NEISA:
The University of Vermont Catamounts and the Dartmouth Big Green are thrilled to host the 2009 Reed Trophy at the University of Vermont. As you all may know, this will be the Catamount's first time hosting a major spring championship, and we are excited to welcome everyone to Lake Champlain. Fifteen teams are registered for this regatta: Amherst Lady Jeffs, Bates Bobcats, Boston College Eagles, Boston University Terriers, Brown Bears, Connecticut Camels, Coast Guard Bears, Dartmouth Big Green, Harvard Crimson, MIT Engineers, Roger Williams Hawks, Rhode Island Rams, Tufts Jumbos, Vermont Catamounts, Yale Elis. We will be running a direct swap, with a bye-boat at the rotation docks. Report Time is 9:30 AM at the Coast Guard Ramp in Burlington. Our fleet of boats will be on dollies at the ramp. The Skipper's Meeting will be held at the ramp promptly at 9:45 (your A division sailors should be dressed), and we will launch immediately following the skipper's meeting. UVM is a wet launching site this time of year. Regatta Operations and Rotations will take place at the Burlington Boathouse, a quarter-mile north of the ramp on the Burlington Waterfront. We will be using the Northeast dock there to rotate. Please note, there is an ankle-high pressure strap at the top of this ramp that must remain there all weekend. Be careful not to trip over it. The satellite regatta notice board will be at the top of this dock. The main regatta notice board will be the whiteboard in the UVM Sailing Building. RP Forms will be available at the ramp on Saturday, and thereafter will be on the workbench in the UVM Sailing Building. The Boathouse has an excellent viewing deck for spectating, but the inside room and west docks will not be open, so teams are encouraged to perform most of their staging (dressing, food/coolers, etc) at their vans. You may be able to move your coolers to the deck by the rotation dock, but please keep in mind the entire area we are using will be public space and open to the public, and since it'll be the first nice weekend on the waterfront all the Burlington crazies will definitely be out! You certainly want to keep any valuables (wallets, that Ipod with your women's team pump-up mix, and anything that a homeless person might think is valuable) locked in your van. Free parking will be available in the Union St. Lot for the Main Street Landing Building, which will be on your left as you approach the Burlington Boathouse. They do not monitor the lot on weekends this time of year. Overnight parking will not be allowed. The Race Course will be West of the Burlington Breakwater. Our plan is to run W4s all day long, with the option to run W3s or W5s if we see an easterly breeze (which is extremely unlikely). The marks will be clarified at the skipper's meeting, but the majority of marks will be large inflatable tetrahedrons and cylinders. Please note that the finish pin will likely be a small orange ball, but we will clarify at the skipper's meeting. The forecast is excellent right now: 82 degrees and sunny, with breeze South at 8-12 knots. This will create quite the dressing conundrum; the water is a balmy 38 degrees today. The water will be cold this weekend, so please come prepared. We will try to run as many races as possible while we have breeze on Saturday. UVM's 2004 FJ fleet will be used, with Dartmouth's brand new Winters Sails. Our boats have completely filled rails, and have been repaired feverishly to ensure they are even. The mast step bolt is 8'9" from the stern of the boat, and at 23 on a Loos PT1 our rake is 19'10". We will have three coachboats provided: a 19' Mako piloted by Mike O'Connor, a 17' Carolina Skiff, and a Coast Guard Inflatable piloted by Brian Swingly. Coaches MUST have lifejackets and MUST NOT exceed the allowable capacity of each boat; we are launching and in full view of the US Coast Guard Station for the entire time both days. No lifejacket, bring binoculars; you'll be able to see alot from the viewing deck anyway. Finally, the entire area inside the breakwater is a no-wake zone, so plan to go slowly inside the cut of the breakwater. It will be a long sail from the starting line to the rotation docks, so please rotate as quickly as possible. We need to hustle. Please be aware of recreational traffic. As stated above, it will be the first nice weekend in Burlington, so you can bet a bunch of Vermonters who haven't been on the water in 8 months will be itching to launch their powerboats; be safe, manueverable, and clear of all recreational traffic. Head Judge is Janice Lange. Supporting jury will be Caitlyn Connolly (UVM 08) and James Unsworth (RWU 08). On the water rule 42 judging will be provided, with the jury in a 17' Carolina Skiff. NEISA Representative will be John Mollicone. PRO is Justin Assad. RC will be John Storck. Head Scorers will be Charlotte Smith (UVM 09) and Connor Aswad (UVM 12). On-shore repair guy will be Alden Winder (UVM 10). The rest of the Catamounts should be around to keep things running smoothly. The Sailing Instructions are attached to this email. Any questions about the sailing instructions must be submitted in writing to the jury. I can take these and forward them via email until Friday night. Questions about logisitics will be answered at the skipper's meeting, or at any time prior to that. If you want to come sail practice tomorrow, just let me know and we'll get you in. Again, UVM and Dartmouth are very excited to welcome the NEISA Women's teams to Lake Champlain, and to a little slice of the Northern Alliance. See you on Saturday. -Justin ------------------------------------------------ Justin Assad Head Coach University of Vermont Sailing Team ph: 917.846.6852 em: jassad(at)uvm.edu w: www.uvm.edu/sailing please consider our environment before printing. Dan Quayle <http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/d/dan_quayle.html> - "I love California, I practically grew up in Phoenix."
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