The University of Texas Sailing Team

The Texas team had a great time in New Orleans this past weekend.

The following are the results & Regatta highlights sent to SEISA from Christopher Burd of Tulane for the 2010 Nelson Roltsch Regatta.

Nelson Roltsch Results
Regatta Highlights
This weekend's regatta was dominated by very light winds out of the north. Saturday was cold with very fluky wind from the northwest. The breeze peeked at 6 knots around 1pm before dying back down to 2-4 knots. 6 races were sailed in each division. Sunday was warmer but again featured wind between 2-6 knots. The wind direction constantly shifted between the northwest and northeast, keeping the markset very busy and making it difficult to get off races. 3 races were sailed in each division before the cutoff time. Emory and UNT both were not able to make it to the regatta due to the snow, and UVA was a no show.

Thank you to our PRO Peter Strong as well as Southern Yacht Club for ensuring we had a great event.

Happy Mardi Gras

Results
A B Total
1st Tulane 31 19 50
2nd UF 12 40 52
3rd Florida Tech 39 34 73
4th UT 50 31 81
5th Notre Dame 58 50 108
6th TAMUG Women 52 65 117
7th USA 36 84 120
8th SMU 91 46 137
9th TAMUG 79 82 161
10th TAMU 107 59 166
11th Purdue 78 108 186
12th Colorado 96 97 193
13th FGCU 91 104 195

UT A Scott Proctor '11 All
Ellen Hayes '11 All
B Caitlynn Taylor '11 All
Catherine Galvan '11 All

The team travelled to Galveston for the weekend for the Harris L. Kempner Intersectional Regatta. Saturday morning temperatures were in the 40's, winds were puffy, 8-10 knots. Temperature and wind increased into the afternoon. Racing commenced at 10:15, and ended around 4:30. Galveston provided a great barbecue lunch for the participating teams. Our Texas 1 team placed 2nd, and our Texas 2 team placed 5th. Congratulations to Tulane for their win!

1 Tulane Green Wave 57
2 Texas Longhorns 1 74
3 Texas A&M Galveston Aggies 5 78
4 Texas A&M Galveston Aggies 4 118
5 Texas Longhorns 2 139

Upcoming events
Get ready!!
We're travelling to New Orleans for 2010 Nelson Roltsch Intersectional this weekend (Feb 13-14.)

The weekend after (Feb 20-21) we will be sending the team to Frozen Hate 2x2 Team Race in SMU,
in addition to shipping a team of four to the Charleston Spring Coed Intersectional.

Saturday morning started with temperatures in the low 30s and wind at 10-14 knots from the north/northwest leaving Austin with a wind-chill around 25 degrees. Due to the weather, races were postponed until 1100 to wait for the air temperature to rise. Races commenced at 1200 as the temperature was rising and the wind was decreasing. The breeze stayed steady out of the north/northwest at 9-12 knots. Six races were completed in each division.

Collegiate sailors also shared the race course with the Vanguard 15 fleet who brought 9 boats. Thank you for coming out and showing us such a great competitive fleet.

Thank you to our PRO Steve Gay and our mark-set team of Charlie Arnold and Kent Phillips.

Congratulations to LSU for their win.

A division = 6 races

B division = 6 races

A B TOT
1 Louisiana State 22 14 36
2 Tulane 26 22 48
3 Texas 22 34 56
4 TAMUG 3 31 35 66
5 USA 32 40 72
6 TAMUG 1 78 14 92
7 TAMUG 2 78 20 98
8 Texas A&M 51 48 99
9 Southern Methodist 59 58 117
10 Colorado 71 49 120
11 Rice 57 66 123
12 North Texas 75 69 144

Texas Sailing gears up for an exciting season.
Classes start on Tuesday, January 19th and we're all getting ready to get back out on the Lake for some sailing.
Our first regatta, Qualifier 1, will be held January 30th.
Q1 will be hosted by your beloved University of Texas out of the Austin Yacht Club on Lake Travis. Get excited!

Interested in getting a taste of what Texas Sailing is like?
No experience is necessary! Come to a practice or a meeting.
We're always excited to have new recruits, and eager to see people learn and come to love the sport of sailing.

First meeting of Spring: Monday, January 25th in Parlin 105 at 8 PM
First practice of Spring: Tuesday, January 26th at 2PM

Our meetings are every Monday at 8 PM. Practices are T-TH at 2PM, and we carpool from campus to the AYC.

If you have any questions, e-mail Recruitment at recruitment@texassailing.org

Meeting tonight at 8 in PAR 105! I hope everyone had a great weekend.
Kelly

First practice tomorrow! We're meeting in the church parking lot next to Kinsolving. Kinsolving is the dorm at the northeast corner of Dean Keeton and Whitis. The church parking lot is NEXT to Kinsolving, NOT ACROSS from Kinsolving. I look forward to seeing everyone!

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Fall 2009 classes started today and sailing will start soon! Our first meeting will be in PAR 105 at 8 pm. I hope everyone had a great summer and is ready to get back sailing! Anyone interested in the team, please come by and meet the team. Everyone is welcome, no experience necessary.
Kelly Troy

Alumni Regatta is this weekend! Report time is 10 am. We are going to start the day off with food, then get some races going. The weather prediction says wind is going to be light and the temperature is hot. Can't wait to see everyone!

The trip to Boston was really exciting. We sailed in Boston harbor in light shifty conditions. They only managed to sail 8 races per division. Texas came in 15th overall, with some strong finishes. We owe a thanks to TAMUG for de-rigging our boat on Sunday afternoon so we could make it to the airport on time.

We had a good weekend in New Orleans. We did not qualify for nationals, but congrats to Tulane, we know they will represent SEISA well. Next weekend is semi-nationals in Boston. We are sailing in the western half with OU, while TAMUG and Tulane sail east.
Sail Fast!