Advanced Open Invitational Clinic & Regatta
June 16-20, 2010
Dave Perry, coach of the AlphaGraphics US Sailing team, will lead a concentrated match racing clinic with a Grade 3 regatta (with continued coaching) as part of the program.
This intense event is intended for both experienced match racers as well as experienced fleet racers who would like to learn the match racing game from one of the best sailing coaches in the world.
Clinic days are long, with classroom instruction, on-the-water drills, practice races, and detailed video debriefings. The final 2 ½ days of the event will be a complete ISAF Grade 3, umpired regatta where participants can put their newly learned skills and tactics to the test. Dave will continue to coach all the competitors between races.
If you want to take your match racing to the next level, or want to try your skills at this challenging and fast-growing discipline, this event is the perfect opportunity to raise your game doing the most exciting event in sailing today, match racing!
Competitors
Chris Wurtz USA
Mark Johnson USA
Stratis Andreadis GRE
Stephanie Roble USA
Margaret Shea USA
Magnus Sandberg CAN
Robert Moosmann USA
Dierk Polzin USA
Erin Schanen USA
Umpires
Jeff Borland, Chief Umpire USA
Henry Menin USVI
Cliff Black USA
Kathy Lindgren USA
Mike Lindgren USA
Hans Graf USA
Tom Atkins USA
Rick Mallinson USA
Andy Wardle CAN
David Storrs USA
Results:
The second annual Advanced Open Invitational, a Grade 3 match racing event hosted by the U.S. Sailing Center of Sheboygan, was won by collegiate All-American Stephanie Roble, who defeated an international field that had competitors from Greece and Canada as well as from all over the U.S. Second in the event was Stratis Andreadis from Athens, Greece, and third was Max Moosman from Long Beach, California. Rounding out the top four was Magnus Sandberg from Sweden and now living in Toronto. The event was a five day “clinegatta” run by US Sailing Team Alphagraphics match racing coach and three time match racing national champion Dave Perry from Southport, Connecticut. For the first two and a half days Perry put the nine teams through intensive match race training in Sheboygan’s Sonars, getting everyone up to speed on their boat handling, speed and match race tactics. Then the teams raced a regatta for two and a half days, with Perry actively coaching all the teams before and after each race. “This format is really effective” said Perry “because it gets all the teams sailing and racing their boats well, and provides each team the chance to repeat tactical situations over and over with active coaching and video replay on shore. Then they go right into a regatta when they are well prepared and ready to go, so the level of racing is greatly increased. It is the most effective way I know to quickly raise your level.”
Roble, a senior at Old Dominion University, was sailing with Katrina Williams, Sharon Wilkins and her coach at ODU Charlie Higgins. They sailed well in both heavy air and light, defeating Moosman 2-0 in the semi-finals, and then Andreadis 2-0 in the finals. She was carrying a penalty in the second race of the finals and managed to complete it and then beat Andreadis by one boat length to win the regatta. Andreadis traveled from Athens with his team of Theo Polichronidis, Stylianos Sotiriou and Tasos Milionis. They are actively campaigning on the world match race circuit and hope to be in the top 100 by year’s end. “We were very impressed with the facility and boats in Sheboygan and the sailing conditions on Lake Michigan,” said Andreadis; “we would like to come back again next year.”
