Yale Sailing Fall Newsletter 2017

SAILING NEWS FALL 2017

From the Associates Fall 2017 Since 2003 we have won 15 National Championships and 4 Fowle Trophies for team of the year.

None of this would have been possible without Tom Beckett’s unshakeable belief in the positive role of sports in the development of young men and women. We hope you will join us in thanking him personally at the sailing associates dinner at the Graduate Club in New Haven, Monday, January 29, 2018, 6pm cocktails, 7pm dinner.

PHOTO: BOB MIGLIACCIO

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his fall saw more great performances on the water from our team, and from our alumni as well. Our women’s team capped off a strong season with a win at Women’s ACCs and a #1 ranking, while the Coed team ended up ranked #3 in the country. Nic Baird ‘19 and Malcolm Lamphere ‘18 both placed in the top 10 at Men’s Singlehanded Nationals.

We are looking forward to continued success in the spring!

Our alumni had a pretty strong fall as well, with Steve Benjamin ‘78 coming back to win the Etchells Worlds, and then following that up with a win at the Championship of Champions.

As of press time, Meredith Killion ‘05, sailing with Ched Proctor, has just won Lightning Masters’ Worlds and is competing for the overall World title in the venerable class. Stu Mcnay and Thomas Barrows teamed up for a 2nd at the J70 Worlds.

Our alumni also fielded many team-racing teams this summer and fall, placing 4th at the New York YC’s Morgan Cup, considered the informal championship of keelboat team racing.

We also sent teams to regattas at Seawanhaka (twice) and to

the Bristol (RI) YC. This spring we will be competing in the Baldwin in California and the Cumberland in London; please reach out to Phil Stemler or Jamie Ewing if you’re interested in either or both.

Back to the team: many thanks to every one of you who contributed to our annual fundraising last year; the team depends on your contributions to fund travel, equipment and other necessary expenses to field a nationally competitive team. We encourage everyone to participate in giving this year, no matter how large or small the donation. For those of you with reunions this spring, please remember that gifts to Yale Sailing count as part of your class’s reunion gift, and we would appreciate any contributions through this channel.

We wish all in our YCYC family happy holidays and a great winter.

Sail fast – Jamie and Ted

Captain’s Report Malcolm Lamphere ’18, Coed Captain

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fter a dominant run by the Yale coed team in recent years, this fall served as a rebuilding phase following the graduation of the large and talented class of 2017. During this process, many opportunities arose for sailors new and old who stepped up to fill their places. While more experienced upperclassmen have long awaited this challenge, the large freshman class was also heavily relied upon to meet the expectations that come with being part of a historically strong team. The coed season got off to a great start with the team finishing 2nd in the Harry Anderson Trophy on its home waters. Nic Baird ‘19 and Graceann Nicolosi ‘20 dominated A division, while Nick Hernandez ‘19 and Kira Woods ‘19 split days with Casey Klingler ‘18 and Claudia Loiacono ‘21 to combine for 5th place finish in B division. That weekend the coed team also won its first event at the Mount Hope Bay Championship with Dylan Dimarchi ‘20 and recently converted crew KB Knapp ‘18 crushing A division while Claire Huebner ‘18 and Sonia Lingos-Utley ‘21 cleaned up B division. The second week of the season, the team made its first trip the Charles River where it finished 7th at the Hatch Brown Trophy. The highlight of the regatta, which was limited to 3 races by light winds, was a strong showing in C division from Shawn Harvey ‘21 and crew KB Knapp ‘18 who carried the team with a strong 3rd place finish. The coed team also competed at the Nevins Trophy where Hernandez and Woods led the way with a solid 5th place finish in A division. Adam Wolnikowski ‘21 also got his first action of the season, battling in C division which was sailed singlehanded in Lasers.

The next weekend, the team splintered up and down the East coast for the New England Men’s Singlehanded Qualifiers, Hood Trophy, and St Mary’s Interconference. Baird won the laser singlehanded qualifiers and Malcolm Lamphere ‘18 finished 3rd, advancing both to the national championships later in the fall at USF. Up on Mystic Lake at the Hood Trophy, Harvey and Knapp sailed excellently in A division to a 4th place finish, while Dylan Dimarchi ‘20 with crews Cate Mollerus ‘21 and Lingos-Utley put together an impressive 2nd place finish in B division. The young team combined for a 2nd place finish at the event, and were bested only by the home favorite Tufts. At the St Mary’s Interconference, Hernandez and Woods sailed to a solid 5th place finish in a competitive A division, while Casey Klingler and Loiacono also finished 5th in B division. The squad ended up 4th at the event. In the 4th week of racing, many sailors took weekends off, giving other sailors the chance to race in more competitive events. The team finished 12th at the coveted Danmark Trophy at Coast Guard and 4th at the Hewitt trophy up North at Dartmouth. At the Danmark, Harvey and Knapp sailed consistently to a 6th place finish in a tough B division, while Lamphere and Nicolosi ended up 2nd in A at the Hewitt. The following weekend the coed team only entered the Moody Trophy where a 2nd

place finish in A division by Baird and Nicolosi and a win in B division

by Lamphere with crews Lingos-Utley and Woods earned the the team 2nd place at the event. The next weekend, the coed team travelled up to Dartmouth for the 3 division Captain Hurst Bowl fleet race. Here the team earned its 3rd win of the fall, which was highlighted by wins in B division by Lamphere and Lingos-Utley as well as C division in Hernandez and Woods. The team also competed at two single day team race events which showcased young teams who sailed well against solid competition to 2nd place finishes at both regattas. In the final weekend of regatta competition before ACC qualifications, the team entered only the Sherman Hoyt and Oberg Trophies since several sailors were away at the Hinman Team Race Championships. At the Hoyt, Harvey and Knapp sailed to a respectable 8th place finish in a competitive A division, while Casey Klinger and Loiacono powered to a strong 2nd place finish in B division propelling the team to 4th place overall at the event. At the Oberg, the team finished 14th, with freshman boats of Nick Marwell ‘21 and crew Emery Wallace ‘21 sailing to 10th in B division and Martin Tipton ‘21 and Mina Cezairli ‘21 to 15th in C division.

In the 8th week of sailing, the coed team travelled up to Boston for the Schell Trophy which is the New England fall conference championships and also serves as the qualifier for the Atlantic Coast Championship. The team struggled on Saturday and entered Sunday out of qualification for ACCs, but rallied hard Sunday all the way to finish the regatta in 3rd place. Baird and Nicolosi sailed to 6th in A, while the two boats of Hernandez and Woods and Lamphere and Utley combined for a 5th place finish in B. The same weekend, the coed team also finished 8th at the Nickerson Freshman Regatta, where Harvey and crew Becca Rose sailed to 3rd in A division while Marwell and Wallace battled to 11th in B. Following the New England Conference Championships, Baird and Lamphere travelled to St Petersburg to compete at the Singlehanded Nationals in lasers. In light and shifty conditions amid high expectations, each struggled to 9th and 10th place finishes respectively. The rest of the team enjoyed some time back home at the Snow and Satisfaction. In the last week of competition for the team, the coed squad travelled to NY Maritime for the Atlantic Coast Championships. Again the team got off to a slow start on Saturday and battled its way back to finish 5th, only 5 points out of 2nd. Baird and Nicolosi sailed to a 7th place finish in A, while Lamphere and Harvey each sailed with Lingos-Utley to combine for a 5th place finish in B. This winter the team will take some time away from college sailing competition to focus on preparing their bodies and minds for the spring season.

Captain’s Report Claire Huebner ’18, Women’s Captain

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his year, our team happily welcomed 14 new first years into the Yale Sailing family. Everyone did an incredible job of hitting the ground running and many first years quickly fell into important roles within the team. In a fall plagued by light wind, the women’s team still managed to see success throughout the season. The first two weekends for the ladies opened with a great mix of new and old faces. Sophomore skippers Louisa Nordstrom and Chrissie Klingler led off the season for the Bulldogs, competing at the Toni Deutsch and the Stu Nelson. Nordstrom sailed with senior crew Caroline Colwell and first year Becca Rose while Klingler competed with first year Cate Mollerus. The group started out their year with a seventh place, but quickly shot up the standings, taking a definitive first place in the second event of the fall.

Anderson at Yale and the Danmark at Coast Guard among others. Rounding out the team for a third-place finish were Nordstrom with Huebner back to crewing in B division and Chrissie Klingler in C. After the long trip down to Annapolis, the ladies enjoyed their following weekend at home for the Yale Women’s Intersectional. Casey Klingler, Loiacono, Nordstrom, and Mollerus represented the Bulldogs and took home a fourth place in a classically light and unpredictable YCYC northerly. The light winds persisted up into the next weekend where the ladies spent a good amount of time on the shores of Lake Mascoma carving pumpkins, waiting for wind to fill at Dartmouth’s Mrs. Hurst Bowl. Nordstrom, Chrissie Klingler, Mollerus, and Woods took home a fifth after only squeezing in five races for the entire weekend.

After a quick first two weekends, Nordstrom and Klingler stepped out of dinghies and into the laser to represent the Bulldogs at the NEISA Single-Handed Qualifier hosted by Roger Williams. Both sailed well on a tricky weekend with Klingler taking 10th and Nordstrom narrowly missing qualification in 6th. Elsewhere in NEISA, the women’s team was well represented at various coed events that weekend.

After an entire season of light and tricky racing, the Bulldogs were ready when the Charles gave them another weekend of the same. The team put on a dominant performance at the Victorian Urn which serves as the Women’s New England Championship, beating the second-place team by 55 points and the third-place team by 99. Senior crew KB Knapp joined the women’s squad that weekend, taking a break from a fall of mostly coed competition, to sail with Nordstrom. Casey Klingler and Loiacono competed in A division and Huebner and Chrissie Klingler were ready for a forecasted breezy Sunday that did not end up materializing. The same team, also including Mollerus as an additional crew, headed into the Women’s Atlantic Coast Championships carrying the momentum from their previous win. The group again took first at the event hosted by Connecticut College. This was the first time in 6 years that the Bulldogs had won the fall championship.

The next four weeks saw the Bulldogs traveling as far south as the Naval Academy and then north all the way up to Dartmouth on Lake Mascoma. The block began a little closer to home where sophomore skipper Chrissie Klingler and senior skipper/crew Claire Huebner fought hard for a 5th place finish during an extremely light weekend on the Charles. This was the first women’s weekend for first year crew Mina Cezairli who joined first year Rose and junior Kira Woods as crews for the event. The ladies then travelled down to Annapolis for Women’s Navy Fall where the team saw the return of senior Casey Klingler and her crew, freshman Claudia Loiacono, to the women’s circuit. The two had previously been active in the coed circuit, competing at many of NEISA top coed events such as the Harry

After a such a successful fall, the women’s team is looking forward to hopefully to what will hopefully be a breezier, but equally impressive spring season.

Coach’s Corner McNay Family Director of Yale Sailing, Zack Leonard ‘89

Commodore’s Column

By Casey Klingler

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e have just wrapped up a productive fall in Short Beach. The team has a lot of new faces! 14 freshmen have joined the team this fall and they are bringing a lot of energy and enthusiasm. We saw a lot of improvement over the course of the season and the results have started to follow. If we keep working hard and enjoying the process, I am confident we will be satisfied with our results this spring.

As you have probably heard, Yale Athletic Director Tom Beckett will retire this spring. His shoes will be tough to fill. I can’t thank Tom enough for the support he has given Yale Sailing and the leadership he has provided to athletes at Yale. Yale Sailing has thrived under Tom’s tenure. Since 2003 we have won 15 National Championships and 4 Fowle Trophies for team of the year. None of this would have been possible without his unshakeable belief in the positive role of sports in the development of young men and women. We hope you will join us in thanking him personally at the sailing associates dinner at the Graduate Club in Haven, January 29th at 6 PM. On behalf of the coaches and the team I would like to thank the Yale Sailing Associates for the sustaining support it provides the team each year. The alumni and parents of Yale sailors past and present provide crucial funding for the everyday operation of the team, mentoring for our sailors, Race committee and jury for our home events and weekend coaching for our sailors. The continued active involvement of alumni and friends of Yale Sailing is one of the things that makes YCYC so special.

Make a gift to Yale Sailing!

1. Mail a check payable to Yale University, with Yale Sailing in the memo to: PO Box 208216, New Haven, CT 06520 2. Make a gift online: a. Go to giving.yale.edu b. Select ‘Make a Gift Now’ c. Select ‘Athletics’ from the drop down menu d. Select ‘Sailing’ from the second drop down Any questions about giving please contact support.athletics@yale.edu, or 203-432-1434

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his fall marked the 41st Snow and Satisfaction regatta, which had the largest number of participants in the regatta’s history. Two full fleets of 18 boats raced in the qualifying round on Saturday. Racing started in a light and shifty Northeast breeze, which quickly died out and shifted to a beautiful 8-10 knot sea breeze for the remainder of the day. After racing, dinner was held at the Quinnipiack Club, where Ted Ferrarone ’98 led a panel discussion on staying involved in sailing after college. The talk gave students the opportunity to learn about the different routes that people have taken to keep sailing after college, including keelboat team racing, J70, Etchells, Viper, v15 sailing and much more. Racing started up again on Sunday morning in a light and variable Northerly with a swells coming from the South. The top 9 in each fleet based on Saturday’s results raced in the gold fleet for the Snow title, while the remainder sailed in silver fleet. The increased size of the event allowed for more undergraduates to get out on the water than in the past, and everyone really enjoyed getting to race against and learn from both Yale alumni and the other great sailors that attended the event.

Over the course of the fall, Yale sailors also got the opportunity to learn from many different alumni in both regattas and at practice. Marlena Fauer ’14, Chase Skoda ’17, Cam Cullman ’13, Sarah Lihan ‘10 and John Kempton ’10 each coached different regattas throughout the season.

Each coach brought a new perspective, with different skills and knowledge about certain venues to the table, which was a huge help to the team. Additionally, Graham Landy ’15, Thomas Barrows ’10 and Ian Barrows ’17 came to practice at YCYC during the fall break to help the team brush up on their team racing skills before heading off to the Hinm.