North/North

Yesterday we returned from the North/North Regatta in Seattle. We had 2 boats, and 10 sailors, so we rotated crew throughout the races. On Saturday we saw lots of rain and varying winds, but also a spectacular rainbow. On Sunday the weather changed, the sun even came out from time to time, but the wind died completely and B fleet was unable to finish a single race. In the end UPS finished with boats in 12th and 20th place.

12th: UPS Mike Knape and Matt Clevenger* (A), David Eva and Josephine Miller* (B)

20th: UPS John Elam and Laura Yonamine* (A), Luisa Kennefick and Pieter VerHaar* (B)

*Katherine Weiss and Hannah Schneider-Lynch rotated in as crew

For a more complete report of the results go to www.collegesailing.0rg/nwicsa

Many thanks to UW sailing team and Sail Sand Point for hosting the regatta and making boats available to us.

Pictures from the weekend coming soon.

Singlehand Qualifiers in Bellingham

Last weekend (9/26-27) the team sent 7 sailors up to the Northwest Singlehand Qualifiers regatta in Bellingham. The regatta was hosted by Western Washington University. It was a long weekend, including 14 windward-leward races, and over 10 hours on the water over two days with no breaks. The wind was very light on Saturday, blowing about 5 kts. all day, and the low winds continued through the first race on Sunday, but before the second race began, the winds built up to 10-15 kts., making for an exciting end to the day's races. Due to a good amount of equipment failure, the UPS fleet was considerably diminished by the end of the second day, but it was a fun weekend and everyone appreciated the chance to get out on the water once again.

Men's results:
9. U. Puget Sound 653 141 David Eva '13
11. U. Puget Sound 969 161 John Elam '11
15. U. Puget Sound Yello 198 Mike Knape '12
16. U. Puget Sound LBC1 205 Colin Thompson '12

Women's results:
7. U. Puget Sound 01 108 Josephine Miller '13
8. U. Puget Sound 677 112 Annin Ramsing '13

For more a more detailed report on the racing results, go to: http://www.collegesailing.org/nwicsa/results/Singlehands%202009%20RESULTS.txt