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