October 2002 Tell Tale
Volume 56, Number 5 October 2002
Fall Fury Intersectional
University of Wisconsin
The 2002 Fall Fury Intersectional Regatta began at 9:00, Saturday, September 7th, on Lake Mendota at the Hoofer Sailing Club in Madison, Wisconsin. The wind was light and variable in the morning and after the first A race sailing was postponed. Around 12:30 the wind picked up and 2 sets were sailed in a light and shifty breeze. Miami of Ohio was disqualified from race 4B for violating rule 18.2(b).
The second day also began at 9:00 in light and shifty breeze. Two more sets were sailed until about 1430. Minnesota was disqualified in race 8A for violating rule 15. Wisconsin took first with 34 points while Minnesota and Marquette finished second and third respectively. John Porter and Chris Niedzela won A division with 17 points and Andy Graff and Stacy Tillquist won B division with 17 points.
Wisconsin thanks Kris Dressier for serving as PRO and George Griswold, Andrew Kiener and Scott Diamond who served as the protest jury. Congratulations to Wisconsin, Minnesota, Marquette, Michigan State, Ohio, Miami and Indiana who have earned berths in the 2002 Cary-Price Memorial Intersectional Regatta hosted by Michigan at Bayview Yacht Club!
School A B TOT
1. Wisconsin 17 17 34
2. Minnesota 29 20 49
3. Marquette 31 23 54
4. Michigan 50 33 83
5. Michigan State 40 53 93
6. Ohio 59 36 95
7. Miami 42 56 98
8. Indiana 46 76 122
9. Iowa 56 69 125
10. Hope 76 78 154
11. St Thomas 96 68 164
A Division
1. Wisconsin 17 John Porter '05, 1-8 / Christine Niedzela '04, 1-8
2. Minnesota 29 Tim Krech '03, 1-8 / Molly Rosenblatt '04, 1-8
3. Marquette 31 Jamie Kraus '03, 1-8 / Amanda Ross '03, 1-8
4. Michigan State 40 Mary Vorel 'O5, 1-8 / Jaime Ziegler 'O5, 1-8
5. Miami 42 Kyle Finefrock '02, 1-8 / Nicole Finefrock 'O5, 1-8
6. Indiana 46 Harrison 'H.J.' Richardson 'O5, 1-8 / Katie Triplett
'03, 1-8
7. Michigan 50 Katie Kaltz '03, 1-2, 5-6; Dan Reagan '03, 3-4, 7-8 /
Dan Reagan '03, 1-2, 5-6; Katie Kaltz '03, 3-4, 7-8
8. Iowa 56 Josiah Fricton '04, 1-8 / Kristen Martin del Campo
'04, 1-4, 7-8; Rob Skatrud 'O5, 5-6
9. Ohio 59 Karl Felger '06, 1-8 / Brian Logue '03, 1-8
10. Hope 76 Siobhan Donnelly-Cole 'O5, 1-8 / Abby Kuper '06, 1-8
11. St Thomas 96 No skipper / No crew
B Division
1. Wisconsin 17 Andy Graff '03, 1-8 / Stacy Tillquist '03, 1-8
2. Minnesota 20 Ben Burgum '04, 1-8 / C. Anne scheuerman '03, 1-8
3. Marquette 23 Chris Williams 'O5, 1-8 / James Blackwood 'O5, 1-8
4. Michigan 33 Tom Martin 'O5, 1-8 / Chris Metcalf '04, 1-8
5. Ohio 36 Steven Bauer 'O5, 1-8 / Mark Paisley 'O5, 1-8
6. Michigan State 53 Eric Bombery '04, 1-8 / Jill Byczek '02, 1-8
7. Miami 56 Sarah Paisley '04, 1, 3, 5, 7;Birch Bayly '06, 2,
4, 6, 8 / Birch Bayly '06, 1, 3, 5, 7;Sarah Paisley
'04, 2, 4, 6, 8
8. St Thomas 68 Evan Hughes '04, 1-8 / Dan Shlnozaki '04, 1-8
9. Iowa 69 Jennifer Springsteen '04, 1, 3, 5-8; Lauren Trolley
'O5, 2, 4/ Lauren Trolley, 'O5, 1,3, 7-8; Jennifer
Springsteen, '04, 2, 4; Scott Kavanagh,'O5, 5-6
10. Indiana 76 Mike Schmid '06, 1-6; Molly David 'O5, 7-8/Molly
David 'O5, 1-2, 5-6; Jen Gaker'04, 3-4, 7-8
11. Hope 78 Luke Brenner 'O5, 1-8/Trinity Scurto 'O5, 1-8
And another fall has begun...
Shannon Bonds
There are also several schools working on putting together teams in the district, so let us all help them to get ready to get out on the race course. Seeing the district grow should be very important to all of us. If you know of any schools or teams that are looking to either start a sailing team or begin racing in the MCSA please have them contact either Gail or myself so that we can get the information that they will need to start the process. Remember that by adding new schools to our district we will be given more berths and plus it is just more fun to have more competition out there. Not only is it important for the MCSA to grow larger but it is also important for your team to grow especially if you are a small new team. Some of the ways that I have watched my team grow are by holding daily practices. This not only gets everyone a lot of practice out on the water but it also helps newer member develop a love for sailing. Keep all of the members active and encourage them to be involved in any activity that the team is involved in. Some activities that build teams are working together to repair boats, fundraising, and "boat racing".
An excellent way for your team to grow is to be on good terms with your university. This can include following their rules (even when they don't make any sense), turning paperwork on time, and attending meetings and activities that they feel you need to attend. The university is incredibly important to the success of your club. If you are on good terms the university tends to throw more money at you and if your team is in any sort of trouble they can help you out. I highly recomend having a member get involved with the club sports board (if your school has one). It not only gives one of your members a sense of purpose with the team but also gives a big hand to the team. I wish everyone the best of luck in the rest of the season and congratulations to all of the teams that have attended the regattas during September. Keep up the good work.
CARLETON COLLEGE OUR NEWEST MEMBER SCHOOL
Gail Turluck
Carleton is a small liberal arts school, with 1800 students in Northfield, Minnesota, about an hour south of Minneapolis. There are currently 40 members in their club and 93 people on their mailing list. They own 1 Finn and have arranged to use a fleet of 8 420's from time to time but hope to buy their own soon. They plan to sail on Lake Byllesby which has a boat ramp. Their Advisor is Terry Rivers. Their Commodore is Chris Reitz, their Vice Commodore is Josh Tolkan, and their Secretary is Oliver Whitney.
Pine Trophy Regatta
US Coast Guard Academy
September 14-15,2002
Ten races were held over 2 days in Coast Guards J-22's. The series started off light with wind out of the Southwest for the first two races on Saturday. For the next five races, breeze shifted to left increasing to a steady 10 -12 knot Southerly. For the last three races held on Sunday, competitors were treated to a strong puffy southwesterly with one blast blowing one boat over far enough to put their Windex in the water.
Congratulations to the winning team of Sam Rogers, Jeff Sullivan and Bobby Storck from Hobart.
1. Hobart: 2- 2- 1- 2- 2- 5- 2- 2- 2- 1 21
2. Charleston: 7- 1- 3- 1- 1- 1- 1- 1- 4- 4 24
3. Navy: 9- 8- 2- 3- 5- 2- 4- 3- 1- 3 40
4. Kings Point: 1- 9- 4- 5- 8- 3- 9- 5- 3- 2 49
5. Coast Guard: 3- 4- 7- 4- 9- 4- 8- 4- 6- 5 54
6. URI: 10- 3- 8- 7- 6- 6- 6- 6- 5- 10 67
7. Harvard: 4- 10- 9- 8- 7- 9- 3- 9- 10- 9 78
8. Conn College: 8- 8- 6- 10- 5- 10- 7- 10- 9- 7 80
** 9. Dartmouth: 5- 7- 5- 6- 4- 7- 5- 7- 7- 8 61 + 40 =81
** 10. Western Michigan: 6- 5- 10- 9- 10- 8- 10- 8- 8- 6 80 + 20 = l00
Hobart/~WmSmith: Sam Rogers 03 / Jeff Sullivan 04; Bobby Storck 03
Charleston: Nathan Hollerback 03,1-3, 8-10; David Blowin 05, 4-7
John Bowden 04; Thomas Dabney 04
Navy: Spencer Weber 05 / Justin Smith 04; Richard Ilang 03
Kings Point: Austin Howell 05 / Tom Baumann 04; Hugh Grandstaff 04
CGA: Matt Sexton 06 /Nelson Cable 05; Josh ~DiPietro 05
URI: Michael Campbell 04 /Kyle Wilson 05; Brian Welsh 03
Harvard: Sam Clark 03 /Daphne Lyman 05; Gabe Jostrom 04
Connecticut Coll: Dan Markham 06 / Jamie Anderson 04; Forbes Barber 06
**Dartmouth: Peter Fleming 05 / Greg Hammond 04; Garrett Holmes 05
**Western Michigan: Curt Porter 03 / Chris Higgins 03; Adam Schiller 04
**Did not sign RP form. As per Procedural Rule 10d(i), 20 points per division
are added to the final score.
<b>Improve your Team<b>
Anne Scheuerman
We need to help improve each of our district teams both tactically and financially. Attending regattas both within and outside of our district will be beneficial to teams. These events give your sailors a chance to practice and compete against sailors equivalent in skill. Travel starts to become a costly expense for your team's budget for the year. So team leaders start to think that attending less regattas would be better. Instead start of thinking how to SAVE money, we need to look forward and think also about how to EARN money to compensate for these many costs.
Every team's first and easiest source of money is team dues. If you are not getting a fair amount of money from this source, you either need to find more members or increase the dues rate. Usually a team's second source is their school Recreational Sports Department or an equivalent to it. These departments distribute money to all of the sports clubs according to their budgets and expenditures. In addition to the normal funding from Recreational Sports, there are sometimes different types of grants or scholarships that can be applied for through the same department. Looking into this type of information could find an Equipment Grant that can buy new boats or sails. New equipment alone would be beneficial to a team. As a team leader, you should look into any programs or grants that may be available to you and your team to help bring more money into the organization.
Alumni are another source of possible funding. Letters to alumni stating your team's achievements along with biannual newsletters and perhaps a tee-shirt can draw money from past teammates. Fundraising is participating in activities for the sole purpose of making money for a cause. Get together and make the project a "required" team event. Fundraising jobs can range from fun and quick fundraisers to dull and time consuming. The more participation, the quicker these types of things go. Colleges usually offer different "jobs" that sports clubs can work at to earn some cash for their team. Also community centers or yacht clubs in the area may have some programs to earn money. Even on-line fundraising programs can help a team earn some quick cash. Investigating these money makers are the best ways to help finance your team.
Something teams in our district need to think about is hiring coaches to improve the level of competition. A coach is a good third party observer that can critique what to improve in one's sailing tactics and what to change. It's a whole different view standing on the sidelines watching than from being on the boat sailing. You can get advice from a whole other perspective.
In order to save some extra money and promote more practice time in boats, another good thing to do is practice with other teams in the area. Smaller teams can join the larger team practices. With more boats at a practice there is a greater potential to improve and it also helps everyone learn and apply the racing rules so as to be ready for competition. Contacting the local sailing teams and working at joint team practice days will start this process. Diana Mack, the Race Chairman, can also assist in putting together these practices.
2002 Collegiate Star Championship
Lake Springfield Star Fleet
September 7-8, 2002
Expanding on the success initiated by MIT in 2001 to integrate Olympic Star Class sailing back into the college sailing schedule, the 2002 Collegiate Star Championship was hosted by the Lake Springfield Star Fleet at Island Bay Yacht Club in Springfield, Illinois.
The event opened with a clinic run by World Champion Joe Londrigan and District Champion Tom Londrigan, Jr., on Friday. The morning featured hands-on discussion of rigging and setting up the boats. The afternoon had on-the-water drills with windward-leeward sailing, concentrating on steering with weight and sails, improving boat handling skills and equipment set up for mark roundings. In the evening the group enjoyed party subs and there was video review of the day's practice.
On Saturday the sailors waited until 1:30 for the breeze to fill in. The first race was Windward-Leeward, twice around. MIT banged the start at the pin, had clear air, good speed, and broke clear. On the run, Hope went left and rode a puff from last into 2nd and held off the pack though Western Michigan was closing.
The second race was also Windward-Leeward, twice around. MIT again claimed the pin, though the fleet was right on them and racing was tight. Cal rounded the windward mark in first but MIT passed on the first run. The 2nd beat was shifty and spotty, but MIT was able to read the puffs to maintain the lead.
The third race was a Windward-Leeward-Windward. Minnesota was on the course side and they had to go back to restart. They were able to turn back in front of MIT, who was again at the pin, but this gave MIT bad air at the start. Hope read the puffs and shifts well and turned the windward mark in first place. Hope had trouble setting their whisker pole to get the jib to fill and Cal and MIT passed them downwind. On the last beat the finishes were very close for each pair, with Cal narrowly crossing before MIT; Hope before Minnesota, and Michigan State before Western Michigan.
Saturday night the sailors enjoyed dinner in the yacht club and watched video from the day's racing. On Sunday sailors arrived to a glassy lake. The Race Committee abandoned further racing at 12:30 when it became apparent a start could not be made before the event time limit. There were no protests. The sailor's enjoyment was not subdued by the less than ideal sailing conditions. They found the Star to be challenging and exciting to sail and are looking forward to further opportunities to sail Stars again.
On Friday it was 84 degrees with ESE winds, 3-12 mph. On Saturday it was 90 degrees with S-SW winds, 3-10 mph. On Sunday it was 94 degrees with no wind.
The local Chairman was Joe Londrigan, with assistance from Tom Londrigan, Sr., Pat Londrigan, Tom Londrigan, Jr., Mark Lewis, Rick Brethorst, Rick Rundle, and Gail Turluck. The Race Committee was Tut Greening, Barbara Greening, Aggie Hayner, Joe Londrigan and Mark Lewis. The mark set boat was manned by Tom Londrigan, Jr. and Rick Brethorst. The Coach Boat was provided by Tom Londrigan, Sr., for Bob Carson, Fran Charles, Dan Nikesch, Bob Carson and Gail Turluck. Star Boats were loaned by Michael Wysockey, Tom Londrlgan, Sr., Tom Londrigan, Jr., Gene McCarthy, Mark Lewis and Rick Brethorst. Housing was provided by Carl & Kathy Arentzen, Jeff & Nancy Perkins, Todd & Suzi Gay, Tom & Carol Londrigan, and Tom & Betsy Londrigan. Support for the event was provided by US Sailing Olympic Committee, Sailnet, International Star Class Yacht Racing Association, and Lake Springfield Star Fleet.
1. M.I.T. 4 James 'J.M.' Medisette '05, 1-3,
Dan Bercovici '04, 1-3
2. California-Berkeley 7 Emery Sanford '04, 1-3,
Kevin Mullen '03, 1-3
3. Hope College 9 John Leahey '04, 1-3
Paul Simon '04, 1-3
4. Western Michigan 12 Curt Porter '03, 1-3,
Chris Higgins '03, 1-3
5. Minnesota 14 Alexander Symes '04, 1-3,
James Egberg '04, 1-3
6. Michigan State 17 Paul 'P.J.' Constantino '05,1-3,
Josh Butler '04, 1-3
2002 FALL WOMEN'S REGATTA MOVED TO MARQUETTE
Gail Turluck
The Fall Women's Regatta, originally scheduled at Notre Dame, is being moved to Marquette University. Sailing will take place out of Milwaukee Yacht Club inside the outer breakwater in 420's. If your school is on the original list of participants, your team is expected to attend. All Member Schools are eligible for this open women's regatta. Schools not on the list may add the event by contacting MCSA Race Chairman Diana Mack. Schools are encouraged to come with a full women's team (2 skippers, 2 crews), but schools will be allowed to sail with only one division.
ALL MCSA SAILOR SELECTION PROCESS MODIFIED
Gail Turluck
MCSA Executive Board has established minimum standards to be eligible the awards. To be eligible for the award, an individual shall have sailed in a minimum of five (5) regattas in one calendar year, must have sailed in over one-half (1/2) of the races for the regatta to count, and must have one finish in the top third (1/3) of one regatta. The certificates shall be presented at the Annual Midwinter Meeting. In addition an five member All-District Sailor Committee was established to determine the awards. The Committee appointed by the Executive Board will be comprised individuals who are former college sailors or individuals very familiar with college sailing. One member of the Committee shall be replaced each year on a rotating basis. Committee members must be permanently ineligible for at least one year. There shall be no more than one member from a school on the Committee, and Coaches may not be members. Each Committee Member shall notify the Graduate Secretary of their selections no later than December 15.
M.C.S.A. Sloop Championship
Detroit Yacht Club
Sept. 21-22, 2002
Minnesota won the MCSA Sloop Championship going away from a field of 11 other competitors the weekend end of September 21-22, 2002. The winning team of Tim Krech, Ann Scheuerman and Alex Symes got off to a slow start by being over early in the first race and not returning to start properly, causing them to be scored OCS. From that point on it was only uphill to the championship. With the help of coach Brent Ostbye, the Gophers steadily climbed in the standings to reach first place at the end of Saturday's 8 races.
Wisconsin placed second overall after winning the first race, and suffering a BYE in the second race due top a broken main halyard which could not be replaced in time for the race. Wisconsin's John Porter sailed aggressively through the whole event and after standing fourth in the standings came back in the last race to claim the runner-up position.
Miami finished third due to a miscue in the last race where they were protested by Wisconsin for jibing too close to Wisconsin.
The Protest Committee of George Griswold, Charles Ralston, and Ed George received two Requests for Redress, granting one; and five Protests, three of which were withdrawn with permission, one in which no rule was violated and the one in which Miami was found to have violated Rule 16.2.
A total of 12 races were sailed in the Detroit Yacht Club's Flying Scots. The Principal Race Officer, Ed Theisen, set courses in the Detroit River which were square to the wind and just the right length. Al Minsterman headed up the Dock and Repair Committee which made sure every small equipment issue was quickly addressed.
Saturday was picture perfect for sailing on the river with 10 knot winds from the south, hardly a cloud in the sky, with the temperature near 80 degrees. Sunday saw the wind from the west blowing across the river in the 15 knot range. It was mostly cloudy and the temperature dropped to the upper 50's with the threat of rain in the early afternoon.
TEAM TOT Skipper/ Crews
1. Minnesota 36 Tim Krech (03)/Anne Scheuerman (03),
Alex Symes (04)
2. Wisconsin 44 John Porter (04)/John "Skip" Rather (04),
Andy Graff (02)
3. Miami 54 Kyle Finefrock (02)/Nicole Finefrock (05),
Sarah Paisley (04)
4. Ohio University 57 Steve Bauer (04)/Karl Felger (06),
Mark Paisley (05)
5. Purdue 57 John Sullivan(03)/Sean Kennedy(06),
Carlos Abisanbra (06)
6. Northwestern 63 Brian Sabina (05)/Chris Stahl (05),
Andy Collen (06) (Ohio State)
7. Western Michigan 74 Ian Pouliot (04)/Curt Porter (03),
Chris Higgins (03)
8. Michigan 75 Mike Rohde (05)/ Thomas Martin (05), Ben
VanDam (05)
9. Hope 101 John Leahey (04)/Siobhan Donnelley-Cole,
Luke Brenner (05), Andrea Mojak (04)
10. Michigan State 117 Joshua Butler (04)/Stephanie Gregory (04),
Matthew Palmer (06)
11. Ohio State 118 Richard Rykens (02)/ Becky Young (04),
Martin Calabrese (04), Katy Korzenko (04),
Mike Thomas (04)
12. Denison 136 Abby Bacon (05), John Donohue (06)/
Matt Walker (06), Katy Ensinger (04)
MIDWINTER MEETING HOST SOUGHT
Gail Turluck
Now is the time for schools are thinking of hosting the MCSA Midwinter Meeting to start preparing their bid to get it to the MCSA Commodore, Anne Scheuerman, BEFORE the Angsten Regatta. If possible, schools presenting bids should have a representative present at the MCSA Executive Board on Friday, November 29, at Chicago Yacht Club, Belmont Station, at 4:30 p.m., to answer questions. The requirements for a bid can be found in the MCSA Policy Handbook on page 5. Please note that the appropriation for the Host School has been changed from $200 to $100. A packet of information on what is involved with hosting the Midwinter Meeting may be obtained from the Graduate Secretary.
The Laser Class Changes Rules
Jack Gaither
Our district has often talked back and forth on the issue regarding the Singledanded Women's qualifiers being sailed in radial rigs. Those who are in favor of the radial rigs argue that the radial rigs are more appropriate for the women to sail and that we would not have a problem finding enough rigs for the regatta. Those who are against radial rigs believe that logistically there are not enough boats and rigs for us to sail the women in radials. I spoke with Hedlund Marine in Wilmette, IL about the cost of a new radial rig. A new radial rig which includes the bottom section of the mast as well as a radial sail sells at a list price of $595.00. Typically, one can get the radial rig cheaper and if we decided that we wanted to do a group purchase I am confident that we could work out a discounted price. If anybody is currently interested in purchasing a radial rig or has other equipment problems or concerns please contact me.
Former Commodore John Goldsmith
Former Commodore John Goldsmith passed away in August. John graduated from the University of Michigan and was Commodore of the MCSA in 1962. He had been living in the Atlanta, Georgia area.
Davis Cup
University of Iowa
The 2002 Davis Cup Regatta at Lake MacBride, Iowa, began at 10:00 Saturday morning, September 21st. Eleven schools attended, with fourteen boats on the starting line. The weather was cool and sunny, with steady winds at 4-6 NE for the first few rotations, gradually building to 15+ and shifty by the last race. Carleton College sailed in its first regatta since being admitted as a new Associate Member in the MCSA. Ten A-fleet races and 8 B-fleet races were completed on Saturday. Courses sailed included triangles, windward-leewards, and modified Olympics. Minnesota was awarded breakdown points for a broken main halyard in race 3A.
Sunday's races began again at 10:00 with race 9B. Again, it was sunny and cool with a light breeze of 4-6 NW. The winds were shifter Sunday, building once again to gusts of 18+. Michigan 2 was disqualified in race 10B for violating rule 18.5. Several capsizes and some minor breakdowns occurred both days as the winds increased.
Iowa would like to thank the race committee of Milton Audas, Jean Audas, Dr. James Torner, Clay Dumke, and Karen Reed, and the Protest Committee of Bill Budelier, Ian Mutnick and Steve Woodward. Also, thank you to all the teams who participated.
Team A B TOT
1. Minnesota 50 54 104
2. Wisconsin 108 52 160
3. Minnesota 2 94 69 163
4. Miami 76 89 165
5. Wisconsin 2 96 82 178
6. Iowa 51 137 188
7. Hope 157 56 213
8. Michigan State 55 174 229
9. Western Michigan 119 117 236
10. Iowa 2 118 126 244
11. Michigan 2 149 97 246
12. Michigan 115 145 260
13. Carleton 134 147 281
14. Washington 164 168 332
A Division
TOT
1. Minnesota 50 Ben Burgum '04 / Kelly Nichols '04
2. Iowa 51 Josiah Fricton '04 / Kristen Martin del Campo '04
3. Michigan State 55 Mary Vorel '05 / Jaime Ziegler '04
4. Miami 76 Mike Risewick '06 / Eryn Whistler '06
5. Minnesota 2 94 Brian Kerr '04 / Catie Aimilall '04,1-6,9-12;
Andrea Porter '06
6. Wisconsin 2 96 Tim Shea '06 / Jonathon Seltzer '04
7. Wisconsin 108 Jason Strutz '04 / Carolyn Soling '04
8. Michigan 115 Christopher Metcalf '04 / Jen Montry '05
9. Iowa 2 118 Josiah Ball '05, 1-4; Lauren Trolley '05, 5-14 /
Marie Gernes '06, 1-12; Jennifer Springsteen '04
10. Western Michigan 119 Clay Vanderpool '03,1-2,5-6,11-14;Colin Wolf '04,
Dave Brown'04
11. Carleton 134 Chris Reitz '04 / Andy Kleinhesselink '05
12. Michigan 2 149 Elizabeth Wilkie '02 / Scott Brewer '05
13. Hope 157 Abby Kuper '04 /Tyler Thompson '04
14. Washington 164 Vincent Escobedo '04 / Alison Cole '04 1-2,5-8,
11-12; Brendan Watson '04
B Division
TOT
1. Wisconsin 52 Tom ~McGrath '04 / Josie Burmeister '05
2. Minnesota 54 Zach Coelius '04 / Jenny Wilson '06
3. Hope 56 Dave Foster '04 / Brian Isherwood '06
4. Minnesota 2 69 Jim Egberg '04 / Blayne Graves '04, 1-10;
Jeff ~MacPhail '04,11-14
5. Wisconsin 2 82 Dave Meister '03; Amy Schultz '03 / James Dunham
'06; Robin Zitter '05
6. Miami 89 Laura Peters '05 / Christina Peretti '04
7. Michigan 2 97 Caitlin Delphin '06 / Ipek Aktar '04
8. Western Michigan 117 Mitch Polgar '06; Geoff Lindenberg 1-2,5-6,9-10/
Blair Kommel '06
9. Iowa 2 126 Bradly Kosar '03 / Victoria Montano'05
10. Iowa 137 Steve Schmid '06 / Rob Skatrud '06
11. Michigan 145 Dan Whipple '06 / Renee Wrasse '06
12. Carleton 147 Josh Tolkan '05 / Oliver Whitney '05
13. Washington 168 Tate Neilson '04, 1-4,7-14; Brendan Watson '04/
Brittany Kirkland '04, Leah Satlin '05, Tate
Neilson '04
14. Michigan State 174 Corey Schoenherr '06 / John Petry '04
Topics of Special Interest
Tom Martin
As the fall season picks up, teams get busy with the numerous regattas held throughout the MCSA and forget about certain events like the Marquette Women's Regatta. This year that can't happen! We need to encourage the women sailors on your teams to participate in the only women's regatta we have this fall. Teams should give women sailors ample time skippering against the top people on their respective teams as well as giving them an opportunity to race in other co-ed events. This will greatly elevate the level of competition at the all women's events. Teams also need to encourage less experienced women sailors to drive so that they can gain the experience necessary to sail in a competitive women's regatta. All these things will help create a strong, competitive showing at the upcoming Marquette Women's Regatta as well as future women's regattas.
Lastly I want to touch on recruiting sailors for special events (i.e. Sloops and Singlehanded). Singlehanded sailors should definitely have access to their own Laser if your club doesn't own their own because the MCSA Singlehanded Championships require sailors to bring their own boat. Also they should want to designate some of their practice time to sailing Lasers. As for choosing who will sail Sloops, since Sloops is sailed with spinnakers, the sailors should have experience flying, setting, and taking down spinnakers. It is hard to do well in the MCSA Sloop Championships if you don't know how or are just learning how to fly a spinnaker. Also having experience in medium to large dinghies will greatly help because sloops definitely handle differently than small dinghies like 420's and different than a big boats. These few suggestions should help teams choose who will be sailing in next year's qualifiers for nationals.
NOTES FROM THE EXECUTIVE BOARD
Gail Turluck
Team Race Clinic at Michigan will utilize both the 420's and JY-15s. Schools are encouraged to come with a full squad of 3 skippers and 3 crews so they can build their team racing skills as a unit, but incomplete teams will be permitted to attend. There will be racing.
The Intersectional Regatta Coordinator noted that our schools just are not going to out-of-district regattas. We are at risk of losing more berths to other districts due to consistent lack of use and high demand from other districts. Andy Graft of Wisconsin will be the MCSA's representative to the Goodwill Games this year.
ICSA Individual Database has been activated. The MCSA will be adopting its use. For this fall teams will still need to complete Registration Cards in our current system, but are encouraged to have their sailors register on line. The school's advisor will need approve the registrations, just as they have been for the Registration Cards, as the on line system will be used to certify each sailor's status as a student, ability to swim, represent the school, etc. The Graduate Secretary will be sending a mailing directly to the advisors in the near future.
MCSA Dues - With the ICSA dues increase coming up for 2003, the Board is considering how to adjust the MCSA's dues and fees to meet the impending increases.
Finish Line Notes - The Board deleted the Finish Line Notes policy which was adopted in May.
ICSA Hall of Fame – A fund raising campaign lead by the Afterguard continues in support the refit of the ICSA Hall of Fame at the Naval Academy.
2003 ICSA Spring Championships update - Boat purchase program is progressing well. FJ's will come with tennis ball transom plugs, shock cord rudder tie-in, tied in drain plugs, jib sheet Harken ratchet blocks, over transom tiller, boom cheek block forward of outhaul cleat, upgraded bow bumper, heavy duty rub rail. The 420's will come with tennis ball transom plugs, shock cord rudder tie-in, tied in drain plugs, boom cheek block forward of outhaul cleat, 3:1 boom vang, heavy duty rub rail. Stock sails that come with FJs are PCIYRA standard. Reinforced windows are now standard. Housing -Yacht club people are seeking hosts. Michigan has been asked to help coordinate. MCSA sailors from the Grosse Pointe area are sought to help with housing during the event. Banquets are at the yacht clubs.
2003 ICSA Afterguard Regatta @ Detroit YC -Will be a 1 day event on Saturday, June 7. Flying Scots will be used. Any other class that registers gets 5+ boats will get a start. Racing will be in the Detroit River. The day will include a Continental Breakfast, box lunch, and the Banquet in the evening will be combined with the Team Race Championship.
A Tale of Two Districts
Dave Johnson
All American, College Sailor of the Year, National Championship, all of these are what I aspired to be when I was determining what college I wanted to attend. Now that I have finished my college sailing career, I have not earned any of these titles. Instead I have gained the experiences, friendships, and responsibilities that are common to college sailing and how these are related to life. I went to Western Michigan University (WMU) for three years and then transferred to St. Mary's College of Maryland for my final three semesters of eligibility. This is an overview of what I have learned from being in two districts.
As a freshman at WMU, I found a club that was struggling to exist in the Midwest Collegiate Sailing Association (MCSA). There were only four people in the club who wanted to sail competitively. Our team was dysfunctional, unorganized, and poor. Each person was delegated to assist the team in the areas of logistics, politics, boards, and councils so that we could meet our objectives. Each person agreed to determine the days to go sailing and how to get money for the regattas that we wanted to attend. This appeared to be the process that each person in college sailing went through.
The next year, I was MCSA Race Chairman, willing to help the MCSA out in anyway possible. Our team, now 25 strong, achieved order and functionality through the efforts of four or five dedicated individuals. Keeping in touch with each team in the MCSA to coordinate the sanctioned regattas helped me to understand exactly what happened in my team (WMU). If any team had questions, they could come to me and I would attempt to help them. The MCSA Executive Board was a working body that made learning logistics, deadlines, and responsibilities very clear and eye opening. I also held positions as Vice Commodore of our team, and Secretary for our school's Sports Council. All of this led to how sailing and our sport works, but did not help me learn how to become a better racing sailor
In my Junior year our team did amazing things with our university and recognition on campus. WMU became one of the top teams in the district next to Michigan, Northwestern, and Wisconsin. I was elected as the Vice Commodore of the MCSA and President of the Sports Council at WMU. This year my sailing and education took a back seat to councils and boards. To break the chains from all of this responsibility I couldn't stay in the MCSA. I thought why not move to a place where I can concentrate on sailing? How about a college sailing powerhouse? St. Mary's represented an ideal choice.
I transferred to St. Mary's College in the spring of 2001. My coach helped get me up to speed on what sailing is like in MAISA and I went to work to become a better sailor. Finishing up my fifth year of college and eight eligible semesters of ICSA sailing. During my last three semesters I have sailed every day except for Fridays (when we travel) and I have become a sailor that I would not have been able to recognize my freshman year. While I didn't meet the goals I set before my freshman year, I feel that I benefited extensively from college sailing.
College sailing in the MCSA brought me to understand what responsibility is: to your team, your district, but more importantly to your personal life. I met so many people and was in contact with every team that I felt like I knew each of them. I knew how their team worked, I knew how the District worked, and I knew how the District related to the ICSA. With all of this I was able to balance school, learned how to keep my life in order, and still be involved in sailing.
In MAISA I was able to sail every day except for Friday. I was able to sail basically a regatta everyday at practice. Each practice had the intensity that the MCSA would only be able to have on the weekends. I sailed next to All Americans and was coached by some of the most respected coaches in college sailing. This has made me the best sailor that I can be for the time that I have spent here. I am now a 'good' sailor.
The following are things that I got from being in both Districts:
- I was able to create a base of friends. The camaraderie that sailing has produced in my life is one that I will always cherish and return to on the weekends or when I feel down.
- The opportunity to travel and see the country was awesome. Not many people can say that they went to over 50 campuses in their college career.
- When in the MCSA, I learned more about how to be a leader and to run a team. Being political and expressing your needs and desires is very important through your life. It was a lot of work, but it made me who I am today.
- Having the opportunity to change schools and participate on a national championship team gave me the opportunity to learn more about dinghy sailing in one year, than I did in the midwest in 10 years. I know that I can go out into the marine/sailing industry and be very comfortable with my abilities and feel confident that I have a base to build from should I want to sail professionally. If more people can take away some of the lessons I learned from others, than I feel the ICSA is doing its job! Work hard, it will always payoff, but not always in the way you expected it to.
I salute both Districts and the ICSA.
Practice and Team Goals
Diana Mack
This is the time of the year to think about goals. Sit down at a meeting and ask everyone what their goals are and then what they can do to achieve their goals. There should be both individual and team goals. This helps to focus on what the team needs to do to reach the goals. Your team's goals may be to have fun and learn how to sail better or they could be to qualify for nationals. Whatever they are, keeping these goals in mind can help to focus you and your team both at practice and at regattas.
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