SUNY Maritime Fall Open, 9/20-21- Mary Gamber '11
This past weekend Eric Domb ’10, Esteban Plaza-Jennings ’11, Catie Bartlett ’12 and I headed down to SUNY Maritime for their Fall Open Regatta. 17 boats competed in this event, providing a very competitive fleet for our first weekend of fall racing. I skippered for Eric in A division and Esteban skippered for Catie in B division.

On Saturday the wind was a very light northeasterly about 5-8 knots with an incredible current. The current was strongest during the first few races of the day and consistently pushed all the boats over the starting line, causing multiple general recalls. At one point the current was so strong that when Eric and I had to round the end after being over early at the start, the current going downwind back to the line overpowered our boatspeed and pushed us backwards up the course toward the windward mark. The strong current and very shifty wind made for some very interesting races. During races 5A and 6A there was a huge port lift on the right side of the course. Eric and I split from the fleet to sail far right and ended up passing all the boats that went left, to win the final race of the day! Esteban and Catie improved every set and had a sixth place in a very well-sailed race 5B. We all struggled to understand the current and wind shifts but it was definitely great practice for other unpredictable sailing sites. On Sunday the wind never filled and the racing was called at 1pm, allowing for an early return back to Princeton. We ended up earning 11th place overall, with Eric and I placing 6th in A division and Esteban and Catie placing 11th in B division.

We would like to thank the Dombs for cooking a delicious dinner Saturday night and hosting us that evening, and we would also like to thank the Gambers for providing us with a delicious lunch both Saturday and Sunday. We had a great weekend and look forward to racing again soon!

Official Results:

                                 NYM Fall Open
                              NY Maritime College
                             September 20-21, 2008

                                 FINAL RESULTS

REGATTA HIGHLIGHTS: Saturday: Conditions were a light northeasterly ranging from 5-8 kts with a lot of current which made things interesting.  Eight A division races and six B division races were completed. Courses were windward/leewards with 3 or 4 legs. One protest was heard resulting in a DSQ. Sunday: No wind all day. Races 7A and 8A from Saturday were thrown out.  Many thanks to all the Maritime sailors who gave up their weekend to help run the regatta.
*Colgate did not fill out the RP Form resulting in +20 points per division.


         A division = 6 Races
         B division = 6 Races
                            A    B  TOT

 1. Hobart/William Smith   13   13   26
 2. Navy                   25   31   56
 3. Georgetown             17   42   59
 4. King's Point           41   37   78
 5. Maritime Red           59   23   82
 6. ODU                    64   21   85
 7. U/Penn                 33   53   86
 8. Rutgers                47   54  101
 9. Maritime Blue          63   51  114
10. Fordham                66   51  117
11. Princeton              45   72  117
12. Columbia               52   82  134
13. Colgate                78   73  151
14. Hamilton               80   75  155
15. Army                   79   84  163
16. Maryland               94   81  175
17. Cornell                89   98  187

                            A division = 6 Races
                          TOT
 1. Hobart/William Smith   13  Josh Parks
                               Katie Koelle
 2. Georgetown             17  Scott Furnary
                               Brooks Walker
 3. Navy                   25  James Allsopp
                               Theresa James
 4. U/Penn                 33  Halsey Richartz
                               Sofia Gerard
 5. King's Point           41  Chris Herring
                               Kristia Koval
 6. Princeton              45  Mary Gamber
                               Eric Domb
 7. Rutgers                47  Cassandra Botti
                               Zanna Crowley
 8. Columbia               52  Cameron Friedman
                               Kerry Morrison
 9. Maritime Red           59  Dan Crouch
                               Cynthia Diers
10. Maritime Blue          63  Rian Bareuther
                               Danielle Meeker
11. ODU                    64  Wilson Stout
                               Arianna Baker
12. Fordham                66  Ryann Hall
                               Lauren Crossett
13. Colgate                78

14. Army                   79  Alex Lovo
                               Ed Hudelson
15. Hamilton               80  Will McIvor
                               Ellie Myers 1-4, Mike Bigwood 5-6
16. Cornell                89  Peter Gamber
                               Per Rudstam
17. Maryland               94  Timothy Hart
                               CharlesGillen


                            B division = 6 Races
                          TOT
 1. Hobart/William Smith   13  Patrick Kana
                               Aimee Kelleher
 2. ODU                    21  Zack Kelchner
                               Ashley Pellerito
 3. Maritime Red           23  James McGowan
                               Maddie Fahey
 4. Navy                   31  Clark Hayes
                               Saverio Maldari
 5. King's Point           37  Dan Liberty
                               Sara Marino
 6. Georgetown             42  Tristan Berne
                               Brook Crawford
 7. Fordham                51  John O'Riordan
                               Sam Zimmer
 8. Maritime Blue          51  Margot Provensal
                               LeighAnn Ferrari
 9. U/Penn                 53  Doug Lotz
                               Ali Zablucky
10. Rutgers                54  Ryan Miller
                               Mary Marino
11. Princeton              72  Esteban Plaza-Jennings
                               Catie Bartlett
12. Colgate                73

13. Hamilton               75  Nathan Borbank
                               Julie Webster
14. Maryland               81  Emily Turner
                               Michael Calanno
15. Columbia               82  John Croll
                               Sam Hicks
16. Army                   84  Richard Pluta
                               Matthew Southwell
17. Cornell                98  William Maher
                               Garrett Graham


                         1   2   3   4   5   6  TOT
 1
Hobart/William Smith A   1   1   1   5   2   3   13
                     B   1   2   2   5   2   1   13
                         2   5   8  18  22  26   26

 2
Navy                 A   7   2   7   1   4   4   25
                     B   4   1   9   4   7   6   31
                        11  14  30  35  46  56   56

 3
Georgetown           A   2   8   2   2   1   2   17
                     B   5   3   3   9   9  13   42
                         7  18  23  34  44  59   59

 4
King's Point         A   8   3   4   9  12   5   41
                     B   2   4 DSQ   6   4   3   37
                        10  17  39  54  70  78   78

 5
Maritime Red         A OCS  14   3   3  14   7   59
                     B   8   5   5   2   1   2   23
                        26  45  53  58  73  82   82

 6
ODU                  A  12   5  11  11  11  14   64
                     B   6   6   1   1   3   4   21
                        18  29  41  53  67  85   85

 7
U/Penn               A   5   4   6   4   6   8   33
                     B  11   9   8  12   8   5   53
                        16  29  43  59  73  86   86

 8
Rutgers              A   6  11   8   6   5  11   47
                     B  12  10   7   3  11  11   54
                        18  39  54  63  79 101  101

 9
Maritime Blue        A  13   7 OCS   8   7  10   63
                     B  10   8   6   8  10   9   51
                        23  38  62  78  95 114  114

10
Fordham              A  15   9  10  10   9  13   66
                     B   3  12  14  10   5   7   51
                        18  39  63  83  97 117  117

11
Princeton            A   4  16   9  12   3   1   45
                     B  14  17  12  11   6  12   72
                        18  51  72  95 104 117  117

12
Columbia             A   3  10   5  13  15   6   52
                     B  16  16  11  16  13  10   82
                        19  45  61  90 118 134  134
13
Colgate              A  10   6 OCS   7   8   9  78
                     B   9   7   4  13  12   8   73
                        19  32  54  74  94 111  151

14
Hamilton             A  11  13 OCS  16  10  12   80
                     B   7  11  10  17  16  14   75
                        18  42  70 103 129 155  155

15
Army                 A   9  12  13  14  16  15   79
                     B  13  14  13  15  14  15   84
                        22  48  74 103 133 163  163

16
Maryland             A  14  17  12  17  17  17   94
                     B  15  13  15   7  15  16   81
                        29  59  86 110 142 175  175

17
Cornell              A  16  15  14  15  13  16   89
                     B  17  15 OCS  14  17  17   98
                        33  63  95 124 154 187  187


WINNING TEAM : Hobart/William Smith
               Josh Parks
               Katie Koelle
               Patrick Kana
               Aimee Kelleher