War Memorial Regatta @ Cornell, 11/1-2- Allison Tracy '10
Having heard reports of snow in Ithaca earlier in the week, it was a skeptical group of sailors that drove up to Cornell for the War Memorial. We saw large snow drifts in many places throughout New York, but luckily not at our final destination. We drove up Halloween night, which was certainly an interesting experience since we were taking dark and windy back roads through the middle of nowhere... but we persevered.

Although we were disappointed to learn that the glamorous new boathouse was not yet open, the conditions on Saturday were ideal and both fleets completed three of four sets. I sailed A-Division with Matthew Tilghman, '09, and Brandon Racusin '09 sailed B-Division with John Wetenhall, '11. The wind was north, coming down Lake Cayuga at 10-15 knots, and the races were close and competitive. Matt and I had several good finishes and we had a great dialogue going in the boat that helped us figure out a lot of the tricky parts of the races. Both teams found the starts challenging and it was valuable to be able to work on our timing and acceleration in the context of a highly competitive regatta.

There were only two races on Sunday after a long wind delay during which A Division sat on the water for almost 2 hours without starting a race. The wind was West, coming over the hills, which made it unreliable and patchy until it shifted more southerly. Each fleet got off two races in the end, and the course was quite interesting. The southerly wind comes over the land because Ithaca is at the southern end of Lake Cayuga, so we were dealing with some extreme shifts. At one point Matt and I found a thirty degree lift coming into the port layline. This left shift seemed to be pretty consistent, but the bad news was that it completely stratified the fleet. You can see from our two finishes on Sunday (6 and 16) that you either got it or you didn't. It seemed kind of unbelievable to me that it would be this reliable, so I tried going out right the second race and learned my lesson. Brandon and John felt like they clicked much better on Sunday and we only wished that there were more races.

Brandon, Matt and I stayed with the Turnbulls, who live only a few miles down the lake, and they were wonderful hosts. There was lots of Halloween candy to go around and we learned a lot about the Cornell sailing program. I've gotten to know a few of the sailors at regattas over the years and we've talked a bunch about how to recruit sailors, manage commitment and generally improve the intensity on a club team. The weekend was a lot of fun, and we successfully qualified for Atlantic Coast Tournament at Harvard next weekend. If anyone is in the area feel free to drop by!

Official Results:

War Memorial
Cornell University
11/1-2/08

3:52 PM   11-2-08

                    A division = 10 races
                    B division = 10 races

                                  A        B     TOT
 1. Georgetown                39      30      69
 2. Navy                     36      38      74
 3. St. Mary’s                46      52      98
 4. NY Maritime                51      54     105
 5. Washington Coll           50      57     107
 6. Old Dominion           82      45     127
 7. Kings Point                69      71     140
 8. Hobart/WmSmith           86      63     149
 9. U/Penn                     88      91     179
10. Fordham                    102     107     209
11. Columbia               135      97     232
12. Christopher Newport     102     139     241
13. Cornell                    130     115     245
14. Princeton               116     140     256
15. Maryland               134     123     257
16. American               113     171     284
17. Drexel                    162     162     324
18. Ocean County          169     156     325


WINNING TEAM: Georgetown
               Charlie Buckingham 11/Alexandra Taylor 10; Carly Chamberlain 09
               Evan Aras 11/Caila Johnson 10


                    A division = 10 races

                              TOT
 1. Navy                     36 Andrew Vann 09/
                                   Christina Chance 10 1-4,6-10; Clark Hayes 11 5
 2. Georgetown                39 Charlie Buckingham 11/
                                   Alexandra Taylor 10 1-4,9-10; Carly Chamberlain 09 5-8
 3. St. Mary’s                46 Jesse Kirkland 10/
                                   Brooke Thomson 11/1-2; Frances Kupersmiht 11 3-10
 4. Washington Coll           50 Conner Blouin 10
                                   Krista Hankins 10 1-2,9-10; James Shepherd 11 3-8
 5. NY Maritime                51 Todd Hawkins 09/
                                        Danielle Gamache 09 1-4,8-10; Will Gallagher 11 5-7
 6. Kings Point                69 Steven Holm 09/
                                   Sara Mock 10 1-6,8-10; Dan Liberty 12 2
 7. Old Dominion           82 Kyle Rogachenko 10/Ashley Pellerito 11
 8. Hobart/WmSmith           86 John Sampson 10/Chris Klevan 12
 9. U/Penn                     88 Halsey Richartz 11/Sofia Gerard 12
10. Fordham                    102 Christian Emsiek 10 1-4; Carl Shorett 10 5-10/
                                   Gabriella Marcari 09 1-4; Lauren Crossett 09 5-10
11. Christopher Newport     102 Ben France 09/Johanna Faroe 09
12. American               113 Billy Hluchan 12/Rob Leming 12
13. Princeton               116 Allison Tracy 10/Matthew Tilghman 09
14. Cornell                    130 Vincent Andrews 11/Chauncey Joyce 09
15. Maryland               134 Russell Cramer 11/Laurin Parthemos 10
16. Columbia               135 Daniel Nassar 10/Rebecca Kelly 09
17. Drexel                    162 Carl Oberg 11/Katherine McAdam 10
18. Ocean County          169 Brandon Hogan 09/Luci Saraceno 09


                    B division =10 races

                              TOT
 1. Georgetown                30 Evan Aras 11/Caila Johnson 10
 2. Navy                     38 Robert Vann 11/Juaquina Soland 11
 3. Old Dominion           45 Mike Brown 09/Alissa Ayres 09
 4. St. Mary’s                52 Michael Menninger 11/Kelly Wilbur 10
 5. NY Maritime                54 Dan Hesse 09/
                                   Matt Brink 09 1; Nicole Kelly 11 2-10
 6. Washington Coll           57 Derek Packard 09/
                                   Seth Olson 09 1-8; James Shepherd 11 9-10
 7. Hobart/WmSmith           63 Austin Kana 09/Kaitlyn Van Nostrand 09
 8. Kings Point                 71 Charles Bonner 09/Alyssa Montague 10
 9. U/Penn                      91 Amanda Johnson 11/Kelsi Schoenrock 12
10. Columbia                97 Cameron Friedman 10/Kerry Morrison 11
11. Fordham                    107 Mike Purinton 09 1-6,9-10; Graham Gardner 11 7-8/
                                   Mary Wachowicz 10 1-6,9-10; Ryann Hall 11 7-8
12. Cornell                    115 Philip Alley 12/Colleen Cozzens 12
13. Maryland               123 Steve Caperna 09/Abigail Turner 09
14. Christopher Newport     139 Jessica Thal 12/Lynn Ball 11
15. Princeton               140 Brandon Racusin 09/John Wetenhall 11
16. Ocean County          156 Brad Wright 09 1-2,5-6,9-10; Holden Muehleisen 10 3-4,7-8/
                                   Samantha Gonzalez 12 1-6,9-10; Brad Wright 09 7-8
17. Drexel                    162 Aaron Chapin 11/Nedko Yordanov 11
18. American               171 Leigh Cramer 12/
                                   Hanna Kiskaddon 12 1-2,9-10; Tracey Martin 09 3-8


                          1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9   10  
TOT

1
Georgetown            A    3   10    1    1    1    3    8    2    1    9    39
                      B    3    5    5    1    1    1    1    8    1    4    30
                          6   21   27   29   31   35   44   54   56   69    69

2
Navy                  A    5    1    2    4    8    1    4    4    3    4    36
                      B    2    4    3   12    4    2    6    1    2    2    38
                          7   12   17   33   45   48   58   63   68   74    74

3
St Mary's             A    2    3    9    3    4    6    2    8    8    1    46
                      B    1    6   10    5    7    4    9    5    4    1    52
                          3   12   31   39   50   60   71   84   96   98    98

4
NY Maritime           A    7    7    3   13    2    4    3    3    4    5    51
                      B    7    3    1    7    3    3   11    7    7    5    54
                         14   24   28   48   53   60   74   84   95 105   105

5
Washington Coll       A    1    6    5    2    5    5    5    1    2   18    50
                      B    5    7    2    2    5    6    8    6   10    6    57
                          6   19   26   30   40   51   64   71   83 107   107

6
Old Dominion          A    6    5    4    5    7    9    6   14   16   10    82
                      B    9    2    6    3    2    9    2    2    3    7    45
                         15   22   32   40   49   67   75   91 110 127   127

7
Kings Point           A   10    4    6   12   11    2    9    5    7    3    69
                      B    4   11    4   10   10    7    5    3    8    9    71
                         14   29   39   61   82   91 105 113 128 140   140

8
Hobart/WmSmith        A   12   12    7    9    9    8    7   10    5    7    86
                      B    8    1   12    6    6    5    4    9    9    3    63
                         20   33   52   67   82   95 106 125 139 149   149

9
U/Penn                A    4    2   10    7   14   10   11    9   10   11    88
                      B   11    8    9    4   11   11   10    4   12   11    91
                         15   25   44   55   80 101 122 135 157 179   179

10
Fordham               A   14   14   14    6   13   13   10    7    9    2   102
                      B    6    9   11    8   13   10   17   10   13   10   107
                         20   43   68   82 108 131 158 175 197 209   209

11
Columbia              A   15   13   11    8   17   14   16   13   13   15   135
                      B   12   13    7    9   14    8    3   12    5   14    97
                         27   53   71   88 119 141 160 185 203 232   232

12
Christopher Newport   A    9    9   12   11    3   11   14   12   15    6   102
                      B   15   16   18   15    8   15   12   11   17   12   139
                         24   49   79 105 116 142 168 191 223 241   241

13
Cornell               A   11   15   13   15    6   12   15   17   14   12   130
                      B   13   14   13 OCS    9   12    7   14    6    8   115
                         24   53   79 113 128 152 174 205 225 245   245

14
Princeton             A    8   11   15   10   10   16   13   11    6   16   116
                      B   14   12   14   14   17   14   14   17   11   13   140
                         22   45   74   98 125 155 182 210 227 256   256

15
Maryland              A   16   16    8   14   12   15   12   16   17    8   134
                      B   10   10    8   11   12   13   15   15   14   15   123
                         26   52   68   93 117 145 172 203 234 257   257

16
American              A   13    8   16   16   15    7    1    6   18   13   113
                      B   17   18   16   17   18   17   18   18   16   16   171
                         30   56   88 121 154 178 197 221 255 284   284

17
Drexel                A   18   17   17   18   18   17   17   15   11   14   162
                      B   18   17   15   16   16   18   16   13   15   18   162
                         36   70 102 136 170 205 238 266 292 324   324

18
Ocean County          A   17   18   18   17   16   18   18   18   12   17   169
                      B   16   15   17   13   15   16   13   16   18   17   156
                         33   66 101 131 162 196 227 261 291 325   325