UCLA Sailing Team

Team Racing in the Bay

2010-03-16T13:13:00.000-07:00

The weekend of March 6th was packed with team racing in the bay. UCLA, rolling DEEP as usual, sent one team to the Jeremy McIntyre Team Race at Stanford, another to the Cal Team Race at Treasure Island, and a third to a high school ladies fashion show in Fullerton. We’ll let it slide THIS time, Boomstacks.

Let’s start with the Cal Team Race. Please be advised that I was not there to witness the proceedings first hand, so some details might be stretched, twisted, or made up altogether. Sailing started right away as an awesome 8-10 knot breeze filled from the west and stuck around all day. The team, comprised of skippers Shannon Walker (junior), Drew Morton (junior), and Andrew Segal (freshman 4 lyfe), reported having some really good races, with Shannon and freshman crew Nora Brackbill starting particularly well. While there were other shining moments in their races, the team noted that consistency and a lack of practice as a team held them back a little this weekend. Overall, they came out with 5 wins and 8 losses, which was good for 4th place overall. In related news, Drew Morton hit his knee on the thwart possibly harder than anyone has ever hit their knee on a thwart before this weekend. Despite the injury, mental and physical toughness, some encouragement from his crew, and a lack of alternates kept him from having to sit out any races. The consistent breeze allowed for two and a half round robins to be completed, so Cal decided to end the regatta after just one day. Kind of a bummer if you ask me. They did provide boats, so I guess beggars can’t be choosers.

Moving on to McIntyre. The breeze was slow to fill on Saturday, with postponement ashore until around 1 o’clock. Racing began and ended in light and shifty breeze, which was less than enjoyable in the 420s, used to prepare for nationals in Wisconsin this year. All but a few races of the first round robin were completed that day. UCLA managed to beat UC Santa Cruz but lost a HEARTBREAKER to USC. We had a 1-3-4 rounding the leeward mark, and despite drawing a foul on the final beat, boats 2 through 6 ended up converging in a 5 boat cluster on their way upwind. After a blur of tacks, ducks, and profanity, UCLA ended up in the 5-6. I still have no explanation for what happened in those few seconds.

The forecast for Sunday was for strong breeze, and as promised, it blew about 15 knots all day. The first round robin was finished, with UCLA ending up in the bottom 4 of 10. A double consolation round robin was sailed, in which UCLA finished with 1 win and 5 losses. We caught a lot of frustrating breaks, including an umpire obstruction, which cost skipper Mark Anders the 1 in a race against Northwestern. Likewise, junior skipper Carmen Bozina had to avoid an umpire boat while doing a spin, which changed the combination in a race against Santa Cruz. Finally, Oscar fell out of the boat, which he really can’t blame anyone for no matter how he spins it. Maybe Tats. Yeah, Tats. Frustrating as it was, sailing in heavy breeze is always fun, and we came away from the weekend having learned a lot (particularly about starting strategy).

We’d like to give a big thanks to Carmen’s family for hosting us, and to Neha’s and Drew’s families for providing food. Next up is South 5 in Long Beach on the weekend of March 27th, where we can seal our qualifying spot for coed PCC’s! Details to come.

2010 PJ Wenner Rainbow Invite, Hawaii

2010-02-15T20:55:00.001-08:00

Although the team didn't do much sailing on thursday, January 14th, first year teammate Linda Wennerstrom earned teammate of the day honors by scoring 8 free airport food vouchers, good for 15 bucks at any airport eatery! This years trip to the PJ Wenner Rainbow Invite literally started out with a bang, as the plane broke and the team got to spend a bonus five hours in the airport terminal with none other than the entire USC sailing team. Rad.

After the short delay, the team was in good spirits and on the ground in Hawaii, where we piled into a rental van and headed for the home of the one and only REIN ZANE. After a couple thousand wrong turns, we found the new apartment, set our alarms for 9, and crashed for the night.

Why do we have to go to Hawaii every year? One reason: it's not everday that you get to hike a mountain, climb a 30 foot waterfall, and plunge into a tropical freshwater pool before a sailing practice. We followed the lead of our fearless commander, captain Mark Ander, who was the first to jump off the waterfall after an encouraging chorus of "quit being a bitch!" cheers from the bystanders below. After a few jumps, we headed to the sailing center for practice.

The 10-15 knot breeze was coming from the usual direction, and each pair got about 5 practice races in the fleet of about 20. The practice day was hugely important, as we had spent the better part of the last two weeks practicing in 0-5 knots. Mark Anders and Neha Bazaj had a couple of standout races in practice, and we all went back to Rein's hopeful for the next day.

The wind on Saturday was quite a bit lighter, around 8 knots but with big puffs and huge shifts. Racing that day was incredibly tricky, as a different side of the course appeared to be favored every race. "I couldn't seem to sail on the lifted tack," said a frustrated Anders as he came off the water. Garrett's advice for sailing off of sand island was to pick a side and stick it, but that was hard to do with big pileups at both the boat and the pin at the starts. Junior women's skipper Shannon Walker and crew Lea Cohen appeared to be the only ones who could figure it out, starting the day well with 7th and 8th place finishes.

After a frustrating first day, Sunday provided us with a change of scenery, with a light, 5-8 knot breeze from a completely different direction. Strange as it was, the wind stuck around all day and was a lot steadier and more predictable than it had been the day before. Jasklowski and Woo-Kawaguchi changed their strategy on day 2, opting for conservative starts in clear air rather than fighting for the favored end of the line. They were rewarded with some consistency, finishing int the top 8 four times on day two, and in the top 5 twice. Anders and Bazaj also found a little more success on Sunday, and the coed team finished with 122 points in each division, enough for 14th overall. The women's team was just three spots back in 17th.

Although we've had better results in the past, the annual trip to Hawaii was no less fun than it had been in years past. We were treated to gorgeous weather, awesome sailing, and the hospitality of our favorite host, Rein. Can't wait until we're back for coed PCCs in April.

Next up, South 1-2 in San Diego!

Rose Bowl 2010

2010-01-26T11:46:00.000-08:00

A bit of a change of pace from the 6 boat, 25 sailor extravaganza that was North South, only 4 sailors, 1 FJ, and 4 cheerleaders made the trip to long beach for the last weekend of winter break. Marking the end of the ICSA Fall season, Rose Bowl will be the last regatta junior skipper Billy Edwards will spend on the sidelines after being suspended for attempting to stab a competitor on the water last spring (this is a joke, the very mild mannered Edwards is sitting out a quarter to save eligibility for a 5th season). His highly anticipated debut will be at South 1-2, the weekend of January 30th. Alas, I digress.

Winter days in southern California are typically pretty light, and Saturday was no exception as racing got started around noon after a morning delay. In the 26 boat fleet, both A division’s Mark Anders and Neha Bazaj and B divisions Oscar Jasklowski and Tatsuma Woo-Kawaguchi managed 8th and 7th place finishes, with a helping of some mid-fleet finishes as well. At the end of the day, 4 races had been sailed in each division. In loosely related news, an anonymous cheerleader’s crustacean phobia had been elucidated when some lobsters washed up on the beach.

The competitors returned on Sunday, one of them sporting a new, fashionable “mullet” haircut. As excited as “team mullet mayhem wildcard” was to get on the water, this didn’t happen until around 2pm, after A division had finally managed to complete two races. The second race was Anders’ best finish of the weekend, 6th place, which unfortunately wouldn’t be counted because only one race was completed in B division. Jasklowski and Woo-Kawaguchi were plagued by over-earlies this weekend, which is something they will certainly be focusing on improving. “We will certainly be focusing on improving our over-earlies,” commented Woo-Kawaguchi after racing on Sunday. When it was all said and done, both Anders and Jasklowski had finished 12th in their respective divisions, resulting in a 12th place finish overall.

The next stop for the team will be Honolulu, Hawaii, as the annual PJ Wenner Invite is fast approaching. This event will be especially exciting for UCLA as Junior skippers Shannon Walker and Carmen Bozina (team captain) will be making their debuts after being abroad in the fall.

North South 2009

2010-01-26T11:43:00.000-08:00

Upon arriving at the El Capitan Campground on Friday night, the team was greeted with the task of pitching tents in the dark in a 25 knot northerly. Not surprisingly, the next morning the team woke up to two broken tent poles, some broken stakes, and a completely collapsed tent on top of JV skipper Milo Victor.

Expecting more of the same during the day, the cold and tired contingent of 24 sailors, 5 FJs, and 1 laser showed up to Santa Barbara Yacht Club only to find the wind had completely petered out. On the day, only 3 races were sailed in a dead or dying southwesterly in each division. This was the better day for B division’s Jasklowski and Woo Kawaguchi, whose best finish on the day was an 8th. Drew Morton’s back must have been hurting in the laser as he carried the team on that day with 8th, 11th, and 12th place finishes.

Not to be outdone by the previous night, winds on Saturday night again picked up to around 20, keeping everyone good and tired for the next day. Luckily, it’s not hard to find energy to sail when it’s sunny and 75 degrees with a steady helping of dolphins and 10 knots of breeze. Mark Anders and Neha Bazaj made the most of the ideal conditions in A division, winning a race, averaging a 6th on the day, and taking 7th place overall in A-division on the weekend. It’s safe to say that Mark’s back was hurting, as Jasklowski and Morton couldn’t get into much of a groove, not finishing much higher than mid fleet in any of the 8 races on the day. In the end UCLA took 11th in varsity.

UCLA made all kinds of noise in the JV fleet as well, highlighted by senior skipper Eric Dita scoring four 5th place finishes in B division and finishing 5th overall in B. Freshman skipper and crew pair Leo Daube and Emelia Pelliccio had a close encounter with a large seal, resulting in a capsize and the unfortunate loss of an 8th place position, their best of the weekend. All the freshman that made the trip deserve to be congratulated as they continue to improve throughout this young season. After a strong performance in A division, UCLA has high hopes for Rose Bowl, the next major intersectional in Long Beach in January.

Stoney Burke Intersectional 2009

2009-10-14T18:32:00.000-07:00

With 4 boats, 17 sailors, and 1 cheerleader in Billy "BoomStacks" Edwards (who is red-shirting this fall to save eligibility for a super-senior season) the UCLA Sailing team made a bigger entrance to the annual intersectional regatta than the Blue Angels that were flying overhead.

Sailing began according to schedule on Saturday morning, with a shifty 6-9 knot breeze filling in from the west. "It's hard out there. Boats are making both sides work. Roll for the instantaneous wind, not the average, because it's really puffy," coached captain and A division skipper Mark Anders as he handed B-division crew and fellow senior Tatsuma-Woo Kawaguchi the bailor. Following a solid A-division rotation, junior skipper Oscar Jasklowski's nerves seemed to be getting to him as he limped across the line in 17th in both of his first two races. "I really shat the bed on that rotation. And that late 70's FJ wasn't helping me out either," muttered a frustrated Jasklowski as he handed to boat off to a UC Irvine Anteater. In JV, senior skipper Eric Dita and crew Taryn Aguiar came out flying and bangin' corners with a couple of 6th place finishes. Junior skipper Drew Morton and sophomore crew Lea Cohen were not far behind in 9th.

As the day progressed, the wind picked up to a solid 12 knots for the second rotation and a blustery 17 knots for the third. Perhaps the highlight of the regatta came during Anders' and senior crew Neha Bazaj's second rotation, when they finished 4th, and subsequently 1st. Booyah. Considering this is Anders' first regatta in almost a full year, not too shabby. With stronger winds and a focusing pep-talk from BoomStacks, Jasklowski appeared to have gained some confidence after reeling in a 4th place finish. The building wind didn't phase Drew Morton or his tree-trunk quads as he hiked his way into 7th in JV-A on the day.

Sunday's 10a.m. report time seemed to catch Anders off guard, as he had some teammates ready to go by 9a.m. Sunday's breeze started off much stronger than Saturdays, with puffs up to 15 knots, but gradually died as the day progressed until the final signal start around 4p.m. After taking a shroud to the face and bleeding all over an Oregon FJ, varsity B-division crew Woo-Kawaguchi was on fire spotting puffs and shifts, finishing near the top of the fleet five races in a row. A great day in B-division was marred by a disqualification in the last race for being over early. Sounds like Jasklowski needs to look up at his sail number more often. Morton continued his consistent sailing, and Sophomore skipper Andrew Segal torched some opponents in B-division with 4 top 10 finishes on the weekend.

On behalf of the UCLA Sailing team, we would like to give a big thanks to Mark Anders' family and Richard Fuller's sister for giving us a place to sleep, eat, and warm up after the cold conditions. Also, new crews Erin Riley, Linda Wennerstrom, Carly Olenick, and Ingrid Shin deserve a special congratulations for braving the cold in the little gear they had. We hope to see them back for Frosh Soph in Mission Bay on October 17th.

Alumni Regatta

2009-05-25T20:18:00.000-07:00

The first annual UCLA Alumni Regatta was sailed in Marina Del Rey on Sunday May 24th. Recent and older alumni raced along with current team members in a buzzards bash format. We fielded 18 boats that sailed in 2 fleet racing divisions to determine the team racing teams for the afternoon. 8 races total were finished by the 18 boats in the morning we took a lunch/free sail break to figure our team racing teams and racing resumed finishing one round robin with 6 teams.

Barbeque was provided all day and Alums met and mingled with current and other past team members. Friends of the UCLA Sailing Team (FOUST), the alumni group, conducted its first meeting and voted on officers President: Sam Wheeler, Vice President: Lyzz Schwegler, Treasurer: Blaize Wallace, Secretary: Stephanie Spilker, Team Liason: Kelly Kephart.

This event was a great success and we plan to continue the tradition annually. Thank you so much to the Alumni who came out to participate and donated their time and money to help the team. Special thanks to the current team members who helped run the regatta and sailed with Alums.

THANK YOU!!!

Women's PCCs

2009-05-25T20:00:00.000-07:00

Women's PCCs was sailed in Santa Barbara, hosted by UCSB, 9 teams attended. A division was sailed by Kelly Kephart and Joana Que with Shannon Walker as the alternate, B division was sailed by Carmen Bozina and Danielle Ryan with Shannon Walker as the alternate.

Saturday began in a light easterly and quickly built up to the low 20's. Six races were completed in A and four in B, and most teams experienced at least one capsize. A division at the end of Saturday was in 3rd place, B division was in 6th. Overall the team was in 5th with only 5 points seperating 3rd to 6th place.

Sunday was sailed in light conditions 1-5 knots, 2 races were sailed in A and 4 in B. A division dropped to 4th place and B division finished in 5th. UCLA stayed in 5th place behind UCI and USC a mere 8 points out of qualifying for semi finals.

This regatta closes UCLA's 2009 season

Rainer, Oregon

2009-05-25T19:45:00.000-07:00

UCLA drove close to 20 hours to compete in an intersectional with the North West division, the people that generally sail in the JV division attended this regatta to field both a Coed and Women's team. All sailors did very well but both teams were penalized 40 points for not filling out RP forms.

Saturday began with a steady 10-15 kts coming from the east. The wind died for 20 minutes early in the afternoon,but resumed the 10-15 kts until eventually stopping at 4pm. Four races in each division were sailed. Sunday began with a light 5-10 kts out of the east, but died to 2-5 kts shortly after A division began their first race. Only one A race was finished and racing was cancelled for the day.

Coed was sailed by Oscar Jasklowsi and Tatsuma Woo-Kawaguchi in A division and Drew Morton and Lea Cohen in B division. A division ended up 9th before the RP penalty, 12th after. B division ended up 3rd before the 20 point penalty, 7th after. Overall the Coed team finished 6th before the penalty, 10th after.

Women's was sailed by Shannon Walker and Anna Schoenbrunner in A division and Halie Kampman and Neha Bazaj in B division. A division ended up 14th before the RP penalty, 15th after. B division ended up 8th before the 20 point penalty, 14th after. Overall the Coed team finished 13th before the penalty, 14th after.

Coed PCCs

2009-05-25T19:33:00.000-07:00

Coed PCCs was sailed at St. Francis Yacht Club hosted by Stanford University. Kelly Kephart skippered in A division with crews Joana Que and Drew Morton. Carmen Bozina skippered in B division with crews Danielle Ryan and Oscar Jasklowski. Both Carmen and Kelly were the only women skippers in their divisions and it was tough to keep up with the boys sailing on the San Francisco city front, wind averaging 20 knots. A division ended in 10th place, B division ended also in 10th place, overall UCLA ended up 10th in the Pacific Coast District.

St Francis

2009-04-06T15:35:00.000-07:00

St Francis is typically a high wind regatta that sees winds from 17 to 30 knots. This year that was not the case. Saturday racing was postponed due to a lack of wind and a huge current. Racing finally started around 1:30 in about 7 knots the wind increased to a high of 13 knots, 6 A division races were sailed and 4 B division races were sailed. Sunday saw much of the same conditions with a current that made it impossible to sail 4 B division rotations were finished and 2 A division races were finished. In these tough conditions in a 32 boat fleet UCLA finished 21st overall, 24th in A division and 19th in B division.

In A division races 1-6 were sailed by Kelly Kephart and Joana Que, races 7-8 were sailed by Shannon Walker and Tatsuma Woo-Kawaguchi.

B division races 1-2, 5-8 were sailed by Carmen Bozina and Danielle Ryan, races 3-4 were sailed by Carmen Bozina and Oscar Jasklowski.

Alex Adams was also in attendance as an alternate.
Thanks so much to recent alumni Steph Spilker and Steph Adams for coming out to watch and support us.
Also thank you to the Ryan's who continuously provide wonderful food for our hungry sailors and to the Bozinas who open their home and also provide wonderful food to our team anytime we are in the area. We really do appreciate all of the support we get from UCLA parents =)

Coed PCCs will be sailed next weekend also at St Francis, so this weekend was hopefully good practice for that, if the conditions stay the same.

California State Team Race

2009-04-06T15:14:00.000-07:00

With two team race regattas under our belts this year UCLA went to the US Sailing Center in Long Beach March 28-29. Cal State Team race is the qualifier for Team Race PCCs in April the top 6 teams from this regatta qualify for PCCs. 8 teams competed in the event UCI, Stanford, USC, CMA, UCSB, Cal, UCLA, and Chapman. 2 round robins were sailed with all 8 teams then the teams were split into a top and bottom 4 with the top 4 teams (Stanford, UCI, USC, CMA) going to PCCs and the bottom 4 teams (UCSB, UCLA, Cal, Chapman) battling it out for the last 2 spots. After the first 2 round robins UCLA was in 6th place beating Cal once and Chapman twice. UCLA then moved onto the final bottom 4 where we lost to UCSB and beat Cal and Chapman on the water. After several protests were heard between UCLA and Chapman, 12 points were added to UCLAs scores and the scores for the bottom three teams UCLA, Cal, and Chapman were brought to a tie breaker that couldn't be broken by who beat who. The points were then counted putting Cal in 6th place with 62 points UCLA in 7th place with 68 points and Chapman in 8th place with 71 points. UCLA did not qualify for Team Race PCCs but had a lot of experience with the protest room and learned that that is not the place races should be decided, we now know if in doubt we should do the circle to avoid a he said she said debate.

Skippers for this regatta were Kelly Kephart, Oscar Jasklowski, and Billy Edwards, crews were Joana Que, Danielle Ryan, Corey Rovzar, and Tatsuma Woo-Kawaguchi.

Congrats to Billy for sailing in his first Varisty regatta and to Corey for sailing in her first college regatta!!!
great job guys =)

McIntrye Team Race

2009-04-06T14:56:00.000-07:00

The McIntyre team included skippers Kelly Kephart, Carmen Bozina, and Oscar Jasklowski, crews included Joana Que, Danielle Ryan, and Tatsuma Woo-Kawaguchi.

Saturday teams sailed in light winds for about 6 races before the Stanford basin glassed over, teams waited for the breeze until about 3 and continued sailing in about 12 knots until 6:30 racing was followed by an umpire debrief and a dinner at Sequoia Yacht Club. 34 races of the first round robin were finished on Day 1. The end of the round robin was finished on Sunday morning in light winds splitting the fleet into a top 6 and bottom 4. Top 6 teams included UCI, Stanford, USC, Navy, UH, and Washington College. A consolation round was also sailed for the bottom 4 UCSB, UCLA, UW, and UCSD. The conselation round was sailed in 420s UCSD did not sail because of injury we raced UW and won then raced UCSB once for the round robin and despite a close race lost one. We then raced UCSB again for more practice and they were victorious again. This regatta was a very good learning experience for all, it really pays to sail against teams that know how to team race so we can get some real on the water experience.

It was also nice to meet a UCLA Alumni, Kevin Richards who was working with the umpire team for this event.

Thanks so much to recent Alum Steph Spilker who kept us all organized and energized with boat rotations and food runs. Thanks are also in order for the Ryan family who provided wonderful food for the regatta and the Bozinas for hosting us all at their house.

Cal Team Race

2009-04-06T14:47:00.000-07:00

We sent a team of JV sailors to Treasure Island March 7-8 for the annual Cal Team Race. Skippers we had Billy Edwards, Kassie Klaritsch, and Andrew Segal crewing we had Taryn Aguiar, Neha Bazaj, Martha Thompson, and Lea Cohen. Mark Anders and Maggie Matthews were also in attendence to help facilitate the event. This regatta was a great learning experience for the team and they even won a few races. Other teams in attendance included 2 teams from the host UC Berkeley, UCSC, CMA, and Stanford JV. After 15 races UCLA JV ended with a 2-13 win loss record.

South 5

2009-03-03T09:14:00.001-08:00

South 5 started out with A divsion floating around Alamitos Bay in Long Beach waiting for the wind to fill in. Saturday was sailed on a new course most of our sailors hadn't seen with a leeward gate in 3-7 knots of wind. Sunday there was some waiting around but races got off at about 11:30 in 5 knots, the winds continued to build throughout the day.

Varsity A was sailed by Kelly Kephart and Joana Que, Varsity B was sailed by Carmen Bozina and Danielle Ryan who sailed very well this weekend and got their first bullet in coed in the last race of Saturday, sandwiched by 2 second places in the 3rd and 5th races of the regatta. Varsity ended in 8th place overall, 4th in the district and qualified for PCCs along with USC, UCSB, UCI, and Chapman.

Women's Varisty was sailed by Shannon Walker and Anna Schoenbrunner in A division and Halie Kampman and Neha Bazaj in B division. Both divisions sailed very well with a few top ten finishes each, finishing 13th overall.

We sailed 2 two JV boats, JV 1 A division was Oscar Jasklowski and Tatsuma Woo Kawaguchi, B division Drew Morton and Morgan Glier, this team finished 20th and was very evenly balanced between A and B. JV 2 was sailed by Billy Edwards, Lea Cohen and Colleen McHugh in A division and Eric Dita and Martha Thompson in B division. This team finished 24th. Also in the spirit of getting more boats on the line we had Richard Fuller and Taryn Aguiar crew for a UCSD JV skipper.

That was the last fleet racing JV regatta in our district, JV still has cal team race this weekend and Oregon in April to look forward to. Great job this weekend!!!!

Florida USF Womens Regatta

2009-03-03T09:07:00.001-08:00

The women's team went to sail in Tampa bay 2/21-2/22 for the USF Women's Intersectional. This was our first east coast regatta and hopefully it can continue as a tradition. Kelly Kephart and Joana Que sailed all races in A division finishing 6th, with 4 bullets over the course of the weekend. Carmen Bozina and Danielle Ryan sailed B division all of Saturday and half of Sunday Shannon Walker and Anna Schoenbrunner sailed the other half of Sunday's races, we finished 6th in B fleet as well. After a long two days of racing, both fleets on the water 18 races for each fleet we ended up finishing in 6th place. It was awesome to sail against some really competitive women's teams that we haven't had the chance to race in the past.

Thanks so much to the Browns who funded this trip, it would not have been possible without your support.

South 3-4

2009-02-16T19:57:00.000-08:00

Second two regattas of the South Series to qualify for Coed PCCs

At both South 3 and 4 we sailed Varsity, Women's Varsity, and 2 JV. Varsity was sailed by Kelly Kephart, Joana Que, Carmen Bozina, and Danielle Ryan. Women's Varsity was sailed by Shannon Walker, Morgan Glier, Halie Kampman, and Neha Bazaj. The JV boats were sailed by Oscar Jasklowski, Tatsuma Woo-Kawaguchi, Billy Edwards, Steven Wilson, Victor Weisberg, Richard Fuller, Andrew Segal and Lea Cohen.

South 3 was sailed in light winds 2-6knots, 5 races were completed by both divisions. Varsity finished 7th in both divisions and 7th overall. Women's Varsity finished 15th in A, 13th in B and 15th overall. JV 1 finished 11th in A, 15th in B and 13th overall, JV 2 finished 17th in both divisions and 17th overall. Special recognition to Oscar and Tats in JV 1 A division who held their own against the varsity sailors and had a really stand out last rotation.

South 4 was sailed in winds between 12 and 20 knots will huge swells coming in all day, everyone had a tough time sailing in the high winds and keeping warm while doing it. Varsity finished 10th in A, 8th in B and 10th overall. Women's Varsity finished 17th in A, 15th in B and 15th overall. JV 1 finished 15th in A, 13th in B and 14th overall. JV 2 finished 16th in both divisions and 17th overall. Everyone should be very proud for sticking it out in these tough conditions.

After this weekend UCLA is still ranked 4th in the south series, still on track to qualify for Coed PCCs.

South 1-2

2009-02-16T19:38:00.000-08:00

The first of the south series was sailed in Mission Bay. South 1 and 2 are two seperate regattas that count towards standings in the south, top 5 teams after the conclusion of the series go to Coed PCCs

South 1 was sailed in light winds between 2 and 5 knots, 5 races were completed in each division. Kelly Kephart and Joana Que sailed Varsity A finishing 9th on Saturday, Carmen Bozina and Danielle Ryan sailed Varsity B finishing 4th on Saturday for a combined overall 5th place. Women's Varsity was sailed by Shannon Walker, Anna Schoenbrunner, Halie Kampman, and Neha Bazaj who finished 16th overall. JV was sailed by Drew Morton, Morgan Glier, Eric Dita, Tatsuma Woo-Kawaguchi, and Lea Cohen who finshed 20th. All divisions were sailed together.

South 2 saw a little more wind building from 5 to 12 knots, 6 races were completed in each division. The same varsity team sailed on Sunday A division ended up 4th, B division ended up 11th for an overall finish of 6th. Women's Varsity also sailed by the same people, A division in 14th and B division in 13th for an overall finish of 14th. JV was also sailed by the same people with the addition of Taryn Aguiar as an A divsion crew. JV finished 18th on Sunday.

After the first two south series UCL A is on track to qualify for PCCs, ranking 4th in the southern conference.

Also as a result of South 1-2 Varsity sailors Kelly Kephart and Joana Que were named women sailors of the week. Sailor of the week is a new honor that the PCCSC district has started and this was the first week.

Rainbow Invitational

2009-02-16T19:28:00.000-08:00

When we arrived on Thursday a tropical storm blasted the islands with 30‐60 knot winds, that continued through Friday. The two days that followed ended up to be very, very, very shifty with wind out of the North, East, South and the West. The UH team also hosted a dinner in honor of Peter Wenner on Saturday night for all of the Rainbow sailors. Varsity was sailed in FJs by Kelly Kephart, Joana Que, Carmen Bozina, and Danielle Ryan. JV was sailed in 420s by Shannon Walker, Anna Schoenbrunner, Kassie Klaritsch, Eric Chrisman, Taryn Aguiar, Oscar Jasklowski, and Morgan Glier.

Spring 09 schedule

2009-02-16T19:13:00.000-08:00

1/17-1/18 Rainbow Invitational U Hawaii
1/31-2/1 South 1-2 UC San Diego/Mission Bay YC
2/14-2/15 South 3-4 UC Santa Barbara
2/21-2/22 Women's Intersectional U South Florida
2/28-3/1 South 5 USC
3/7-3/8 McIntyre Team Race Stanford
3/7-3/8 Cal Team Race Berkeley/Treasure Island
3/28-3/29 California State Team Race USC
4/4-4/5 St. Francis Intersectional Stanford/St. Francis YC
4/10 Team Race PCCs Berkeley/Treasure Island
4/11-4/12 Coed PCCs Stanford/St. Francis
4/18-4/19 Rainer Cup Oregon
4/25-4/26 Women's PCCs UC Santa Barbara

The following regattas we must qualify for to be able to sail- all dependent on PCCs
5/2-5/3 Coed Semi Finals Minnesota and/or Charleston
5/25 Women's Semi Finals Stanford/St. Francis
5/26-5/27 Women's Nationals Stanford/St. Francis
5/29-5/31 Team Race Nationals Berkeley/ Treasure Island
6/1-6/3 Coed Nationals Stanford/St. Francis

2009-02-16T18:40:00.000-08:00

To round off the Fall sailing season we sailed in Women's Fall Champs, North South, and Rosebowl.

Women's Fall Champs was sailed out of MBYC by Kelly Kephart, Joana Que, Carmen Bozina, and Danielle Ryan with Shannon Walker as the alternate. Day 1 blew 3-5knots and Day 2 blew 15-20 making it a real test of everyone's skills in two weather extremes. After two days of racing UCLA ended up 4th overall.

North South was sailed in the Santa Barbara Harbor and always has huge attendance from UCLA. The regatta was sailed in shifty conditions that varied between 5 and 14 knots. Varsity divisions were on the water simulateously and sailed continuously right of the sea wall. Varsity was sailed by Kelly Kephart, Joana Que, Carmen Bozina, Danielle Ryan and Mark Anders in the laser, varsity finished two days of sailing with an 11th place finish. We also brought 3 jv boats and rotated a total of 20 sailors through out those 6 spots. JV sailed on a seperate course down by the pier, the 3 JV boats finished 9th, 11th, and 16th. Thanks so much to Karleen Wray who organized rotations on the beach.

Rosebowl was the last Fall regatta of 2008 and was sailed by Mark Anders, Megan Sullivan, Carmen, Bozina, and Danielle Ryan. They sailed both Saturday and Sunday in light winds. East coast schools dominated the regatta but UCLA came out with a solid mid fleet 15th place finish. Mark and Megan finished 15th in A division and Carmen and Danielle finished 16th in B division. This was a tough regatta with a lot of very talented competition, our sailors worked hard and sailed well.

Overall great Fall semester!!

Frosh/Soph

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Hosted by UCSD and MBYC, the regatta saw winds from 6-12 kts mostly out of the North-West, plenty of sun and mild temperatures ranging from 65-75 degrees. Consistent breeze allowed 14 races in each division over the two day event making for a fantastic regatta. There was much shuffling of skippers and crews over the weekend, so the scores don't mean all that much, but overall UCLA JV 1 came in 15th and UCLA JV 2 came in 18th on day 1 (only JV 1 sailed on Sunday) out of 23 boats. Returning sailors were Drew Morton, Billy Edwards, Carmen Bozina, and Karleen Wray. We are very proud of the 4 new team members, Andrew Segal, Jay Ballen, Tatsuma Woo-Kawaguchi, and Oscar Jasklowski, who came out and sailed in their first (or second) college regatta ever, despite only being on the team for a few weeks with minimal time to learn the finer points of racing FJ's. Also a big thanks to Danielle Ryan for joining us, helping out on the race committee and feeding the team with delicious burritos from Hector's and Santana's.

Stoney Burke

2008-10-16T12:03:00.000-07:00

Stoney Burke day 1 and 2 started in a strong north-northeast breeze at 8-15kt and shifted to a lighternorth-northwest wind as the day progressed. Day 1 was sailed until about 6:30pm finishing 11 races in varsity, 10 in jv. Day 2 was concluded shortly before the 4pm deadline for a total of 15 races in varsity and 13 in jv.

Varsity was compromised of Captain Kelly Kephart and Joana Que sailing A division and Captain Mark Anders and Megan Sullivan sailing B division. For A division the regatta started out a bit rough with the large fleet on the line it was hard to get a good start. This team figured it out for the second day and sailed much better, finishing 13th in A division. B division sailed well all weekend tearing it up at the starts and around the course. This team finished consistantly in the top ten to finish 4th in B division. Overall the varsity team finished 8th in a fleet of 25 boats.

Women's Varsity was sailed by Carmen Bozina and Danielle Ryan in A division and Shannon Walker and Anna Schoenbrunner in B division. In both A and B divisions the girls sailed fast around the course and improved their boat speed but, like varsity, had a few problems getting off the line in such a large fleet. A division finished 16th, B division finished 19th and overall UCLA Women finished 17th

We sent two jv teams who placed 14th and 16th in the jv fleet sailing in a miriad of combinations we had Kelly Trombley, Martha Thompson, Danny Wudka, Andrew Segal, Drew Morton, Morgan Glier, Victor Weisberg, Marina Visan, Taryn Aguir and Eric Chrisman. The fleet of 25 boats was a tough adjustment but everyone learned a lot especially about starting with a larger fleet which we don't get much practice with. Everyone who sailed jv this weekend dealt with fluky conditions and we really held our own in the jv fleet finishing in mid fleet.

Bryson's

2008-10-05T23:15:00.000-07:00

The women's team sailed this weekend at the Stanford sailing center in Redwood City with 10 teams attending the event a record number of women's teams for the pacific coast district.

Saturday got pretty windy varying between 5 and 15kts, the conditions were shifty and puffy and we started the morning with a slight rain that lifted by early afternoon. Both divisions sailed 10 races.
In A division we had Captain Kelly Kephart sailing with Shannon Walker for the races 1-6, 9,10 and sailing with Anna Schonbrunner for races 7,8. These new pairings focused on getting more comfortable sailing together and ended up taking 5th in A division.
In B division we had Carmen Bozina sailing with Danielle Ryan races 1-8. The pair were happy to be sailing together again as they dominated the afternoon with two bullets and two seconds. Shannon Walker with Danielle Ryan sailed races 9,10. Shannon new to sailing in women's varsity events pulled out two very respectable 6ths. B division managed to finish fourth.
UCLA lady bruins also finished 4th overall in the Brysons women's regatta

Sunday Stanford hosted a 2x2 team racing clinic. This informal event allowed all of the women's teams to help each other learn team racing rules and tactics. All 5 women, Captain Kelly Kephart, Shannon Walker, Anna Schonbrunner, Carmen Bozina, and Danielle Ryan sailed in varying combinations and were able to work together to make some good moves and learn some strategies from mistakes that were better made here than in a qualifying regatta.

We also want to give a huge thanks to Matt Sirignano a recent UCLA alumni who was generous enough to volunteer his time to coach our team and share what he has learned throughout his sailing career.

In addition we would like to thank another recent UCLA alumni Steph Spilker who kept us all well fed and kept the team moral high with some sailing advice of her own.

We are so proud of the job these girls did this weekend keep up the good work :)

Singlehanded PCCs

2008-10-03T00:21:00.000-07:00

This is one of two regattas throughout the year that we sail lasers (a one man boat)

Friday was the Women's division, we had one competitor: Captain Kelly Kephart who placed 9th. 11 races were sailed over the course of the day.

Saturday and Sunday was the Men's division, we had three competitors: Captain Mark Anders who placed 22nd, Victor Weisberg who placed 24th, and Danny Wudka who placed 25th. 25 races were sailed over the two days.

Danielle Ryan and Megan Sullivan also were in attendance as cheerleaders

This weekend in Mission Bay the winds were up and the courses we long and all competitors should be proud of the races they sailed in boats that we are not exactly familiar with :)

Fall 2008 Calendar

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9/27-9/29 PCCSC Singlehanded Championship @ Mission Bay

10/4-10/5 Bryson Women's Regatta @ Stanford
10/11-10/12 Stoney Burke @ Treasure Island (Cal)
10/18-10/19 Frosh-Soph @ Mission Bay

11/8-11/9 Women's Fall Champs @ SDYC
11/15-11/16 North/South @ Santa Barbara
11/22-11/23 UCLA Team Race @ Marina Del Rey

1/3-1/4 Rosebowl @ ABYC/USC

Activities Fair+Club Sports Fair

2008-10-02T23:31:00.000-07:00

There was a lot of participation from returning members at both recruiting events, we all worked hard to hand out fliers, sign people up, and spark interest in the team.
We had a record number of people sign up with interest and are planning to have an informational meeting within the next week.
Thus far we also have a few recruits who have already begun practicing with the team, they are learning quickly and have a lot of potential.

Welcome to the new UCLA Sailing Team Blog!

2008-09-07T12:13:00.000-07:00

Hi folks..

This is our new, easier way to update everyone on what's going on with the team. For even more information, please check out www.bruinsailing.org.

Thanks!