October 2004 Tell Tale
Volume 58, Number 4 October 2004
Fall Fury Intersectional
University of Wisconsin-Madison
September 11-12, 2004
Saturday greeted sailors with sunshine and 80 degree weather in beautiful Madison, Wisconsin. Winds were shifty and out of the South/Southwest at 7-10 MPH. Eight races were sailed in both divisions. Competitors sailed modified triangle 2's, WL 2's, and olympic courses. No protests were filed. Sunday's conditions were unfortunately not as favorable. No consistent breeze filled before 1pm and no races were sailed. Thank you to Warren Wong, George Griswold and Mike Barnett for serving as Judges, and to David Porter and Peter Lundt as PRO's.
A B TOT
1. Minnesota 22 9 31
2. Wisconsin 31 17 48
3. Ohio 32 31 63
4. Michigan State 36 35 71
5. St. Thomas 32 52 84
6. Marquette 29 80 109
7. Miami of Ohio 61 53 114
8. Indiana 56 63 119
9. Iowa State 88 45 133
10. Iowa 69 67 136
11. Hope 72 77 149
A Division
TOT
1. Minnesota 22 Ben Burgham 05 1-6 Jess Haverstock 08 7-8/
Jess Haverstock 08 1-6 Ben Burgham 05 7-8
2. Marquette 29 Chris Acker 07/ Michelle Lorenz 08 Wis
3. Wisconsin 31 Matt Schmidt 07/ Kelsey Cramer 07
4. Ohio 32 Karl Felger 06/ Anna Rice 05
5. St. Thomas 32 Dan Shinozaki 05/ Danielle Lindeman 06
6. Michigan State 36 Mary Vorel 05/ Meghan Walter 06
7. Indiana 56 Mike Schmid 06/ Jen Gaker 05
8. Miami of Ohio 61 Jocelyn Pollak 07/ Jane Ventresca 06
9. Iowa 69 Lauren Trolley 06/ Lindsey Schneider 06
10. Hope 72 Robert Croswell 07 / Charlie Sierzant 07
11. Iowa State 88 Elias Otdoerfer 06/ Nick Bowman 06
B Division
TOT
1. Minnesota 9 Mark Dunsworth 06/ Jenny Wilson 06
2. Wisconsin 17 Scott Eisenhardt 06/ Anna Bargren 07
3. Ohio 31 Mark Paisley 05/ Eric Milliman 07
4. Michigan State 35 Laura Schmidt 06/ Lindsey Vickers 08
5. Iowa State 45 Scott Little 06/ Sean Smith 08
6. St. Thomas 52 Jackson Dalton 06/ Blake Arnold 06
7. Miami of Ohio 53 Matt Rush 07 1,2,5,6 Chris
Mack 08 3,4,7,8 Abby Heckler 07
1,2,5,6 Niki Andersen 06 3,4,7,8
8. Indiana 63 Lucy Kammer 08/ Buzz Fennell 06 1,2,5,6
Kiki Kapral 07 3,4
9. Iowa 67 Steve Schmid 06/ Vicky Montano 05
Leah Israel 06
10. Hope 77 Christine Dostal 06 1-4 Brian
Taherwood 06 5-8
Trinity Scurto 05 1-4 Nathan
DeYoung 07 5-8
11. Marquette 80 Margaret Swartwout 08 1,2,5,6
Ben Dicky 08 Wis Ben Dickey 08
Wis 1,2,5,6 Margaret Swartwout 08
Harken Clinic To Be Held
October 23-24, 2004
This year's Harken Clinic will be at Western Michigan and will feature Kevin Jewett who is a former St. Mary's College of Maryland All American Sailor. He will be supported by a cast of assistants including Bill Goggins, Marketing Manager for Harken and a former MCSA sailor from Marquette. Great lengths have been made to arrange for enough power boats so that on the water coaching can occur. All common coaching aids including videotaping and written materials will be used.
This year's theme will be "Boat Handling". The goals are to teach the participants how to improve the way they do roll tacks and roll jibes, as well as some of the finer points to get the most out of your boat on a given tack or jibe. Techniques of how to measure your boat speed improvement will be presented. The general emphasis will be not only on how to improve your own performance, but how to teach others on your team how to improve.
This year's format will give some flexibility for those who want to learn about the subtleties of the common collegiate boats sailed in the MCSA as 420's, FJ's and Lasers will all be used.
The Harken Clinic this year will be for all levels of sailors. Teams are encouraged to bring their best sailors o that they can get the scoop on how to go fast enough to do well in intersectional regattas. The needs of intermediate and lower level sailors will also be addressed in an effort to make it possible for them to begin to challenge the best sailors in the District.
This year's Harken Clinic should be the best ever - make sure that you and your team attend. Let's get the whole District sailing FAST.
Harry Anderson Trophy
Hosted by Yale University
September 4th & 5th, 2004
On Saturday, we had a light to moderate breeze with a bit of chop, which often made sailing conditions trying. Nevertheless, it was a beautiful day for sailing. Sunday brought cooler temperatures and while it started off light, the wind built as the day progressed, causing many teams, for the final few races, to put in their heavies. Over the two days many different conditions tested the competitors. Eleven races, either course-4s or course-5s, were run.
School A B Total
1) Boston College 80 74 154
2) St. Mary's 58 100 158
3) Connecticut Col. 122 50 172
4) Yale 81 93 174
5) Dartmouth 66 109 175
6) Tufts 104 75 179
7) Kings Point 89 129 218
8) MIT 98 125 223
9) Harvard 91 135 226
10) UC/Irvine 87 154 241
11) Washington Col. 143 110 253
12) Brown 158 99 257
13) Navy 153 126 279
14) Stanford 153 131 284
15) URI 157 135 292
16) Coast Guard 172 140 312
17) Roger Williams 178 148 326
18) Mass Maritime 151 176 327
19) U. Vermont 190 173 363
20) Wisconsin 184 187 371
21) Citadel 181 202 383
22) Boston Univ. 161 234 395
23) Bowdoin 222 184 406
24) Maine Maritime 232 237 469
Sailing for Wisconsin:
A Division
Matt Schmidt '07
Kelsey Cramer '07
B Division
Anne Porter '05 (1-6)/ Scott Eisenstat '06 (7-11)
Anna Bargren '07 (1-8)/James Dunham '06 (9-11)
Boiler Cup
Purdue University - W. Lafayette
September 11-12
Sun and mid-eighty degree weather greeted the sailors on Saturday. However the wind was a painful 2-3 mph from the South. Four races were sailed in the A division and 3 races were sailed in the B division. All WL's were sailed. No protests were filed. The fourth A Division race was discarded according to the ICSA Procedural Rules.
Sunday's conditions were less favorable than Saturday and no races were sailed. Thank you to Everette Mills for serving as judge and to Tom Mitchell and Chris Murray as PRO's.
A B TOT
1. Purdue 1 5 7 12
2. Washington U 5 10 15
3. Michigan State U 8 10 18
4. Purdue 2 20 7 27
5. W Michigan U 1 15 18 33
6. W Michigan U 2 16 21 43
7. Denison 18 22 40
8. IUPUI 27 16 43
9. John Carroll U 22 24 46
A Division
1. Purdue 5 Carlos Abisambra 06/Jose Cuadra 06
2. Washington U 5 Frank Beling 08/Graham Walker 06
3. Michigan State U 8 Mills Forni 08/Arne Thielenhaus 07.=20
4. W Michigan U 1 15 Geoff Lindenberg 06/Brian Seavitt 07
5. W Michigan U 2 16 Chris Koch 07/Emily Freed 07
6. Purdue 2 20 Sean Kennedy 06/Staci Mattox 06 1-3
Kevin Catter 06 4
7. Denison 18 Abigail Bacon 05 1-2,Jason Ginler 08
3-4 B. Tyler Blair 07 1-2,
Kevin Christner 08 3-4
8. John Carroll U 22 Pat Feeley 05/Bob Maxwell 06
9. IUPUI 27 Ryan Widau 05/ Britney Fleck 07 1-4
B Division
1. Purdue 1 7 Matt Conrad 07/Adam Naramore 06
2. Purdue 2 7 Charles Rush/Jessica Torres 07
3. Washington U 10 Jon Levine 06/Saurabh Anand 07
4. Michigan State U 10 Michael Fong 07 1-2 Ryan Gates 07 3-4
Richard Manner 08 1-2 James Hook 06 3
5. IUPUI 16 Katie Ochs 06/Jon Storer 06
6. W Michigan U 1 18 Nick Sundstom 06/Ken Milker 06
7. W Michigan U 2 21 Scott Cesar 06/Chris Pedeu 07 1-2
Kelly 07 3-4
8. Denison 22 William Bonin 08/Kathryn Kramer 06
9. John Carroll U 24 Michelle Mirowski 06/Katy Lloyd 06
PINE TROPHY
At Coast Guard
September 11-12, 2004
Seven races were held in J-22's on Saturday in a northerly breeze; Sunday no wind and the competitors were released by 1:30. Judges: Sue Riley and Pat Dillon; no protests; one breakdown
TEAM Total
Charleston 18 Blake Kimbrough '05/Jose Fuentes
'06/Brendan Healy '0
Coast Guard 25 Matt Sexton '06/Chris Greenough
'07/Mallorie Schell '07
Kings Point 26 Austin Howell '05/Ryan Mulvania
'06/Keegan Dolg '07
Brown 28 Charles Enright '07/Ward Young
'05/Keith Putnam-Delaney
Dartmouth 31 Erik Jophnson '06/Karl Johnson
'06/Emily East '06
Tufts 37 Ian Beam '06/Stephen Cot
'07/Duncan Kopp '07
Hobart 37 Brian Clancy '07/Zach Goldman
'06/Nate Owen '07
Michigan State 55 Rob Linden '06/Steve Griffith
'08/Casey Ray '08
URI 59 Kyle Wilson '05/Paul Simas
'05/Greg Seekel '04
Fordham 65 Anne-Marie Martin '08/Graham Farrell
'07/Jacqueline
Spartan Singles 2004
Hosted by Michigan State University
and Lansing Sail Club
September 18 - 19, 2004
Saturday: The clouds disappeared quickly as the sun shined brightly on the lake while the wind toyed with the race committee from 0-4 knots. Only 3 Windward-Leeward races were sailed in the fluky conditions. Racers who were not in college also raced during the event to provide a wide range of competition. Racing concluded for the day at 2:30pm due to lack of wind.
Sunday: Racers had to wait for the morning fog to clear away before the wind picked up to approximately 3-8 knots from the Southeast around 10am with sunny skies. Only collegiate sailors remained for Sunday's racing as scheduled. Six more races were sailed today, all Windward-Leeward courses. Many thanks to all who volunteered from Lansing Sail Club to run races, especially Pat Dolan and Mike Moody. Even some who had been racing on Saturday switched from sailors to race committee today. Thanks to Mike Fong for doing all the scoring for the regular and collegiate events. George Griswold was available as a judge, thank you so much for being at our event-no protests were filed. Thanks to the rest of the MSU Sailing Team for providing dock and shore support.
TOT
1. Purdue 2 27 Carlos Abisambra '06
2. Michigan State 2 32 Casey Ray '08
3. Notre Dame 1 38 Tim Roy '08
4. Univ. of Mich. 40 David Ellis '06
5. Notre Dame 2 48 Chris May '08
6. Michigan State 1 55 Mary Vorel '05
7. Michigan State 6 71 Mills Forni '08
8. Purdue 1 89 Charles Rush '06
9. Western Michigan 2 93 Geoffery Lindenberg '06
10. Western Michigan 1 96 Kirk Pettinga '08
11. Michigan State 4 100 Steve Griffith '08
12. Northwestern 103 Don Thinschmidt '07
13. Purdue 3 107 Staci Mattox '07
14. Hope College 127 Drew Wierda '08
15. Ohio University 1 142 Karl Felger '06
16. Michigan State 5 148 Andy Schiller '08
17. Michigan State 3 165 Arne Thielenhaus '07
18. Ohio University 2 169 Anna Rice '05
Midwinter Meeting Bids
The MCSA is accepting bids from schools to host the 2005 Midwinter meeting on either of the first two weekends in February. These bids will be considered at the next Executive Board meeting. Bids should conform to the specifications which can be found on the MCSA website www.mcsasail.org in the Policy Handbook section of the Blackbook. Bids should be submitted to Paul Kobs before the meeting on November 13th, 2004.
Nevins Trophy Regatta
U.S. Merchant Marine Academy
September 18-19, 2004
Saturday-No racing 25-35 knots, huge waves, lots of rain Sunday- Breeze 20-25 gusts to 30 North/Northeast, lots of capsizes, BKD's, DNF's, DNS's and RDG's. Five races were sailed in each Division. Five modified triangles were sailed in each division. V-15's with FJ mains were sailed for A and B. No FJ's were used. C-division-Lasers Boston College wins the Nevins for the first time.
A B C TOT
1. Boston College 30 16 14 60
2. St. Mary's 30 16 21 67
3. Georgetown 42 30 11 83
4. Dartmouth 13 39 46 98
5. Washington Col. 21 26 53 100
6. Hobart/WmSmith 38 44 21 103
7. USMMA-K P 57 18 29 104
8. Harvard 42 44 47 133
9. Connecticut Col. 23 47 69 139
10. Rhode Island 55 59 26 140
11. Old Dominion 55 44 42 141
12. Coast Guard 61 36 53 150
13. Navy 62 55 35 152
14. MIT 33 66 58 157
15. Charleston 52 55 54 161
16. Michigan 80 74 76 230
17. Maryland 84 69 100 253
18. Cornell 86 77 101 264
19. Princeton 88 91 101 280
20. Miami/Ohio 93 87 104 284
A Division
16. Michigan 80 Matt Vanderlpool 06/
Meredith Cochran 06
20. Miami/Ohio 93 Matt Rush 07/Drew Polminski
08, Abby Heckler 07
B Division
17. Michigan 74 Chris Granger 07/
Dan Martinez 06
19. Miami/Ohio 87 Jocelyn Pollack 07/
Doug Baker 08
C Division
16. Michigan 76 Christina Falcone 07
20. Miami/Ohio 104 Nicole Finefrock 05
Regatta Evaluation Forms
There is a new Regatta Evaluation form on the MCSA Website under "Forms". If you fill it out it will be sent directly to the person who will tabulate the results for the Woodward Trophy given for the Best MCSA regatta of the year. It is important that each team evaluate each regatta so that future regattas can be improved.
The rules are the same as are expressed in the MCSA Policy Handbook which can be found on the MCSA Website www.mcsasail.org under the Black Book on the home page. In general only one form will be accepted per team. In order to qualify for the award a regatta must have had 5 or more schools attending of which 75% or more complete a form. Further to count 80% of the form must be completed.
When thinking about the regattas, please complete one form for EACH of those regattas that your team attended last spring before this new system was in place. Only if you participate will there be a Best Regatta Award for 2004.
Carin Streufert Memorial Team Race
Hosted by the University of Minnesota
and the Lake Minnetonka Sailing School
held out of the Wayzata Yacht Club
September 18-19, 2004
Saturday: The winds started in the morning at 5 kts and grew in until the end of the day at a steady 15 kts out of the southwest. 36 races between 9 teams were run. A full round robin was completed using modified port triangles and two fleets of boats.
Sunday: Racers were greeted with 10 kts of breeze out of the southwest. First race was a sail off between St Thomas and Marquette for the gold/silver fleet split Marquette won. Single Silver 6 round robin was completed and two Gold 4 round robins were completed. No protests were filed.
The U of M team would like to thank PRO Paul Kobs and his team for running 84 races over the two days. We would like to thank Cappy Capper and Brent Ostbye for help with organization, Jonathan Held for providing an extra safety boat and our scorers Ariell Bachman and Anne Scheuerman. Thank to the parents of Jenny Wilson and Alex Symes for helping with lunch.
Gold:
Minnesota Maroon 13-1
Wisconsin White 10-4
Wisconsin Red 8-6 (Women's Team)
Marquette 5-9
Silver
St Thomas 9-3
Wisconsin Freshman 7-3
Minnesota Gold 3-9(20 pts vs Carleton)
Carleton 3-9 (22 pts vs Gold)
Iowa 0-12
*Carleton and Minnesota Gold both won once head to head.
Minnesota Maroon:
Skippers: Alexander Symes, Ben Burgum, Marke Dunsworth
Crew: Jennifer Wilson, Jessica Haverstock, Andrea Porter
Wisconsin White:
Skippers: Mathew Schmitdt, James Dunham, Joe Zechlinski,
Schott Eisenhardt, Aaron Mann, Tom McGrath
Crew: Jen Conant, Jake Fishman, Missy Barry, Michelle Lorenz
Wisconsin Red:
Skippers: Liz Prange, Anne Porter, Anna Bargen, Teresa
Phillips, Amy Schultz
Crew: Kelsey Cramer, Anna Bargen, Anne Porter, Teresa
Phillips, Amy Schultz
Marquette:
Skippers: Hunter Ratliff, Christopher Williams, Cate Muller
Crew: James Blackwood, Renee M Jacobs, Eric D Orzechowski (Iowa)
St Thomas:
Skippers: Dan Shinozaki, Parker Zanios, Lindsay Allen
Crew: Jackson Dalton, Rachel Leadens, Nate Owens
Wisconsin Freshman:
Skippers: Rob S Pickens, Anders S Hester, Tristan T Sather,
Patricia K Schmidt
Crew: Ben W Dickey, Brianne M Zechlinski, Micheal
W Stephenson, W. Brett Christiansen
Minnesota Gold:
Skippers: Carolyn Krech, Jordan Jones, Dave Elsmo
Crew: Rebecca Mitchell, Sarah Gross, Oren Lambert
Carleton:
Skippers: Chris H Reitz, Josh Tolken, Julia Tuichell,
Tony Adler
Crew: Charles Swietzer, Rob Evans, Gaeten Damberg-Ott,
Catherin Courcy, Andy Klientheschomik
Iowa:
Skippers: Josiah Ball, Leah Isreal, John Phelps
Crew: Brad Maier, Lindsey Schneider, Suzan Hamm
Jesuit School Invitational & Championship
September 25-26, 2004
Fordham University
Regatta Highlights - Racing took place in Western Long Island Sound off Morris Yacht & Beach Club on City Island in the Bronx, NY. A steady and consistent southerly provided 10-12 knot breezes throughout the day on Saturday resulting in 22 races being sailed. On Sunday, B division got in two races in a dying northwesterly breeze before the regatta was curtailed due to a lack of wind. On land highlights included compliments on the homemade cream cheese and chives, which came with the delicious bagels from H&H on Second Avenue, and the tasty New England clam chowder and Italian bread, from Tito Puentes on City Island, which was served at the end of the competition. This was the 24th Jesuit School regatta since 1955 and the third since it was resurrected in 2002. Congratulations to Georgetown for making it three in a row. In addition to having its name engraved on the perpetual trophy, which is on display at the Vincent T. Lombardi Memorial Center on the Rose Hill campus of Fordham University, Georgetown got to return home with the "keeper" plaque, which is passed on to the winner each year.
There were 12 races in each division. School Georgetown 31 Fordham 69 Villanova 84 Marquette 57 +40 A Division 1. Georgetown 16 Seamus Kraft ' 07 & Emily Siguler ' 07 2. Villanova 37 Matt Griffin ' 07 & Christine Brooks ' 05 3. Fordham 41 Anne-Marie Martin ' 08 & Katie Murphy ' 06 4. Marquette 27+20 Hunter Rutcliff ' 05 & Cate Muller ' 06 B Division 1. Georgetown 15 Zack Kavanaugh ' 08 & Leigh Fogwell ' 08 2. Fordham 28 Matt Grinder ' 06 & Lily Caldwell ' 07 3. Villanova 47 Ryan Walsh ' 05 & Thomas Baker ' 06 4. Marquette 30+20 Chris Williams ' 05 & Katie O'Malley ' 07 Marquette failed to sign their RP form. (A.C.)
2004 MCSA Sloop Championship
Detroit Yacht Club
September 25-26, 2004
Saturday: The racing was in Flying Scots provided by the Detroit Yacht Club and the Edison Yacht Club. The weather was on the chilly side with temperatures in the high 60's. The wind was about 8-12 from the west causing the course to be set crossing the river. The races were modified windward-leewards with the first race being four laps. Races 2-5 were reduced to 3 laps and races 6-8 were reduced further to two laps as the wind lightened. Minnesota's jib halyard and forestay both failed at the same time causing their boat to lose its mast in Race 2. There were three other breakdowns. Five protests were filed. Three protests were withdrawn, one was disallowed and one resulted Denison's disqualification in Race 5.
Sunday: The fleet was sent out for a 9:30 sequence, but received a postponement instead. While the wind was filling it was necessary to anchor to prevent being carried down stream to Ohio. At about 11:15 race 9 was started in a breeze of 5-8, just enough to comfortably make it to the weather mark for a two lap windward-leeward. Races 10-11 went well in a shifty but slightly building breeze using the same course. There was one protest which was determined to be invalid as the hail of Protest was not loud enough to be heard.
The PRO was Ed Theisen of the Detroit Yacht Club. The Jury was George Griswold, Ed Olsen and Ed Theisen All US Sailing Judges. Al Ministerman and other members of the Detroit Yacht Club kept the boats repaired.
TOT
1. Ohio University 41 Karl Felger 06/Mark Paisley 05,
Eric Millman 07
2. Michigan 46 Chris Granger 07/Tom Martin 05,
Jeff Spearin 05
3. Minnesota 47 Ben Burgum 04/Alex Symes 04,
Mark Dunsworth 06
4. Purdue 49 Carlos Alisambra 06/Matt Conrad 07,
Carlie Rush 06
5. Northwestern 50 Ward Detwiler 06/Brian Sabina 05(1-8),
Lindsey Duda 05, Jack McCallum(9-11)
6. Wisconsin 73 Matt Schmidt 07/Kelsey Cramer 07
(1-3,7-8, 9-10),Andy Muller 07(1-11),
Tim Shay(4-6, 9-11), Tom McGrath 05 (8,11)
7. Miami - Ohio 76 Nicole Finefrock 05/Jocelyn Pollak
07, Chris Mack 08
8. Michigan State 77 Michael Fong 07/Mills Forni 08,
Richard Manner 08
9. Western Michigan 82 Geoffrey Lindenberg 06/Nick Sundstrom
06, Chris Koch 07
10. Indiana 101 Lucy Krammer 08/Jen Gaker 05,
Kiki Kappal 07
11. Denison 101 Abigail Bacon 05/Kevin Moritz 05,
Evan Velleman 08
12. Hope 104 Robert Crosswell 07(1-3,7-8, 11),Marc
Palma 06(4-6, 9-10)/Trinity Scurto 05
(1-2,7-10),Christine Dostal 06
(4-6, 11), Charlie Seizerant 07 all
Sportsmanship Award
It is that time of year when teams should be thinking about individuals to nominate for the MCSA Sportsmanship award. Sportsmanship is easily recognized; you know it when you see it. Acts of sportsmanship don't have to be dramatic; often they are the little things that make the difference in our sport. If you know of an individual who is worthy of this award on a District basis, you should seek out the Nomination Form under "Forms" on the MCSA website www.mcsasail.org home page and fill out. The neat thing is that with the new website you can submit it electronically.
2004 Davis Cup Regatta
University of Iowa
September 25th-26th
The 2004 Davis Cup Regatta at Lake Mac Bride? began at 11:30 on Saturday morning due to lack of wind. Eleven schools attended, with thirteen boats on the starting line. The weather was sunny and warm with temperatures reaching 74 degrees (F). The winds only reached 5 mph and the winds remained shifty throughout the entire day. Only four races were completed (2 A-fleet and 2 B-fleet). Courses sailed included triangles and windward-leeward. Sunday's races also got a late start due to a very glassy lake. At around 10 some wind was seen and the races started at 10:30. It was a beautiful day. No clouds in the sky and a high temperature of 76 degrees. The winds only reached a high of 3 mph. Only small parts of the lake were recieving winds, and as a result, only two races (the last 2 B-fleets) were accomplished. Around 12:00 the wind died and we decided to call it a day. Iowa would like to thank the race committee of Joe Fricton and Jennifer Springsteen, and Bill Budelier for single-handedly dealing with any protests. We'd also like to say a big thank you to all of the teams who participated.
A B TOT
1. Michigan State 9 10 19
2. Washington U. 11 15 26
3. Wisconsin 28 11 39
4. Minnesota 22 17 39
5. St. Thomas 14 38 52
6. Indiana 16 40 56
7. Iowa 26 32 58
8. Michigan State 2 39 21 60
9. Purdue 43 18 61
10. Michigan 32 34 66
11. Carleton 39 35 74
12. Iowa State 33 47 80
13. Illinois 52 46 98
The list of registered participants was not available at the time of original publication. The list will be added to the website versions as soon as it is available.
G.H.G.
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