Fall 2010 Alumni Regatta: Report

Alumni regatta Report – Fall 2010
October 2, 2010

Conditions:  
Thursday rain storms cleared for a windy day on Friday with gusts in the upper 20s out of the North and a perfectly sunny fall day on Saturday with mild wind with maybe 12knot puffs out of the Northwest.  The normally clear blue waters of Cayuga were unusually cloudy with sediment from the heavy rains, but with blue skies, puffy clouds and the trees just starting to change, it was still a “gorges” scene.  Additionally, many people enjoyed AppleFest in the Commons.

Weekend Format: 
On Friday afternoon early arrivals joined the team for a dingy practice, and a larger crew took the big boat out for a short but exciting cruise in winds that gusted up to the upper 20s.  Saturday was better for competitive dingy sailing, and twelve boats enjoyed a few hours of racing before a bbq and team meeting.  Alumni noticed a significant difference of a much closer fleet this year even in the more casual conditions of the weekend and were pleased to see results from the coach already.

Unfortunately the new coach Brian, was unavailable this weekend, but alumni enjoyed hearing about him from the rest of the team.  At the meeting Captain Vince Andrews presented a positive report of the transition to being a coached team, and alumni expressed their excitement and interest in hearing more frequent updates on the team.  We hope to see more pictures too of the current team on the water!

Race Results:
Sportsmanship award:  Mrs. Brandt and Blair Davis
Crew Award:  Beth Brown ‘10 (for her amazing comeback in the last race where crew / skipper switched)



Special Thanks to Race Committee:  Conner Fitzpatrick ’13, and Colleen Cozzens ’12;  to our mark boats:  Vince Andrews ‘11, Jon Goldsmith ‘12, and Skipper (who also took some great photos!).  Also thanks to the sailing house for another great party!

Fall 2010 Alumni Regatta: Photos

Friday Afternoon:  Practice with the Team

Lauren Turner '13 and Erin Ahlers '13 got their boat stuck in the mud when they turtled the boat during pratice in the heavy wind and waves.

The young men are left to clean up Nikiforos Delatolas '13, Alden Sonnenfeldt '13

Friday Afternoon:  Sailing the Big Boat

Heavy wind and recent storms left Cayuga lake with large waves and dark sediment-filled waters.	From the right: Steve Novak '10, Ian Cook '10, and Eric Magnuson '07
From the right: Cecilia Walker '10, Heather Knowlton '11, Whitney Patross '10 & '05 and Josh Keegan '06	Spontaneity:                                       Sailing off into the distance.

Saturday:  Racing

Philip Alley '12 and Whitney Patross '10 & '05

David Bradt '71 and Della Bradt '13 finishing downwind

Della Bradt '71 and David Bradt '13 sailing the crew race.

Wade Christensen '14 and Beth Brown '10 getting of the starting line.

Finishing Downwind

Saturday Afternoon:  BBQ and Meeting

Team Meeting

Fall 2010 Alumni Regatta: Flyer

Fall 2010 Alumni Regatta: Agenda

Fall 2010 Alumni Regatta Flyer

Schedule of Events:

Friday Oct. 1st
· 3-6:30pm Practice with the current team (Get ready for Saturday’s racing).
· 8pm - Happy Hour (Collegetown Location TBA)

Saturday Oct. 2nd
· 10 am: Brunch at the Boathouse, (Get to know current and past team members)
· 11:30 am – 4pm: Sailing (Racing format TBA)
· 4:30pm: Group Photo
· 4:30 - 5:30: Team Discussion- topic and alumni moderator TBA. Capped at 1 hour.
o This past year’s discussion topic was "The transition from a student run to coached team,” which was moderated by alumni, Scott Grant. If you are interested in seeing the regatta report from this years past alumni regatta please see the attachment.
· 5:30 – 7: BBQ and Awards
· Break for showers / nap
· 9:30 - Sailing Party, Location TBA in collegetown.

Sunday Oct. 3rd
· CTB for breakfast, between 9am- 12pm assemble at your pleasure
· Potential Big Boat Sailing

Rain or shine! We have events planned to get you acquainted with the team’s new Coach and current team!

Registration: Is available at the team website (http://www.rso.cornell.edu/sailing/). (Direct link to registration - http://sites.google.com/site/cornellalumniregatta/)

Registration fee will be $25 / person includes brunch on Saturday, racing, and BBQ on Saturday afternoon, and is payable on arrival in Ithaca. Please sign up online and see who else is coming!

Housing: Housing with current students may be requested - If so desired, please contact Allison at allisongardiner1@gmail.com.

All are Welcome: If you would like to sail dinghies but don’t have a crew or skipper we will gladly pair you up with one! Friends and families are invited!

Better Weather: The Alumni Regatta has been moved to the fall semester due to the popularity of warmer water and fall color in the trees.
The last alumni regatta was a lot of fun (Regatta report attached). It is important to us to stay in-touch with current and past sailing team members and we hope to see you this fall!

Sincerely,

Alumni Regatta Organizers:
Alumni coordinator: Colleen Cozzens ’12, c.cozzens@gmail.com,
Alumni, Allison Gardiner ’10, allisongardiner1@gmail.com,
Alumni, Whitney Patross ‘05/’10, wep6@cornell.edu

Alumni Wall

Recently a wall in the boathouse has been dedicated to team photos (see photo attached). We have several group photos from the Fall Banquet from recent years, but are missing pictures from 2001, 2002, and 2003 - If you have any suggestions as to who might have these, please let us know!

Spring 2010 Alumni Regatta: Photos

We had 11 boats on the line

Andrew Davis '02 and Della Brandt '13 in the final race (crew/skipper switch)

Whitney Patross '05,'10 and Phil Alley in the final race (crew/skipper switch)

Our Race Committee: Conner Fitzpatrick ’13 and Colleen Cozzens ’12

 Mark Boats:  Rachel Storey '12, Katie McNeill '11, and Jon Goldsmith '11

Top Three Boats:  Phil/Whitney, Laura/Scott, and Allie/Andre

Lauren Turner '13 and her parents, winner of the spirit award

Skippers Meeting before the Regatta

Spring 2010 Alumni Regatta: Report

Spring 2010 Alumni Regatta

Conditions: Although the wind was not present early in the day (forcing a game of Frisbee), it did fill in for the afternoon from the southwest. It was shifty at times with oscillating puffs, but was adequate for sailing after we changed the racing format from team racing to fleet racing. Despite snow flurries on Tuesday, all competitors appreciated the 80 degrees and sunshine. Please note: as we are writing this report it is once again snowing in Ithaca. Hooray for the great (warm) weather we had for the Regatta!

Weekend Format: On Friday early arrivals were able to get in a practice with the team before the official start of the regatta with drinks at Rulloffs. Saturday included fleet racing ending with a crew race (crew-skipper switch) for the final race of the day. We were only able to get a few races off do to the weather conditions and time.

Race Committee:
Conner Fitzpatrick ’13, Colleen Cozzens ’12 and Emma Lejeune ’13

Mark Boats:
Katie McNeill ’11, Heather Knowlton ’11, Nate Treffeisen ’12, Ali Love ’11, Tina Rho ’12, Rachel Storey ’12, and Chris Iriarte ’13, Jon Goldsmith ‘11.

The BBQ followed soon after racing. While everyone was eating delicious food our race committed Colleen Cozzens ’12 and Conner Fitzpatrick ’13 presented awards to:

First Place: Philip Alley ’12 and Whitney Patross ’05 / ‘10
Second Place: Andre Van Rynbach ’07 and Allie Gardiner ’10
Third Place: Scott Grandt ’08 and Laura Graham ’09 (extra point for having two alumni in their boat)
Sportsmanship award: Team Turner: Rick Turner ’77 and Lauren Turner ‘13


The Top 3 Finishers from the left: Phil, Whitney, Laura, Scott, Allie, and Andre

Final Places
1 Philip Alley ‘12 and Whitney Patross ‘05
2 Andre Van Rynback. ‘07 and Allie Gardiner ‘10
(2*) Vince Andrews ‘11 and Blair ’11 (Blair and Tina ‘11)
3 Scott Grandt ‘08 and Laura Graham ’09
4 Andrew Davis ‘02 and Della Bradt‘13
5 Alex Fee ‘06 and Alex Gensemer ‘13
6 Rick Turner ‘77and Lauren Turner ‘13
7 Josh Keegan ’06 and Eric Magnuson ‘07
8 Mike Rivlin ’13 and Emily Parkinson ‘12
9 Jason Fine ‘05 (Chris Iriate ‘13/ Nate T ‘12)
10 Jonathon Rupp ‘and Anisha ‘13
11 Ben Kraus ’03 and Hillary ‘13

*Although Vince and Blair originally took second place, under Alumni Adjusted Scoring they were down-graded. Alumni Adjusted Scoring requires an alumnus to be in the boat in order to place in the top three.

Team discussion
A team discussion/forum, moderated by Scott Grandt with the topic "The transition from a student run to coached team," was conducted after the BBQ with alumni and current members. The discussion was very helpful in instigating communication between the current members and alumni. Members were able to get a better understanding of how the leaders of FOCS were imaging the team’s future. For example that it is anticipated that the team will be structured like Brown’s club sailing team and not like Yale’s or Dartmouth varsity sailing team. The current members were asked to write down attributes the team is looking for in a coach. Enthusiasm was on the top of the list. The day ended with a party at the sailing house where the team debuted its new beer pong table which certain alumni totally dominated winning an estimated 10 games in a row.

Thanks
Additional thanks to Skipper – who did some wonderful photography along with Alex Gensemer ’13 and Emma Lejeune ‘14. Thanks to the sailing house for a great party (we LOVE the new table!) and thanks to our alumni regatta organizers Colleen Cozzens and Scott Grandt – their hard work made the weekend a success! And thank you to all our alumni that traveled and took time out of their schedule to spend time with the Cornell Sailing Team!

We hope to see everyone at the next alumni regatta this fall – October 2, 2010!