Fall 2013 Alumni Regatta

October 5th, 2013

Conditions: 

Once again, sailors returned to Ithaca in the rain.  A future concern may be that we will not recognize the town in the sunshine.  We awoke on Saturday morning to fog, drizzle and wind of about .000001.  We thought we saw some movement in the trees, but it was just more rain.  Hope spring eternal, so we set out in a light breeze around 11:30 (prompting some some sarcastic requests for a heavier crew).

Surprisingly, the wind filled in, blew the clouds away and soon we were hiking out in 12 knots, with gusts bringing some white caps.  "Yee-haw" said more then one skipper.  "Yikes that wave was cold" said more then one crew.

The wind held out for most of the afternoon and the alumni ended the day battered, bruised, soaked but smiling.

Weekend Format:

Without pesky homecoming activities to get in the way, sailing commenced at the quite reasonable hour of 11:30 on Saturday.  Earlier would not have been feasible, not only due to the lack of wind, but due to the enthusiastic participation in the party the night before.  Note, nothing cures a hangover like a nice stiff breeze.  While we appreciated the team racing sails, the day was limited to fleet racing.  Sailing was followed by BBQ, games and general merriment at the boat house, before the party returned to collegetown.

Word on the street is that state street diner may have burned down?  We couldn't take any risks so we had Sunday brunch (aka bacon) at the house.  Yum.

Race Results:

1st Place:  Phil Alley '12 and Greg Reppucci '15

2nd Place:  Lauren Turner '13 and Martha Peterson '12 and Della Brandt '13 (there was some crew swapping)

3rd Place:  Hillary Paulsen '13 and Michael Rivlin '13

Sports Award:  Jon Goldmith '12 and Martha Peterson '12

Heaviest Boat:  Skipper  (When the race committee went to re-position their boat, they discovered their anchor was snagged... on another anchor)

 

Special Thanks:
Alumni coordinator, Max Carnella '16;  Race committee Bradley Barth '16; Mark boat Dan Birmingham '17 and food people Duncan Howes '15, Collin Clark '14 and Greg Reppucci 15’(we are lucky you still like us :) !  Thank you!