tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56943459458707916052011-10-12T05:40:43.121-07:00Collegiate Sailing Team at the University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA.Puget Sound Sailing Teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00455170012194975108noreply@blogger.comBlogger111100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694345945870791605.post-84127409743096557902010-10-31T16:38:00.000-07:002010-10-31T16:39:13.344-07:00

You can now find and follow us at https://sites.google.com/site/upssail/homelet me know what you think-John Elam

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Last weekend we sent 10 members of our team up to Sail Sand point in Seattle for the annual Northwest clinic. Both days were beautiful and about 60 and sunny.On Saturday the whole group separated between novice and advanced. Our whole team went to the novice group. We did chalk talks then had the chance to get out on the water. In the morning, before the wind died, the people who went out did

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We just got back from a fun weekend up in Bellingham for the Jeff Mixdorf Regatta, despite a noticeable lack of wind for sailing. Jeff Mixdorf is an interesting regatta because everyone sails in Alphas, which are a Western Washington designed and produced double handed boat resembling an FJ. Pretty slow, but otherwise a good time. The team consisted of John Elam, Mike Knape, David Eva, Laura

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I'd like to send out a massive thank you to all of the people on the team who have driven groups to regattas, gone grocery shopping for them, sailed in them, shown up to meetings or participated on any level in the team this season. Another to any sailors from the other teams who have allowed us to sleep on their floors for regatta weekends. Hopefully we'll be hosting regattas soon and we can

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We had our final regatta of the Fall season last weekend. We sent 7 sailors up to Bellingham to race on Lake Whatcom for the Frosh/Soph Regatta (first- and second-year sailors only). Saturday saw a SSE breeze, building from 6 to 15 knots throughout the day. We had good racing, getting 6 races off in both fleets. Sunday was very windy, over 20 knots with large gusts. After attempting to hold

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Eight of our sailors spent Halloween weekend in Eugene, OR for the Outlaw Regatta. The first day the winds were very light and by the afternoon the wind had dropped off completely, making the downwind leg of B fleet's final race last roughly one hour--a true test of patience. On Sunday the weather changed dramatically and it was actually very windy, making for some exciting sailing. Our boats

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The weekend of October 24th, six University of Puget Sound sailors traveled to Portland for Jackson Alexander, which was hosted by Portland State University. We sailed at Willamette Sailing Club against University of Victoria, Lewis and Clark, Western Washington, University of Oregon, and Oregon State sailing teams. Saturday was sunny and clear but unfortunately wind was very light. These

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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

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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

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Last weekend our sailing team participated in its first team race. The venue was West Sound on Orcas Island, Washington. District sailors from University of Oregon (UO), University of Washington, Oregon State , Portland State, University of Victoria (Uvic), and Lewis & Clark (LC) were all staying at a camp site in Moran State Park. Unlike many college sailing regattas, we sailed Vanguard 15s

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"North by North" is the first NWICSA district regatta of the academic season which is hosted by University of Washington in Seattle. Saturday saw a great start to racing, with a puffy 8-12 kt southerly. The wind quickly built for B fleet's rotation. By 12:00 winds were gusting over 25kts at Sand Point and gusting over 35kts around the point. Many breakdowns and capsizes occurred and the race

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