Jun 21

US Men’s & Women’s Championship Area K Eliminations

US Men’s & Women’s Championship Area K Eliminations
June 21, 2010

The Area K ladder event for qualification to compete for US Men’s Championship for the Mallory Trophy and US Women’s Championship for the Adams Cup. Both championships will be held at USSC Sheboygan September 22-25.

The Men’s Championship will be sailed in Sonars and the Women’s Championship in Lightnings.

Competitors
Michou Reichelsdorfer USA
Dan Moriarty USA
Mark Johnson USA
John Peterson USA

Race Results
1st Place John Peterson USA Wayzata Yacht Club
2nd Place Dan Moriarty USA Carlyle Sailing Association
3rd Place Mark Johnson USA Neenah Nodaway Yacht Club

Jun 20

Advanced Open Invitational Clinic & Regatta

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.”

Jun 16

Area K Jr. Championship Qualifier

Area K Jr. Championship Qualifier

June 14-16, 2010

Race Results

C420 Fleet
1st Place Justin Falconer, John Macadam Chicago Yacht Club
2nd Place Alex Curtiss, Katie Hall Chicago Yacht Club
3rd Place Clay Danly, Emily Vasiliou Lake Forest Sailing

Laser Fleet
1st Place Peter Holz Chicago Yacht Club
2nd Place Ian Beihl Chicago Yacht Club
3rd Place Eric Anderson Sheridan Shores Sailing School

Lightning Fleet
1st Place Whitney Kent, Luke Franke, Megan McMahon South Shore Yacht Club
2nd Place Anders Elkholm, Caitlin McGoldrick, Woody Hurst Minnetonka Yacht Club

Full Results: http://www.regattanetwork.com/clubmgmt/applet_regatta_results.php?regatta_id=2902&show_crew=1&preview=1

News

July 14-16 the US Sailing Center – Sheboygan hosted the Area K Qualifiers for the 2010 US Sailing Junior Championships. This event consisted of youth sailors from Michigan, Minnesotsa, Illinois, and Wisconsin, sailing three classes of boats: Lasers, Lightnings, and C420s. The top competitors in each class received an invitation to the championships, which will be held in San Diego August 14-18, with the opportunity to compete against the country’s best youth sailors.

With an impressive turnout of forty one C420s, ten Lasers, and two participating Lightnings the Sailing Center was bustling with activity. The launching of 50+ boats, watching as they left the harbor in waves, brightly colored spinnakers full, was a spectacle in of itself, with nothing to say of the competition.The first day was a clinic with featured coaches, Cappy Capper and Sheboygan local, Todd Wake. Which started with heavy fog and coaching in the harbor, a cause of concern after the previous week of light wind and heavy fog at the US Women’s Match Racing Championships. However, the fog lifted in the afternoon and the fleet was able to run practice outside the harbor.

The next two race days had no shortage of wind, with a breeze at 15-20 knots for the majority of the time, the C420 and Laser fleets finished five races the first day and three the second. The wind was too much for some of the younger, lighter sailors, and capsizing became an issue but overall the talent of the sailors prevailed in the challenging conditions.

The winners of the C420 fleet, who will go on to the championship in August, include: 1st Place, Skipper: Justin Falconer and John Macadam of Chicago Yacht Club (Chicago, IL) 2nd Place, Skipper: Alex Curtiss and Katie Hall , also of Chicago Yacht Club, and 3rdPlace, Skipper: Clay Danly and Emily Vasiliou of Lake Forest Sailing (Lake Forest, IL).

For the Lasers, skipper: Peter Holz of Chicago Yacht Club took first, fellow Chicagoan, Ian Beihl took second, and Eric Anderson of Sheridan Shores Sailing School (Wilmette Harbor, IL) placed third.

The lightning fleet finished their eliminations first day with three races, with Whitney Kent (Skipper), Luke Franke, and Megan McMahon from South Shore Yacht Club (Milwaukee, WI) taking first in all three races against Skipper: Anders Elkholm, Caitlin McGoldrick, and Woody Hurst of Minnetonka Yacht Club (Minnetonka, MN).

May 31

Northern Lights Cup Clinic & Regatta

Northern Lights Cup Clinic & Regatta
May 27-31, 2010

This ISAF Grade 3 Women’s Match Racing Clinic and Regatta will begin with a 2-day WIMRA clinic, lead by Executive Director Liz Baylis, followed by a 3-day regatta sailed in the Sonar.

Joining Liz in teaching the clinic will be Sally Barkow, 2008 Olympian and 2-time Women’s Match Racing World Champion.

The highest ranking US skipper will receive an invitation to the US Women’s Match Racing Championship being sailed at USSC Sheboygan July 7-11.

Competitors
Kristen Lane USA
Arabella Denvir IRL
Juliana Senfft BRA
Adrienne Patterson USA
Liz Hjorth USA
Anne Marie Shewfelt CAN
Danielle Soriano USA

Umpires
Debi Schoenherr, Chief Umpire USA
Dave Pelling CAN
Cliff Black USA
Sue Reilly USA
Kathy Lindgren USA
Mike Lindgren USA
Rick Mallinson USA
Hans Graf USA
Tom Atkins USA

Apr 22

Terry Kohler First Inductee to Sailing Hall of Fame

Terry Kohler First Inductee to Sailing Hall of Fame

April 2010
Terry Kohler, world-class Sheboygan sailor and the founder and key supporter of US Sailing Center – Sheboygan, just became the first inductee into the Lake Michigan Sail Racing Federation’s (LMSRF) Hall of Fame.

Terry Kohler has been and continues to be a leader in the advancement of Women’s Olympic Match Racing, sailing education, sail/hull design, as well as a philanthropist to sailing organizations around the world, according to Gene McCarthy, president of LMSRF. Gary Jobson, President of U.S. Sailing said that “Terry Kohler has the unique ability to look at things with wide eyes and then drill down and find specific solutions that are major innovations.”

While Kohler’s accomplishments are numerous in the sailing world, it is his leadership in the advancement of Women’s match racing that means the most for Sheboygan, according to Rich Reichelsdorfer, Executive Director of U.S. Sailing Center Sheboygan. “Terry not only revived the Women’s International Match Racing Association (WIMRA),” said Reichelsdorfer, “He was highly influential in getting woman’s match racing into the 2012 Olympics, and he has helped make Sheboygan one of the top venues where female sailing athletes come to train.”

Apr 22

North Sails Weather Center

North Sails Weather Center

April 2010
US Sailing Center – Sheboygan in cooperation with North Sails and Southern Spars have teamed to bring another level of world class services to USSC-S participants. This summer, participants who sign up, can received free, specialized local weather forcasts for several Sheboygan regattas from North Sails Weather Center.

These sailing-specific reports include a brief synopsis, temperatures, current conditions, wind forecasts and much more. To receive your personal weather forecasts, simply sign up at North Sails Event Weather Center.

Mar 23

Area K US Match Racing Championship Quarterfinal

Area K US Match Racing Championship Quarterfinal
May 22-23, 2010

The Area K Quarterfinal event for qualification to compete at the Area E & K Semifinals being sailed at Bayview Yacht Club in Detroit June 25-27. The top four skippers (drop downs permitted) will receive invites to the Semifinals.

Competitors
Mark Johnson USA
Ian Schillebeeckx USA
Magnus Sandberg CAN
John Peterson USA

Umpires
Gary Shoemaker, Chief Umpire USA
Kathy Lindgren USA
Lance Smotherman USA
Tom Atkins USA
Hans Graf USA
Mike Lindgren USA
Cliff Black USA

Mar 22

Elliotts Coming Home

Elliotts Coming Home

E6m Coming Home

March 2010
Four of the US Sailing Center – Sheboygan Elliott 6ms have begun their journey back to Wisconsin for the 2010 summer season. The boats have been based in Florida for the last several months where they have been used for Olympic team training and qualifying as well as the Rolex Miami OCR. Also, travelling home on this truck is one of the center’s fleet of Edgewater 170CC umpire boats.

Mar 22

2011 ISAF Nation Cup Grand Final

2011 ISAF Nation Cup Grand Final

Nations Cup 2011

March 2010
In what will be the biggest event in its history, US Sailing Center – Sheboygan has been awarded the 2011 ISAF Nation Cup Grand Final!

The ISAF Nations Cup is a global competition to find the world’s top match racing nation. The best match racers in the world, having qualified in Regional Finals from Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Poland, Portugal, South Africa, and the United States will face off in Sheboygan to determine the world’s best match racing sailors!

The 2011 Grand Final will take place from September 13-18, 2011. The open division will compete in the center’s fleet of Sonars, while the women’s division will race the Elliott 6m Olympic class boats.

Watch for more information on this site or check out the official ISAF Nations Cup page.

Mar 22

GrandStay Suites Partners with USSC-S

GrandStay Suites Partners with USSC-S

Grand Stay Residential Suites Hotel

March 2010
The GrandStay Residential Suites has joined the growing list of corporate sponsors dedicated to making Sheboygan and the US Sailing Center – Sheboygan the premier destination for world class sailing! Thanks to a very generous donation, USSC-S will be able to provide needed housing within walking of the waterfront to sailing and regatta officials throughout the 2010 racing season. According to Kathy Lindgren, USSC-S event coordinator, this type of donation will allow us to continue to provide a fantastic experience to those travelling to Sheboygan while still keeping the cost of all our events low.

In addition to the direct donation, GrandStay Sheboygan will also offer rooms to anyone participating or visiting USSC-S at a very special discounted rate!