Return-Path: bounces-f540b56197-2f6ed101b9@b.cts.vresp.com Received: from imta26.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net (LHLO IMTA26.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net) (76.96.30.79) by sz0164.ev.mail.comcast.net with LMTP; Sun, 19 Apr 2009 21:28:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: from gc-mkt86.verticalresponse.com ([206.57.6.143]) by IMTA26.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net with comcast id hZUY1b00l3591eN0SZUYQD; Sun, 19 Apr 2009 21:28:32 +0000 X-Authority-Analysis: v=1.0 c=1 a=XZ65tMb-AAAA:8 a=oYJ1J-jVAAAA:8 a=RnDt7IERuceb6oIokt8A:9 a=cIxUFw-yTe7FkEDTXewA:7 a=E2XkeuItVOxn2TnpAEBI4iGLURwA:4 a=SoxMOEQK_LTDn507:21 a=YvaK8II1OPzEV-ED:21 a=SSmOFEACAAAA:8 a=1TwPBsZFGJoyLW5sbawA:9 a=RtNVFq_otUXwLBteOtAA:7 a=Xx3kTBmbAHq7CdsSzJ0p4H80ZicA:4 a=QRWeuFCMo7UA:10 a=uAFN3-4igskA:10 a=FDv4S_8Jb75sM3Kc:21 a=iTsmGVVP3paB4wVf:21 awl=host:2359 Return-Path: DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; d=vresp.com; s=dkim; c=simple/simple; q=dns/txt; i=@vresp.com; t=1240176510; h=From:Subject:Date:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type; bh=9F2z+egYuvXdW9j1qn99LJw6lMU=; b=ixIeEKJlt5wtQJE4Z5k/zUuv7GaAsg5Oy8uNFuLnSFpnlkCTnrOOf6T7j0QkG+Uw OOtwUKnKRXtvMZXimat0o53p5ats8d1oWQGOvgKvC/waKR8eWhjuoIGbVsh2DRJD aYub4FVLcR7h8iQ1J6flJWVEEXpiFWZWhEEHGrYZ+Mw=; DomainKey-Signature: q=dns; a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; s=mkt; d=vresp.com; h=Received:From:Reply-To:To:Subject:Date:Message-ID:List-Unsubscribe:MIME-Version:X-Company_ID:X-CTS-Enabled:X-Campaign:Content-Type; b=IvEtrfRi/rHRl0JAb1wEiPiN9xvm71UU0yhryp3+3ukmAOW/mIG4zjR5xLCq5h3q vBBGJrNFMok4LrMGPLajS7gtAXNO74BCQI0SrrkHN9W8ojExt0GWfduZDUyMv8S+ 5sRB5Ogc712a3hQDm/lxet0f719Eje5xb33OXNJ+Inc= Received: from [10.4.7.55] ([10.4.7.55:57319] helo=mailer01.sf.verticalresponse.com) by hollister.sf.verticalresponse.com (envelope-from ) (ecelerity 2.2.2.39 r(29395/29396)) with ESMTP id 02/A8-24842-E779BE94; Sun, 19 Apr 2009 14:28:30 -0700 From: "The Sailing Foundation" Reply-To: "The Sailing Foundation" To: pkcweir@comcast.net Subject: Sailing Foundation Spring Newsletter Date: Sun, 19 Apr 2009 21:28:30 +0000 Message-ID: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Company_ID: 358578 X-CTS-Enabled: f540b56197-2f6ed101b9 X-Campaign: f540b56197 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="__________MIMEboundary__________"; charset="UTF-8" X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 090419-0, 04/19/2009), Inbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --__________MIMEboundary__________ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable One of the most visible activities of The Sailing Foundation is the assistance we provide to high school and college sailing teams in support of their ability to travel to national regattas. As we begin budgeting for this task in 2009, we reflect on those who travelled last year to represent the Pacific Northwest in national regattas. High Schools=E2=80=94Interscholastic Sailing Association ISSA The PNW District holds an elimination regatta 2-3 weeks prior to the Nationals to select its entry. The opportunity to participate in these top level competitions is a strong motivator for scholastic sailors.=20 The excitement both on and off the water at these events is rewarding for those who qualify and provides a =E2=80=9Ccarrot=E2=80=9D for all parti= cipants wishing to take it to the next level. With this quick turnaround, the winning teams must often scramble to find funding for travel expenses while making final preparations for the competition itself. In 2008, North Kitsap High school represented the PNW at the Double Handed Championships held at the US Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. And, Bainbridge High School competed in the Team Racing Championships held on Lake Minnetonka, Minnesota. Here are two accounts written by members of these teams who qualified for National Championships last spring: =20 Bainbridge HS trip to Lake Minnetonka for Team Racing Championships (reported by Abby Hartmann): Eight sailors, two coaches, and two chaperones hopped on an early ferry to Seattle to catch our flight out. In Minnesota, we were lucky enough to have a house to stay at near the yacht club. which is on an island in Lake Minnetonka, so each day we would catch a =E2=80=9Cferry=E2=80=9D (a small pontoon boat) out to the isl= and. The lake was more chop than we were used to, not to mention we were sailing boats that we don=E2=80=99t normally sail here (420s instead of FJs= or V-15s), but there was great wind, a steady 15-20 on Saturday and 10-15 on Sunday.=20 With only one practice day at the venue and only a few days in 420s before we left, it was a big adjustment. By the end of Saturday, though, there was already huge improvement in our boat handling and weight placement. We were also starting to adjust to the intensity of the competition. By the end of the weekend we could put up a fight throughout an entire race, and although the results don=E2=80=99t necessari= ly show it there was a lot of improvement. =20 This regatta was my first national regatta as part of a team, which made a huge difference in the experience. We bonded a lot, and became better sailors as a team and individually. As one of two freshmen that were able to take part in the trip, I can say it has inspired other team members to want to go to nationals and do even better than we did.=20 The trip definitely would not have been possible without the support of the coaches, parents, volunteers, and of course the Sailing Foundation! Personally it was a fun regatta that made me a better sailor, and as a team it gave us a chance to improve and incentive to come back next year. =20 North Kitsap HS trip to Annapolis, MD for the Double Handed Championships (reported by team members Zach Forcade and Kendra Cox): This past spring, with the assistance of a travel grant from the Sailing Foundation, we had the great opportunity to compete for the Mallory Cup in Annapolis, Maryland. The Mallory is the High School Double-Handed National sailing championship. Twenty high schools represent their respective districts from around the country in this regatta. It is a chance for everyone involved to get a taste of the highest caliber of competition in the United States for youth sailors. I believe that we speak for the whole North Kitsap sailing team when we say that this regatta was the biggest and most challenging learning experience in our young sailing careers so far. =20 Coast to coast travel is tough. We got a great rate from an airline with a new name as a result of a well-publicized crash a few years back. Beset by delays and fueled by little bags of airline pretzels, we endured. We arrived in the greater Chesapeake area, which was being pounded by one storm system after another bringing heavy wind and flooded Interstate roadways. It looked pretty gnarly for sailing and it was. The regatta was set up so that the large majority of the day would be spent on the water racing. There were two fleets of twenty boats each, all forty provided by the US Naval Academy. A fleet and B fleet raced at the same time, on the same course, with staggered starts to separate the divisions. This meant that our forty boats plus the local traffic shared the narrow confines of the Severn at any given time. The unique aspect of this regatta=E2=80=99s setup was that each fleet saile= d a different class of boat. The A fleet started in the 420=E2=80=99s and the B fleet started in FJ=E2=80=99s and after ten races they swapped. This was to insure that boat handling skills and tactics won the regatta rather than overwhelming talent in a particular class of dinghy. Theoretically the result would be a very tough, yet fair regatta to determine which school had the best sailors. The format did not allow sailors to rest and regroup between races or to confer with coaches till the end of sailing each day. This put a premium on physical and mental toughness. Forget the last result. It=E2=80=99s a brand new race! The venue was the windswept mouth of the Severn River at the US Naval Academy. As the fronts passed the wind reversed direction and built. Wave sailing skills were the order of the day with a combination of swells and chop propagating off the developed shoreline=E2=80=99s solid sea walls. Heavy winds and seas resulted in numerous downwind death rolls. Such capsizes are unusual for a championship regatta with high caliber sailors.=20 Sailing at the Mallory Cup is a completely different experience than sailing on a nice northwest spring day on West Sound with your friends from the San Juan Islands. These sailors bicker excitedly with each other, trying to convince themselves and others that their school name will be etched on the trophy this year. Other sailors listen to pep talks about intimidation and confidence. They eagerly gather as much information as possible regarding the wind bends and shift tendencies for every given wind speed and direction. Northwest high school sailors tend to be outsiders among this group who sail against each other regularly on the national elite youth circuit. We saw firsthand how the best sailors in the country compete. Every maneuver is precise. At the start line they line up perfectly and pull the trigger at just the right time, every time. There is not much of a second row. The mark roundings are loud and aggressive as sailors declare or deny rights. Finishes are always close with the finishing signal emitting a near constant stream of sound as dozens of boats cross the line within seconds of one another. The difference between first and last was often no more than a few seconds on the typically short high school and collegiate style courses. In the end, we finished at the back, with our best race a second in A Division 420=E2=80= =99s. =20 Along with being able to experience this great regatta, we were also able to do some sightseeing in Washington D.C. We got on a train that left the outskirts of Baltimore and landed us in the heart of Washington D.C. It was an experience to move underground among the mole people of this great capitol city and it was warm and dry! Above ground in the real world, it was cold and pouring buckets of rain. Undeterred, we visited many of the major monuments. We saw the Museum of Natural History, the Washington Monument, Lincoln Memorial, the White House and numerous greater and lesser halls of government. We visited the war memorials including World War II, Korea, and Vietnam. The effects that the memorials had on us were profound. The faces on the Korean War Monument were solemn and proud in the rain. At the Vietnam wall we saw brothers, sisters and wives searching for the names of loved ones. Many openly wept as they touched the stark black granite wall of so many names. We were left to ask ourselves, =E2=80=9CWhat was it all for? Was it worth it?=E2=80=9D Textbooks and photographs simply = do not do these great things justice. It was a priceless experience to be able to see them firsthand in our nation=E2=80=99s capitol. We return humbled and enriched by the experience with gratitude and thanks to the Sailing Foundation, our fellow northwest competitors and friends, our sailing family at North Kitsap and Kingston High Schools, our community sailing boosters and our loved ones at home. Thank you one and all. It was a great trip. Collegiate=E2=80=94Intercollegiate Sailing Association ICSA On the Collegiate side, the same =E2=80=9Cspring scramble=E2=80=9D holds tr= ue for Northwest sailors who sought Sailing Foundation support for travel to championship competitions. UW and WWU both sent teams to the Semi-Finals for the Coed Dinghy Championships, UW was 15th in their semi-final in upstate New York and WWU was 13th at the U of Southern California venue. The top 9 teams from each semi-final advanced to the finals. In the Women=E2=80=99s National Dinghy Championships at Newport, Rhode Isla= nd, the team from WWU was 17th. The UW team competed a week later in the Team Racing Championship at the same venue for a 12 place finish. ICSA Co-Ed Nationals The format for the ICSA Co-ed Nationals was changed this year to allow for more teams to qualify for nationals and make the final event a more competitive regatta. In past years the NW conference was given one of berths to compete at the nationals held in early June. Under the new format each conference=E2=80=99s berth allocation was doubled, howe= ver teams first had to sail past a national semi final held April 26-27th before advancing onto the finals. Thirty-six teams from across the country were divided into an Eastern and Western semi-final held at Hobart and William Smith College in upstate New York and at University of Southern California in Long Beach. From the Northwest it was the University of Washington that was selected to travel to New York, while Western Washington University traveled to California. The semi-final was a blessing in disguise for the two teams who qualified at the NW Co-ed Championship Regatta. At the end of that event the teams were only separated by three points. This year, instead of the one winner advancing on, each team would be given a chance to sail their way into the finals, but first they would have to qualify. At both semi-final events, eighteen teams gathered at two of the most competitive regattas of the year but only the top nine teams from both events would be selected to sail at the finals.=20 For UW the event began with sun and steady breeze of 10-15knots until afternoon thunderstorms moved in, ending the day=E2=80=99s races. The competition looked tough and at the end of ten races, UW sat in 16th place, five points from Michigan in 15th and fifty-three points from the coveted 9th, held by Eckerd. Sunday=E2=80=99s racing began in a light breeze at three to six knots which only provided for six more races. UW was able to advance their position to 15th place. The team was led by senior Paul Stewart who sailed all eight A division races. Crewing for Paul was senior Emily Schneider, sophomore Hanna Darrin and junior Nick Hubbard. B division was sailed by two teams, sophomore skipper Felipe Lopez and his freshman crew Katie Schmidt and Senior Michelle Stitzer and her crew Hanna Darrin. Meanwhile in Long Beach WWU was greeted with 80 degrees temps and sunny skies. At the end of Saturday=E2=80=99s eight races, WWU sat in 13th place and forty-five points from a birth to nationals. Sunday=E2=80=99s rac= ing proved to be tough for the Western team and after seven additional races the team was only able to hold their 13th position. Western Washington was led by juniors Molly Jackson and Katie Bury in A division and freshman Rowan Yerxa and sophomore Mallory Abston.=20 ICSA Women=E2=80=99s Nationals This year=E2=80=99s ICSA Women=E2=80=99s Nationals was held in Newport Rhod= e Island from May 26th to the 28th. The event hosted eighteen teams from across the country, including Western Washington University. WWU was led by=20 ICSA Team Race Nationals The Sailing Foundation 2009 Plans for ISSA and ICSA assistance.=20 We know that costs will be harder to meet this year but, with your continued support, we hope to be able to provide significant travel assistance to the winning local teams as they represent the Pacific Northwest in national regattas. The Sailing Foundation is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to the promotion of sailing in the Pacific Northwest with primary emphasis on youth programs and safety at sea. The Sailing Foundation is a 501(c)(3) organization and we welcome your deductible contributions which can be mailed to The Sailing Foundation, 2609 151st Place N.E., Redmond, Washington 98052-5522. ______________________________________________________________________ If you no longer wish to receive these emails, please reply to this message with "Unsubscribe" in the subject line or simply click on the following link: http://cts.vresp.com/u?f540b56197/2f6ed101b9/mlpftw ______________________________________________________________________ The Sailing Foundation sent this email free of charge using VerticalResponse for Non-Profits. Non-Profits email free. You email affordably. The Sailing Foundation 2609 151st Place NE Redmond WA 98052-5522 US Read the VerticalResponse marketing policy: http://www.verticalresponse.com/content/pm_policy.html --__________MIMEboundary__________ Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Untitled Document
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The Sailing Foundation
2609 151st Place NE
Redmond WA 98052-5522
(425) 869-2727
Newsletter Vol. 1
March 2009
HELPING YOUTH COMPETE
One of the most visible activities of The Sailing F= oundation is the assistance we provide to high school and college sailing t= eams in support of their ability to travel to national regattas. As we beg= in budgeting for this task in 2009, we reflect on those who travelled last = year to represent the Pacific Northwest in national regattas.
High Schools—Interscholastic Sailing Associat= ion ISSA

The PNW District holds an elimination regatta 2-= 3 weeks prior to the Nationals to select its entry. The opportunity to part= icipate in these top level competitions is a strong motivator for scholasti= c sailors. The excitement both on and off the water at these events is rew= arding for those who qualify and provides a “carrot” for all pa= rticipants wishing to take it to the next level. With this quick turnaroun= d, the winning teams must often scramble to find funding for travel expense= s while making final preparations for the competition itself.

In 2008, North Kitsap High school represented the PNW at the Double Hand= ed Championships held at the US Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. And= , Bainbridge High School competed in the Team Racing Championships held on = Lake Minnetonka, Minnesota. Here are two accounts written by members of th= ese teams who qualified for National Championships last spring:

Bainbridge HS trip to Lake Minnetonka for Team Rac= ing Championships (reported by Abby Hartmann)

Eight sailors, two coaches, and two chaperones h= opped on an early ferry to Seattle to catch our flight out.

In Minnesota, we were lucky enough to have a house to stay at near the y= acht club. which is on an island in Lake Minnetonka, so each day we would c= atch a “ferry” (a small pontoon boat) out to the island. The la= ke was more chop than we were used to, not to mention we were sailing boats= that we don’t normally sail here (420s instead of FJs or V-15s), but= there was great wind, a steady 15-20 on Saturday and 10-15 on Sunday.

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With only one practice day at the venue and only a few days in 420s befo= re we left, it was a big adjustment. By the end of Saturday, though, there = was already huge improvement in our boat handling and weight placement. We = were also starting to adjust to the intensity of the competition. By the en= d of the weekend we could put up a fight throughout an entire race, and alt= hough the results don’t necessarily show it, there was a lot of impro= vement.

This regatta was my first national regatta as part of a team, which made= a huge difference in the experience. We bonded a lot, and became better sa= ilors as a team and individually. As one of two freshmen that were able to = take part in the trip, I can say it has inspired other team members to want= to go to nationals and do even better than we did.

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The trip definitely would not have been possible without the support of = the coaches, parents, volunteers, and of course the Sailing Foundation! Per= sonally, it was a fun regatta that made me a better sailor, and as a team, = it gave us a chance to improve and incentive to come back next year.

North Kitsap HS trip to Annapolis, MD for the Doub= le Handed Championships (reported by team members Zach Forcade and Kendra C= ox)

This past spring, with the assistance of a travel = grant from the Sailing Foundation, we had the great opportunity to compete = for the Mallory Cup in Annapolis, Maryland. The Mallory is the High School = Double-Handed National sailing championship. Twenty high schools represent = their respective districts from around the country in this regatta. It is a= chance for everyone involved to get a taste of the highest caliber of comp= etition in the United States for youth sailors. I believe that we speak fo= r the whole North Kitsap sailing team when we say that this regatta was the= biggest and most challenging learning experience in our young sailing care= ers so far.

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Coast to coast travel is tough. We got a great rate from an airline wit= h a new name as a result of a well-publicized crash a few years back. Beset= by delays and fueled by little bags of airline pretzels, we endured. We ar= rived in the greater Chesapeake area, which was being pounded by one storm = system after another, bringing heavy wind and flooded Interstate roadways. = It looked pretty gnarly for sailing and it was.

The regatta was set up so that the large majority of the day would be sp= ent on the water racing. There were two fleets of twenty boats each, all fo= rty provided by the US Naval Academy. A fleet and B fleet raced at the same= time, on the same course, with staggered starts to separate the divisions.= This meant that our forty boats plus the local traffic shared the narrow c= onfines of the Severn at any given time. The unique aspect of this regatta&= rsquo;s setup was that each fleet sailed a different class of boat. The A f= leet started in the 420’s and the B fleet started in FJ’s and a= fter ten races they swapped. This was to insure that boat handling skills a= nd tactics won the regatta rather than overwhelming talent in a particular = class of dinghy. Theoretically the result would be a very tough, yet fair r= egatta to determine which school had the best sailors. The format did not = allow sailors to rest and regroup between races or to confer with coaches t= ill the end of sailing each day. This put a premium on physical and mental = toughness. Forget the last result. It’s a brand new race!

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The venue was the windswept mouth of the Severn River at the US Naval Ac= ademy. As the fronts passed, the wind reversed direction and built. Wave sa= iling skills were the order of the day with a combination of swells and cho= p propagating off the developed shoreline’s solid sea walls. Heavy w= inds and seas resulted in numerous downwind death rolls. Such capsizes are= unusual for a championship regatta with high caliber sailors.

Sailing at the Mallory Cup is a completely different experience than sai= ling on a nice northwest spring day on West Sound with your friends from th= e San Juan Islands. These sailors bicker excitedly with each other, trying = to convince themselves and others that their school name will be etched on = the trophy this year. Other sailors listen to pep talks about intimidation = and confidence. They eagerly gather as much information as possible regardi= ng the wind bends and shift tendencies for every given wind speed and direc= tion. Northwest high school sailors tend to be outsiders among this group w= ho sail against each other regularly on the national elite youth circuit. W= e saw firsthand how the best sailors in the country compete. Every maneuver= is precise. At the start line they line up perfectly and pull the trigger= at just the right time, every time. There is not much of a second row. The= mark roundings are loud and aggressive as sailors declare or deny rights. = Finishes are always close with the finishing signal emitting a near constan= t stream of sound as dozens of boats cross the line within seconds of one a= nother. The difference between first and last was often no more than a few = seconds on the typically short high school and collegiate style courses. I= n the end, we finished at the back, with our best race a second in A Divisi= on 420’s.

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Along with being able to experience this great regatta, we were also abl= e to do some sightseeing in Washington D.C. We got on a train that left th= e outskirts of Baltimore and landed us in the heart of Washington D.C. It = was an experience to move underground among the mole people of this great c= apitol city and it was warm and dry! Above ground in the real world, it was= cold and pouring buckets of rain. Undeterred, we visited many of the major= monuments. 3D"Team We saw the Museum of Natural History= , the Washington Monument, Lincoln Memorial, the White House and numerous g= reater and lesser halls of government. We visited the war memorials, includ= ing World War II, Korea, and Vietnam. The effects that the memorials had on= us were profound. The faces on the Korean War Monument were solemn and pro= ud in the rain. At the Vietnam wall, we saw brothers, sisters and wives sea= rching for the names of loved ones. Many openly wept as they touched the s= tark black granite wall of so many names. We were left to ask ourselves, &l= dquo;What was it all for? Was it worth it?” Textbooks and photographs= simply do not do these great things justice. It was a priceless experience= to be able to see them firsthand in our nation’s capitol.

We return humbled and enriched by the experience with gratitude and than= ks to the Sailing Foundation, our fellow northwest competitors and friends,= our sailing family at North Kitsap and Kingston High Schools, our communit= y sailing boosters and our loved ones at home. Thank you one and all. It = was a great trip.
Collegiate—Intercollegiate Sailing Associatio= n ICSA

On the Collegiate side, the same “spring scr= amble” holds true for Northwest sailors who sought Sailing Foundation= support for travel to championship competitions. UW and WWU both sent tea= ms to the Semi-Finals for the Coed Dinghy Championships, UW was 15th in the= ir semi-final in upstate New York and WWU was 13th at the U of Southern Cal= ifornia venue. The top 9 teams from each semi-final advanced to the finals. In the Women’s National Dinghy Championships at Newport, Rhode Island= , the team from WWU was 17th. The UW team competed a week later in the Tea= m Racing Championship at the same venue for a 12 place finish.
ICSA Co-Ed Nationals

The format for the ICSA Co-ed Nationals was change= d this year to allow for more teams to qualify for nationals and make the f= inal event a more competitive regatta. In past years the NW conference was = given one of berths to compete at the nationals held in early June. Under t= he new format each conference’s berth allocation was doubled, however= teams first had to sail past a national semi final held April 26-27th befo= re advancing onto the finals. Thirty-six teams from across the country were= divided into an Eastern and Western semi-final held at Hobart and William = Smith College in upstate New York and at University of Southern California = in Long Beach. From the Northwest it was the University of Washington that = was selected to travel to New York, while Western Washington University tra= veled to California. The semi-final was a blessing in disguise for the two = teams who qualified at the NW Co-ed Championship Regatta. At the end of tha= t event the teams were only separated by three points. This year, instead o= f the one winner advancing on, each team would be given a chance to sail th= eir way into the finals, but first they would have to qualify. At both semi= -final events, eighteen teams gathered at two of the most competitive regat= tas of the year but only the top nine teams from both events would be selec= ted to sail at the finals.

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For UW the event began with sun and steady breeze of 10-15knots until af= ternoon thunderstorms moved in, ending the day’s races. The competiti= on looked tough and at the end of ten races, UW sat in 16th place, five poi= nts from Michigan in 15th and fifty-three points from the coveted 9th, held= by Eckerd. Sunday’s racing began in a light breeze at three to six k= nots which only provided for six more races. UW was able to advance their p= osition to 15th place. The team was led by senior Paul Stewart who sailed a= ll eight A division races. Crewing for Paul was senior Emily Schneider, sop= homore Hanna Darrin and junior Nick Hubbard. B division was sailed by two t= eams, sophomore skipper Felipe Lopez and his freshman crew Katie Schmidt an= d Senior Michelle Stitzer and her crew Hanna Darrin.

Meanwhile in Long Beach WWU was greeted with 80 degrees temps and sunny = skies. At the end of Saturday’s eight races, WWU sat in 13th place an= d forty-five points from a birth to nationals. Sunday’s racing proved= to be tough for the Western team and after seven additional races the team= was only able to hold their 13th position. Western Washington was led by j= uniors Molly Jackson and Katie Bury in A division and freshman Rowan Yerxa = and sophomore Mallory Abston.
ICSA Women’s Nationals

The Western Washington University Women’s sa= iling team consisting of Molly Jackson, Katie Stackpole, Katie Stephens, Ca= lla Ward, and Mallory Abston were ecstatic to win the Northwest District Ch= ampionships and fly out to Newport Rhode Island for the ICSA Women’s = nationals. It had been over ten years since Western had made it to nationa= ls, making the experience all the more memorable. Newport Rhode Island had = beautiful weather and breezes that slowly increased during the first day fr= om about ten knots and up to gusts of about twenty-five. The racing was inc= redibly challenging and provided plenty of learning opportunities. Coming o= ut of the regatta the women’s team made new goals to prepare for nati= onals next year. We have a better idea of how to prepare for a large and co= mpetitive fleet as well as more challenging courses. We look forward to app= lying our new sailing knowledge and skills to this year’s season.

The Sailing Foundation 2009 Plans for ISSA and ICSA= Assistance

We know that costs will be harder to meet this yea= r but, with your continued support, we hope to be able to provide signific= ant travel assistance to the winning local teams as they represent the Paci= fic Northwest in national regattas.

The Sailing Foundation is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to the= promotion of sailing in the Pacific Northwest with primary emphasis on you= th programs and safety at sea. The Sailing Foundation is a 501(c)(3) organi= zation and we welcome your deductible contributions which can be mailed to = The Sailing Foundation, 2609 151st Place N.E., Redmond, Washington 98052-55= 22.


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