Princeton Women's Regatta Recap

This past weekend marks a great milestone for Penn Sailing with our participation in our first ever Women's Regatta.

Senior Christine Roche, Junior Katie Buzby, and Freshmen Amanda Johnson and Amanda Vecchione all competed at the regatta held at Princeton's yacht club in Perth Amboy, NJ.

Conditions were very light the first day, but the team did extraordinarily well, with Amanda and Katie finishing first in their division, and Amanda V and Christine finishing 3rd in one of their races. The second day proved more difficult for the team, with shifty conditions and a very short race course. Overall, the team ended up 5th- a great accomplishment for our first ever women's team!

-Katie Buzby

Philly Fleet Race

This weekend, Septemeber 29th and 30th, we are hosting the Philly Fleet Race at the Corinthian Yacht Club. Eight teams from up and down the East Coast will be attending.

If any alumni are in the area, you are more than welcome to attend.

Team who are traveling here, if you have questions, feel free to contact me at aofsevit@sas.upenn.edu.

See you this weekend.

Alec

Pat Curran Qualifies for U.S. Laser Olympic Trials

This past weekend Pat Curran ('08) raced lasers in Westport, CT earning a coveted spot to race at the upcoming U.S. Olympic Trials. Pat respectfully declined the offer, deciding to focus on his academics and college sailing. Pat used the opportunity race against other Olympic Trials competitors to practice for the MAISA Singlehanded Championship that he will sail at the Naval Academy September 29-30.

Central #1 at OCC Report

This weekend our team traveled to the Toms River Yacht Club to race in the Central #1 regatta hosted by Ocean County College.

On Saturday, a cold front brought high winds with gusts reaching 25 knots. Sailing in A Division, Amanda Johnson (’11) and Bri Morgan (’08), whose combined height was just over 10 feet and combined weight toped the scale at 220 lbs, made an outstanding achievement working through the day’s challenging conditions.

Sunday, had lighter winds starting from the North and clocking right through out the day, resulting in a shifty shore breeze. This made for exceptionally tricky conditions. In B Division, Garth Fasano (’08) and Kelley Millane (’09) finished the day with six straight bullets. Amanda Vecchione (’11) crewed in A division while Bri ran the half marathon in Philadelphia setting a personal best.

The team finished 3rd overall, 9th in A division, and 1st in B division, thus qualifying us for the War Memorial Regatta later this season. Also supporting the team at this regatta were alumni Skip Swikart, Drew Seibert (’56), and a member of the class of 1957. Thank you for all your support!

Events

We are very excited to get this season underway. Below is this week's schedule.

Be sure to stop by our table at the Student Activities Fair on Tuesday, September 4th between 12pm and 4pm.

Also, our first meeting will be on Thursday, September 6th.

Our first practice will be on Friday, September 7th at 3pm.

You can email me at aofsevit@sas.upenn.edu for more information about any of these events or for information about the team.