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Monday, February 08, 2010
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Rillhiluoma Finishes 3rd in B Division
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Peter Stemler and Justin Doane skippered Stanford's winning sailing team in the first of five North sectional regattas, tallying a low 40 points amongst the “A” and “B” Divisions.
Doane's 21 points along with a crew of Katie Jewett (A-Division) and Stemler's 19 points with Iris Clayter (B-Division) resulted in the lowest point total.
Ben Pedrick and Abby Soong had the lowest total amongst the “B” Divisions, with 18 points, while Wade Hatton and Rebecca King and the lowest total in the “A” Division with 20. Oliver Rilhiluoma and his crew Katie Riklin finished 3rd in the B Division with 23 points.
Rilhiluoma in the six race series finished third in the day’s first race, before finishing 10th in the second race. Two fourth place finishes saw Rillhiluoma move up the standings and then back to back victories in race five and six saw him finish strong.
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Sunday, January 31, 2010
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Kirkland’s - We finished 24/36 = top 2/3!
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Following their 24th place finish in Miami, Jesse and Zander Kirkland reflect on their progress and discuss the rationale behind their goal (written Fall 2009):
“We will put emphasis on error-free boat-handling in a pressurized environment. We will be watching the top players in the fleet, with the hope of picking up skiff sailing subtleties. This event will enlighten us to the different style of tactics that are employed in skiff sailing. This will be a big, tough regatta because everyone will be in the region because of the World Championship held earlier in the month in nearby Bahamas”.
Zander said, “We are stoked to have achieved our goal and happy it was a realistic one. This past month of sailing has gone by fast and we are excited about getting into the class. It will be a lot of work, and it will not come easy, but we think it is realistic to slowly work our way in to the upper echelon of the class. It was refreshing in this event to finally be racing and not just competing against the boat! Yes, that was partly due to the fact that it was moderate air regatta, but we were starting to feel more and more comfortable in the boat”.
“Now we take a hiatus until Kiele Week - June 2010 - (Jesse is going back to finish up at St Mary's and I am heading back to California to coach) and then back on the campaign trail to get cranked up for our first mission in Europe this summer. I will be working on my fitness level all spring to get it ready for the top level Euro leg - lots of upper body work and cardio”, continued Zander.
“We are hoping to get "Sled" to Europe soon, so we will have her over there for our Euro-legs”, concluded Zander.
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Saturday, January 30, 2010
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Dickinson Comet Sailors of the Year
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 Stephen Dickinson & Mark Finnegan IslandStats.com
Stephen Dickinson and his crew Martin Finnegan walked away with the Biggest Trophy on the night being crowned 2009 Fleet Champions.
Dickinson and his regular crew Finnegan went the entire season undefeated, including internationally in the Comet, the pair won the St. David’s Cup, the Oil Docks Cup, they also won the Game Fish Inn Regatta Championship, the Territorial ECYRA Regatta Championship, the Edna Foggo Pitcher Regatta Championship, the Edward Cross Long Distance Race Trophy and the International Comet Trophy. Dickinson also won the Flag Pole to Flag Pole Title with Pat Young and he also won the Lawrence Stickers Hendrickson Regatta Title with Zaniko Hendrickson.
Also honored on the night was three Comet Stalwarts Howard Lee, Colin Clarke and Howard Simmons all three are active sailors over the age of 70 and have been sailing for most if not all their lives.
The Commodore also presented 13 crew members with awards for their dedication to sailing as he stated, “Without you the skippers will not be able to compete”.
The crews that were presented Trophies included, Daren Hodsoll, Tre Johnville, Finnegan, Hendrickson, Greg Proctor, Roger Henderson, Danielle Bailey, Shannon Morrissey, Omar Lodge, Gregory Trott, Liam Perry, Miziya Selessie and Wesley Tucker.
Johnville was voted Most Improved Skipper, other race season winners include Rudy Bailey and his crew Anthony Bailey in the Mid Winter Regatta, Lambert and his crew Proctor in the France Powell Shield and Scott Fox and his crew Darren Hodsoll won the Willett Kelly Cup.
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Friday, January 29, 2010
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Kirklands Finish 24th in Miami
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Brothers Jesse and Zander Kirkland moved up two spots to 24th place after the fifth day of the Rolex Olympic Class Regatta going on in the waters of Biscayne Bay, Miami.
Zander Kirkland said, “On the whole, we felt pretty frustrated with today’s sailing after having two top 5s turn into a 22nd and 21st. Though these results are fairly good for us, having "tasted the fruits" of the top of the fleet, we felt quite disappointed with being unable to finish the races how we wanted. If anything, we've seen the sheer quality of the top of the fleet and the consistency required on every rounding, every gybe, every tack etc. throughout the race. Another disappointment of the day was found in our downwinds where we failed to find any sort of rhythm and ended up losing boats on most downwinds. Having said this, we are pleased that we are able to find the top end of the fleet with quality starts, and hopefully with more time in the boat (fine tuning boathandling and getting faster), we will be able to crank out some top finishes!”.
The brothers started the day in 26th place moved up the two spots after finishing 29th in race thirteen the first race of the day, before finishing race fourteen in 22nd, they then finished the third race of the day in 21st place and now have a total of 314 points.
Manu Dyen & Stephane Christidis from France are the current leaders 87 points, with Nico Delle Karth & Nikolaus Leopold Resch from Australia are in second with 98 points and Simon Karstoft & Jonathan Bay from Denmark are in third with 102 points.
Rolex Olympic Class Regatta Standings after 15 Races
87 Dyen, Manu & Christidis, Stephane - FRA
98 Delle Karth, Nico LM & Resch, Nikolaus Leopold - AUT
102 Karstoft, Simon & Bay, Jonathan - DEN
108 Norregaard, Allan & Lang, Peter - DEN
110 Lehtinen, Lauri & Bask, Kalle - FIN
113 Phillilps, Will & Phillips, Sam - AUS
138 Rocherieux, Yann & Lagraviere, Morgen - FRA
143 Burling, Peter & Tuke, Blair - NZL
144 Cook, Gordon & Lowden, Hunter - CAN
148 Briesenick-Pudenz, Lennart & Massmann, Julian Morten - GER
152 Kruger Andersen, Peter & Thorsell, Nicolai - DEN
160 Storck, Erik & Moore, Trevor - USA
167 Evans, Dave & Powys, Ed - GBR
176 d'Ortoli, Julien & DELPECH, Noe - FRA
178 Fricke, Leopold & Huber, Lorenz - GER
226 Makino, Yukio & Takahashi, Kenji - JPN
232 Kostov, Pavle & Cupac, Petar - CRO
233 Must, Peeter & Horrocks, Carl - USA
236 Zajac, Thomas & Czajka, Thomas - AUT
237 Gooderham, Billy & Hogan, Ian - CAN
256 Dimou, Dionisis & Michalis, Pateniotis - GRE
275 Ladha, Jonthan & Inkpen, Daniel - CAN
304 Goldsberry, Jonathan & Smythe, Charlie - USA
314 Kirkland, Jesse & Kirkland, Alexander - BER
315 Dubreucq, Matthieu & Parekh, Trevor - CAN
323 Kalynchev, Pavlo & Dzhienbaev, Sergey - RUS
324 Pasquali, Joey & Giffen, Rory - USA
332 Bishop, Alex & Smith, Val - USA
346 Brockmann, Ricardo & Morales, Andres - MEX
348 Piccini, Francisco & Correa, Juan Martin - ARG
395 Dale, Rob & Grierson, Kevin - CAN
405 Frost, Robert Arbuckle, Thomas CAN
405 Murrieta, Jorge Xavier Murrieta, Alejandro MEX
425 McCloskey, Cameron Aakhus, Eric USA
442 Brockmann, Erik Mariscal, Jeronimo MEX
454 Morris, Dan Cayard, Danny USA
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Thursday, January 28, 2010
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Kirklands Now 26th in Miami
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Brothers Jesse and Zander Kirkland moved up one spot to 26th place after the fourth day of the Rolex Olympic Class Regatta going on in the waters of Biscayne Bay, Miami.
Zander Kirkland said, “Today was another very solid day in the Kirkland Brother's Camp, as the moderate offshore flow continued in Biscayne Bay. Yes, we had some glaring mistakes which cost us at times, but we also had our fair share of great moments which have really helped our morale and confidence. We had great speed off the wind and did a good job hitting shifts and breeze lines up all around the course. Finally we feel like we are competing and we are slowly inching our way towards the front of the fleet. These puffy, flat water conditions suit us well; it is very similar to our college sailing background and growing up sailing in Bermuda. It is also easier to sail the skiff without waves (easier to run around the boat) and puts less emphasis on boat handling while racing, thus helpful for our relatively low level of time in the boat”.
The brothers started the day in 27th place moved up the spot after finishing 21st in race ten the first race of the day, before finishing race eleven in 15th, they then finished the third race of the day in 28th place and now have a total of 242 points.
Manu Dyen & Stephane Christidis from France are the current leaders 65 points, with Simon Karstoft & Jonathan Bay from Denmark in second with 70 points. Allan Norregaard & Peter Lang from Denmark round out the top three with 74 points.
Rolex Olympic Class Regatta Standings after 12 Races
65 Dyen, Manu & Christidis, Stephane - FRA
70 Karstoft, Simon & Bay, Jonathan - DEN
74 Norregaard, Allan & Lang, Peter - DEN
79 Lehtinen, Lauri & Bask, Kalle - FIN
79 Delle Karth, Nico LM & Resch, Nikolaus Leopold - AUT
89 Burling, Peter & Tuke, Blair - NZL
90 Phillilps, Will & Phillips, Sam - AUS
106 Evans, Dave & Powys, Ed - GBR
107 Cook, Gordon & Lowden, Hunter - CAN
110 Rocherieux, Yann & Lagraviere, Morgen - FRA
112 Briesenick-Pudenz, Lennart & Massmann, Julian Morten - GER
122 Kruger Andersen, Peter & Thorsell, Nicolai - DEN
147 Storck, Erik & Moore, Trevor - USA
147 Fricke, Leopold & Huber, Lorenz - GER
148 Kostov, Pavle & Cupac, Petar - CRO
156 d'Ortoli, Julien & DELPECH, Noe - FRA
171 Makino, Yukio & Takahashi, Kenji - JPN
185 Must, Peeter & Horrocks, Carl - USA
187 Gooderham, Billy & Hogan, Ian - CAN
202 Dimou, Dionisis & Michalis, Pateniotis - GRE
202 Zajac, Thomas & Czajka, Thomas - AUT
214 Goldsberry, Jonathan & Smythe, Charlie - USA
229 Ladha, Jonthan & Inkpen, Daniel - CAN
235 Dubreucq, Matthieu & Parekh, Trevor - CAN
238 Kalynchev, Pavlo & Dzhienbaev, Sergey - RUS
242 Kirkland, Jesse & Kirkland, Alexander - BER
261 Pasquali, Joey & Giffen, Rory - USA
271 Bishop, Alex & Smith, Val - USA
273 Brockmann, Ricardo & Morales, Andres - MEX
280 Piccini, Francisco & Correa, Juan Martin - ARG
306 Dale, Rob & Grierson, Kevin - CAN
318 Frost, Robert & Arbuckle, Thomas - CAN
327 Murrieta, Jorge Xavier & Murrieta, Alejandro - MEX
342 McCloskey, Cameron & Aakhus, Eric - USA
350 Brockmann, Erik & Mariscal, Jeronimo - MEX
368 Morris, Dan & Cayard, Danny - USA
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