Hello PCCSC Competitors, Alumni, Coaches and Friends, Welcome to the Spring 2018 season for the PCCSC! I hope that you all are excited for a great spring on the water.
My name is Blaine Pedlow and I will be serving as the PCCSC Conference Commissioner for the 2018 season. I'm a Berkeley alumnus (2002) and have been involved with college sailing for most of my time since graduation, mostly with the MAISA conference, where I coached for a number of years. I'm eager to contribute to the PCCSC and help make college sailing more rewarding, competitive and fun for all the teams in the conference. I want to specifically thank Danielle Richards for her service as PCCSC Conference Commissioner and also Brad Schaupeter for stepping as interim as Danielle was on the mend this past semester. The conference is in great shape thanks to both of you! As Brad announced in his email earlier this week, we elected a strong slate of Executive Committee members at the annual meeting. *Please use us all as a resource - we are here to support you and your teams!* PCCSC Executive Committee <http://pccsc.collegesailing.org/about/leadership> *Reminders for Team Leaders and Competitors:* There are a couple of key things to keep in mind as you all meet with your teams for the first time this semester: *1. Please ensure that you have all new sailors for your team register with the ICSA* - you must do so prior to competing in any regattas this semester: https://ts.collegesailing.org/sailor-registration *2. Make sure that your team has pinnies for competition* (see PCCSC Standing Rule #19). Not only are these required in the procedural rules, but these are you way of advertising your team. Great, affordable pinnies are available through Annapolis Performance Sailing <http://www.apsltd.com/>, World Cup Supply <https://worldcupsupply.com/product/wcs-sailing-water-sports-stretch-bibs-dye-sublimated/> and others. *3. Double check that you are using PCCSC-approved sails in our major conference regattas.* These include the Varsity divisions at the North and South Designates this spring. PCCSC-approved sails are the North Sails available through the PCCSC (linked to in the PCCSC rules <https://www.northorder.com/securenew/cfj.php>) and any CFJ class approved sails provided by Zim sailboats. If you have any questions as to whether your sails are approved, please contact the conference commissioner <[email protected]>. *4. If you are an event host this fall, please review the guidelines for regatta hosting.* They're simple, and will help you run a quality event. (PCCSC Standing Rules #25 <http://pccsc.collegesailing.org/pccsc-documents/standing-rules-policies>) Of course, reach out to me if you have any questions. Our first event of the season (although the Rose Bowl is technically a spring event) will be this weekend at the Peter Wenner Rainbow Invite, hosted by the University of Hawaii. Good luck to all the teams who are headed to Oahu for some great sailing and practice for this year's PCCs. Best of luck to all of our teams this spring and I look forward to meeting many of you soon! Best, Blaine -- Blaine Pedlow PCCSC Conference Commissioner http://pccsc.collegesailing.org/ 510.206.0003 <(510)%20206-0003> [email protected]
