FCSL Organizational Meeting

There will be a pre-season meeting for Fairfield County Sailing League coaches at Indian Harbor Yacht Club Tuesday December 18th at 1830.

College Sailing Forum November 3rd

College Sailing Fans,

SUNY Maritime College will be hosting our annual winter college sailing forum on Saturday evening November 3, from 6 to 8pm.

We have a great group of college sailing coaches and alumni scheduled to come and give some information and insight about their specific programs. This is a wonderful opportunity for sailors and parents to learn more about college sailing and meet some of the top coaches & players in the country. The event is FREE and should be very informative. 

Location: on our campus, right under the Throgs Neck Bridge, in the SUNY Maritime College Academic Center, 6 Pennyfield Avenue, Throgs Neck, NY.

The invitation may be viewed at https://www.instagram.com/p/BpZ9gf9FsXt 

Use the following link to register in advance http://bit.ly/CollegeSailForum2018 

We look forward to seeing you this Saturday evening.

    Zach

Zach Runci
Head Sailing Coach
SUNY Maritime College
718-409-4050
zrunci@sunymaritime.edu

2019 Greenwich 8x's

Greenwich Academy, Brunswick School and Greenwich High School would like to invite you to either of two Saturday Team Race events in 2019. 

Super Saturday Weekend 1:  8x Team Race event on Saturday March 30th, 2019

Super Saturday Weekend 2:  8x Team Race event on Saturday April 6th, 2019

Welcome to the largest Team Race event in NESSA as we use 24 420's in 2 all day regattas! This event is a fantastic means to have your team race against 7+ other highly competitive teams that are outside of your local area. In reality we may be able to invite 10 teams each weekend since rotations are quick and one or two schools may prefer to race only in the AM or PM. In past years we have run close to 45 races per day in a best 2 out of 3 format.

The events will be in Greenwich, CT using 24 420's (12 GHS boats, 6 BS boats, and 6 GA boats). We have beautiful 2016 Zim Collegiate 420's. We have the option of running 2 race circles. Once we complete a 4x on each course,  1/2 the teams will switch courses and we will complete a second 4x and continue to switch until all teams have raced. With quite a few schools in one location, we have the ability to run lots of races efficiently with all coaches and extras on the water for easy coaching, spectating and rotation. 

First start will be at 10 AM.

Slots will be offered first to non-Fairfield County Sailing League Teams. After January 15th, registration will be open to all schools in the FCSL.

NOR will be up soon.

SI's will be out soon.

http://fairfieldcountysailingleague.blogspot.com/

To register please contact Andrew: andrew@scrivan.comThanks,


Andrew Scrivan: Brunswick and Greenwich Academy Sailing Team Coach
Brendan Larrabee: Greenwich High School Sailing Team Coach

Mark and Terk Trophies

Following from NESSA:

NESSA has decided to use MIT as the host site for the 2018 NESSA Team Racing championship (Mark Trophy) and the NESSA Team Racing Tournament (Terk Trophy).  The Mark will be in FJs; the Terk will be in Fireflies.  This is what we did in 2016.

NESSA and Connecticut College tried for almost a year to come to an understanding regarding insurance. We appreciate everything the CC Coach Jeff Bresnahan did to try to make this a reality and we are grateful to  MIT's sailing director Fran Charles for his continuing support of High School sailing as well.

A Notice of Race will be posted by this weekend.  One change that you will notice from the past years is that HELMETS will be required to be worn by the competitors.  MIT will supply helmets for schools that do not own their own, but they have stated that "any type of helmet is acceptable."  Some of our member schools wear helmets on a consistent basis b/c it is a school rule.  One of our opponents this year and last has required that all visiting teams wear helmets at their site too.  My squad did not find that requirement onerous. 

At this time, the required wearing of helmets is not a long term goal of NESSA. I am sure there will be plenty of opportunity to discuss this issue over the next month and again at the Annual Meeting in November.  That said, our host asks us to do it, and the NESSA officers, Teams Event Chair, and several prominent coaches, thought it was a small price to pay to gain access to a great facility.

Additional, here is the 2018-2019 NESSA Championships site locations:

Healy - American YC (Rye, NY) in conjunction with the MASSA single handed championship.

O'Day - The Hotchkiss school (FJs)

Herreshoff - Bowdoin College (FJs and Turbo 420s)

Teams - SailMaine (Turbo420s)

Questions, comments, or concerns can be addressed to an ExComm Member.

Connecticut State Championship

Rotations are here: click

O'Day and Herreshoff venue assignments

The O'Day is a week away.  Here are some more details.

1) Site assignments are attached.  There are three schools that are not yet to the 3 meets/regatta threshold.  If you haev results that will prove you are there, please share them with me.

2) Deadline to withdrew without penalty is 48 hours prior to report time, which would be 0830 on Thursday April 19, 2018.  This is especially important for those schools who are on probation (see attached list).  Since some schools did not get their first or second choice site, please let Jonathan or me know if you are withdrawing as soon as you can, so we can offer re-assignment to some schools if possible.

3) Qualifying sites will start building their Tech Score sites this week.  Those sites will have logistically information, SIs, and rotations posted.  Please check there first for information- https://scores.hssailing.org/

4) Along those lines, please make sure that your team lists are updated and your Tech Score account is active.  All Race participation (RP) info will be recorded on-line and the responsibility of the coach/adult supervisor.  Inaccurate or incomplete RP info is a costly penalty.

5) Finally, remember it is an ISSA/NESSA rule that you must wear a USCG approved PFD.  Failure to do so is also a big team penalty.

There are a lot of moving parts this weekend, but if everyone takes care of their own stuff, it will go smoothly.

O'Day & Herreshoff Qualifiers Site assignments

2018 CT State Championship 4/28/18 @ USCGA

The NOR is posted and registration is open on the NESSA website: click here

A few regatta reminders:

(1) FLEETS & GIRLS:

• Registration for the O'Day and the Herreshoff closes at 2359 on Sunday April 1, 2018.  
• To registered completely you must, fill out the on line registration form 
  • O'DAY
  • HERRESHOFF  
• Pay your regatta fee using PayPal link on the NESSA webpage
• O'Day List of registrants
• Herreshoff List of registrants

Additionally,  " Schools must sail at least three scheduled meets or regattas prior to the championship between two or more schools in the season that the championship is being held (fall or spring).   NESSA District Rule Article K, section D.   To submit results of any meet or regatta, please see below,

(2)  TEAMS:

• Registration for the NESSA Teams (Mark & Terk Trophies) closes at 2359 on Sunday April 1, 2018.  
• To registered completely you must, fill out the on line registration form here- TEAMS 
• Upload your schedule using the NESSA Team Racing Form (attached).
• If you want to represent NESSA at either the Baker or the NIT this year, Pay your $500 Air Line ticket deposit, 

• You can pay your Pay your regatta fee using PayPal link on the NESSA web page but you are not required to until your school is accepted into the regatta.
• TEAMS list of registrants
• The 2018 NESSA Team Race Standings page is posted on the website.  
• To report a score, follow the procedure outlined in this document, also posted on the website in the "RANKING" section.
• Baker Airline Ticket info:
  • Cost: $7,000/team for 10 tickets.
  • Outbound Travel: Boston, MA (BOS) - San Diego, CA (SAN)
    Date: Friday, 25 May 2018
    Flight: 2819
    Depart: 7:08 am
    Arrive: 10:25 am
    Stops: 0
     
    Return Travel: San Diego, CA (SAN)-Boston, MA (BOS)
    Date: Sunday, 27 May 2018
    Flight: 20
    Depart: 9:03 pm
    Arrive: 5:34 am (next day)

That is all for now.

​

On Fri, Mar 16, 2018 at 9:28 PM, Rob Hurd <rshurd@hotmail.com> wrote:

Happy Spring - I think.  Many programs are starting next week.  Before you get going, here are a few housekeeping items.

1) Membership.  if you are not listed as "active", you are not a 2017-2018 member of NESSA/ISSA.  

A. If "Pending", all you need to do it pay your dues.

B. If "Inactive", log on and update your school's information, then download & pay your invoice.

2) Regatta registration. Registration for the O'Day, Herreshoff, and Teams is going well.  

• Links to all three registration forms can be found on the NESSA Schedule page. 
• To see a Registration list, click on the regatta name on the schedule page
• Click on the "Reg" tab next to the regatta name.
  • NESSA Fleet Racing Championship (O'Day Trophy) - 2018
  • Herreshoff Qualifier 
  • NESSA Team Racing Championship (Mark & Terk Trophies) - 2018

Remember though:

1. Registration window closes for all three regattas on Sunday April 1, 2018 at 2359 EDT.  That about 2 weeks from tomorrow.
2. Payments must be made for the O'Day and Herreshoff prior to the close of registration.  The link to the NESSA PayPal account is  on the NESSA homepage (right side middle). 

3) Team Racing Scores database is being built over the next two weeks.  Again not a current NESSA member, good chance you won't be included.

4) Rosters and Tech Score.  All NESSA regattas will be using Tech Score.  In order for it to operate properly, the NESSA/ISSA database must be populated at least 24 hour prior to the event.  Many schools do not fully know the composition of their squad's at this point, I get that, but make a note on your calendar to update the roster asap.  RP penalties are 20 pts/ division.

All of these reminders have a common theme - personable responsibility.  Once April 1st rolls around the volunteers that make up the ExComm would like to focus on coaching and training their teams.  When you take care of responsibilities for your school early, it makes our collective jobs easier and for that,we thank you.

From: Rob Hurd <rshurd@hotmail.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 6, 2018 3:55 PM
To: NESSA Google; NESSA Sailing
Subject: Re: 2018 NESSA Spring Regattas

 

Good Morning,

it appears that the first five days of registration have gone smoothly.  A couple of house keeping notes.

1) O'Day and Herreshoff: 

• Your registration is not complete until you have paid the regatta fee.
• Here is the link - 2018 NESSA Spring Regatta Payments Site
• Schools listed in Green have paid their fee.
  • Herreshoff
  • O'Day

2) TEAMS:

• School Team Racing Schedules must be uploaded to the registration form using the attached form.  Other forms can not be assimilated into the scoring program
• Schools indicating that they want to represent NESSA at the Baker and/or NIT need to pay their $500 ticket deposit by the close of registration.  
• The following schools rolled their 2017 deposit over to 2018.  
• All others can to pay through the PayPal link on the NESSA home page

Duxbury HS

Fairfield Prep

Falmouth HS (ME)

Greenwich HS

North Kingstown HS

Tabor Academy

The Hotchkiss School

Barnstable HS

2018 Dave Perry Rules Talks

We are looking forward to the FCSL Rules Talk for Sailors and Coaches on Tuesday March 6th and the coaches' discussion on Thursday March 8th (details for both below). PLEASE let me know if you plan on attending one or both and approx numbers.

Tuesday March 6, 2018   15:45 - 17:15

The Dave Perry Clinic will be at 

Public Forum at Norwalk High School

23 Calvin Murphy Drive

Norwalk, CT

Enter the building from the main entrance. There will be signs directing you to the Public Forum.

Contact: Sam Jones (203) 614-9726 

Cost: $10/per sailor **Coaches, please collect money and bring one check or envelope of cash, clearly labeled with school name and number of sailors.** 

Checks can be made out to Dave Perry.

Students and coaches may want to bring extra money in case they want to purchase Dave's books, which he will gladly sign. 

Thursday March 8, 2018   18:30 - 21:00

The Dave Perry Coaches' Discussion with pizza dinner

Norwalk Yacht Club

10 Nathan Hale Drive

Norwalk, CT

Contact: Sam Jones

Cost: $35 cash per coach (includes clinic and dinner)

2018 Pre-Season Updates

1. The CT State Champs will be held on Sat April 28th.

2. The Dave Perry Sailors clinic will be held on Tuesday March 6th. At Norwalk HS. ( Sam can help us with directions to NHS later)

3. The Dave Perry Coaches clinic is scheduled for Thursday March 8th. We can change this if people like. Just let me know ASAP. Norwalk YC is host site. 

4. Schedule: I will put the schedule together when I return from FL. So you should see it on say Tuesday of next week. The schedule is a rather time consuming process so I will deal with it when I am freed up a bit. 

- I have all teams spring break schedules

- It appears that all teams can race on Wednesdays again. This will make the sched much easier to create. 

- FL will be on the schedule to race but not FW as they do not have a full team. 

- If you want a JV event it would be easiest if you determined some events between the coaches and we did not try to put it on the official varsity schedule. 

- Both RHS and RCDS will be on the full schedule. Guys, all we ask is that you treat the schedule as if the events really counted and you attend each event. I will limit your travel up I95 to Darien, I think this is what we have done in the past. If you know of Wednesdays that you can not attend please let me know now. 

5. Marc, Christina, Tom, David, Greg, and all associated with PYC, can you please circle back with PYC about hosting a multi school TR event on the weekend of April 7th or 14th? Would be a great help to have you all get a big TR or two in on one or both weekends. Please let me know what PYC says. 

6. Sam Jones is the new DHS coach. DHS will be sailing out of Norwalk YC this spring. Norton YC is not finished yet. 

7 . If you know of any coaches or school reps that should be on this email list but are not, please let me know and I will add them. Likewise, if you want to be removed please let me know. 

Best,

Andrew