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12th Annual Alumni Regatta
Washington Sailing Marina
May 7th, 19:30 until May 9th, 23:30
Join us for the 73rd Anniversary of the Georgetown Sailing Team. Our 12th Annual Alumni Regatta will be held the weekend of May 7th-9th, 2010
GUST Alumni Regatta 2010 - Schedule and Ticket Page Live!
Today, 10:55
Join us for the 12th Annual Alumni Regatta as we celebrate the 73rd year of the Georgetown Sailing Team on the weekend of May 8th-9th, 2010.
Come back and sail, meet the current team, and catch up with other alumni. We're anticipating 75-100 alumni to turn out from all over the country, so we'll have two divisions racing on the water and over-the-top activities (including a live performance by the Tatties Band) off the water!
We encourage you to bring your GUST groupies, significant others, etc. to the weekend and we have specially-priced tickets just for non-GUST alums that want to come to the evening festivities.
We are now 9 weeks away from our highly anticipated first start on the Potomac. This is a can't miss weekend for GUST alumni, so buy your tickets asap. All ticket prices will go up by $25 starting on April 12th.
Ticket sales go strictly towards paying for the weekend activities. Any and all proceeds after the expenses are paid will benefit Friends of Georgetown Sailing. Please consider making your own donation to the team.
Can't wait to see you all there!
As One,
Your Planning Committee:
Mike Callahan ('97)
Ryan Costello ('01)
Pat Donegan ('02)
Andrew Warner ('00)
Zack Kavenaugh ('08)
Emily Babbitt ('09)
Berry Kurland ('06)
Alex Holtan ('02)
Steve Streit ('05)
Andrew Campbell ('06)
Jackie Schmitz ('06)
The Georgetown University Hoyas, fresh off a victory at the College of Charleson Spring Intersectional returned to CofC for the 1st Team Race Intersectional of the Spring. The results were as follows:
Bob Bavier Team Race Regatta @ College of Charleston
Overall
1. Charleston 20-3
2. Georgetown 19-4
3. St. Mary's 18-5
4. Navy 13-10
5. Roger Williams 13-10
6. Old Dominion 7-16
7. Stanford5-13
8. Eckerd5-13
The Georgetown University Sailing Team competed at the Bob Bavier Team Race Regatta at the College of Charleston.The Bavier is the 1st team race intersectional of the Spring season for the Hoyas and is generally one of the most competitive regattas of the year.The Hoyas have been hampered by a lack of practice (only 1 practice so far) and are about 3 weeks behind some teams in terms of practice time.So, going into the Bavier the expectations weren’t as high.The Hoyas did send a very talented group to the regatta and their experience and ability overcame the lack of on the water practice.Throughout the three round robins the Hoyas were neck and neck with the College of Charleston and St. Mary’s College.Entering the final round the Hoyas were tied with both teams.The Hoyas beat St. Mary’s, Navy, Old Dominion, Stanford, Eckerd and Roger Williams in the final round but lost to Charleston in their final race.The Hoyas finished 2nd overall but were thrilled with the finish which should give them great confidence heading into the heart of their spring schedule.
Sailing for the Hoyas at the Bavier were
Evan Aras / Caila Johnson
Marco Teixidor / Ashley Phillips
Scott Furnary / Alex Taylor
Chris Barnard / Leah Volk
The Hoyas will be competing in three regattas this weekend.
The Georgetown University Sailing Team began its 2010 Season last weekend with a big win College of Charleston Spring Intersectional.The results are as follows.
College of Charleston Spring Intersectional
A div. 1st with 53 points Scott Furnary / Kate Canty
B div. 1st w/ 34 points Chris Barnard / Hilary Kenyon
Overall out of 18 Teams
1st. Georgetown87
2. College of Charleston 127
7. St. Mary’s192
10. Navy218
Despite not being able to practice at all due to the record snowfall the Georgetown University Sailing Team turned in a dominating performance at the first big regatta of the spring season.The Hoyas won both divisions in the 18 team 24 race regatta and sent a message to the rest of college sailing that they will be tough to beat.In the A division Junior Scott Furnary and sophomore Kate Canty started strong with three wins in the first five races.After building a big lead they sailed a little more conservativelybut never worse than 7th in a race.Scott and Kate are coming off a great fall season which say them win B division at the Hatch Brown regatta and finish 2nd in B at the Harry Anderson regatta.In B division at Charleston were two freshmen Chris Barnard and Hilary Kenyon.The duo started strong and never let up en route to a commanding 22 point win.Chris and Hilary had six first place finished and 3 second place finishes in 12 races.
Many thanks to the Phillips family and Amy and George and Scout for their tremendous hospitality last weekend. Staying at the Phillips house in Charleston is a highlight of any trip to CofC.
The Hoyas are back at the College of Charleston again this weekend for the Bob Bavier Team Race Regatta.Sailing for the Hoyas will be
For those who missed it, we held the first GUST Career Day this past Sunday, January 31st. The turnout for the event was fantastic; we had around 40 sailors and 30 alums present - with only a few minor casualties from the previous night!
The goal was to have an informal event to provide undergrad sailors with background information on a variety of different industries, give them advice for approaching the job search, and help them establish networking relationships with former Georgetown sailors. After a short talk by Charley Cooper on the breadth of career options available, we grouped alums by similar industries and had three 20-minute breakout sessions for the undergrads to hear about areas of their choosing.
Even if you weren't able to make it to the event, please make sure your job/contact information on georgetownsailing.org is up to date. Just log into your account and click on "Edit Profile".
Thanks to everyone for making the event such a success.
Buckingham in Gold Fleet, Bolger in 16th at Miami OCR
Jan 28th, 08:29
We survived the qualification series and are moving on to Gold fleet racing on the Laser course. Charlie skipped the offset mark and had to retire from race 1, but recovered well enough to get in to the top group for the final two days of racing.
Sydney is learning heaps in the Women's 470 group, sitting 16th out of the 26 boat fleet.
Although this thing may drag on in court forever, the America's Cup is now only two weeks away from being sailed on the waters of Valencia. On February 8th, the Alinghi and BMWOracle monsters will be unleashed in match race for all the marbles.
BMW Oracle has upped their wing sail to 210', which has allowed coach Joey Allen to up the hyperbole correspondingly.
Although BMW Oracle has been out training in conditions into the low 20 knot range, both boats have been grounded by strong winds the past few days. For their part, Defender Alinghi (who have not dared venture out in anything approaching strong breeze) cites safety and their NOR, which limits competition to a weather window of 15 knots measured at 60 meters--ensuring a light air cup. Despite such cheese-eating cowardice, they've got a sweet looking machine with some staggering numbers of its own, including an 1,100 square meter gennaker(!). Watching it on the water, Alinghi's clearly a powerful boat--this video shows Russell Coutts and the BMW Oracle guys struggling to keep up in a RIB.
However you look at the teams, these are cool boats.
For those GUST sailors and alums deskbound during the day, you'll be happy to know that the match will be broadcast live online at www.americascup.com. I can't wait!
With a 14th in the final race, Andrew Campbell '06 finished up 11th at the Star Worlds in Rio de Janeiro. Andrew and crew Brad Nichol were the top Americans and were just one point off the top 10. Head over to www.campbellsailing.com to get Andrew's thoughts from the event, and make sure to catch the Star shredding the Rio waterfront on YouTube.
Hopefully you have been following the action in the 2010 Star World Championship. Many of the the best sailors in the world are battling it out in Rio for the coveted title. I believe there are 2 races left and Andrew is currently top American and beating the legendary Robert Sheidt (among others).
It looks similar to log canoe racing so many of you would already have a leg up on the competition. Anyone down to form a team? I know....I'm only kidding, but it looks like it would be pretty fun.
Congratulations on the Rose Bowl victory! Way to represent on the west (best) coast.
