Sounds like a fabulous event! Did not realize the Lowell North dedication...cool!
Some more info on Lowell: In both the 1964 and 1968 Olympics, Lowell North was the helmsman on the medalwinning boats. In Tokyo Bay in 1964 he had Charlie Rogers and Dick Deaver as his crew, while at Acapulco in 1968 he was partnered by Peter Barrett in the star class. Partly for the gold medal performance, North was voted the Martini & Rossi Award as 1968 Yachtsman of the Year. North, a Cal/Berkeley graduate, was a four-time world champion in the Star class. The 1968 win was particularly satisfying because it came over the legendary Dane, Paul Elvstrøm, who had beaten him at two previous World Championships. In 1977, North skippered the boat Enterprise at the America’s Cup Trials, but failed to be chosen to defend. He was the owner of his own sailmaking company http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/no/lowell-north-1.html Thanks, bry - sent from my totally awesome MacBook Air On Apr 28, 2012, at 4:04 PM, Matt Cohen wrote: > 2012 NEISA Team Race Championship > April 28-29, 2012 > MIT > Boats: FJs (primarily), Fireflies (consolation only) > > Competitors arrived at the Wood Sailing Pavilion early and then headed > over to Walker Memorial for a spectacular ceremony honoring the donors > and contributors who helped make the new fleets and floating docks > possible. The celebration was catered and their were short speeches > and a video honoring Lowell North as the dock was dedicated on his > behalf by Terry Kohler. Many influential and inspirational people were > in attendance including past sailing masters, distinguished faculty, > and the entire regatta. > > 62 races sailed on a collegiate N, with wind from the WSW-NW, ranging > from 3-13 knots. The two Groups (Group A and Group B, as seeded by the > NEISA seeding committee), sailed alternating flights for 30 races to > get down to 8 teams. One sail-off was needed to break a tie after this > round. A consolation round was sailed in Fireflies to determine places > 9-12. The first Gold round was completed (races between teams from the > same Group carried over), and 9 races of Gold RR2 were sailed. 19 more > races need to be sailed to complete RR2, at which point we'll go into > a final 6. > > A huge thanks to all of the folks who made day 1 go smoothly. Wally > Corwin and the dockstaff did a great job handling minor breakdowns. > Reid Van Gorder spent a long day on the finish boat. Eric Gibber and > Bruno Faviero were on hand to enter finishes, expedite rotations, and > keep things live online. Alden Reid wrote a slick rotation/score > sheet. Mike O'Connor was on hand to tweak marks and ferry out > supplies. Matt Cohen ran the starts. > > Thanks to MIT Crew and Harvard Sailing for donating additional > powerboats for umpiring and RC work. > > Another thanks goes out to our team of umpires who held a couple > hearings and flew many flags. Chief Ump: Steve Wolff. Umpires: Kerry > Sullivan, Greg Keily, Peter Johns, John Tagliamonte, Matt Knowles, > Austin Kana, John Moulthrop, Jeff Dusek, Brendan Hurd, Brooks Reed, > Josh Leighton, and Janel Zarkowsky. > > Results and RP info can be found here: > http://sailing.mit.edu/Calendar/Events/event.php?sel=res&id=3b3dbaf68507998acd6a5a5254ab2d76 > > After racing, sailors headed to Harvard for the NEISA awards BBQ. > > -Matt Cohen > > -- > Matt Cohen > [email protected] > Head Sailing Coach > MIT Varsity Sailing > _____/)____/)_____ > > Excellence | Community | Education | Leadership | Wellness > > ________________________________________________ > icsa mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.collegesailing.org/mailman/?listname=icsa > Unsubscribe: Send a blank email to [email protected] ________________________________________________ icsa mailing list [email protected] http://www.collegesailing.org/mailman/?listname=icsa Unsubscribe: Send a blank email to [email protected]
