Tufts Sailing Magazine
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Tufts Sailing Magazine L to r: Victor Ansart, Paula Grasberger, Ben Weigel, Kathleen Kwasniak, Lizzie Keys, Charlie Proctor, David Liebenberg, and skipper Will Haege i a Gad “upise at the EDHEC “ailig Cup i Les “ales D’Loe, Fae Fall 2014 Welcome to the second annual Tufts Sailing Magazine for alumni, parents, friends and students. I hope this new magazine finds you well and that you are happy to hear our news. We hope to make this magazine informative and attractive enough to keep for years. Inside you will find senior profiles (you might want to hire one of them), alumni interview, schedule, and roster. We are also announcing the fund drive for 24 new Larks, to be built right here in Peabody, Massachusetts, USA! In addition to new boats we are seeking donations to increase the educational experience for our team. Combined with a generous budget from the Tufts Athletic Department, your donations will allow the team to keep up with the rising costs of travel, equipment, coaching, and risk management while supporting the biggest and busiest college dinghy team in the world. Photos will of course fill many spaes to add a thousand words. Whether you are a former college sailor, parent of a college sailor, supporter, or just a friend, enjoy. Ken Legler, Tufts Sailing Coach Contents 2 Coah’s Welcome Letter 3 Fall Season Wrap-up 4 Roster 5 Senior Profiles 6 Past and present boats of college sailing 7 New Larks for 2016 to 2025 8 Student Perspectives 9 Spring Schedule 10 EDHEC Sailing Cup in France 10 Alumni Interview with Heather Gregg-Eal’ 11 2015 Alumni Regatta announcement Coe Photo: Tufts sailos eaig do o the fiish lie at the EDHEC Cup i Les “ales D’Loe, Fae. Below: Tufts J-80 in France with skipper Tori Porter’. Bak oe page: Daid Lieeeg’ Fall 2014 Wrap-up Our fall of 2014 season, about to come to a close, was better than expected. We thought graduating two All-American and two thirds of our top two team racing squads would be a huge set-ak. It as’t. It seems the expertise from the class of 2014 rubbed off on their understudies. Following top finishes at regattas close to home, namely the Professor Hood Trophy @ Tufts and the Hatch Brown Trophy @ MIT, our coed team earned the rank of 5th, right where we started a year ago. This year however, we followed up with a 2nd at the Danmark, a 3rd at the Schell, and many other top finishes to maintain our 5th place national rank right through the Fall season. Ou oe’s tea as haded a e ioplete shedule. Due to ou ak ased o the Fall of e ee ot gie iites to thee of the ajo oe’s egattas. With a oiatio of a little good luck ad teedous peseeae, ou oe’s tea is ak. Despite eig th alternate, we somehow got into the Mrs. Hurst Bowl at Dartmouth. What a regatta. With 36 brand new boats and 36 races completed with mere seconds remaining on the two-day clock, Tufts finished just ahead of middle to get back into the national rankings at 13th. Late in the season the Victorian Coffee Urn regatta, traditionally held at Harvard, was moved to Datouth. Ol see eths ae aaded thee to the oe’s Atlati Coast champs at MIT and we got the last one ahead of soe top te teas i the out. O to the AC’s! Meahile ou oed tea also goes to AC’s at Coast Guad hee e ould e oe of the faoites ut for the wrong reason. Back on Columbus Day weekend we fought it out for the New England Match Racing title. It came down to the last race in the best of five semi-finals where we lost to #1 Yale to just miss a trip back to match racing nationals. Due to a scheduling snafu, those nationals coincide with AC dinghies meaning Yale, BC, ad Geogeto ill all hae thei top plaes issig the AC’s thus akig Tufts a possile faoite. Our stars are mostly seniors again including Alec Ruiz-Ramon/Sam Madden (who are tearing it up), Dan Nickerson/Jamie Maffeo, and Duncan Swain/Erin Bondy but our sophomores are really good too and there are many of them. We entered two big boat regattas again, highlighted by the Storm Trysail Club Intercollegiate Offshore Regatta at Lahot YC i Waeide, Beoit Asat’s Far 30 where we finished third with skipper Colin Meade. In all we raced or practiced in 16 different kinds of one-design boats this fall the best of which is the venerable Lark! Belo: A diisio supe-stars Alec Ruiz-Rao’ ad “a Madde’ at the Navy Fall. Roster 2014-2015 Seniors Juniors Erin Bondy, San Marcos, TX Caroline Atwood, Killingworth, CT James Downer, China, ME Max Bennett, Boston, MA Hannah Duggan, Scarsdale, NY Claire Brodie, Rochester, NY Caitlin Durand, Hingham, MA Pierre DuPont, Tarrytown, NY Katie Levinson, Winchester, MA Rolfe Glover, Savannah, GA Emily Lynn, Hamden, CT Casey Gowrie, Old Saybrook, CT Sam Madden, Milton, MA Colin Meade, Centerville, MA Jamie Maffeo, Brooklyn, NY James Moody, Tiburon, CA Dan Nickerson, Noank, CT Josh Pfosi, Rye, NH Grace Olsen, Westport, CT Kate Shaner, Kirkland, WA Alec Ruiz-Ramon, Tampa, FL Amanda Sommi, Darien, CT Duncan Swain, San Diego, CA Kate Wasynczuk, Westwood, MA Sophomores Freshmen Caroline Ambros, Studio City, CA Pilar Bancalari, Miami, FL Scott Barbano, Cranbury, NJ Ballard Blair, Fairfield, CT Sandy Beatty, Toronto, Ontario Lara Dienemann, Portsmouth, NH Natalie Danziger, Portland, OR Ryan Epprecht, Madison, CT Liz Fletcher, Laguna Beach, CA Julien Guiot, Bethesda, MD Julia Fuller, Darien, CT Rachel Hanford, Pt. Washington, NY Sam Gates, Mill Valley, CA Aaron Klein, Duxbury, MA MaryClaire Kiernan, Hinsdale, IL Julia Marshall, Irvington, NY Alp Rodopman, Istanbul, Turkey Nanoa Nathanson, Bristol, RI Griffin Rolander, Terrace Park, OH Tyler Paige, New York, NY Isabelle Sennett, Mill Valley, CA Molly Pleskus, San Diego, CA Alex Tong, Seattle, WA Lucy Robison, Wallingford, CT Sadie Woolf, Atherton, CA Grace Shank, Brunswick, OH Emily Shanley-Roberts, Waukegan, IL Jake Denney, Assistant Coach Katherine Xu, Sharon, MA Ken Legler, Head Coach Lucy Zwigard, Skaneateles, NY Student Perspectives From Molly Pleskus, freshman from San Diego, CA: While searching for colleges I wanted something different than what I was used to. That is definitely what I found at Tufts. I found a school that challenges me mentally. I joined a sailing team that equates our 5th place national ranking to not just our top players but every person, senior or freshman. I switched to mainly skippering after having crewed for most of High School sailing and have been more successful than I thought possible. I might be way out of my league with the cold weather issue as a “outhe Califoia atie, ut I’ll gladl put up ith fou eas of so if it eas fou eas in this amazing place. With one sailing season down and many more to come I can’t wait to see what Tufts has in store for me. Belo: Moll Pleskus’, “a Diego, CA ad Lu )igad’, “kaeateles, NY From Alex Tong, sophomore from Seattle, WA Sometimes I question why I sail. After all, it seems pointless—sailing in circles for so many hours. I question why I devote so much of my time to a skill I will probably not use again after college. But then I step into a boat again, and nail that first, second, or hundredth roll tack, I forget everything else, and remember. From Caroline Atwood, junior from Killingworth, CT After a few seasons of switching it up with skippers and even skippering myself for a bit (that was a laughable experiment) I have found where I want to be for the rest of my college sailing career and I could not be happier. This year I've been able to take my sailing to a level I didn't know I could get to. For the first time I feel fully in tune with my skipper Scott, and the boat and I'm loving the new level of competition which that allows us to compete on. At the same time, I think that this year the team as a whole has a great energy and momentum. Tufts hasn't been at the top of the rankings for a while, but this year I am really starting to feel all the little things fall into place. It's a lot of work for the entire team, but it's really nice to be back at the top and I know these Jumbos are not going to quit. From Sam Madden, senior from Milton, MA By far the most valuable thing I have gained from my time on the Tufts Sailing Team are the friendships that I have made both at Tufts and at schools from all over the country. In my time travelling NEISA, MAISA, and beyond I have been able to cultivate friendships with sailors from all over the nation, and the world. Having completed my 7th season of sailing for Tufts, my weekends of competition are now far more than just an opportunity to sail, they are an opportunity to hang out with and compete against some of my best friends. As my last semester of college approaches all too quickly, I look forward to squeezing every last drop out of my time here and end my college sailing career amongst friends I hope to never stop sailing with and against.