Marchiando/ Friis Team Racing Recap

By Kelly Stannard

This weekend Tufts and MIT hosted the Marchiando / Friis Team Race. The Friis was hosted by Tufts on the Mystic Lake in Medford Mass., while the Marchiando was hosted by MIT and sailed on the Charles River in Cambridge Mass. This combined event has a unique, two-venue format. Boston College emerged victorious at the Friis with a record of 12-2, while the University of Rhode Island won the Marchiando with a 12-3 record. 

Photo by Tufts Coach Ken Legler.

Prosser Trophy

By Jake LaDow

The 2012 MAISA Team Race Championship (the Prosser Trophy) began Saturday April 7 at St. Mary’s College. Leading up to the event, many of the teams’ practices and preparation had intensified with goals of earning a berth to the 2012 Team Race National Championship. Much was on the line this weekend as only the top three teams are eligible to represent MAISA. After two long and tense days, St. Mary’s won the event with a 13-4 record, Hobart placed second by holding a 12-5 record and Georgetown’s record of 11-6 was good enough to edge out Navy for third place and the last MAISA berth to Nationals. These three teams will advance to the ICSA Team Race Nationals in June at the University of Texas.

Photo by St. Mary's alumni Franny Kupersmith.

Daily Lift

A rainy day idea for Junior Sailing programs: Make your own Burgee! You'll need some pre-cut triangles of paper or cloth and colored markers. Ask your sailors to create their own burgee for their boat, their class, for a team or for the junior program. You can make it a competition!

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Y’s protest is disallowed.  X does not break rule 31, Touching a Mark, because she does not touch the mark.  The definition of Mark reads. “An anchor line and objects attached temporarily or accidentally to a mark are not part of it.”  Furthermore, X does not propel herself by pulling on the anchor line; therefore she does not break rule 42, Propulsion. 

Chalk Talk Episode 4

Sit back and enjoy this week's episode filled to the brim with regatta highlights from last weekend, Sailing World Rankings, post season prognostications, Better Know A District, and more! Chris Love and Jane Macky bring it all to you with the help of a long list of contributors this week.

Don't forget, the team with the most US Sailing college members wins Sperry Top-Siders for everyone! Visit us at http://ussailing.org/college to sign up.

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A race committee boat is anchored at the port end of the starting line.  Boat X starts and immediately catches the race committee boat’s anchor line on her centerboard.  Reacting quickly, X’s helmsman heels the boat while her crew goes to leeward, pushes the anchor line down and frees it from the centerboard.  X does not touch the committee boat, nor does she do a turn after the incident.  Boat Y protests.  You are on the protest committee; how would you decide this? Come back tomorrow for the answer!

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Paul Young recommend that classes should create online payment systems. Make life easy. Invest in an online payment system for club/class dues, fees, etc.  More people will sign up, if you make it easy.

Southern New England Team Race Report

By Kelly Stannard

The Yale University Bulldogs won the 2012 Southern New England Team Race (SNETR) this weekend hosted by Connecticut College on the Thames River in New London, Conn. Twelve teams from four conferences competed, one full round robin was completed on Saturday with a top six and bottom six round taking place on Sunday.

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Did you know that over 3,500 young sailors competed in 25 sanctioned US Sailing Junior Olympic Sailing Festivals in 2011?

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Jessica Mohler reminds you, there is no one right way to develop a strong foundation for your children. By thinking about the values and ideals you want your child to build through the sport of sailing, you can be more confident that you are making the right decisions for YOUR family.