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And More Results Are In....

  Check out the JSA website for all results throughout the summer!  

 

 This week kicked off a lot of events for the JSA. Everyones doing their part to jump into the season, even if the weather has been quite tricky, it still is that time of the year again!

 Kicking off the Opti game was the Shelter Island Yacht Club Opti-A Regatta on Tuesday the 7th. The racing started out in a 10-12 knot breeze and looked as though it would build. During the white fleet race the wind really picked up, and out of 38 boats only 7 finished! The winds whipped up to 17 knots creating a field of daggerboards sticking in the air. White fleet sailors were towed in while the red and blue fleet sailed one more race together. Everyone got in just in time for a major Shelter Island storm to come rolling in. The kids had fun thought and no one was hurt, not even an Opti!

Here are the results from SIYC

                                                                                 Shelter Island Yacht Club                                                                       

                                                                                SIYC 09 Opti Invitational 7/7/09 

                                                                                                  July 7,2009 

                                                                                              Show Red Fleet 

                                                                                           SERIES SUMMARY 

Pl Sail # Name From Flt 1 2Total 

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1 17643Roger Dorr PWYC Red 1 1 2 

2 14777Katharina Knapp CSH Red 2 4 6 

3 13431Matthew Lyons PWYC Red 4 3 7 

4 13195Christopher Lane SIYC Red 5 6 11 

5 12391Alexander King SIYC Red 9 5 14 

6 12575Elizabeth Einhaus PWYC Red 10 8 18 

7 14591Elizabeth Eastman SEAW Red 12 12 24 

8 17118Mariella Rutigliano SEAW Red 11 14 25 

9 11486Peter Sterflinger CYC Red 6 24 30 

10 16559Matthew Harris PWYC Red 17 13 30 

11 14989Allie Maurillo SIYC Red 8 25 33 

12 9906Alexandra Andromidas PWYC Red 20 19 39 

13 9594Katherine Andromidas PWYC Red 34 9 43 

14 14660Erin Condon PWYC Red 44 21 65 

15 10594Kristen Henne PWYC Red 38 27 65 

16 1451Gavin Trepeta SIYC Red 49 40 89 

17 15456Laila Morgan CSH Red 26104\DNC 130 

18 11671Alexandra Gallo PWYC Red 27104\DNC 131 

19 11820Gerard Callan CYC Red 31104\DNC 135 

20 16682Jack Egan PWYC Red 104\DNC 104\DNC 208T 

21 11113Nicholas Cataldo PWYC Red 104\DNC 104\DNC 208T 

                                                                                     

                                                                                     Shelter Island Yacht Club                                                                       

                                                                                 SIYC 09 Opti Invitational 7/7/09 

                                                                                         Show Blue Fleet 

                                                                                            SERIES SUMMARY 

Pl Sail # Name From Flt 1 2Total 

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1 16484Sean Cornell CSH Blue 3 2 5 

2 12839John Sommi SIYC Blue 7 7 14 

3 17144Danielle Rutigliano SEAW Blue 13 10 23 

4 7214Timothy Johnson CYC Blue 16 11 27 

5 9628Matthew Modelewski CYC Blue 18 15 33 

6 15302Daniel Sullivan Southold Blue 14 20 34 

7 17296Thomas Pluchino CYC Blue 19 16 35 

8 16356Gerard Eastman SEAW Blue 23 17 40 

9 14282Antonia Bentel SEAW Blue 21 23 44 

10 16718Stephen Gallo PWYC Blue 15 30 45 

11 10849Claire Glenn SEAW Blue 22 29 51 

12 6549Edward Lebens SEAW Blue 35 22 57 

13 6399Struan Coleman SIYC Blue 29 28 57 

14 9463Meredith Gallo PWYC Blue 40 18 58 

15 12134Malcom Kriegel SIYC Blue 24 37 61 

16 16705Howie Curd PWYC Blue 36 26 62 

17 10211Shannon Guyer Southold Blue 32 34 66 

18 17143Charlie Zaloom Old Cove Blue 28 39 67 

19 8330Kenny Preston Southold Blue 30 38 68 

20 17803Jake Scheblein SEAW Blue 25 44 69 

21 13681Max Mitchell SIYC Blue 41 31 72 

22 16268 Cristiano Kusner SIYC Blue 39 36 75  

23 8510Lindsay Gallo PWYC Blue 33 43 76 

24 9820Jacob Hagler SIYC Blue 46 33 79 

25 15769Henri Champigneulle SIYC Blue 48 35 83 

26 7310Adrienne Bielawski SEAW Blue 42 41 83 

27 9230Maghnus Maraneck SIYC Blue 53 32 85 

28 15389Steven Honig Old Cove Blue 37104\DNC 141 

29 16643Erin Lyons PWYC Blue 104\DNC 42 146 

30 11781Ella Simkins CYC Blue 43104\DNC 147 

31 16746Matthew Millkey NORP Blue 45104\DNC 149 

32 6938Kayla Mckenna CYC Blue 47104\DNC 151 

33 13724Ethan Klaris SIYC Blue 52104\DNF 156 

34 13822George Haggar SIYC Blue 58104\DNS 162 

35 14368Scott Hatch NORP Blue 104\DNC 104\DNC 208T 

36 12901Lillian Kennedy PWYC Blue 104\DNC 104\DNC 208T 

37 14844Peter Reis PWYC Blue 104\DNC 104\DNC 208T 

38 13338Ronan Guyer Southold Blue 104\DNC 104\DNC 208T 

39 16125William Charon SEAW Blue 104\DNC 104\DNC 208T 

40 10373Kate Burns CYC Blue 104\DNC 104\DNC 208T 

41 2916Ella Dyett SIYC Blue 104\DNC 104\DNC 208T 

42 14780Andrew Sudol SIYC Blue 104\DNC 104\DNC 208T 

43 10448Owen Trepeta SIYC Blue 104\DNC 104\DNC 208T 

                                                                                  

                                                                                    Shelter Island Yacht Club                                                                    

                                                                                SIYC 09 Opti Invitational 7/7/09 

                                                                                            Show White Fleet 

                                                                                           SERIES SUMMARY 

Pl Sail # Name From Fleet 1Total 

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1 12716Will Maurillo SIYC White 50 50 

2 10900Blake Sommi SIYC White 51 51 

3 11759Michael Benacerraf SIYC White 54 54 

4 1027Gerald Moran NORP White 55 55 

5 7648Derek Branch NORP White 56 56 

6 14635Rachel Glackin CYC White 57 57 

7 13725Lena Scarpulla CYC White 59 59 

8 15859Jed Cogan SIYC White 104\DNC 104T 

9 11766Harry Hodkinson SIYC White 104\DNC 104T 

10 16691Charles Huschle SIYC White 104\DNC 104T 

11 6586Maya Klaris SIYC White 104\DNC 104T 

12 897Mary Massey SIYC White 104\DNC 104T 

13 10631Bennett Kudder SEAW White 104\DNC 104T 

14 7Graham Moore SIYC White 104\DNC 104T 

15 15045Thomas O'Shea SIYC White 104\DNC 104T 

16 11836John Patrick Panarella SIYC White 104\DNC 104T 

17 16165Christopher Pendleton SIYC White 104\DNC 104T 

18 11148Daniel Reich SIYC White 104\DNC 104T 

19 16962Malcom Shaw SIYC White 104\DNC 104T 

20 7570Katarina Catallo PWYC White 104\DNC 104T 

21 10993Morgan Van Kesteren SIYC White 104\DNF 104T 

22 6950Nathaniel Winters SIYC White 104\DNC 104T 

23 4523Tiki Wojcik SIYC White 104\DNC 104T 

24 2416Lena Wolf SIYC White 104\DNC 104T 

25 13109Charlie Bresnahan SIYC White 104\DNC 104T 

26 15823George Dunhill SIYC White 104\DNC 104T 

27 5598Alec Montgomery SIYC White 104\DNC 104T 

28 11091Will Celiberti SIYC White 104\DNC 104T 

29 16650Isa Skibeli SIYC White 104\DNC 104T 

30 11John Woodward SIYC White 104\DNC 104T 

31 3340Jonathan Callan CYC White 104\DNC 104T 

32 11306James Cameron CYC White 104\DNC 104T 

33 10581Jack Glenn SEAW White 104\DNC 104T 

34 12823Mark Rafuse CYC White 104\DNC 104T 

35 5726Oscar Champigneulle SIYC White 104\DNC 104T 

36 10388Rob Windsor CYC White 104\DNC 104T 

37 16084Mairead Higgins Old Cove White 104\DNC 104T 

38 11211Anna Spiro Old Cove White 104\DNC 104T 

  -- Another regatta that made a splash this week was Eastern Districts at Norwalk Yacht Club on Wednesday the 8th. The breeze was pretty fluky all day but they had better luck than the West, getting three races completed. The RC made note of a couple things. First being that most of the sailors were very polite, giving thanks to the RC after each race. Nice Guys! BUT unfortunately some instructors were seen not wearing their PFD correctly. Uh-Oh, some people are in the Dog House! Lastly, the absence of any Bluejays from participating has forced the RC to drop Bluejays from the NOR/SI! Very sad indeed.  

Here are the results from NORW

Norwalk Yacht Club 

2009 Eastern Districts 

July 8, 2009 

Skipper Crew 

Sail No. Last Name First Name Last Name First NameClub RACE 1 RACE 2 RACE 3 TOTAL PLACE 

PIXEL OPEN CLASS 

58 Simmonds Morgan Sallick Greer PYC 1 1 3 5 1 

109 Clarke Bridget Forst Karl PYC 3 2 4 9 2 

33 Collins Patrick Fisher John NORO 6 4 1 11 3 

112 Schaefer Allison Gordon Isabelle CPYC 4 6 5 15 4 

89 Sickinger Benjamin Nestor Peter NORO 13 3 2 18 5 

30 Cochran Christian Cochran Colin NORO 5 7 11 23 6 

70 Rogers Sara Hopper Alexa RYC 11 8 7 26 7 

67 Baxter Claire McCool Callie RYC 14 5 9 28 8 

189 Kasper Connor Hilton Alec BRYC 2 14 13 29 9 

78 Manning James Nixon Allie NORW 7 13 10 30 10 

48 Blair Glen Korus Jake PYC 8 15 8 31 11 

3 Duffy Shannon Haranzo JacquelineNORO 15 11 6 32 12 

94 Meskers Victoria Saichin Alexandra RPYC 12 9 12 33 13 

50 Hedley Christopher Fett Holden BHC 9 10 15 34 14 

149 Hersam Margaret Tobin Lane NORO 10 12 14 36 15 

PIXEL NOVICE CLASS 

159 Thomas Forrest Schine Charlie CPYC 1 2 1 4 1 

63 Manning Colton Rogers Jillian NORW 2 3 3 8 2 

34 Owen Sarah Clark Julia CPYC 3 5 2 10 3 

179 Palmer Ian Doyle Lindsay CPYC 4 1 7 12 4 

180 Paige Tyler Saghri Kourosh CPYC 7 4 4 15 5 

152 Marion Celia Lahaussouis Izabelle NORW 6 6 5 17 6 

84 Schneider Peter Goldberg Isa IHYC 5 7 6 18 7 

RADIAL CLASS 

188 175260 Marion Connor Norw 3 4 2 9 1 

521 168969 Shanahan Catherine STAM 2 10 1 13 2 

522 188870 Whitmer Christian CPYC 1 8 6 15 3 

396 140762 Booth Scott MYC 10 2 3 15 4 

541 170149 Kubie Amy CPYC 7 3 5 15 5 

457 183889 Wilson McKenzie Norw 5 6 4 15 6 

335 183729 Giannotto Ryan RYC 9 5 10 24 7

503 187791 Tryhane Katie STAM 15 7 8 30 8 

526 179225 Oliver David Norw 11 1 19 31 9 

166 173936 Glover Caroline RYC 4 13 21 38 10 

471 184481 Raskovic Hailey STAM 8 19 13 40 11 

391 193355 Michler Elizabeth RYC 19 9 12 40 12 

587 194564 Shanahan John, Jr. STAM 14 17 9 40 13 

182 172077 Harvey James STAM 13 12 17 42 14 

96 179202 Boehringer Gillian STAM 12 11 22 45 15 

85 172481 Gagne Nicole STAM 6 22 20 48 16 

220 151023 Fornshell Matthew SCC 27 16 7 50 17 

523 185902 Jaykus Samantha STAM 20 14 16 50 18 

510 171080 Gleason Thatcher NORO 24 26 27 77 19 

564 168302 Fesenmeyer Marle SEC 16 15 23 54 20 

339 180518 Fink Michelle SCC 21 23 11 55 21 

573 184652 Schefers Kendric CPYC 18 20 18 56 22 

117 180528 Blauvelt Allison CPYC 17 18 24 59 23 

596 172989 Berzins Peter BHC 25 24 14 63 24 

N/A 182429 Carr Terence RYC 22 21 25 68 25 

361 182423 Laser Jacob MYC 23 25 26 74 26 

4.7 CLASS 

153 179196 Connolly Brian STAM 2 2 1 5 1 

592 193356 Leclue Joshua STAM 1 3 2 6 2 

187658 5 1 3 9 3 

591 192912 Richardson Connor STAM 3 4 5 12 4 

387 4 5 4 13 5 

 

Cloudy with a chance of...Optis!

          Are those clouds on the horizon? Nope, it's a fleet of Optimists! 

 The forecast called for partly cloudy skies, but in our JSA forecast it called for Optis. The Douglaston Yacht Club located in Little Neck, NY, was flooded with Optimists sailors early on the morning of July 9th. The Area A Opti Regatta had a beautiful northerly breeze, perfect for the youngsters. Along with the Opti sailors were their token Opti parents, helping the young kids unload their boats. Opti sailors are by far the funniest to watch. Some finely tune and rig their vessels, while others shove off the dock still tying eight knots!  

 

The racing began around 11:30, starting the red, blue, and white fleets separately. The 5-8 knot breeze started North and clocked left frequently throughout the day. The breeze held but with clear pressure differences throughout the race course. The RC ran port triangles with the start and finish on either side of the committee boat mid course. 

 While getting out to the action, I had the pleasure of encountering some of Centerport Yacht Club's proud Opti parents. The moms and dads of CYC gladly watched their kids make their way around the buoys. Camera's flashing and smiles showing almost made me wish my parents were there! The friendly bunch encouraged their kids after each race, but of course being sailors themselves had a few pointers to give out. At times the cheers turned to uh-ohs, but the excitement of watching their kids overruled.

 

   The CYC clan had a great start to the day, winning each bullet for all three fleets. I had the chance to speak with Peter Sterflinger, the hot handed red fleet sailor.

 When asked about his first place performances so far all he could say was, "Better than Tuesday! I had a 6th then capsized in the second race." 

 

  With four years in Optis, his red streamer pre-qualifies him for JSA Champs. A man of few words, but when asked about what he carried in his life jacket pocket he replied, "Sail ties, a sharpie, boaters license, and advil for headaches/migraines." This guy means business!

 After race two, I got the chance to speak with Jerry Callan, also a 13 year old Centerport sailor. Jerry's been in Optis for 6 years and knows the game pretty well. His experience at the regatta was full of great observations.

   

 "It's a lot of fun sailing here, you can kinda see the skyline. My first race went not so well, second race I got in the rythm but then fell apart a boat length from the line. You have good races and bad races." Well said Jerry, well said. 

 The action never stopped all day running four great races. Great job all you Optis, keep doing what you do! Check out Results on the JSA website! Don't forget to check out photos from the regatta on the left-hand column. 

Wild Wild Western Districts

 There's no cowboys or indians on this range, just some down home              sailors lookin' to get a few races in!                            

  Western Districts. The first chance for any sailor to qualify for JSA Champs. The same regatta also happens for the Eastern District. Norwalk and Noroton split up the boat classes between the two clubs. On the other hand, for Western Districts all boats are sailed out of Sea Cliff Yacht Club, New York. 

 The expression Wild Wild West should mean, lots of action right? WRONG! Western Districts saw anything but action this year. Past years have also been very light, I mean very light, to the point of calling races for the day due to lack of wind. The Long Island Sound is notorious for this type of weather, but this regatta especially is notorious for sunshine and no breeze. The small ripples of one or two puffs may fool the Race Committee, but the sailors know, its just false hope. 

  Kyle Riviezzo, 18, from Head of the Bay Club has experienced his fair share of Western Districts. This regatta did not surprise the wise young man. "I can remember a lot of districts being like this, the best regatta to get a tan at." True statement! 

  This year's Western Districts saw a nice NW breeze, looking as though it would keep. It wasn't too long before the breeze died and the first race was at a standstill. The race which seemed like forever had many finishers receive TLE's (Time Limit Expired). The boats that did finish 20 minutes after the first boat crossed the line were scored for the day. All the rest drifted slowly through time. The wind picked up again for a little. This time moving a bit more towards the West. Another race was started for the 420s, and quickly abandoned due to, you guessed it, no wind!

So here are the results of the one and only raced scored. I guess you really could say there's no other one quite like it!  

Sea Cliff Yacht Club 

Western Districts 2009 7/8

 

Laser Class Series Summary 

Pl Sail Crew From 1 T 

1 539 Daniel Delbello & > AYC 1 1 

2 21 William Gleysteen & > LYC 2 2 

3 442 Jamie Beres & > BPYC 3 3 

4 583 Zachary Kyritsis & > SEAW 4 4 

5 533 Carter Kramer & > AYC 5 5 

6 ESP Nikolas Betzios & > SCLF 7\TLE 7T 

7 483 Peter Stoll & > LYC 7\TLE 7T 

8 597 Jack Hodkinson & > SIYC 7\TLE 7T 

9 488 Connor Coughlin & > HUGU 7\TLE 7T 

10 397 Peter Tresana & > CYC 7\TLE 7T 

11 558 Dylan Bush & > SEAW 7\TLE 7T 

12 498 Christophe Sager & > SCLF 7\TLE 7T 

 

 

Radial Class Series Summary 

Pl Sail Crew From 1 Tot 

1 508 Connor Needham & > SIYC 1 1 

2 504 Ryan Schmitz & > PWYC 2 2 

3 551 John King & > SIYC 3 3 

4 598 Andrew King & > SIYC 4 4 

5 552 Sebastian Frugone & > SIYC 5 5 

6 393 Jacques Lane & > SIYC 6 6 

7 600 Robert Zagaja & > CYC 7 7 

8 42 Colin Kennedy & > PWYC 8 8 

9 422 William Florio & > AYC 9 9 

10 179 Collin McFaul & > OCYC 11\TLE 11T 

11 465 Niko Snow & > HHYC 11\TLE 11T 

12 557 Emma Davis & > SIYC 11\TLE 11T 

13 221 Brendan Rogers & > SCLF 11\TLE 11T 

14 274 John Haley & > SCLF 11\TLE 11T 

15 23 Andrew Goldberg & > SCLF 11\TLE 11T 

16 119 Micaela Dussel & > SCLF 11\TLE 11T 

17 45 Elizabeth Duffy & > SCLF 11\TLE 11T 

18 178 Robert Wands & > PWYC 11\TLE 11T 

19 549 Matias Pribor & > SIYC 11\TLE 11T 

20 606 Chris Lane & > SIYC 11\TLE 11T 

21 602 Meredith Krim & > MBYC 11\TLE 11T 

22 135 Emily Browning & > MBYC 11\TLE 11T 

23 584 Ray Vogel & > HUGU 11\TLE 11T 

24 170 Anne Wachowicz & > DYS 11\TLE 11T 

25 172 Charlotte Martin & > DYS 11\TLE 11T 

26 595 Blake Cottam & > HUGU 11\TLE 11T 

27 585 Lilyana Ohlenschlaeger & > CYC 11\TLE 11T 

28 150 Stephen Smith & > CSH 11\TLE 11T 

29 399 Graham Miller & > CSH 11\TLE 11T 

30 165 Jane Lubliner & > BPYC 11\TLE 11T 

31 215 Taylor Brimberg & > BPYC 11\TLE 11T 

32 10 Sarah Stubbs & > AYC 11\TLE 11T 

33 113 Chris Leich & > SCLF 11\TLE 11T 

34 190 Merritt Cullman & > AYC 11\TLE 11T 

35 1 Aaron Alexander & > AYC 11\TLE 11T 

36 535 Matthew Scarpa & > LYC 37\DNF 37 

 

 

C420 Class Series Summary 

Pl Sail # Crew From 1 Tot 

1 4560 Andrew Schlegel & laura lubben LYC 1 1 

2 5471 Robert Simkins & Patrick Gathman CYC 2 2 

3 4590 Hope Wilson & Emma Brinkman AYC 3 3 

4 3340 Kristina Jakobson & Rosario Gallagher AYC 4 4 

5 5954 Fiona Walsh & Wilson Hunt AYC 5 5 

6 5792 Nick Lobley & Ben Lobley MBYC 6 6 

7 4802 Lou Magarelli & Neil McMillan LYC 7 7 

8 3372 Christian Houston-Fl & Amanda Cordisco SIYC 8 8 

9 5702 Kristin Hanley & Nina Vascotto SEAW 9 9 

10 3198 Jenny Perlman & Cassidy Griffiths CYC 10 10 

11 4668 William Werblow & Elizabeth Chapey LYC 12\TLE 12T 

12 5871 Rebecca Quirke & Liz Philip AYC 12\TLE 12T 

13 1020 Graham Pough & Alexandra Liggins LYC 12\TLE 12T 

14 4588 Mara Porter & Caroline Clarke LYC 12\TLE 12T 

15 3724 Callum Melrose & Matthew Bialo LYC 12\TLE 12T 

16 4963 Holly Constants & Elizabeth Eastman SEAW 12\TLE 12T 

17 13724 Benjamin Kaplan & Ian Brown LYC 12\TLE 12T 

18 3363 Tate Higgins & Lucy Hadley LYC 12\TLE 12T 

19 4458 Stephen Clarke & Lucy Schlegel LYC 12\TLE 12T 

20 5018 Kyle Riviezzo & Kayla McLaughli HBC 12\TLE 12T 

21 2587 Max Mendez & Spencer Mendez HBC 12\TLE 12T 

22 11 Jacqueline Ciriello & Jamie Brown HBC 12\TLE 12T 

23 5084 Harry Ehrlich & Sam Ehrlich SCLF 12\TLE 12T 

24 3953 Tara O'Reilly & Mackensie Wall CYC 12\TLE 12T 

25 4705 Brent Bomkamp & Kristen Bomkamp CYC 12\TLE 12T 

26 4126 Rebecca Anderson & Julia Johnson CYC 12\TLE 12T 

27 2167 Catryn Silbersack & Colleen Stack MBYC 12\TLE 12T 

28 5060 Katie Sudol & Nicholas Robert SIYC 12\TLE 12T 

29 5719 Clara Robertson & Mary Robertson AYC 12\TLE 12T 

30 3393 John LaBossier & Nick Philip AYC 12\TLE 12T 

31 129 Patricia Hoban & Thomas Jo Hoban MBYC 12\TLE 12T 

32 449 Peter Duncan & Charles Bocklet AYC 12\TLE 12T 

33 5886 Ryan Davidson & Christophe Warner AYC 12\TLE 12T 

34 0 Alison Brett & Alex Martin AYC 12\TLE 12T 

 Pixel Class Series Summary 

Pl Sail Crew From 1 T 

1 161 Timothy Voorham & Daniel Philip AYC 1 1 

2 27 Sophia Mitropoulo & Kistina Weston DYS 2 2 

3 176 Andries Feder & John Haines CSH 3 3 

4 87 Emily Fung & Kylie Zahringer AYC 4 4 

5 142 Jacqueline Lefkowitz & Alexandra Boylan HBC 5 5 

6 55 Jack Fullerton & Finn Mundinger AYC 6 6 

7 114 Haley Shea & Emily Quirke AYC 7 7 

8 122 Vidar MinKovsky & Alex Snow HHYC 8 8 

9 41 Miranda/Ni van Dijk/S & Nicholas/ Schlegel/v LYC 9 9 

10 158 Taegan Blackwell & Aisling Quirke AYC 10 10 

11 173 John Clements & William Henfling HBC 11 11 

12 42 Joseph P./ Hadley IV/ & Richard/Jo Pace/Hadl LYC 12 12 

13 164 Kyle Steffen, Melanie Gedney & Maeve McKinney OBC 13 13 

14 38 Amelie/Ma de Cirfonta & Madeline/ Gallagher/ LYC 14 14 

15 187 Benjamin Israeli & Julia Vascotto SEAW 15 15 

16 128 Nicholas Healy & Maleah Black HBC 16 16 

17 165 Kate Schole & Liam Hanley OBC 17 17 

18 123 Ashleen Sullivan & Margot McCann HHYC 18 18 

19 145 Clare Mcintee & Kelsey Brown MBYC 19 19 

20 64 Margaret Dowd & Owen Zimmerma LYC 21\TLE 21 

 

 

BJ Class Series Summary 

Pl Sail Crew From 1 T 

1 6856 Thomas Flannagin & Frankie Lomuscio DYS 1 1 

2 6851 Matt Goodman & Tirenan O'Rourke SCLF 2 2 

3 7005 Maxwell Lomuscio & Jordan Reina DYS 3 3 

4 7117 Alexandra Betzios & Emary Parisi SCLF 4 4 

5 6712 Dianna Weston & Kristin Panaro DYS 5 5 

6 5166 Robin Bartley & Julia Bartley DYS 7\TLE 7T 

7 989 Caroline Cozzens & Elizabeth Cozzens MBYC 7\TLE 7T 

8 6091 Alexandra LaGrassa & Noelle Stiefel DYS 7\TLE 7T 

 

So even though it was one of those days on the LI Sound we all dislike, everyone definitely made it work, and a special thanks to the RC for getting one race off so people could have a chance to qualify.

Congrats to all those on their way to Champs! For a closer look at results go to the JSA website.

 

Stickin' it to the LAW

  Getting the inside scoop with people who have crossed the line, start and finish.  

  The Law Trophy regatta may have been two days, with only 5 races, but that doesn't mean the competitors didn't fight 'til the finish. The fluky light wind of day 1 made the competitors inconsistent, and only allowed for 4 races . Day 2 also saw light wind, but this time the RC could only complete one race due to bad weather coming in from the North. The Windward-Leeward and Triangle courses were run at the RC's discretion both days. Competitors had a bit of wet weather right before awards, but amongst the crazy de-rigging I got a chance to sneak in an interview with some of the talented sailors. 

  Elliot Morrill and Spencer McDonough were crowned this years 420 fleet winners. Both are native to Indian Harbor Yacht Club and are sharing their first time at Law together! The 16 and 14 year old may be small from their days in Optis but their speed and talent is BIG. Of course when the boys are questioned about their win they modestly say,"We did well overall, but felt the consistency could've been better." Spoken like a true sport that Spencer McDonough. The boys are headed up towards Newport for a clinic at Roger Williams University, and will be competing next in the Coastal Living Regatta, also in Newport. Go get 'em boys!

 On the Laser Radial side of things, Sarah Stubbs,15, from American also had a few modest comments to mention about her performance. "I did well, but could've done better. My first two races weren't as good as the rest. Today went a lot better by getting a third." Sarah placed 8th overall, her best Law performance yet. You go girl!

 

 Sarah also sailed recently up in Canada at the Buffalo Canoe Club for Laser/Radial North Americans. Sarah has been to large regattas before and seems to like the feel of sailing around all ages. "I like the regattas with a lot of different age groups, a lot of people have the attitude of just having fun, its a nice change." For results of Laser North Americans go to 2009 Laser NA's.

 

Congrats to Elliot, Spencer, and Sarah for their great work out there. And a big congrats to all the JSA sailors who participated. For full results go to JSA Online. 

**For more questions/pics/interviews email me at news@jsalis.org 

No Rules, Just Law

A prestigious way to open the season for select sailors in the JSA. 

  The 2009 Commodore Law Trophy Regatta commenced after two days of sailing out of Indian Harbor Yacht Club. Greenwich Connecticut and Indian Harbor especially, have been seeing a lot of junior sailing action in the past week. The Law Trophy almost emulates the Youth Champ Regatta that was finished just last Tuesday. Both regattas require a sailing application to attend, complete with resume type questions. The top 40% in JSA can be considered for the event. A look at the top 40% from 2008, and a list of qualifications needed can be seen on our website, JSALIS.ORG

  The selected competitors work hard, attending the Advanced Racing Clinic, or just practice on their own in preparation for the event. Monday morning hits and they all have one goal in common; make it to the next round. Placing first in the C420, and first/second in the Laser classes allows the competitors to move on the Area B Semi-Finals for the Bemis and Smythe Championships, which will be held this year July 28-29^th, at Bellport Yacht Club on Long Island.  Another US Sailing Championship Regatta will be held right in out own backyards, how lucky are we to get all the action??

  As for young competitors at the Law Trophy, the competition never died, even if the wind did! The first day of races was a gorgeous summer day we all have been waiting for, but then again it meant, light wind. The competitors took it with stride and made best of the four races completed. A shifty oscillating breeze of about 3-5 knots only made the kids pray for another day. 

   Day two boasted yet another gorgeous day, but a midst the sun and haze, loomed some awfully dark clouds. The racing began at noon, and only allowed the Race Committee to complete one race. With upset looks and confused faces on most of the coaches we all headed in to find a large thunderhead right above the yacht club.  Within minutes the storm erupted and wind picked up a knot or two, to say the least. Gusts definitely in the teens, possibly higher, and buckets of rain flooded the area. Masts went down, kids went running, and all of a sudden it looked like WWIII! But alas the rain ceased just in time for kids to load trailers and accept awards. 

And the envelope please....

Indian Harbor Yacht Club 

 2009 Law Trophy 

 

Class: 420 

 

 Sail Skipper Crew Club Total 1 2 3 4 5 

1 5862 Morrill,Elliott McDonough,Spencer IHYC 10 1 2 2 2 3 

2 5662 Cuccio,Laura Fattibene,Jill PYC 15 2 4 7 1 1 

3 5039 Schaefer,James Raymond,Jason CPYC 16 4 1 4 3 4 

4 5660 Kopp,Bryce clarida,matthew PYC 18 5 6 1 4 2 

5 3637 O'Leary,Brendan Baxter,William RYC 23 3 3 6 6 5 

6 4560 Schlegel,Andrew lubben,laura LYC 32 7 5 3 8 9 

7 5026 Pieper,Molly Stanley,Venetia CPYC 33 6 8 8 5 6 

8 4590 Wilson,Hope Brinkman,Emma AYC 43 9 11 5 10 8 

9 4588 Porter,Mara Clarke,Caroline LYC 46 8 7 10 9 12 

10 5656 Fisher,Gregory Wolstenholme,Charles PYC 48 10 10 11 7 10 

11 4802 Magarelli,Lou McMillan,Neil LYC 53 11 12 12 11 7 

12 4772 Eenkema van 

Dijk,Lonneke Strother,Arline NORO 53 12 9 9 12 11 

13 1555 Graves,Sarah O'Leary,Megan RYC 67 13 13 14 

DNE 13 

14 

DNC 

 

Class: Laser Standard 

 

 Sail Skipper Club Total 1 2 3 4 5 

1 83 Barry,James RYC 20 4 1 7 1 7 

2 534 Jaykus,Matthew STAM 20 2 2 3 8 5 

3 402 Kelly,William NORW 25 7 4 1 5 8 

4 555 Chin,Brendan RYC 28 1 9 10 7 1 

5 385 Ikeda,Ian STAM 30 3 14 4 6 3 

6 509 Bannerot V,Frederick STAM 33 9 5 15 2 2 

7 21 Gleysteen,William LYC 41 11 10 5 9 6 

8 433 Secondo,Reid IHYC 43 18 RAF 3 14 4 4 

9 539 DelBello,Daniel AYC 45 5 16 9 3 12 

10 252 kavookjian,dylan NORO 46 12 6 6 13 9 

 Sail Skipper Club Total 1 2 3 4 5 

11 517 Hansen,Connor STAM 49 8 8 2 15 16 

12 442 Beres,Jamie BPYC 52 10 7 13 12 10 

13 232 Ross,Graham NORO 61 6 15 8 17 15 

14 495 Cohan,Isidore CPYC 63 16 13 11 10 13 

15 404 Boyle,James STAM 68 13 11 16 11 17 

16 454 Bigelow,David NORW 69 15 12 12 16 14 

17 403 Vos,Connor STAM 73 14 17 17 14 11 

Class: Laser Radial 

 Sail Skipper Club Total 1 2 3 4 5 

1 188 Marion,Connor NORW 12 1 1 2 1 7 

2 541 Kubie,Amy CPYC 24 2 6 1 4 11 

3 422 florio,william AYC 28 5 5 4 13 1 

4 587 Shanahan,John J. STAM 29 8 9 5 5 2 

5 457 Wilson,McKenzie NORW 30 9 2 3 8 8 

6 504 Schmitz,Ryan PWYC 30 3 8 12 3 4 

7 150 smith,stephen CSH 36 7 3 14 7 5 

8 10 Stubbs,Sarah AYC 37 12 10 6 6 3 

9 396 Booth,Scott MYC 49 4 14 7 9 15 

10 391 Michler,Elizabeth RYC 51 11 13 9 2 16 

11 515 Saxe,Charlotte CPYC 53 10 7 13 17 6 

12 559 Hess,Sandon NORW 57 16 4 16 11 10 

13 503 Tryhane,Katie STAM 58 6 17 10 12 13 

14 526 Oliver,David NORW 65 17 12 17 10 9 

15 166 Glover,Caroline RYC 66 15 11 11 15 14 

16 215 Brimberg,Taylor BPYC 69 13 15 15 14 12 

17 522 Whitmer,Christian CPYC 71 14 16 8 16 17 -Full results go to JSALIS.ORG/Regattas

 

*Congrats to all the winners, and all who participated! Area B Semis, here comes the JSA!

Some Congrats are in Order...

  Here at the JSA Blog, we love hearing stories and seeing familiar names on results, not only within our sailing community, but on the outside as well. 

 The past couple days have been filled with big events that include some sailors who are familiar to the JSA waters. Both the Youth Champs and Laser/Radial North Americans have seen loads of JSA names and we would just like to take the time to recognize those individuals for all their hard work. 

Youth Champs:

• 420- Luke Vreeland (Bay Head Yacht Club) 23rd
• Laser- Collin Leon (Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club) 15th
• Laser-Ben Leibowitz (Stamford Yacht Club) 16th  
• Laser-Patrick Mignon (Bay Head Yacht Club) 18th   
• We would also like to include all the LISOT participants from the previous post 

 Laser/Radial North Americans

• Radial-Sarah Stubbs (American Yacht Club) 104th
• Radial-Daniel DelBello (American Yacht Club) 40th
• Radial-Matthew Mollerus (Larchmont Yacht Club) 18th
• Radial-Catherine Shanahan (Stamford YB) 66th
• Radial-Jamie Beres (Beach Point Yacht Club) 97th
• Radial-Connor Needham (Shelter Island) 28th

Great Job everyone, your representing the JSA extremely well! PS if anyone out there knows someone who participated in a non-JSA event, please let me know! email me at news@jsalis.org

There's No Place Like Home

Local LISOT sailors travel quite a bit, so it's nice when the event is right in their own backyards. 

  LISOT, a small privately funded sailing foundation has taken the Youth Championship by storm. The young sailors are from yacht clubs all around the Long Island Sound, and know the area probably better than anyone at the regatta. The light air conditions were something they were very familiar with of course.

  

 The sailors who were selected for the event included; 29er- Olivia Crane (Noroton YC) /Ali Blumenthal (Bellport Bay YC), C420- Markus Edegran/Teddy Mark (Larchmont YC), Deidre Lambert Portland YC,ME) /Tracy Doherty (Sea Cliff YC), Chanel Miller (FL) /Rebecca Liggins (Larchmont YC), Andrew Mollerus (Larchmont YC) /Charlie Peck (Niantic Bay YC), and Declan Whitmyer (Noroton YC) /Ian Storck (Centerport YC).

   After racing on the final day, which turned out to be the windiest of all days, I got a chance to talk with some of the LISOT Sailors. 

 Declan Whitmyer and Ian Storck, both 15 years old, told me about how they have been sailing with LISOT since their Opti days. They have made the switch to C420s and competed in Youth Champs this year each for their first time. Declan, the skipper, commented on the racing as a whole, 

 

 "It was all about consistency, we didn't do as well as we had wanted to but it went okay for the most part." For their first time at Youths, coming in 9th overall wasn't too shabby. Good job boys!                                     

  I also had the chance to interview Andrew Mollerus and Charlie Peck. The boys, 15 and 16 years old, have been with LISOT for about 3 years. The pair had just joined forces in late fall to prepare for their first regatta, The Orange Bowl, FL. The crew, Charlie Peck, seemed a little bummed at their performance. 

"We didn't do as well as we had hoped, probably upper teens in most races. I thought it was a hard event overall. It was tough to be consistent with the breeze, and top tens mattered more than anything else." 

 

 The boys shouldn't be too bummed though, they are off to French Nationals July 10th. Good luck, and au revoir! 

 For more on Youth Champs go to Youth Champs Online and for more on the LISOT sailors, check out LISOT Online. Also catch some action with videos and interviews at SAILGROOVE

Youth Champs- BREEZE ON!

  Who knew the final hours of Youth Champs would be the breeziest? 

   The US Sailing Youth Championship Regatta came down to its final races today. The whole regatta was sailed in 10 knots or less until the last day. A beautiful sunny morning came along with a consistent 12-15 knot breeze starting from the South and oscillating slightly right and back. The competitors all were relieved at the steadiness and wished it had blown like that all week! The playing field was definitely more level, and the teams used to sailing in bigger breeze finally got to show off their stuff. 

   

   Grass Island Marina Facility was the launching site for the competitors. Indian Harbor was the host club, but majority of the on-land festivities were held at this venue just across the inlet. The facility had a great view of the harbor and a nice ramp for launching. Volunteers for the event helped each kid into and out of the water everyday, making the event a great team effort by all. 

 With great volunteers, good wind, and even better competition, the last day of racing definitely made for awesome spectating. The trapeze were up and the bows were down. All competitors, from the 29ers to the Lasers, worked hard through the chop and made the windward- leeward courses seem like a breeze. Each class had a series of races to complete with the exception of the 420 class which only had one race scheduled.  

 

 After a great day of racing the results showed a surprising twist. Out of the 4 boat classes, two of them were won by West Coast sailors, Laser- Zeke Horowitz (Team FOR), and 29er- Antoine Screve/James Moody (SFYC). While the C420 class came down to the wire with Stephanie Hudson (Lake Beluah YC) and Rebecca King (California YC) beating the So-Cal team of Kevin Laube (Mission Bay YC) and Reece Bernet (Southwestern YC) by just 3 points. The Radial class was also a close one with Christopher Stocke (Sarasota Youth Prgm) beating the second place Cali man Nevin Snow (SDYC) by only 6 points. 

  A great effort made by all and special thanks to Indian Harbor Yacht Club for getting a great event in youth sailing to Long Island Sound! For Full results go to Youth Champs Online.    

Youth Champs- West Coast, the Best Coast?

They flew a long way across the country, and they don't wanna go home empty handed... 

 

   The young California sailors who stand proud in this picture are some of Youth Champ's hot hands this year. The young competitors hale from Southern California in the areas of San Diego and Newport Harbor. They are representing numerous yacht clubs including; San Diego Yacht Club; Mission Bay Yacht Club, Southwestern Yacht Club, and Newport Harbor Yacht Club. 

 

 Some of the competitors are being privately coached by Tyler Sinks, BC '11; the former two-time 420 class Youth Champion. Tyler packed his wisdom of the boat and some tiny tips he has for sailing in unpredictable breeze (very helpful for the sound). The sailors experience a slightly different scene back in their full year round summer setting. The breeze is usually steady and a regatta report time is usually a lot less early, which meant they all got the same reality wake up call...Literally. The cool Californians may be adjusting to the new setting, but the sailing is something they surely don't need to be introduced to. Most of the sailors are placed within the top ten, and some even fighting for first! 

   

  Kevin Laube (Mission Bay YC) and Reece Bernet (Southwestern YC) are leading the 420 class with 62 points just 3 less than the second place boat of Stephanie Hudson (Lake Beulah YC/Chicago YC) and Rebecca King (California YC). Both skipper and crew hale from San Diego, and are going to be seniors in high school this upcoming September. The second place boat had a strong lead the whole regatta up until today when the boys placed well ahead of the competition.

    

  When asked about the event both boys said the same thing-"hard venue." With big shifts and dying/building breeze throughout each day of racing so far, the boys have definitely been keeping their sanity. 

  

 Kevin admits it isn't just the breeze making the regatta intense. "I'm definitely enjoying the regatta; the high level of competition especially. It's forcing me to be more focused because of the trickier sailing. Every race counts."

  A high level of competition is right, but from what part of the country is it coming from? The West Coasty's definitely aren't fooling around in any breeze. Their attitude may be laid back but they keep the intensity turned on when it comes to their sailing. Who knows, we may even have another California 420 Youth Champion for the third year in a row! Go get 'em boys! Get full results of all the competitors at Youth Champs Online

  

Port Washington Yacht Club Reporting for Duty

  It's a dirty job, but someone's gotta do it!  

  It's a Thursday afternoon and the Port Washington crew has been out and about since early in the AM getting a jump start to the season. The 12 instructor squad has been at the club each day since Monday the 22nd. The start of the season may begin for the kids next Monday the 29th, but for the instructors the season has officially come to order.

  Port Washington Yacht club will be host to up to 150 sailors this summer. The program has been home to hundreds of JSA sailors throughout the years. The junior program is headed by Mike Benchimol, a head instructor who is no stranger to being in charge.

  "This summer plans on being one of our biggest yet and we have been preparing with the manual stuff all week." 

  The 12 instructors have the pleasure of each getting their own motor boat and small class sizes under their supervision. Any problems they may come across with engines are fixed by their head dock man, coming to their rescue. With all the great perks, the instructors can't really complain about the rough stuff they endured this week, which really only consisted of moving and fixing the boats for the season's start.

 Good Luck Port Wash, and we will see your sailors out there soon!