JibeTalk

2015 Season High Point and Jr. Big Boat Awards

Patricia Leicht presents the Marlinspike Contest trophies

The JSA of LIS held its Annual General Membership Meeting at Larchmont Yacht Club on October 21. The first item on the agenda was the awarding of trophies for season performance based on high point scores at specified qualifier events, which in 2015 were the Eastern or Western District Regattas, Larchmont Junior Race Week and JSA Race Week. 

The awardees and their high point percentage of perfection are: 

Clinton M. Bell Trophy for junior open events winner in any class and Thomas W. Fowler, Jr. Trophy for junior doublehanded open events winner in Club 420:  Julia Reynolds (skipper) & Hobi Lew (crew)  Pequot YC  97.863%. Julia and Hobi join a select group of sailors who have won these awards in two consecutive years. 

Christopher Goodyear Neff Trophy for junior open events runner-up in any class with high score in Laser Radial Nicholas Chisari  Sea Cliff YC  97.005%

Junior Singlehanded Open Events Laser Radial Runner-Up:  Lindsay Powers  American YC  94.010% 

Junior Doublehanded Open Events Runner-up in Club 420:  Cameron Nash (skipper) and Brooke McGoldrick (crew) Pequot YC  92.913% 

Junior Singlehanded Open Events Laser Standard High Score:  Richard O'Leary  American YC 90.541%

 Timothy Sinclair Memorial Trophy for Pixel open events winner: Devin Hart (skipper) & Madeline  Dwyer (crew) Noroton YC 90.826%
 

The awards for junior big boat sailing events held in August were also presented: 

Warren G. Dellenbaugh Junior Navigation Trophy: Jake Schinto Riverside YC  106%, with extra credit
Junior Navigation Runner-Ups: Peter Sauer  Cedar Point YC and Kyle May  WaterFront Center, each with 94% 

Marlinspike Seamanship Contest Trophy
1.  Emery Wallace  Cedar Point YC
2.  Connor Thompson  Larchmont YC
3.  Corey Sabia  Norwalk YC 

Junior Big Boat Sailing Regatta presented by Black Rock YC
1.  Noroton YC High  Noon
2.  Cedar Point YC  Cabady
3.  Cedar Point YC  Expresso 

Dorade Trophy Regatta presented by Stamford YC
J105 Division  
1.  Centerport YC  Trifecta (and Overall prize)
2.  American YC  Echo
3.  Black Rock YC  Playstation

PHRF Division
1.  Riverside YC  Finale
2.  Noroton YC  High Noon
3.  Pequot YC  Libertas 

Everett B. Morris Memorial Trophy for the Beach Point Yacht Club Overnight Race
Division A
1.  Riverside YC  Finale (and Overall prize)
2.  Noroton YC  High Noon
3.  Cedar Point YC  Expresso

Division B:
1.  Black Rock YC  Playstation
2.  Centerport YC  Trifecta
3.  American YC  Young American 

Awards for the Twilight Keel Boat Regatta hosted by Port Washington Jr YC had been earlier presented

1.  WaterFront Center  Inevitable
2.  Port Washington YC  War Horse
3.  Larchmont YC  Privateer 

 

US Junior Sailing Championships - Area B Qualifier

Cam Cullman’s quest to win the 2005 US Junior Singlehanded Championship, began with the Law Trophy regatta at Indian Harbor YC, continued at the Area B qualifier at Orient YC, and ended as he won at Newport Harbor YC in California.

This was the first time a JSA of LIS sailor won the Smythe Trophy since its inception in 1974.

Cameron Cullman won the Smythe Trophy at the 2005 U.S. Junior Singlehanded Championship in the Laser class

If YOU want to compete at the U.S. Junior Sailing Championship in Massachusetts this August, the Area B Qualifier will be held in Bay Shore, NY, on Great South Bay, July 17.

At the Area B event, the singlehanded Laser Radial and doublehanded Club 420 boats will be open to junior US Sailing Association members. JSA recommends single- and doublehanded sailors register by July 10 at the event website. 

The triplehanded Flying Scot boat will be event host supplied and assigned to one team from each regional sailing association. Team selection for the YRALIS region will be at the JSA Sears Cup event in Oyster Bay, NY at the WaterFront Center on July 10.

 

JSA of LIS Visits the National Sailing Programs Symposium

Jack Gierhart, executive director at US Sailing, is flanked by Chuck McCarthy, Tricia Leicht and Bob Whittredge, from Jr. Sailing Assn. of LIS, on the final day of the 2015 National Sailing Programs Symposium held recently in New Orleans.

Each year JSA of LIS representatives attend the NSPS to share and learn best practices with program directors, instructors and volunteers about running, maintaining and improving sailing programs. We look for ideas that may be applied to the junior sailing programs in the Long Island Sound region to make them better and help them grow. These ideas are then shared during the pre-season JSA member program and instructor training meetings.

The JSA Midwinter Membership Meeting, March 7 at Larchmont Yacht Club, will include some of the topics that excited us during our visit to NSPS. The agenda and meeting details may be read at http://bit.ly/JSA2015MWMeeting

 

Manhasset Bay YC Junior Sailors and Instructors Share Plans for Fun Summer

 

Instructors work closely with sailors to ensure they learn how to sail while having fun.

At Manhasset Bay Yacht Club, approximately 70 sailors take part in the summer junior sailing program lead by around a dozen devoted instructors.  For new sailors, the sport can be challenging at first, and young kids may get discouraged early on.  

Yet at Manhasset Bay, sailors keep coming back every day with grins on their faces excited for a fun day of sailing.  Interested in learning more about their program and finding out what makes it such a fun experience for its participants, JSA of LIS Media visited the program on Friday and got the scoop from the sailors and instructors themselves.

Manhasset Bay’s junior sailing program is a full-day program that incorporates on-water sailing instruction with learning nautical skills on shore.  Throughout the program, individual instructors have different methodologies and strategies on how to teach; however, for most, a huge focus is placed on making learning fun, enjoyable, and engaging.

“We try to make our drills and learning activities into games,” explained Anne Wachowicz, a third-year instructor for beginner Optimists.

Particularly with beginner sailors, instructors seek to instill a passion for sailing that will lead them to become lifelong sailors.  First, however, they must get the sailors to know their boat and feel confident sailing it.

“I want to make them feel comfortable in their boat,” shared Kristin Hanley, an instructor for beginner Pixels and Blue-Jays, returning for her fourth summer at Manhasset Bay.  “I feel that when they’re comfortable they have more fun.”

“We definitely try to not scare them,” added Wachowicz.

At the same time, in more advanced classes geared towards racing sailors, the fun and games get toned down a bit, in favor of more serious racing practice.  These classes also tend to draw older sailors who generally prefer to be taught straightforwardly.

“There are fewer games and they learn a lot as advanced sailors,” remarked Robert Wands, a third-year instructor for advanced Pixels.  “And as older sailors, they like that.”

Some of the sailors themselves really value their time spent with their instructors, and can see them as both a teacher and a friend.

“We have a lot of fun together sailing,” explained Carter Shields, a fourth-year Laser sailor.  “But we still work hard.”

“I think the instructors really prepare us to race because they do lots of drills and start practices,” shared Nicky Fuhrman, an advanced Pixel sailor.  “But they’re all fun, and that helps keep us motivated.”

 

Aliandra Homayuni helps a group of eager junior sailors practice tying knots.

An aspect of Manhasset Bay’s program that distinguishes it from many other clubs is its on-shore program.  Taught by three dedicated on-shore instructors, the program teaches sailors practical skills such as knot tying, navigation, and signal flag reading as well as some non-sailing related activities, like yoga and arts.  

“I think it’s important that they learn these skills before they go out on the water, then they know them well and can apply them while they’re sailing,” explained Aliandra Homayuni, one of the three on-shore instructors.

There are also themed “Fun Fridays” that give sailors and instructors alike a fun event to look forward to every week.  Themes include a patriotic day, Halloween, and a jersey day.

“I’m looking forward to Halloween,” claimed second-year Opti sailor Lucas Vermeulen.  “I’m getting dressed up for it.”

Overall, sailors find the Manhasset Bay program captivating and practical in different ways, and there is surely no shortage of cheerful instructors eager to help them enjoy learning how to sail.

“We have a great group of kids here,” described instructor Hanley.  “So far, we’re having a great summer!”

Want to get featured on this blog?  If you would like to feature your junior sailing program in JibeTalk, please contact Brendan Rogers, News Editor, at (516) 507-9070 or [email protected]

A Reflection on the Beach Point Overnight Race

Casey Crowley is a Junior Instructor and Junior Big Boat Sailor from Black Rock Yacht Club.  Even before she started sailing Optis, Casey grew up sailing on her dad's boat and has ever since been particularly drawn to big boat sailing.  This fall, Casey will return to Ward High School in Fairfield as a junior, and plans to join the sailing team there in the spring.

Casey was at the Beach Point Overnight Race in August and thoroughly enjoyed her experience there!  Afterwards, she wrote this piece about her experience as a Junior Big Boat Sailor this summer.  Enjoy!

While the majority of my friends spent their summer poolside, tanning the day away, mine was spent on boats.  Junior sailing instructor by day, Junior Big Boat Sailing (“JBBS”) skipper by night (sounds exciting, I know), I had a thrilling summer on the water.  Weekly practices for Big Boats were held right outside our home port, Black Rock Harbor, where our team would participate in races against other (adult) boats from nearby on Wednesday nights. These races were in preparation for the Black Rock, Dorade and Beach Point Overnight JBBS regattas, which were all held in the past few weeks.  The Black Rock and Dorade were fun day races of course, however nothing extraordinary since they were just longer versions of what our team did on a regular basis.  The Beach Point Overnight, however, was a completely different story.

The Black Rock JBBS team of ten juniors, hosted on Chris Gill’s “Tenacious,” took to the Sound on Tuesday, August 14th in hope for an exciting and successful race.  For me and the majority of the crew, this was our 3rd year in the program, and none of the current members had ever taken home a medal, nor had anyone from Black Rock at all in several years.  We were all tired from the previous day’s Dorade race, but were still looking forward to the night to come.  We set sail around 3pm, and with me at the helm, we raced off to the first mark which was no more than two miles away.  Our start itself was a little shaky since we were almost early, and the start itself was at an odd heading.  However, we caught up with several boats upwind, rounded the mark, and set our spinnaker for the many hours to come.  We chose to keep to the middle of Sound and head straight for the next buoy.  For a change of pace around the second mark, we doused our spinnaker and headed upwind to Stratford Shoal lighthouse for a little bit.  Finally, we set the chute one more time and headed for the finish. But it’s never that easy is it?  With a generally clear sky we thought that, maybe, we had lucked out and got the good 50% of the forecast… “No no, that’s heat lightning…” “I don’t think we’re going to get hit…” “Maybe we’ll luck out…” “Oh… look… the lightning’s hitting ground now…”  And just like that, it’s pouring.  Now trust me when I say the weather would not make up its mind: it’s pouring and blowing 25 knots, then it’s pouring and blowing 0 knots, and then all of a sudden it’s not pouring at all.  Well played, New England.  At this point we really have no idea what place we’re in, but we think we’re doing decently.  Then finally, at about 2:30am (earlier than we’ve ever spotted it before), the finish line is in sight and the realization comes—only 4 other boats have reported that they’re nearing the finish, and only 2 in our division.  We were in line to do really well if we didn’t screw up in the next hour.  With more focus, determination, and not to mention the excitement that I’ve sailed with all year, I headed straight for the pin doing my best to never take my eyes off of it.  We finished at 3:18am on August 15th and took home 3rd place for the regatta.

Participating in the Beach Point Overnight for the past few years has been a terrific experience. It has opened a door to hundreds of opportunities in long distance sailing. It’s also made me realize how different long distance racing is from buoy racing.  For example, the day before the Beach Point Race, at the Dorade, a shackle broke, skying our spin halyard.  Luckily, a wind shift set us on a reach so we didn’t get killed for not having a chute, but we still had to send someone up the mast in between races.  However if this had happened during a distance race, every second spent fixing the problem would have been time taken from racing, while in short races the time can be made up by a better “next race.”

We welcome Casey as a contributing writer.  Do you have something to say and want to get it out to fellow junior sailors?  Contact us anytime throughout the year at [email protected] or message us on Facebook, and we'll be happy to get you published here on JibeTalk!!

US Olympic Sailing Team Video at Good Luck USA Sendoff Party

Jack Belisle is a JSA of LIS sailor from Horseshoe Harbor YC in Larchmont, NY who combined his interests of sailing and video editing to create a very nice short video about the US Olympic Sailing Team Good Luck USA Sendoff party presented by Maclaren that took place at Larchmont Yacht Club on Saturday, July 14.

We wanted to share the video with you so you could see the work of one of our sailors who has applied two of his passions simultaneously, and created something very nice out of it. So go ahead and get that popcorn popping, and take a look at Jack’s short movie below!

  

After the Good Luck USA Sendoff, Jack commented:

"I first heard about this event from the head of my junior sailing program in an email. She said the event was open to all junior sailors across the Long Island Sound, and that it would be a really great experience. The second I heard about it I decided to go. I knew it was going to be packed, so I got there a bit early to assure some exclusive conversations with the athletes.

The mood at the event was a mixture of pride and excitement. The Olympians were obviously giddy about leaving for London the next day, yet they became totally relaxed when they saw that there was a giant turnout for their send off, and they knew there were so many people backing them. The athletes were so down to earth, willing to talk to you for a good while, do video interviews, and answer questions right after they were asked.

Overall, it was a great day. After a Q&A session, a big 'USA, USA' chant and a performance by the Silver Dolphins, it was time for the sailing team to leave. They left knowing they had made the day one to remember for hundreds of people." 

Jack started sailing 7 years ago at Horseshoe Harbor Yacht Club, and currently sails Pixels. He first became interested in video editing in 5th grade, when he completed a video project for his social studies class. Through the end of his middle school years, Jack created some small videos, mostly for school projects, but also for pleasure because he enjoyed making videos so much. When Jack entered Mamaroneck High School in Mamaroneck, NY, he took a video production class and used professional video-editing software to make movies. Since then he has started a YouTube channel and makes approximately one short video weekly.

Check out more of Jack's videos on his YouTube channel, Jack Belisle Pictures.

 

Huge Turnout for Good Luck USA Sailing Team Party

Banners were all over Larchmont Yacht Club on Saturday for the Good Luck USA party.

Larchmont Yacht Club was hopping July 14 when more than 1,000 junior sailors, parents, coaches, and friends came to celebrate the US Olympic Sailing Team’s departure for the Olympics at the Good Luck USA Olympic Team Sendoff Party presented by Maclaren. The event was organized by the Junior Sailing Association of Long Island Sound and Larchmont YC, with the assist of the US Sailing Team.

The party featured the Olympic sailors with their teammates at tables in the Pandemonium pavilion talking to partygoers and signing autographs on trading cards of the sailors for a good part of the afternoon.

“It was really exciting and inspiring to meet the sailors,” Aisling Quirke, a junior sailor from American Yacht Club, said Saturday afternoon after the party.  “My favorite part was talking to the sailors and getting all of their signatures.”

Many others felt that meeting the Olympic sailors was a special experience, such as junior sailor Tyler Webb, who enjoyed talking to sailors about their career paths.

“It’s exciting because I love sailing and it’s really exciting to see how they’ve succeeded in their careers as sailors,” said Webb during the party Saturday.

Erik Storck signs autographs on trading cards that partygoers received upon arriving at Larchmont.

And for some sailors, the experience just left them starstruck about being in the presence of famous athletes.

“I’ve never met Olympians before,” Kyle Nathan, a junior sailor attending the party with Webb, expressed Saturday afternoon.  “It was an amazing experience, getting to meet them.”

Clearly, the general mood at the event was one of excitement; however there was also a tremendous feeling of pride.

“It’s an honor to have them here at Larchmont and it’s an honor to have them represent our country,” said Elizabeth Carrier, a junior sailor from Larchmont YC during the party.

The Olympic sailors felt similarly.

Children enjoy Ben and Jerry's ice cream, an essential element of Larchmont Race Week every year.

“I think Larchmont’s a great place to have our sendoff party; you can see the community here is really behind everybody, and there’s a great sense of pride,” Debbie Capozzi, an Olympic sailor in women’s match racing from Long Island, commented after the party.

“A lot of our team has a history with the JSA and with the LISOT team, so I think coming to Larchmont has been perfect,” Dean Brenner, the chairman of US Olympic Sailing and MC of the party, said Saturday evening.

As with all events at Larchmont during Race Week, guests enjoyed complimentary Ben and Jerry’s ice cream and a number of exciting giveaways, including very popular Sperry Topsider shoe key chains!

America's Cup World Series this week in Newport RI

HOMECOMING: The final stop in the inaugural America's Cup World Series is this week in Newport, RI, with a schedule of both fleet and match racing on June 28-July 1. Eight boats representing six teams will compete. Full schedule: http://tinyurl.com/ACUP-062512a

BROADCAST:  In the USA, http://www.youtube.com/AmericasCup will carry race activity on Thursday through Saturday and the live broadcast on Sunday will be carried only on NBC tv. Replays, highlights and on-demand will be available on YouTube in the USA throughout all four days of the event. Details here: http://tinyurl.com/88xn3z2

TRACKING: The CupExperience "AC Race Tracker" app, is free for Android and iPhone users. Download from http://www.cupexperience.com

ATTEND: The racing will be held inside Narragansett Bay, with the AC Village at Fort Adams to be the primary location to absorb the event. General admission tickets are $10 per day and children under 12 enter for free. Details: http://tinyurl.com/ACUP-062512c

SPECTATING: If you plan to be a live spectator to the races, the challenge is remaining informed during the day. Getting Twitter updates on your phone from @americascupLIVE will help, and you may also follow the YouTube broadcast.

Thanks for these tips as compiled by Scuttlebutt

 

JSA of LIS Awards Special Trophies for 2011

Annually the JSA of LIS awards several trophies that focus on character and dedication to sailing, outstanding junior sailing instruction, and season-long sportsmanship.

The special trophies for 2011 were presented by Pam Toner, JSA Chair, during the Midwinter Meeting at the Beach Point Club in Mamaroneck NY on February 11.

BROOKE E. GONZALEZ MEMORIAL TROPHY
- The Brooke E. Gonzalez Memorial Trophy is awarded to a girl who demonstrates exceptional character, dedication to the sport of sailing and outstanding sailing achievement among her female peers.  Brooke Gonzalez was admired for her enthusiasm for sailing, beginning with Optimists, through Blue Jays, Lasers and finally Intl 420s. These attributes led her to be Commodore of the Junior American Yacht Club and a leading force of the Intl 420 Class US Team. Her bright smile and obvious excitement for sail racing was seen by many people at clubs all over the Sound. Brooke’s friends collaborated to create this trophy to keep her memory alive.

The 2011 Gonzalez Trophy has been awarded to Rebecca Quirke, of American Yacht Club. Becca was nominated by leaders of her junior sailing program because they felt the recipient of this prestigious award should be a young woman who embodies the Corinthian spirit on which our sport was founded. Having been a multi-year junior sailing instructor and Junior American Yacht Club Commodore, she is a role model of ethical and sportsmanlike behavior for younger sailors. Additionally, Becca embraces the overall goal of creating life-long sailors through the excitement and the long-lasting friendships of the junior sailing program. She is an extraordinary young woman who embodies integrity, morality, compassion and friendship.

We also congratulate Bridget Clarke, who was nominated for the Gonzalez award by Pequot Yacht Club.

 

SUSIE TROTMAN TROPHY
- The Susie Trotman Trophy for outstanding sailing instruction is awarded to an instructor who exhibits ethical behavior by both personal example and instruction.  He or she also must show a high level of administrative competence, good communicative skills with parents and sailors, creative teaching techniques, responsibility and reliability, initiative, good judgment and leadership, dedication and motivation as well, as have working relationships with peers. Susie Trotman’s contribution to training sailors spans over-30 years, including serving as chair of the junior sailing program at Cold Spring Harbor Beach Club, chair of the US Sailing Association national training committee, organizer of the Oyster Bay Sailing Foundation Advanced Racing Clinics, spearhead for the development of US Sailing instructor training courses, and US Sailing regional training coordinator in the Long Island Sound area.

Carter Harris accepts the Susie Trotman trophy on behalf of Juan Pablo Carranza

The 2011 Trotman Trophy has been awarded to Juan Pablo Carranza, of Indian Harbor Yacht Club. He was nominated by his junior sailing program because of his ability to encourage and challenge his junior sailors and his ability to communicate with them in a very effective way. He shows a genuine interest in the young sailors, from top finishers to the back of the fleet, demonstrating the integrity and character of a true role model to the sailors whom he directs daily. Always excited to go for a sail, he is the first to motivate the younger kids who may be slightly apprehensive on a windy day, or lead the racers around a new style of course. His initiative was demonstrated after a micro-burst hit the club on a weekend, and he took charge to direct the recovery and repair of the entire C420 fleet within three days. Further, he rescued one of his sailors from a capsized boat when she was trapped beneath the hull unable to escape. Juan Pablo’s unrelenting willpower, initiative and great personality make him a great friend, coach, and instructor.

We also congratulate Emily Stubbs, who was nominated for the Trotman award by Stamford Yacht Club; Meredith Krim, nominated by Douglaston Yacht Squadron; and Graham Landy, nominated by American Yacht Club.

MITCHELL S. WEEKS MEMORIAL TROPHY
-The Mitchell S. Weeks Memorial Trophy is presented by the JSA of LIS and the New York Yacht Club to sailors who show outstanding sportsmanship. Mitchell Weeks was a very active member of New York Yacht Club before his death from leukemia.  Mitch's sailing career began at age six in dinghies. At age eight, he was sailing a Blue Jay single-handed. As a young man, he was in great demand as fore-deck crew aboard racing and cruising boats. He was Junior Commodore of Indian Harbor Yacht Club, and a Sailing Instructor at the Junior American Yacht Club.  At St. Paul's School he won the Tolland Medal awarded for "Outstanding Sportsmanship, Dedication, Integrity, and Courage." The purpose of the Weeks trophy is to underscore for generations of young sailors to come that the true benefits of sport come from the integrity, courage, and fairness with which the game is played. Four awards may be made annually, one each in the C420 (a skipper and a crew, individually), Laser and Laser Radial classes.

The 2011 Weeks trophy has been awarded to two sailors.

The Laser class award went to Wilson Hunt, of American Yacht Club, who was cited as the keystone of his junior sailing program. He sails because he truly loves the sport and works hard to make sure his competitors and friends enjoy themselves. Wilson wants to learn and also have fun on the water, and he makes sure that everyone, including his coaches, is getting something out of the experience - he has always seen the bigger picture of what junior sailing truly is about. Always a great role model, his friends love him, his competitors respect him, the coaches value his contributions and the younger sailors look up to him. 

The Radial class award went to Glenn Blair, of Pequot Yacht Club,

who has helped to rebuild the Laser/Radial group at his club. He consistently demonstrates a competitive but sensitive attitude and is respectful of his peers, instructors and of his competitors. He always looks for advice on how to improve, tries out new strategies in the boat, and wants to understand how a race turned out the way it did. He then takes this knowledge and applies it the next morning during junior mentoring, where he shows true proclivity for teaching and a genuine desire to help others learn. He repeatedly exhibits a desire to push himself and his peers further in increasingly competitive regattas.

We also congratulate Thomas McHugh, who was nominated for the Weeks award by Black Rock Yacht Club.

 

Long Island Sound family and friends sailing in the Sydney Hobart Race

Hey, all you fans of junior big boat sailing in the USA, here is the yacht from Long Island Sound to follow in the Sydney to Hobart Race that starts December 26:
- Designed in 1969 by McCurdy & Rhodes for Richard Nye of Indian Harbor YC, Greenwich Conn.
- Won the 1970 and 1982 Newport Bermuda races.
- Won the St. David's Lighthouse division in the 2010 Newport Bermuda Race
- Took second in her division in the 2011 Transatlantic Race
- Won her division in the 2011 Fastnet Race
- Now sailing for the first time in the Sydney Hobart Race

The yacht is Carina, from Westbrook CT, owned by Rives Potts.

She is being campaigned in 2011 by an epic crew of Potts' family and friends. The crew includes Potts' son Walker and nephew Rives Sutherland, plus Rich duMoulin and his sons Ed and Mark duMoulin.

What's the connection with junior big boat sailing?

According to Potts, “When my boys got to 12 or 13 I wanted to sail with them, so I bought Carina.” He believes that sharing the offshore experience can add hugely to the bond between father and son. “Our normal scheme is to have several fathers crewing Carina with their sons,” he says. “Standing watch with your son at night, it brings you closer.” The Sydney Hobart Race has featured the Carina family spirit in this news article.

And Rich duMoulin commented that a main commandment aboard Carina has been, "You cannot talk back to your own father." duMoulin is well known to the 4,000 juniors and their sailing instructors who have attended the Storm Trysail Foundation's Junior Safety at Sea Seminars at Larchmont YC. During the past 15 years, he has coordinated the volunteers from the Storm Trysail Club who have been providing this important training. 

Follow the action in Australia beginning with the live 90 minute webcast of the Sydney Hobart race (starts on December 25 in the USA 6 PM PST/9 PM EST)  and at the official Sydney Hobart Race website.

Notes:
- Read a background story about Carina and Rives Potts in the The Australian.
- After the 2010 Newport Bermuda Race, Potts told a reporter from Soundings, "Carina is a good seakindly boat, she's not extreme one way or the other. She's very sturdy and is a heavy boat by today's standards. She's not as good around the buoys, she's not that quick and nimble. But she's very nice on the ocean going in a straight line, she likes a straight line. I kind of have a love affair with her."
- And Rich duMoulin wrote two reports for Larchmont Yacht Club and Storm Trysail Club about Carina's 2011 Transatlantic and Fastnet racing.