Cornell Sailing Alumni Regatta: Teams Past ('00

2009 - 2010 Academic Year

Winter Trip: Antigua & Barbuda (Jan 2010)

Practice with the Team in Fall 2010

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Winter Trip: Antigua & Barbuda

2008 - 2009 Academic Year

The Dedication of the New Boathouse (May 2009)

Our new boathouse: The Merrill Family Sailing Center

Winter Trip: Bimini Islands (Jan 2009)

Phil Alley ‘12 catches a lobster by hand.

Once again in January of 2009, fourteen members of the sailing team rented two Beneteau 393’s out of Ft. Lauderdale, FL and sailed across the Gulf Stream at night to the Bimini Islands of the Bahamas. The team visited the quaint town of Alice Town, the rocky, but spectacular Gun Cay, and the half sunken Sapona wreck.

Three Mahi-Mahi were caught as well as 7 spiny lobsters. The team had a great time snorkeling in a beautiful reef, sailing in the stream and dodging dozens of cruise ships that ply along the Florida coast.

Cornell Hosts the War Memorial Regatta (Fall 2008)

Among other regattas, Cornell Sailing ran the War Memorial Regatta

Phil Alley ‘12 and Colleen Cozzens ‘12

Cornell Big Boat Team Takes 1st Place at Larchmont Trysail! (Fall 2008)


Cornell rolls Drexel on their way to a bullet at Strom Trysail Hooray!

Ian Cook ’10, Ben Raper ’10, Laura Graham ’ 09, Steve Novak ’10, and Katie McNeill ’11 with boat rep. Eric Irwin.

Cornell closely watches jib trim aboard Mike LaChance’s J105 Dark n Stormy

Storm Trysail Intercollegiate Offshore Regatta, when we took 1st place in the 12 boat J/105 class, and 3rd place overall.

Included in our division were several varsity programs such as the Coast Guard Academy, St Mary’s College, and King’s Point, all of whom have a reputation for producing some of the top big boat sailors in the country.

Cornell Hosts High-School Nationals and College Single Handed Nationals

2007 - 2008 Academic Year

Cornell Sailing in the Daily Sun
Getting Wet with the Cornell Sailing Team (April 11, 2008)

Cornell Sailing Ice Hockey Team (Spring 2008)

Cornell Sailing / Ice Hockey Team - Team "Your Mom"

Winter Trip: Dry Tortugas (Jan 2008)

In January 2008, eight members of the sailing team rented a Beneteau 473 out of Key West, FL and sailed to the Dry Tortugas, a national park 70 miles to the west of Key West. The team visited the Civil War era fort in the national park, picnicked on a deserted island, and had rollicking good sailing conditions of 20-25 knots from the east and temperatures in the mid seventies. The boat did have some problems though including head troubles, battery troubles and a clogged bilge pump, all of which were dealt with accordingly. Other highlights included a pod of 30 dolphins, a sea turtle, a 25 pound tuna, and some fantastic snorkeling.

2006 - 2007 Academic Year

Cornell Sailing Ice Hockey Team (Spring 2007)

Spring Break Trip to Charleston SC (Spring Break 2007)

Blair Davis ‘09 and Mike McDermott ‘09

Kate Hinchcliff ‘08 and Ian Cook ‘10, wing-on-wing.

For spring break 2007, seven boats worth of Cornell sailors travelled down to South Carolina for some sun and sailing. Fourteen sailors piled into three cars and made the long drive from Ithaca to Charleston to practice in the warm weather to get geared up for the second half of the spring season. The adventure started on the drive down with a massive snow storm coinciding with much of the drive. The wicked weather made the escape to the South that much nicer.

Sailors rented several cabins in a campground in Charleston and sailed out of Charleston Community Boating. The team got plenty of practice in the center’s 420s and enjoyed some coach- ing from All American Mike Miller. The team worked on plenty of drills during their sailing sessions, as well as both fleet and team racing. The practice sessions helped the team polish up on their racing skills that had gotten a bit dusty over the winter. It was a few sailors’ first time in a boat since the end of the fall season, since our boats at Cornell were still inside, protected from the two feet of snow on the ground! The trip also featured plenty of team bonding, and was overall a great success.