tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1386097271144340142012-02-16T22:21:20.641-05:00The Ditty Bag Blog is the online news source for the Junior Sailing Association of Long Island Sound.JSA News Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17681626870779536781noreply@blogger.comBlogger891100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-138609727114434014.post-86849288329887855412008-05-11T14:22:00.014-04:002008-05-11T14:44:22.553-04:00

Two JSA instructors will be competing in the Tybee 500 this week, which is a 500 mile catamaran race from Key Largo, Fla to Tybee Island, Georgia.The 500-mile route is shown at www.tybee500.com/waypoints and daily updates from May 11- 16 are at http://www.tybee500.com/The team consists of Morgan Kellogg (head instructor at Indian Harbor YC) and his classmate at Colgate, Tyler Burd (coach at

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Nearly 200 kids from around the country sailed Optis out of Annapolis YC at the foot of the Eastport Bridge on May 1.The US Optimist Dinghy Association (USODA) 2008 Team Trials, the most competitive junior regatta in the country, is taking place May 1-4 out of host club Annapolis YC .Junior sailors aged eight to 15 have flocked to the Sailing Capital for this international qualifying event, which

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Richard du Moulin, well known for his support of the Storm Trysail Club Junior Safety at Sea training, wrote today in Sailing Scuttlebutt #2574 about reports that the US Naval Academy was severely reducing the opportunity for midshipmen to experience the traditional summer cruise aboard offshore sailing yachts. See Washington Post story.His comments echo some of the reasons that junior big-boat

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Did you know that aid is available to assist junior sailors compete at the chamionship level?Recently announced by US SAILING is a new financial aid program, named Sailorships, aimed at providing financial assistance to junior sailors between the ages of 13 and 19 who are interested in competing in US SAILING Championships and/or clinics. The goal of the program is to assist young sailors with

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The Junior Sailing Association of Long Island Sound (JSA) again has a large group of sailors heading off to represent TEAM USA in international events this Easter vacation.There are three international Optimist regattas - The International Optimist Dinghy Assocation South American Championship is in Paracas, Peru, from March 13 to 23, while the 23rd Magic Marine Holland Easter Regatta is in

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So it’s still February and for most of us in the US that means cold winter. What can keep us motivated and interested in sailing all winter long? Sailing Movies!The folks at Regatta Promotions have a nice list of movies, complete with their own personal rating scale. So rent one of the 4 star movies and settle down in a nice warm chair to get ready for the warmer weather when you are out on the

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Each year the coaches and sailors from the US Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point on Long Island Sound support the Storm Tyrsail Club Safety at Sea Seminar, which trains junior sailors in safely handling big boats.The USMMA offshore team gets its skill and experience from participating in events such as the Farr 40 World Championship.For 2008, they have a great blog site with profiles of each

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The Booklet "Junior Yacht Racing Activities" published in 1932 by the JYRA LIS was recently found in the office of the YRA LIS and returned to us.Clifford D. Mallory, the first president of the organization today known as US Sailing, wrote in the foreword, “The development of Junior activity is, in my opinion, the finest work that yachtsman in general can undertake, for in the development of the

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The future of American sailing will be on display January 18-21 when Alamitos Bay Yacht Club hosts the 2008 US SAILING ISAF Youth World Qualifier and US Youth Multihull Championship.See full details at http://www.sailing.org/21930.php

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This year’s Orange Bowl was one of the most competitive regattas in US waters in 2007, as well as an event that actually had some decent breeze.2007 ended on a high note for team LISOT (Long Island Sound Optimist Training) with Antoine Screve winning a very competitive 2007 Orange Bowl Regatta. Congratulations Antoine for an outstanding regatta – and winning the hard way... without a single

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It's summer in Australia, now, so we notice more news about juniors in sailboats from the the southern hemisphere than from our cold and snowy area.Here is a story about a 15 year old who is going on his first ocean race. How did he get started? He sailed radio-controlled model boats to learn tactics and racing rules.Read full details at this link.

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Nominees for US SAILING's 2007 Rolex Yachtswoman of the Year award include Pequot Yacht Club member Emily Dellenbaugh.Emily's successes in 2007 included Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championship, Kingston, Canada (1st/18 29ers); 29er European Open Championship, Gottskar, Sweden (1st/101 boats); 29er Midwinters East, Sarasota, Fla. (1st/31 boats); 29er North American Championship, Kingston,

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19-time race veteran Bill Sykes is leading a young team aboard Wot’s Next in the 2007 Sydney-Hobart race, most from the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia's Youth Sailing Academy and most of them women. There are five young women, four from the Academy and watch captain Stacey Jackson. Sykes is a big believer in encouraging women in the sport. 'I work in a very difficult environment, it can be

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US SAILING has presented its Harman Hawkins Trophy for excellence in race management to Mary Savage (Larchmont, NY).Presented annually, US SAILING's Harman Hawkins Trophy is awarded to an individual who has made outstanding contributions to the sport of sailing in the field of Race Administration (Judging, Umpiring, Race Management, Appeals, Racing Rules, and Competitor Classification).Those of

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Sailing Scuttlebutt had an interesting juxtiposition in its November 20 posting: a brand new keelboat class just introduced at American YC (RS K6) and an old centerboard class being reinvigorated at Lauderdale YC (Cape Cod Mercury).Comparing the articles shows that hot new technology can co-exist with the tried and true, though perhaps at different clubs!So read them yourself and decide where

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At US Sailing's One-Design Sailing Symposium Cedar Point Yacht Club of Westport, CT, received the One-Design Club Award for administrative excellence, fleet growth, creative programming, regatta support and member contribution at regional, national and international levels of one-design sailing.This year, Cedar Point hosted numerous one-design regattas for various classes. In addition to these

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US Sailing's 2007 Rolex International Women’s Keelboat Championship was won by Sally Barkow and her crew (including Debbie Capozzi of Bayport LI) for the third year in a row.But we think the comments by Anna Tunnicliffe, who took third place, are of special interest to the junior big boat sailors in JSALIS.Anna normally sails the Laser Radial dinghy and won the U.S. Olympic Team Singlehanded

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It's November and junior sailing in summer 2008 is over six months away, so plenty of time to relax and enjoy the upcoming holidays, right?Not so for junior sailing program volunteers at the sailing clubs on Long Island Sound. The program committees are busy with planning enhancements to their club junior programs and interviewing for just the right mix of capable staff.And the "old-man-of

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In response to the news from the ISAF Events Committee that keelboats, such as the Star class, may not be part of sailing in the 2012 Olympics, comments included this:"Keel boat racing is an essential skill in sailing. It links dinghies to yachts and forms a progression for sailors to get to the higher echelons competition. Come on ISAF, give it some consideration..." SCUTTLEBUTT 2472 – November

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A total of 100 athletes, aged between 15-16 years, will compete across four events at the first edition of the Youth Olympic Games, scheduled for 2010.The events are:- One person dinghy men- One person dinghy women- Windsurfing men- Windsurfing womenISAF Deputy Secretary General Jerome Pels said, “This is a fantastic opportunity for the sport to showcase the depth of sailing talent around the

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During October 30 Alex MeVay finished the Mini-Transat 6.50 in Brazil, becoming only the 6th American to finish the race in its 30 year history. The 3,100 nautical mile leg from Funchal to Salvador took Alex approximately 24 days. Alex finished 30 of 41 in the production class and 69 of 83 overall.Alex is the former JSA LIS sailor whose start in this race was featured in our September 20 blog

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Congratulations to Ralf Steitz, the Offshore Sailing Director at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point NY, who has received US SAILING's Timothea Larr Award for his lifelong commitment to quality sailing education. The award is the US SAILING Training Committee's highest honor, presented annually to an individual whose vision and guidance has made an outstanding contribution to the

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The weekend of October 27-29 the LISOT team of Marlena Fauer, Deirdre Lambert, Evan Read, Antoine Screve, and Declan Whitmyer is attending the 20th Annual European Opti Team Cup in Berlin, Germany. They are representing the Unites States as a result of their win at the USODA Team Race Nationals in Lake Minnetonka this past summer.The 16 teams attending were divided into two eight team groups. The

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With 3 bullets, Andrew Mollerus (Larchmont YC) won The United States Optimist Atlantic Coast Championship October 5-8 in Norfolk VA. Marlena Fauer (Southampton YC) came in 5th overall.273 sailors competed in this event, including many from the JSA region; see full results at http://www.norfolkyacht.com/files/overall_results.pdf and photos at http://www.photoboat.com/

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The Inter Collegiate Sailing Association is posting coaching tips from Ken Legler, the coach at Tufts since 1980. Ken started sailing when he was in the Larchmont YC junior sailing program from 1964-1971.Here is a link to a recent post on fouls and penalties; others are at this link http://www.collegesailing.org/coachingtips.asp

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The November issue of Soundings magazine has an item about a Laser sailor being run over by a 100-foot tour boat in Charleston SC harbor during a regatta July.Though the captain of the tour boat was primarily faulted, the Coast Guard report seems to place collateral blame on many parties involved, including the Laser sailer and the Charleston Yacht Club regatta organizers.A summary of this event

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Not only did some current JSALIS juniors qualify and participate in the recent US Olympic team sailiing trials, some former juniors were successful in their quest.Amanda Clark of Shelter Island NY and Sarah Mergenthaler of Harvey NJ have just won a spot representing the U.S. in next September's Olympic Games in Beijing in the Women's 470 event. Congratulations to Amanda and Sarah.Read Amanda's

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Frostbite sailing is not just for the seniors; juniors are welcome!In fact, juniors have been involved since the inception of frostbite sailing in the 1930s as crews for their parents or other adult at their club. Initially the juniors were valued primarily for their ability to be nimble ballast. But they benefited as well from the lessons they absorbed as they watched their skipper distill 20-

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Thirty-one big-boat-owners shared their boats and love of the sport with 235 collegiate sailors on October 6-7 at the Storm Trysail Club’s Intercollegiate Offshore Regatta hosted by Larchmont Yacht Club.This regatta has become the highlight of the season for college sailors as well as the boat owners.Race committee PRO Butch Ulmer said, “This is the way it should be; this is the way to bring new

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"If I wasn't wearing my lifie, there's a good chance I wouldn't be here today," says Lauren Gineo, who is the recipient of the 2007 Jamie Boeckel Memorial Fund Scholarship.In an article published in the October issue of WindCheck magazine, Lauren also describes how she has been a model to her windsurfing buddies on Narraganset Bay who had previously "...chuckled at the sight of me and my

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Each season JSALIS gets at at least one call asking how to start up a junior program, or rebuild a program that had languished as members' children grew up and left.Apparently that same question is being asked as the summer season approaches in Australia. At the Middle Harbour YC in Sydney the newly elected rear commodore, Carl Crafoord, hopes to reestablish the active junior dinghy sailing that

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Junior sailors who aspire to crewing on big boats will want to take advantage of opportunities to see the classic 12 Meter yachts that will be sailing in Greenwich and Bridgeport this week.Most of these yachts are chartered out of their home port in Newport RI, but there is one local boat berthed in Greenwich CT, America II.If you have the opportunity to stop by the docks or get out on the water

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The Mini Transat 6.50, for singlehanded boats no bigger than 6.50 meters in length, started from Fort Boyard, near La Rochelle France, September 16. Alex MeVay, a former junior sailor from JSALIS, is among the 89 entrants.Alex grew up sailing at Riverside Yacht Club in Riverside CT. He sailed Optimists, Laser Radials and Lasers competing in club and JSALIS events. He won many trophies in these

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In addition to those newly qualified at Cedar Point YC last weekend, Emily Stubbs and Cam Cullman from American YC had previously qualified. And there are other adult sailors from JSA clubs who are participating as well.See the full list for Lasers and Radials at http://www.ussailing.org/olympics/OlympicTrials/qualified_sailors.html

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Thanks to Rick Bannerot of Stamford Yacht Club for pointing out that JSA of LIS had an excellent set of results this past weekend at the Last Chance Olympic Trials Regatta at Cedar Point Yacht Club in Westport, CT.11 of the 16 newly qualified are teenagers! JSALIS junior sailors who qualified at Cedar point include Ben Liebowitz, Renee Gagne, Chloe Palmer, and Catherine Shanahan from Stamford YC,

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Steve Bodner is the 2006 US Windsurfing National Champion and is campaigning both nationally and internationally in the Formula Windsurfing Class.For those of you who participate in your club's windsurfing group, Steve's blog will be fun. Today he is in the Nethelands where he writes, "Overall the dutch had an impressive racing scene with an up and coming junior fleet and several top world

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"I had lost sight of the fun aspect of the sport and had begun to put pressure on myself to perform," Anna Tunnicliffe wrote. "The reason I got into sailing and the reason for my past successes was because I was enjoying what I was doing."That is Anna's description about how she overcame her rocky spring season, in which she had not won a single international event, to bring home the gold medal

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We received a reminder from ECSA that the registration deadline is fast approaching (Sept 14th)!This event is being held on September 22 at at Wadawanuck Yacht Club, Stonington CT.See full details at http://www.ecsa.net/juniors/2007optichamps

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The first few classified ads for sale of boats & gear and for junior sailing instructor jobs during summer 2008 have begun to be posted on the JSA LIS website.If you are selling a boat, buying a boat, offering a job or looking for a job, be sure to regularly check the JSA Classified Ad page.

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A letter from Clifford McKay, Jr., in PointsEast magazine mentioned that he was the first boy to sail an Optimist pram in 1947.His dad, Clifford McKay, Sr., proposed the idea of the little pram as a youth trainer to the Optimist International Club in Clearwater Florida. The club, with its mission of "Bringing Out the Best in Kids" liked the idea. So McKay worked with Clarke Mills who designed and

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The headline would be a good quote for "Sailing Wisdom" in the JSA summer newsletter, the Ditty Bag. It might also come under "Where are they now?" in which former junior sailors grow up using the skills they learned at the helm of a small boat.This quote comes from Paul MacCready who was best known as the designer of the Gossamer Albatross that won the prize for the first controlled

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With thanks to Bill Gordon and Bob Hodson:On Friday evening, August 10th, Port Washington Yacht Club's Junior Yacht Club held its second annual Twilight Keel Boat Regatta. This regatta is part of the Junior Sailing Association of Long Island Sound's growing "Big Boat" series of races designed to broaden the racing experience and appeal for our older junior sailors. Through the generosity of the

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The St. Francis Y.C. hosted the 2007 V15 Nationals this past weekend, where four races were sailed daily in the twelve-race, one throwout series. Flood tides and winds of 8-24 knots kept the 29 teams busy, and by the close of the event, only one point separated the top three teams. While it was Nick Adamson and Jago MacLeod that came away with the well earned title, the runner-up team may have

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Beach Point Yacht Club held the 50th annual race for the Junior Distance Sailing Championship, otherwise known as the Beach Point Overnight Regatta.The winds were not spectacualr, but present enough for all 17 boats that competed in the overnight event that takes place up and down Long Island Sound.Black Rock Yacht Club's boat Partnership took first place with a time of 9:17:07. Second place went

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Brendan Kopp came back from fourth place down on the final day of racing to capture the 2007 Bemis Trophy and Double-handed Championship. Kopp and his crew Michael Costello, from Pequot Yacht Club, had two first place finishes in the final two races to get back to the top spot they owned after the first day of racing.In the Single-handed class and the race for the Smythe Trophy, Stamford's Ben

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Emily Dellenbaugh, 17, (Easton, CT and Pequot YC) and Briana Provancha, 18, (San Diego, CA) have been enjoying a very successful summer on board their 29er. After an impressive win at the Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championship last month, the two young women dominated the 29er European Championship in Gottskar, Sweden, winning the 91-boat fleet. The two were joined on the awards podium by

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With two days of racing complete at the U.S. Junior Championships, JSA sailors are near the top of the standings. After finishing the first day of racing in first place, Pequot Yacht Club's Brendan Kopp (pictured right) is still sailing strong and is in fourth place heading into today's final races for the Bemis Trophy.In the Laser class, Stamford's Ben Leibowitz is staying close to the top and

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Over the weekend of August 11 & 12 the Junior Sailing Association of Long Island Sound (JSA of LIS) Optimist Championship was hosted by the Sea Cliff Yacht Club, Sea Cliff, NY. 151 sailors entered the Optimist season championship of Western Long Island Sound clubs but the wind gods did not cooperate. The sailors and the Race Committee exhibited tremendous patience hoping for better conditions but

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The morning of the Laser-Radial-C420 Alternate Regatta did not start exactly as any of us hoped. At 6:45am, the teams from Douglaston and Port Washington began their trek through closed highways, monsoon rains, and tornado warnings in order to get to Riverside Yacht Club in time for the skipper's meeting. Despite the horrific weather, almost all of the competitiors showed up and then enjoyed a

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When looking at the names of sailors who recently took the JSA big boat navigation and seamanship tests we noticed quite a few who are listed on the Optimist Red Fleet results.The same appears to be happening in Australia where a hot young sailor who is the Queensland Sabot champion has taken approved leave from her warm and dry classroom to accept a crew role on the spray drenched deck of the

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The goal of any champs race is to get in enough races to make sure everyone gets a fair chance. Usually this can be done over two days, however the dog days of August are here, meaning that sometimes one day will have to do.That was the case at American Yacht Club, where the Race Committee was able to get in six races yesterday as the winds picked up after a raucous thunderstorm pounded the

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We mentioned in this space that Stamford Yacht Club's Renee Gagne was one of three JSA sailors that competed in the Leiter Cup last week. Gagne sailed very well and had a blast going to this National Event."It's a lot of fun (going to an event such as the Leiter Cup)," Gagne said. "You get to go out and meet lots of new people."Gagne finished in sixth place, a phenomenal finish in a race with

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Thanks to Gene at Seawanhaka for sending this in...After a long week of hot days and no wind it was nice to see good conditions for the optimist event at Seawanhaka Yacht Club. On Friday August 3rd the club hosted 80 sailors for their annual optimist invitational regatta.The day started out with a promising breeze of 5 to 8 knots out of the south with forecasters predicting 8 to 12 knots in the

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If you are the navigator on the Beach Point Overnight, this is a must read for you.Captain Bernie Weiss is a delivery skipper based in Stamford, CT at Atlantic Yacht Delivery. His article on radar navigation was recently published in the August WindCheck magazine and may also be found by clicking on the title above.

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Over 130 junior sailors representing 16 clubs took the basic and advanced navigation tests on July 30. The tests had been totally revised based on input received after last year’s tests. Feedback generally indicated the simplified formats were well received.For the advanced navigation test there is a 5-way tie for top honors among juniors and a 3-way tie among instructors.Junior Advanced High

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Thanks to Tim Clark of Pequot Yacht Club for sending in the information:Sixty–four boats crewed by 136 sailors from nineteen different clubs gathered at Pequot Yacht Club for their annual Pixel & Blue Jay Invitational from Sunday, July 29th through Tuesday, July 31st. Young sailors between the ages of 11 through 15 competed in three divisions of Pixels and Blue Jays.In the Pixel Open Division

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At the United States Optimist Dinghy Association National Finals at Lake Minnetonka, JSA Opti sailors raced excellently among the best in the country. The group of JSA sailors that went to Minnesota for the event are also part of the Long Island Sound Optimist Training (LISOT) Team and were coached by coaches that have helped with the JSA in the past.Their head coach, Erik Storck has been

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The JSA website has full results from last week's class specific race weeks at Sea Cliff and Cedar Point. Winners included Paul Wefer (Radial), Will Wolfe (Lasers), Angus Page and Mary Alice Miller (C420), Austin Coneys and Matt Gardner (Blue Jays), Richard and George Gregory (Pixels), James Maguire (Opti White), Lonneke Eenkema (Red) and Mackenzie Cooper (Blue). Full results can be seen here.-

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JSA sailors did more than proudly represent themselves in the Area B Semifinals, as four sailors will be advancing to the National Finals in August.Cam Cullman from American Yacht Club won his third consecutive Area B semifinal in the Laser class, finishing no lower than second in any of the races, including his dropped score. Stamford's Ben Leibowitz was right behind Cullman in second place,

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The Area B seminfinals for the US Junior Championships are underway at Indian Harbor Yacht Club. After one day of racing, the JSA is in great shape. The triplehanded team from Pequot Yacht Club, is in first place with two first place finishes in three races. Skipper Andrew Foster and his crew of Tim Clark and Charlie Proctor have a one point lead heading into the final day.In the C420 class,

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The navigation and seamanship tests are scheduled for July 30. The full description of the tests and suggested study guide is in the Big Boat Manual that may be downloaded by clicking on the title above.Sailors sometimes ask why they need to study navigation and piloting when most yachts have sophisticated electronics. The answer is that use of electronics is limited in JSA big-boat regattas to

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The list of finish positions that qualify for JSA championship events has been updated to include regattas completed through July 18. The list may be viewed here.Two additional Opti events held on July 19 are still being processed.

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The Safety at Sea Seminar presented by the Storm Trysail Club took place at Larchmont Yacht Club today. After some bleak weather in the morning, everything cleared and the sailors were treated to great sessions from top notch instructors. There was even a visit from sailors at the USCGA too. Pictures should be on Webshots early next week.-Beach Point Opti Team Race Cancelled: the July 31 event

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Now that all the C420's, Lasers, Blue Jays and Pixels are off the grounds at Larchmont Yacht Club, it was the Opti's turn to take part in Larchmont's Jr. Race week on Thursday. The weather in the morning was less than ideal, but Optis did eventually make their way onto the water around noon.-All results are available at LYC's website, http://www.larchmontyc.org/ click on "Racing" and select the

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Larchmont Race Week came to end with today's terrible weather throughout the area. Larchmont should have full results on their website within the next day or so. The big winners at today's trophy presentation, however, were LYC's Matt Zupon and Sea Cliff's Matt Wefer, who were both recipiants of the Commodore's Trophy for their exceptional sailing as the committee both felt that they were the

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Larchmont Race Week is into day two of racing and results from the first day are in. The Laser Radials have been broken up into four different fleets: Red, Green, Yellow and Blue. James Barry from Riverside Yacht Club leads the Red, Jamie Beres of Beach Point is the top JSA sailor in the Green, Cedar Point's Dylan Abel head the Yellow and Stephanie Hart of Indian Harbor is the top JSA sailor in

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Two JSA sailors recently completed a successful trip to the Flanders Youth Regatta in Nieuwpoort, Belgium on June 30 - July 4. Andrew Mollerus of Larchmont Yacht Club and Ian Storck of Centerport Yacht Club, two members of the 15-member US Opti team attending the regatta, sailed on the North Sea in winds of up to 25 knots and 5-6 foot seas. Andrew and Ian finished 19th and 20th overall,

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The 2007 Eastern and Western District Championships have come to a close. The events, hosted by Noroton, Norwalk and Sea Cliff Yacht Clubs, were able to avoid the bad weather that came later in the day and get three races in for the sailors.At Noroton, Ben Leibowitz from Stamford Yacht Club, continued to have a great start to his season, finishing in first place in the Laser class for the Eastern

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Congratulations to first place winners from Pequot Yacht Club - Andrew Foster, Tim Clark and Charlie Proctor - who swept the fleet with three firsts and two seconds.Noroton team took second place (Connor Fitzpatrick, Justin Marks and John Connery) while Larchmont team was third (Alex Takata, Alex Lubben and Megan McEvily).See full results here.

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Due to the rise in popularity of sports like soccer and lacrosse, local youth's participation in sailing has dropped. Jim Lubeck understands this problem all too well. Luckily, Lubeck may have found a way to solve the problem."It used to be that when you were in sailing, you were in with both feet," said Jim Lubeck, former Commodore at Bridgeport's Black Rock Yacht Club. Lubeck believed that the

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Junior women sailors interested in gaining keelboat sailing experience are invited to participate in the 2007 Next Step to Rolex Program. The three-day learning experience takes place November 9-11 and is held in conjunction with US SAILING’s Rolex International Women’s Keelboat Championship (Rolex IWKC), November 14-17 at the Houston Yacht Club (HYC), in La Porte, Texas. This year’s program

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A great example of getting your regattas out to the local media was seen by Pequot Yacht Club this weekend. Their Opti Open on Saturday was featured in the Connecticut Post and can be seen here: http://www.connpost.com/ci_6323274?IADID=Search-www.connpost.com-www.connpost.com.Some other notes to start off the week:-Big Boats: Please submit ASAP your registration for Safety at Sea if you expect to

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An organiser in charge of a junior sailing regatta in which over 100 children and teenagers had to be rescued, said he would bring the same children out to sea again in the exact same weather conditions.Race organiser Patrick Blaney has defended his decision to take children as young as 12 years of age out to sea last Thursday, despite the fact that Met Eireann had issued a small craft warning

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Schwab Cup gives juniors keelboat racing experienceBy Bill Wagner, Staff Writer, The Capital, Annapolis MDCharles Schwab is a company that is known for investing people's money wisely. By creating the Charles Schwab Junior Sailing Cup, the respected firm is making a sound investment in the future of sailing.Thanks to the sponsorship of Charles Schwab, dozens of youngsters throughout the Annapolis

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A link to all the pictures taken from the Race Committee Boat can be found here: http://sports.webshots.com/album/559761436dsGjoi.Be sure to leave comments and share your opinions on the pictures and the days themselves!

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The 2007 Law Trophy Regatta at Indian Harbor has come to a close, and familiar names are at the top of the standings. American Yacht Club's Cam Cullman once again won the Laser class, fueled behind a strong first day of racing, where he won three out of the four races. Stamford's Ben Leibowitz, who sailed at the US Youth Champs at New Orleans alongside Cullman, finished in second. Sea Cliff's

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Today marks the start of the JSA ladder event for the US Sailing Jr. Championships, the Law Trophy, at Indian Harbor Yacht Club in Greenwich, Conn. This morning's weather was magnificent with blue skies and a good breeze that judges and competitor's were hoping would last throughout the day. Full results will be posted when racing is finished tomorrow afternoon.-Alinghi is within one victory of

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Page 30 of the July issue of Sailing magazine (with Sunfish champs on the cover, now on newsracks) has a detailed article on how to sail by changing only the position of the crew, without touching the tiller. This might be a fun skill for juniors to develop in order to enhance their feel for boat handling.

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The Advanced Racing Clinic got off to a great start Saturday morning as 48 sailors arrived at Stamford Yacht Club. They were surprised to find their usual assembly area on the front lawn populated with tents filled with sleepy SYC familes who had camped out at the club Friday evening. But by 9:30 the tents were packed up, the lawn was filled with Lasers and the C420s were in line at the

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Tomorrow marks the beginning of the Advanced Racing Clinic at Stamford Yacht Club. Be sure to be ready and rigged by 9 a.m. to make sure the day starts on time. Also, be sure to finalize any housing or docking arrangements you may need to make.-A replay of today's America's Cup race can be seen on the Versus network starting at 6 p.m. A ripped sail doomed the ETNZ team.-Finally we hope that

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A Dellenbaugh once again made it to the top of the standings, as Emily Dellenbaugh and Briana Provancha prevailed with a first place finish at the Youth Champs in the 29er division. The duo finished no lower than third in the ten races that counted towards their total and finished with a three point victory. Bernie Roesler and Alex Hering finished in 18th in the same class.In the Laser division,

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After three days of racing in New Orleans, things are finally starting to take shape. Emily Dellenbaugh and Briana Provancha are in first place with a two point lead after eight races in the 29er division. Bernie Roesler and Alex Hering are in 19th in the same division. JSA Laser sailors Cam Cullman and Teddy Himler are in 9th and 15th respectively after nine races. Cullman earned a first place

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Four races have now been completed at the Youth Champs and Emily Dellenbaugh and Briana Provancha are now in a tie for first in the 29er division. Cam Cullman is in tenth place in the Laser division and Teddy Himler has moved up to 15th after a 3rd place finish in the fourth race. Two other JSA sailors competing in the Youth Champs are Bernie Roesler and Alex Hering, currently in 18th on the

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Familiar names to the JSA had a busy weekend sailing at the Youth Champs in New Orleans, LA. After attending a clinic over the weekend, American Yacht Club's Cam Cullman, Manhasset Bay's Tedd Himler and Pequot's Emily Dellenbaugh all took to the seas for the beginning of the Youth Champs. Preliminary results have Dellenbaugh and her crew, Briana Provancha, in second place after one day in the

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Over the last week, our club's instructor's have spent their time at highly regarded JSA clinics learning how to better serve our sailors. At the Head Instructor workshop, Seawanhaka's Alicia Martorella led a clinic where all the H.I.'s learned tips from each other on how to run a smooth program. Just a couple of days later, Tine Moberg-Parker led a fun and informative Opti Clinic for new

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The 2007 Spring Meeting is tonight at Larchmont Yacht Club at 7pm. Be sure to be there on time to pick up your boxes with all the info you need for the upcoming season. See you all there!

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Welcome to the new Junior Sailing Association of Long Island Sound Daily Blog! Check here daily for news updates and stories that will keep you informed on what is going on in the JSA. If you have an idea or a topic you would like to have posted, just send an e-mail and we'll get it on here for you. Have a great summer!

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US Optimist Team Trials, May 2-6Michigan’s Morgan Kiss won the 2007 Optimist Team Trials at the Coral Reef YC in Miami. She will be joined on the USA World Team in Cagliari, Italy by Pearson Potts from New England, two-time US Optimist National Champ Matthew Wefer from Long Island, New York City’s Marlena Fauer (both are JSALIS sailors) and Axel Sly from Miami, FL. This is the first time that the

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