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Los Angeles Yacht Club LAYC Page 1 of 4 Search My Profile Howlands Cove » Sailing Classes » Juniors » Helpful Links » LAYC The Movie Home Events / Cruises » Racing / Sailing » Club / Banquets » About » Contact » Press Release RSS Privacy Legal Notice Port of Los Angeles Harbor Cup 2010 Local Boating News LA Sailing Foundation » Members Only » The West Coast's only intercollegiate big boat regatta Jan/Feb 2010 [archive] March 12 - 14, 2010 LAYC Helped Save Harbor Cup Notice of Race 2010 The teams Hosted by Los Angeles Yacht Club Maine Maritime Academy Matt Bourque, skipper; Jonathan Kovach, John Joseph, PHOTOS Jake Newton, Chris Poole, Willy Leathers, Matt DAILY BREEZE ARTICLE Butcka. Cal Maritime Academy John Gray. skipper; Sean Kelly, Tom Steele, Thor Prouly, Evan Wanamaker, Sebastien Laleau, Kyle Vanderspek. Alternate: Sara Himes. Chapman University Max Moosman, skipper; Aaron Krugman, Colin Camisasca, Elizabeth Nihill, Grant Laten, Taylor Forster, Kevin O'Such. Cal State U. Channel Islands Nick deRoulhac, captain; Ignacio Mendiguren, helm; Kevin Schaller, Andrew Domingos, Cameron Demaranville, Andrew Healy, Hayley Bracken. UC Davis Chris Hagerman, skipper; Michael Lazzaro, Ryan Sandy-Lee, Liz Thome, Eric Erico, Chelsea, Haddock, Brittany Hirsch. Univ. of Hawaii William Petersen, skipper; Zachary Hestes, Craig Schiffuns, Hannah Tuscion-Tuner, Matthew Wenner, Jackie McLoughlin, Ryan Wild. U.S. Naval Academy James Prieto, skipper; Peter Gibbons-Neff, Kenneth Endicott, Alisa Albrecht, Ted Dempsey, Emily Frost, Graham Tyso Award Photos In this Album U.S. Coast Guard Academy Eric Johnson, skipper; Stephen Hills, Dan Langston, Tony Burley, Alex Lloyd. Breanna Hite, Stephanie Mewes. 2010 PHOTOS by Commodore Eric Gray U.S. Merchant Marine Academy Gary Taylor, skipper; Daniel Gillis, Misty Harris, Amos London, Alex Nielsen, Jake Rugland, Timothy Stacy. Notice of race and more PORT OF LOS ANGELES Theresa Adams Lopez 310.732.3507 FINAL Results [email protected] LOS ANGELES YC Jim Morgan 310.831.1203 [email protected] CALIFORNIA MARITIME ACADEMY USC Charlie Arms-Cartee Chris Vetter, skipper; Alex Brock Kraebel, Andrew Nunn, Maddie Thompson, Erik Samuels, Kelsey Rupp, Danny Kivlovitz. Cell 707.246.0434 1. USC 5 3 2 6 1 6 3 3 3 2 33 [email protected] points. 2. 4 8 1 2 6 2 1 4 9 1 38. California http://layc.org/tp42/page.asp?ID=221297 6/16/2010 Los Angeles Yacht Club LAYC Page 2 of 4 Maritime Academy 3.Chapman 2 2 4 5 8 4 8 1 4 7 45. Univ. 4. U.S. 1 1 6 3 4 11 6 5 6 3 46. Naval Academy 5. Maine 3 4 5 7 3 1 4 3 11 4 47. Maritime Academy 6. Univ. of 7 5 7 4 5 3 5 2 5 8 51. Hawaii 7. U.S. 6 7 3 8 2 6 5 8 1 6 52. Coast Guard Academy 8. Cal 8 6 8 1 7 7 2 7 7 4 57. State U. MEDIA Channel Rich Roberts Islands 310.835.2526 9. U.S. 9 10 9 9 9 8 7 6 2 9 78. cell 310.766.6547 Merchant Marine [email protected] Academy 10. Univ. of 10 9 10 10 10 9 10 10 9 10 97. Invitational Intercollegiate Regatta California at Davis FACEBOOK GROUP PRESS RELEASE MARCH 14 PRESS RELEASE MARCH 13th PRESS RELEASE MARCH 12th PRESS RELEASE MARCH 9th PRESS RELEASE MARCH 1st A really nice Summary from : Peter Howson March 14, 2010 Yachting Photographer USC plays it cool for first Harbor Cup win When I say "college sailing" your brain SAN PEDRO, Calif. probably goes straight to big, battered passenger vans full of sleepy college kids USC skipper Chris Vetter, having learned from towing trailers stacked high with tiny boats, heartbreaking experience, wrote a different script for sails, and masts. It may come as a surprise to his crew before racing started in the Port of Los find out that there were actually offshore Angeles Harbor Cup/Cal Maritime Invitational sailing teams that raced last weekend in Intercollegiate Regatta. California in boats that can't be launched off a hand cart (Catalina 37s from the Long Beach "We have a little more time in the boat than previous Sailing Center). Even more surprising may be years," Vetter said. "Hopefully, it's going to give us the the fact that this regatta did not take place in speed to make a difference, and I should have a better San Francisco or San Diego. The third annual feel for the boat to just sail consistently." Harbor Cup Invitational saw sailors from 10 Bingo. schools (most giving up precious spring break time) participating in the west coast's only With 10 college and academy teams from the East http://layc.org/tp42/page.asp?ID=221297 6/16/2010 Los Angeles Yacht Club LAYC Page 3 of 4 intercollegiate big boat race run by the Los Coast to Hawaii sailing Catalina 37s chartered from the Angeles Yacht Club and sponsored by the Long Beach Sailing Foundation, the Trojans won only Port of Los Angeles. Five out of state teams one of the 10 races over three days but had no finish (Maine Maritime Academy, US Coast Guard worse than sixth, which nobody else could say. That Academy, Merchant Marine Academy, the erased bitter memories of finishes behind Maine Naval Academy, and the University of Hawai'i) Maritime Academy the first two years of the event. made the trek to face off against five California teams (Cal. Maritime Academy, Cal. But they never led until the next-to-last race Sunday. State Channel Islands, Chapman University, "And going into [Sunday] we were in second place," U.C. Davis, and U.S.C.) Vetter said, sensing that same old sad result coming on. At first blush, sailing a regatta in one of the busiest commercial ports in the country might But when Cal Maritime, the leader through seven races, seem ill advised. Turning loose 70 college stumbled to ninth place in the next-to-last race as USC kids on Catalina 37s in one of the busiest placed third, the Trojans suddenly had a six-point commercial ports in the country might have cushion, and all they had to do as the Keelhaulers certain lawyers drooling with anticipation and scored their third win---tops in the regatta---was to insurance company representatives reaching follow their rivals from Vallejo home in second place. for buckets, but the Port turned out to be a great venue with racing areas inside the breakwater and on the open ocean both easily accessible from the LA Yacht Club (sailing home of none other than Humphrey Bogart) docks. Friday's racing in 9+ knots and relatively flat seas saw Navy making a strong statement with a pair of bullets with Chapman taking second in both races. Maine Maritime ended the day in third with a total of 7 points, followed by USC, Cal. Maritime, Hawai'i, USCG, CSU Channel Islands, the US Vetter said, "We just wanted three finishes in the top Merchant Marine Academy, and UC Davis in three today, and that's what we did." that order. Racing moved back outside off Point Fermin Sunday A stiff breeze in the upper teens and big after escaping rough seas by going behind the harbor waves on Saturday moved the racing inside. breakwater Saturday, and the fleet enjoyed winds to 13 This created some unique scenery with an knots with smooth seas. anchored cargo ship on one side of the course, and massive cranes on the other Only Vetter, a senior from St. Petersburg, Fla., and three sides. Cal Maritime opened the day with headsail trimmer Andrew Nunn will not return to sail a bullet which they followed up with a 2, they for USC next year, but the rest of the crew will be dropped a 6 in on the third race which they intact, with bowman Alex Brock Kraebel, floater Maddie followed with another two and a first putting Thompson, pitman Erik Samuels, main trimmer Kelsey them in first. But with three races to go on Rupp and trimmer Danny Kivlovitz. Sunday their lead was no where near The Trojans train out of the U.S. Sailing Center in comfortable with USC nipping at their heels nearby Long Beach under Mike Segerblom, a USC alum two points out of first and Maine Maritime only and the center's executive director. one more back in third. Navy ended up with an 11 in the 6th race after a protest (given the Jim Morgan, race chairman for the Los Angeles Yacht number of times they came to the windward Club, said, "They may have lost [football coach] Pete mark on port with the rest of the fleet on Carroll but they still have Mike Segerblom." starboard this seemed inevitable) dropping them to 4th over all but they were still within Crew member Danny Kivlovitz said, "We picked up the striking distance if they could regain their form slack for the football team," which did not have one of its from the first day. And with fifth place better seasons last year. Chapman only 9 points back, there was something of a crowd at the top of the board. Kraebel added, "We also want to say thanks to the Los The rest of the order went Hawai'i, SCU Angeles Yacht Club and the Port of Los Angeles and Cal Channel Islands, USCG, USMMA, and UC Maritime for putting on this regatta. It's an event we really Davis. look forward to." Saturday night was the big dinner with a The Port of Los Angeles is the sponsor, California Maritime presentation from US Sailing president/ESPN Academy of Vallejo, Calif.