)
7. Florida 62 Ornel Cuterra ('04, 1-8)/Alan Rukin ('03,
1-8)
8. Notre Dame 67 Jack F. Gaither ('03,1-8)/Katie M. Roney
('04, 1-8)
9. Ohio University 69 Karl Felger ('06, 1-8)/Mark Paisley ('05,
1-8)
10. Washington 70 Jon Pasley ('02, 1-8)/Paula Pecen ('02,
1-8)
11. Tennessee 92 Nicholas H. Morgan ('02, 1-8)/Kelly Bailes
('05, 1-8)
12. Hope College 96 John F. Leahey ('02,1-8)/Andrea K. Mojzak
('02, 1-8)
13. Marquette University 100 Jamie L. Kraus ('03, 1-8)/Linsey Paddock
('04, 1-8)
14. Western Michigan 107 Curt Porter ('03, 1-4); Chris Higgins
('02, 5-8)/Dave Brown ('02, 1-8)
15. Michigan State 114 Eric Bomberry ('04,1-8)/Jerrod Braman
('05, 1-4), Josh Butler ('02, 5-8)
16. Northwestern 119 Brian Sabina ('05,1-8)/Cyrus Gamer ('05,
1-8)
17. John Carroll 120 Bryon Thornburgh ('02, 1-8)/Matt Rusk
('05, 1-6); Beth Hoelzle ('02, 7-8)
18. Kalamazoo College 148 Oliver Young ('04, 1-8)/(+;20) Sarah
Kolascz ('04, 1-8)
19. Denison University 172 Abigail Bacon ('05, 1-8)/(+20) Nefertiti
Oji-Njideka ('03, 1-8)
B division
1. Wisconsin 18 John 'Skip' Rather ('04, 1-8)/Bre Schmidt
('03, 1-8)
2. Minnesota 27 Hans C. Zinn ('02, 1-8)/C. Anne Scheuerman
('03, 1-8)
3. Northwestern 41 Lindsey Duda ('05, 1-8)/Marie Kyle ('04,
1-8)
4. Christopher Newport 49 Michael Nicoletti ('05, 1-8)/Paula Davis
('05, 1-8)
5. Ohio State 55 Bryan Parker ('04,1-8)/Matt Shearer ('05,
1-8)
6. Michigan 59 Diane Miller ('02,1,2,5,6);Trevor Hartwell
('05, 3,4,7,8)/Thomas Martin ('05,1-2);
Andrea O'Boyle ('02,3,4,7,8); Maggie Peters
('02,5-6)
7. Brandeis University 65 Matt Guilbert ('02, 1-8)/Nili Epstein ('02,
1-8)
8. Florida 68 Dana Fardy ('03, 1-8)/Trevor Ward ('05,
1-8)
9. Washington 70 Ronn Frerker ('02, 1-8)/Alison Cole ('02,
1,2,7,8); Kent Mahoney ('02,3,4) Jacob
Cynaeron ('02, 5,6)
10. Marquette University 72 Kate Oswald ('02, 1-8)/Anna Retzke ('02,
1-8)
11. Notre Dame 92 Mike W. Stephens ('04, 1-8)/Katie Thompson
('05, 1-8)
12. Western Michigan 92 John Kiener ('02, 1-8)/Dave Polgar ('02,
1-8)
13. Michigan State 93 Mary Vorel ('05, 1-6); Michele Manente
('03,7-8)/Jamie Ziegler ('04, 1,2,5-8);
Michele Manente ('03,3-4)
14. Tennessee 96 Christian Mitchell ('05, 1-8)/Beca Jane
Ayers ('05, 1-8)
15. Ohio University 101 Shannon Bonds ('03, 1-8)/Anna Rice ('06,
1-8)
16. John Carroll 105 Joe Rodgers ('02, 1-4,7,8); Elizabeth
Sessions ('03, 5-6)/Tabitha Hersman ('04,
1-2); Pat Feeley ('05, 3,4,7,8); Beth
Hoelzle ('04, 5-6)
17. Hope College 132 Derek J. Devries ('03,1-8)/Lauren B.
Jewett ('05, 1-8)
18. Kalamazoo College 158 Drew Brockington ('04, 1-8)(+20)/
Jessie Steed ('02, 3,4,7,8); Paul
Danielsky ('05, 1,2,5,6)
19. Denison University 168 John Wendle ('02, 1-8)(+20) Katie
Ensinger ('04, 1-8)
Summer Recruitment
Shannon Bonds
Over the summer as a member of your team it is important that you begin to help with recruitment for your sailing team as well as the MCSA. The summer is a great way to talk to people that are involved with sailing and the sailing community that might be interested in college sailing. While at regattas talk to the other college students and incoming freshmen about their sailing experience and also your own. Tell stories that would make people want to sail after high school and encourage them to look up the team at their college. Hype college sailing up and sell it. Women's Dingy Champs is a great example of how awesome the MCSA is. So many great sailors get to college and do not take the opportunity to become involved in their sailing clubs and they are missing out on such an awesome opportunity to improve their sailing and make lifelong friends. It is important, as a club member that you help in the sales of sailing because by getting more people involved it will also benefit you and your team.
Also if you are an instructor encourage your students to continue sailing on the collegiate level. The kids look up to you and if you believe it is worthwhile they might also. When I was younger they showed us videos of St. Mary's sailing team and I was astounded. Talk to the high school sailors in the area and encourage them to continue sailing once they attend college. Keep phone numbers and names of high school sailors and incoming freshmen and contact them when they arrive. Or pass their name on to the club at the school that they are attending. Around college is when sailors are really lost in the shuffle and if we can keep in contact with them and encourage them to keep sailing all of our programs will continue to grow and succeed.
It is also important to work on recruiting people from schools that do not have teams and encouraging them to work on starting a team at their own school. We all have friends that sail but attend schools that do not have teams and we should encourage our them to start programs and get out there and race. If you ever know of anyone that is working on or interested putting together a team at their school please have them get a hold of me at sb290399@ohiou.edu and I will do my best to help them. I hope everyone has a great summer and I hope see everyone in the fall .
J/24 Invitational
US Naval Academy
April 13/14, 2002
Six races, sailed in Navy's J/24 Fleet, were completed Saturday. Winds were southerly at 8-18 knots and windward/leeward courses were sailed all day. Several close incidents on the course resulted in many 720's and one DSQ. The final three races in the regatta were completed in a 4-7 knot SE breeze on Sunday. Hobart's consistent finishes placed them seven points ahead of the second place team.
1. Hobart and William-Smith 16 2. St. Mary's College 23 3. U.S. Naval Academy 28 4. University of Michigan 44 5. Penn State 50 6. NY Maritime 50 7. Cornell University 56 8. Coast Guard Academy 69 9. Army 72
- Sailing for Michigan
- Geoff Horst '02, Chris Cochran '03, Craig Capilla '03, Ben VanDam '05
How about something on how to keep your club interested and active over the summer
so that they will be looking forward to the Fall Season.
Anne Scheurerman
Summer is slowly, and I mean SLOWLY, approaching. The Midwest. Finals are coming up and school is almost out, but what about sailing? When a team has their last practice of the semester, are the same faces they are seeing that day going to be back first day of fall? Many teams are wondering how to keep their members happy and interested in coming back after summer vacation. Here are a few things to think about as the season winds down:
- COMMUNICATION. Keeping in contact with people on the team over the summer is crucial to keep members active in sailing activities. If you send out emails, you can invite other members to participate at different regattas you are in. You can call them to catch up on how their summer is going and to see if they are getting any sailing into their summer schedule.
- SAILING PRACTICES. Having informal practices can help to keep your sailors on their toes and their skills sharp. You can even throw together a practice just to get the team together for an afternoon. Run a few races, switch up the teams, and have a jolly good time.
- SAILING REGATTAS. Summer is the season for sailing and there are plenty of regattas to attend. There may be a time that you need a crew to help you out on your E scow. Well then give a call or an email out to your good 01' college sailing team and see if anyone is interested in joining you at a regatta. There are regattas every weekend in many places, and even if your teammates don't need an extra crew, you should still head out to the site. There are always boats that need extra people. Just show up and let people know that you are interested in getting out there. Any sailing is better than no sailing!!
- TEAM SOCIALS. As I have been saying, just getting the team together is only a good thing and never a bad thing. Having a team meeting or a team social event keeps the communication high among team members. It also lets everyone get a chance to catch up with what has been going on. This can give skippers or crews a chance to recruit more sailors and even giving incoming high school seniors a chance to meet the gang so they might consider your school .
These tips are only a few of the many ways you can keep the team interested. You can hold sailing clinics over the summer, have Wednesday night bowling, anything that keeps team members active and interested.
Best of luck to all the qualifying teams!! Have a great time in Hawaii! Good luck to everyone in your summer sailing. I look forward to seeing you all next fall at the Fall Fury Intersectional!!
Adrmiral's Cup
US Merchant Marine Academy
April 13-14,2002
Saturday conditions were out of the S-SW all day 5-10 in the morning and 10-15 in the afternoon. All courses were trapezoids with separate start/finish lines. Six races were sailed in the morning and six in the afternoon. A and B Division switched boats from V-15's to FJ's after race 10. C-Division sailed lasers. There were five DSQ's, four breakdowns and two redress awarded.There was no wind on Sunday, racing was cal1ed at 1:00 pm. Special thanks to the jury: Paul-Jon Patin, Bill Ludlum, Peter Wilson, Chris Petracco and Jerry Rockhill.
A B C TOT
1. Navy 94 74 55 223 11. Brown 112 139 96 347
2. Old Dominion 62 62 108 232 12. Boston College 105 123 121 349
3. Stanford 121 70 57 248 13. St. Mary's 96 128 140 364
4. Harvard 100 56 93 249 14. Yale 107 144 146 397
5. Tufts 112 91 63 266 15. Texas 173 170 126 469
6. Hobart/Wm Smith 118 87 67 272 16. Roger Williams 167 188 152 507
7. Dartmouth 71 75 144 290 17. Cornell 196 211 132 539
8. Georgetown 89 76 149 314 18. UC/Santa Barb. 212 209 135 556
9. Charleston 99 103 120 322 19. Wisconsin 188 193 223 604
10. Kings Point 80 97 157 334 20. New Hampshire 220 227 212 659
A Division
17. Wisconsin 188 Andy Graff'02/ Stacy Tillquist '03
B Division
17. Wisconsin 193 Tim Sugar '02 / Erin Luken '04
C Division
20. Wisconsin 223 Tom ~McGrath '04
Fat Cash & Freshmen
Katie Triplett
Summer is approaching. We all know what that means...Less books and more boats!! Summer is a great time to catch up on "team duties" that seem to be ignored once school gets a little harder and those weekend regattas seem to happen one after the other. To maybe make things a little easier for next fall, I've come up with a few ideas to maintain organization within the team and possibly help your team gain our two favorite 'F's: Fat cash and Freshmen. Consider the following:
- Find out which teammates are staying on campus for the summer and set up days to meet at the lake.
- Meet with your advisor and organize a summer clinic for kids in the area. This will not only earn some money for the team, but will also get more adults involved for possible donations in the fall.
- Find out if your local sailing club needs extra work done in the summer to earn some cash for the team.
- Make sure you have an accurate e-maillist for everyone returning in the fall.
- Have teammates who are going home, meet with local high schools to recruit early.
- Maintain contact with your teammates throughout the summer!
- Have monthly cookouts as summer "reunions" for those going home.
- Make flyers and set up call-out meetings for August ahead of time. This will force you to set a date and make it happen!
- If hosting a regatta in the fall, call companies for donations. Many of our companies in Bloomington meet their donation quota early on, so this would be a great chance to get to know the companies in your area and let them get to know your team!
- Talk to the other sailors in your area, whether you are at school or at home and establish a friendship. You never know when it might come in handy.
To all of you seniors, it has been a pleasure sailing with you all. Congratulations for making it through those tough "college years". Every one of you is a role model for the rest of us. Good luck in the paths you choose. I wish you all the best! ** Money spent on four years of college- $100,000. Money spent on gas to weekend regattas- $1000. Money spent on regatta fees- $200. Being part of the MCSA-priceless. Cherish the memories forever! To the rest of you, see you next fall!!
Katie Triplett, Publicity Secretary
Big Ten Team Race
April 6 & 7, 2002
The annual University of Michigan "Big Ten Team Race" was hosted on Baseline Lake in Dexter, Michigan, at the University ofMichigan Sailing Club. Ten races were completed per school, including a fu11 rotation on Saturday. A "Final Four" was held on Sunday as well as a Runners-up "Final Four." Conditions both days were chilly and cloudy, with variable wind between 0 and 15 knots. After the fIrst day the top 4 teams were Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Notre Dame. The Final Four was decided with a tie-breaker race between Michigan and Minnesota--Minnesota won the tiebreaker. Final results placed Minnesota in first overall, followed by Michigan, Wisconsin, and Notre Dame. Ohio University won the Runners-up Four, followed by Michigan State, Northwestern, and John Carroll. The University of Michigan would like to thank all the teams for coming out and giving us a great weekend, especially those teams who were attending their first team racing regatta. We'd also like to thank George Griswold and Mike "Griz" Thompson, our judges, for coming out.
The regatta was sailed in JY -15s. 28 races were sailed on Saturday and 13 on Sunday. Courses were Triangle- Windward. Race Committee was David Elwood*, Chris Cochran, Ben Vandam, Craig Capilla, Geoff Horst and Eli Rosenberg.
RR F 4 TieB FINAL
1. Minnesota 5-2 3-0 1-0 9-2
2. Michigan 6-1 2-1 0-1 8-3
3. Wisconsin 5-2 1-2 6-4
4. Notre Dame 5-2 0-3 5-5
5. Ohio University 4-3 2-1 6-4
6. Michigan State 2-5 3-0 5-5
7. Northwestern 1-6 1-2 2-8
8. John Carroll 0-7 0-3 0-10
1. Minnesota Boat 1-Hans Zinn '02INaomi Hertl'04, Blayne Grave
'04
Boat 2-Ben Burgum '04/Robyn Saphir '03
Boat 3-Alex Symes '04/ Ian Long '04
2. Michigan Boat 1-Nathan Marshall '02/ Mike Rohde '05/Anna
Keefer '03, Thomas Martin '05
Boat 2-Katie Kaltz '03, Trevor Hartwell '05/Ellen
Hartwell '04, Diane Miller '02
Boat 3-Dan Regan '03, Chris Amory '04/Ellen Padilla
'04, Maggie Peters '02
3. Wisconsin Boat 1-Jaron Acker '02/Jamie Gwidt '02
Boat 2-Tim Sugar '02/Erin Luken '03
Boat 3-Skip Rather '04, Sean Tilton '05/Bre Schmidt
'03 Kari Sachs '04
4. Notre Dame Boat 1-Jack Gaither '03/Katie Roney '04
Boat 2-Matt Cassady '03, Kano Wong '05/Katie
Thompson '05
Boat 3-Mike Stephens '04/Nell Ryan '05
5. Ohio University Boat l-Karl Felger '05/Mark Paisley '05
Boat 2-Brian Logue '03/Laure11 Trolley'05
Boat 3-Meaghan France '03/ Anna Rice '05
6. Michigan State Boat 1-Mary Vorel '05/Erik Nelson '04, Josh Butler
'04
Boat 2-Jerrod Braman '05, Josh Butler '04/Josh
Butler, Jill Byczek '03, Erik Nelson '04
Boat 3-Eric Bomberry 105/Jacob Caya '05
7. Northwestern Boat l-Aaron Lasher '05/Tania ~RuizdeLuzuriaga, '02,
Ali Garmey '03
Boat 2-Matthieu Chardon '04/Maya Wolfson'05, Katy
Hasty '04, Jake Byl '05
Boat 3-Rachel Feller '05/Marie Kyle '04, Jake Byl
'05
8. John Carroll Boat 1-Bryon Thornburgh '02/Matt Rusk '05
Boat 2-Beth Hoelzle '04/Tabitha Hersman '04
Boat 3-Joseph Rodgers '02/Stephanie Tomko '04,
Pat Feeley '05
Use the Summer Break to Improve Skills
Tom Martin
As our spring MCSA sailing season draws to a close, it is important to remember that we shouldn't stop sailing or thinking about ways to improve our skills. This goes especially for women who are skippers or aspire to become skippers for next fall. The summer brings us with a number of great experiences such as regattas held in warm places with large fleets. Being able to attend some of these excellent events is a learning experience in itself. One of the hardest things for new skippers to deal with is starting in large fleets, and these events will help you gain that needed experience. It is also important for women who may be timid in big breeze to try to get experience in those conditions. Try having someone big and heavy crew for you so that you can get the feel for controlling the boat in heavy air conditions. These things will greatly improve your confidence and boat handling when you come back in the fall.
People interested in singlehanded sailing should try and race with their local Laser fleet. If you don't own a Laser, many clubs have extra boats that they will be happy to lend you whenever you want. In most places, the Laser fleet is very competitive. If you are new to Lasers, most fleets have people who have sailed Lasers for years, so they can give you excellent pointers on how to make one go fast. Remember that Singlehanded Qualifiers and Nationals are in the fall so the more practice you get during the summer, the more prepared you will be to do well in those events.
It is also important for those teams who want to sail Sloops next fall to attempt to become familiar with Flying Scots. They aren't the easiest boats to get used to, however, the class is very strong in the Midwest so it shouldn't be hard for people who would like to gain an advantage by practicing in Flying Scots to get a boat to do so. If you are unable to find a Flying Scot to practice on, any small keelboat or large centerboard dinghy will do. Remember that for the Sloop Championships spinnakers are used, so for those crews who think that they want to sail Sloops, getting experience flying a spinnaker is a great skill to have. Sloop Qualifiers are early in the fall just like Singlehandeds are so the more practice sailing these types of boats the better you will do. 67th Annual Boston Dinghy Club Cup at Harvard/MIT March 30-31, 2002
A Division Larks, B Division ICs C Division FJs, and D Division Techs
16. Wisconsin 106 98 108 116 428
A division:
Andy Graff '02 / Stacy Tillquist '03;
B division:
Tim Sugar '02 / Diana Mack '02
C division:
John Porter '04 / Jason Strutz '04
D division:
Tom ~McGrath '05 / Jamie Gwidt '02
April Fools Regatta
April 6- 7, 2002
While it seemed Friday night that April might be "fooling" as 2" of snow fell to the ground, conditions brightened on Saturday to let the sailing get started. New MCSA member Kalamazoo College sailed their first regatta. On Saturday, it was sunny with temperatures warming to 55 degrees and winds NE 8-12 and dying. Sunday was sunny with temperatures warming to 60 degrees and winds S 12 and dying. The courses were Modified Olympic, Modified Triangle, Modified Windward-Leeward. Race Committee was Sarah Paisley, Tad Dunville, and Frank Baumgardner. Protest Committee was Frank Peters, Steve, Bauer and Kyle Finefrock. Regatta Chairman was Kyle Finefrock.
A B TOT A B TOT
1. Ohio State 30 13 43 7. Western Michigan 65 67 132
2. Washington 37 48 85 8. Purdue 30 108 138
3. Miami 57 33 90 9. Hope 61 78 139
4. Ohio State 2 82 29 111 10. Notre Dame 92 57 149
5. Indiana 56 64 120 11. Kalamazoo 89 98 187
6. Ohio Univ. 52 70 122 12. Denison 130 130 260
A Division
1. Ohio State 30 Adam Dunki-Jacobs '04 /Shelly Szabo
'05,
2. Purdue 30 Chris ~VanTol '04 /Paul Rashid '04,
3. Washington 37 Jonathan Pasley '02 /Paula Pecen '04,
4. Ohio University 52 Zac Hernandez '05 /Shannon Bonds '03,
5. Indiana 56 H.J. Richardson '04 /Erick Myers '02,
6. Miami 57 Matt Lincoln '04 ;Kyle Finefrock '02/
Mandy Gordon '03; Sarah Paisley '04,
9-10
7. Hope 61 John Leahey '04/Andrea Mojzak '04,
8. Western Michigan 65 Clay Vanderpool '03/Dave Brown '04,
9. Ohio State 2 82 Rich Rykens '03/Kendra Stevens '02,
10. Kalamazoo 89 G. Oliver Young '04/Sarah Kolascz '04
11. Notre Dame 92 Larry Rooney '04; Andrew Lappin '04/
Elizabeth Otterhagen '05; Andrew
Lappin '04,
12. Denison 130 Katherine Ensinger '04/Tejas Mehta
'02
B Division
1. Ohio State 13 Bryan Parker '04/Matt Shearer '05
2. Ohio State 2 29 Nick Milano '04/Desmond Fong '03,
Brad Koinis '05
3. Miami 33 Nicole Finefrock '05; Melissa Pyfrom '04,
Matt Diffley'02, /Laura Ha1l '03;
Christina Peretti '04;Nicole Finefrock
'05,7-8;
4. Washington 48 Ronn Frerker '03/Dan Carlin '04, Emily
Tobias '05, Jessica Cole '05,
5. Notre Dame 57 Seth O'Donnell '04, /Gilbert Garcia '05,
6. Indiana 64 Phil Tate '02, /Josh Gregory '04
7. Western Michigan 67 John Kiener '02, /Mitch Polgar '06
8. Ohio University 70 Alex Frankel'04, /Steph Thompson '05
9. Hope 78 Luke Bremer '05; Derek ~DeVries '05, /
James Pierce '05
10. Kalamazoo 98 Drew Brockington '04, /Ryan Bizorak '03;
Katie Allen '05,
11. Purdue 108 Jenn Hockema '05/Eric First '04
12. Denison 130 Nefertiti Oji-Njideka '03, /Robin
Townsend '02
Notes from the Executive Board
- Interview with Kenyon College -Sara Pecorak, Robert Northrup, Nathaniel Adams, represented their school. Brad Koinis at Ohio State helped them get started. They will be sailing at Apple Valley Lake, 3 miles from campus. They have two metal-blade FJ's which will be used for training and plan to buy a racing FJ soon. They are working on their official documents so their membership can be approved in time to sail next fall.
- Website-Redesign is moving slowly. Spaces will be removed from titles to help Netscape users.
- 2004-2005 ICSA Singlehanded Championship bids: Minnesota presented a bid. The dates proposed did not meet the ICSA's guidelines. Minnesota will have the opportunity to reconsider the dates (1st weekend in November is preferred) and provide an opportunity for other schools bid. Bids are now due to Graduate Secretary no later than 5:00 p.m., Saturday, May 4, 2002.
- Posting protests - The Board is considering establishing a procedure to notify all regatta participants of any pending protest /redress hearing. The proposal would require the Race Committee post the information by 45 minutes after the last boat docks. If approved it will be implemented for the Fall Season.
- Cedarfest - Michigan State is working to notify MCSA about new procedures for 2002 regatta. Every sailor will have to sign a liability release form. The regatta is going to be limited to 12 schools. Site rules regarding dock usage, building usage and other limitations are involved.
- New Member Dues Rebates - The ICSA has a program to rebate the 1st year MCSA dues. MCSA will provide an application with instructions in its prospective member packet.
- 2002 Womens Regatta at ND - Notre Dame will not be able to host the fall Women's regatta. Board agreed to try to find another host for the regatta, preferably among the teams signed up to attend. Northwestern is considering the possibility.
- MCSA Membership Database - The project has been started and some output is expected in May.
- Distribution of unofficial results – As some teams are expected to have results to submit with their travel report when they return to school on Monday. It was agreed that schools may send unofficial results only to the RSVP list that the Host School keeps, but still may not post regatta results to the MCSA list. Regatta results will be published in Tell Tale in final form when available or in rough form with later corrections.
- Reporting with incomplete teams - The Board reiterated the policy that no team should be permitted start a regatta with an incomplete team. The Graduate Secretary may grant an exception due to unusual and unavoidable circumstances.
- Policy on Midwinter Host Support - The policy regarding financial assistance provided to the Midwinter Meeting host was reworded. The following paragraph should be inserted on Page 5 of the MCSA Policy Handbook in The Black Book to replace the paragraph titled "Meeting Fee." The paragraph "Meeting Fee" is deleted. The new policy statement is:
- REPORT DISBURSEMENT -The Host School will be appropriated $100.00 to defray the cost of running the Midwinter Meeting. These funds will be dispensed upon the host school's submission of a written report of the activities in planning and hosting the event, including a complete financial report, to the Graduate Secretary."
- All-District Team - Jamie Gwidt of Wisconsin, based on a recent visit with Marquette alumnus Justin Pribyl requested that the Board make adjustments to the selection process. The Board is in the process of evaluating the system and changes to make it more effective.
- Harken Clinic at Wisconsin - Plans are developing to include 15 420's and 35 Tech Dinghies that will rotate through drills and practice sessions. There will be on-shore instruction for the times that the other rotation is on the water. Overall curriculum will be coordinated. Coach commitments are being acquired. There is still a need for four more power boats to run the clinic.
- Team Race Clinic at Michigan - The event is being planned so that teams will rotate in groups of four, running multiple 4-School Team Race Regattas for the racing portion so it goes quickly. Two more power boats are needed to run the clinic.
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