Villanova University Wins First-Ever Intercollegiate Offshore Regatta Video ContestLARCHMONT, N.Y. (January 13, 2012) – Sailors captured the breeze from a creative angle during a video challenge at the Larchmont Yacht Club and Storm Trysail Foundation 2011 Intercollegiate Offshore Regatta (IOR), which took place over Columbus Day Weekend. During the two-day event, 30 HD Flip video cameras, donated to the Foundation by Storm Trysail Club members Rick Lyall and Barry Gold, were made available so that each sailing team had the opportunity to document as much action as possible onboard their boats and dockside before and after racing as well as during social events. This week, Villanova University (click to view video), with sophomore Scott Barnhill (Baltimore, Md.) serving as video editor, was declared the winner of the ...
Posted Jan 22, 2012 8:59 AM by Marisa Demourkas
MAISA Fall Central Qualifier
September 17-18, 2011, Ocean County College
Its only week two of our season and we are already sailing
in our qualifier. The forecast showed big breeze and that’s what we got. We
brought our A-game to Toms River, New Jersey for the fall central qualifier.
We showed up bright and early Saturday morning and there was
a good 8-12 knots of pressure. After a couple sets the A-boat was struggling a
little bit but the B-boat was out winning races. We ended the day unsure as to
where we really stood, but we were ready to get back out on the race course on
Sunday and do everything we could to try and qualify ...
Posted Sep 29, 2011 1:19 PM by Marisa Demourkas
Cornell Fall Open
September 10-11, 2011, Cornell University
Summer has come to a close and Villanova University Sailing
is back at it again. Our first regatta was the Cornell Fall Open in Ithaca, NY.
Everyone was eager to get back out on the water and do some college racing.
With a couple new Freshman in tow, we took a group of nine people to not only
race but do a bit of team bonding as well.
Saturday proved to be a nice day. The sun was out and there
was about 5 to 10 knots of breeze. We sent out the first pair and they came
back with a bullet in the first race, not a bad way to start the season ...
Posted Sep 27, 2011 7:29 AM by Marisa Demourkas
Leroy GrantApril 17-18, 2011, Ocean County CollegeOur racing season has officially come to a close. We had our final regatta, the Leroy Grant, hosted by OCC down in Toms River, NJ this past weekend. On saturday the wind started out really puffy and shifty and then built up to be a solid 20-22 knots until they finally called the racing for the day. Andrew, Marisa, Trevor, and Katie raced in A division. Scott and Will did an amazing job in B-division. They won a race and got multiple seconds.We came out on Sunday morning ready to make up for some lost ground but by 10 o'clock the breeze was a steady 27-28 with gusts ...
Posted Sep 27, 2011 7:29 AM by Marisa Demourkas
Central Qualifier, Spring 2011April 2-3rd 2011, Washington CollegeRegatta PhotographyWe had a really good time down in Chestertown, MD for the Central Qualifier. This was probably the biggest regatta on our schedule for the spring. Andrew, Marisa, Katie, Trevor, Scott, Will, Craig, Matt all went down to Washington College for the event. The first day the breeze started out pretty light and built up to around 10-12 knot. It was quite shifty and a bit of current as well. We sailed from 12:30 until 6:30 (ya it was a really long day). We had a decent day; there were ups and downs (kinda just part of the deal). There were some really good teams there and we had ...
Posted Apr 19, 2011 4:03 PM by Marisa Demourkas
