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Volume CXXXII, Number 5 |
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King Aeolus unleashes his bag o' winds
MELANIE KEENE
STAFF WRITER
Despite windy and rainy conditions for the coed sailing team, the skippers and crews sailed through the elements while achieving some great finishes. On Saturday, they warmed up at the Eastern Series IV regatta held at USM.
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| Eddie Briganti '05 skippers with Sabrina Hall-Little '06 in a regatta this fall. (Karsten Moran, Bowdoin Orient) |
Tyler Dunphy '03 skippered A division with Melanie Keene '03 and Ryan Cauley '03 skippered B division with Becca Bartlett '06. As a team, they finished one point out of first place. While it was frustrating that they were beat by their archenemy, Tufts, these Bowdoin sailors learned some valuable lessons that they followed at MIT's Smith Trophy the following day.
Keene sharpened her tactics and made sure to cover opponents below her boat, and Cauley, far from hacking it up in the third row, had a series of stellar first place starts. Working well together, the coed team achieved a superb fourth place finish out of 20 teams, qualifying them for the Hoyt Trophy, an extremely competitive intersectional regatta.
The previous weekend, the coed team also had a remarkable finish at UNH's Chris Loder Trophy. Dunphy/Keene and Cauley/Bartlett stepped up to the challenge of extremely light winds and skewed courses to finish in award-winning sixth place.
This past weekend, Bowdoin sailors traveled to Vermont to sail in the Lake Champlaign Open. Pieter Scheerlinck '05 skippered A division with Amy Titcomb '04 and Emily Bruns '06 skippered B division with Caitlin Moore '06.
While it was a frustratin regatta for the sailors in a new venue, they had a great time sailing through Sunday's four-foot waves and learned how to handle the boats, FJs, in heavy air, and lots of chop!
Laura Windecker '03 and Allie Binkowski '03 competed last weekend at the women's Single Handed Eliminations hosted by MIT. Forty-two women battled for the top 24 places that advanced them to Sunday's final elimination.
Binkowski made it to Sunday as she sailed extremely fast on Saturday, finishing eighth overall. However, Sunday proved to be more challenging with a very talented fleet and she finished 16th out of 24.
Last weekend, Bowdoin hosted the Eastern Series III regatta. The day was perfect for sailing with a great breeze and warm temperatures. Bowdoin sailors used their knowledge of the home venue to their advantage and won the regatta.
Pieter Scheerlinck '05 skippered with Amy Titcomb '04, sailing flawlessly throughout the day, and earning the lowest points in the regatta. However, the all-Freshman team, comprised of Emily Bruns '06 sailing with Ellen Grenley '06 and Frank Pizzo '06 sailing with Sophie Wiss '06, won the regatta!
Other Bowdoin participants in the Eastern Series were Eddie Briganti '05 who sailed with Sabrina Hall-Little '06 and Justin Berger '05 who sailed with Lisa Bonjour '06. In total, the regatta saw twelve races with the most critical wins achieved by the Bruns/Grenley team who won the last three races, ensuring an overall victory for the freshman team.
The upcoming regattas this weekend will be chalk full of exciting regattas for the sailing team. There are various highly competitive regattas throughout New England and the women's team will officially begin competing for a berth to the Atlantic Coast Championship.