The University of Texas Sailing Team

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!

This spring has been a busy season. We have attended eight regattas over the past ten weeks. Last week we tabled for twelve hours and met some great people. We have women's district champs this weekend, team racing the next, and semi-finals in Boston the weekend after. A big thanks to our alumni Barrett Fontenot, Henry May, and Jessie Dawson who have made it out to the lake to help us this semester.

This weekend was district championships here at Austin Yacht Club. With ten teams showing up, it was a very competitive weekend. Saturday had winds in the morning of 15 knots, slowing to 7 knots in the afternoon. Sunday had winds from 17 to 25 knots. We sailed 10 races in each division. Congratulations to Tulane for finishing first. University of Texas finished in second with A&M Galveston close behind. Oklahoma University pulled out fourth and final place for dinghy semi-finals in Boston on May 2nd and 3rd.