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Happy New Year!
I'd like to start by thanking last year's officers for a great year. Your dedication and commitment is invaluable and our new officers are looking forward to working with you as we transition responsibilities.
It's my pleasure to announce the 2012 Drexel Sailing Team Officers:
President: Stephen Ciccariello
Club Manager: Joan Boyle
Treasurer: Chris Myers
Regatta Manager: Melanie Musso
Equipment Manager: Jakub Tyczynski
Secretary: Natalie Launchi
As President, I am looking forward to working closely with Coach Doug Brown, Assistant Coach Drew Bergan, our Alumni, our officers, and Drexel University to insure the continued success of our team.
Keep an eye on www.drexelsailing.com in the next few weeks for our 2012 regatta schedule as well as information on how to order some Drexel Sailing gear!
Fair Winds,
Steve Ciccariello
President, DU Sail
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Elected Positions!
Hey Team,
First off, I would like to say thank you to the last officers for all your hard work you have generously given to the team this past year. It is my honor to announce the new officer positions:
President: Jason Sinclair
Club Manager: Stephen Ciccariello
Regatta Manager: Erin MacCausland
Treasurer: Gabe Moyer
Equipment Manager: Andrew Cebulski
Secretary: Chris Myers
I will be working closely with these team members, Drexel University, and MAISA to expand the team to a stronger organization known throughout the sailing community. High goals will be set and followed upon for the upcoming winter. As the season ends, I would like to wish you all Happy Holidays. Please enjoy your time at home with family and friends. Sincerely,
Jason Sinclair
Drexel Sailing Team- President
Phi Kappa Psi-Treasurer
P: 732-925-3795
Drexel Sailing Hires Coach Doug Brown
It is our pleasure to announce that the Drexel Sailing Team has hired Doug Brown as head coach.
A few of Doug's accomplishments: He is a US Sailing Level II sailing coach working toward his Level III. Recently he was head coach of the Monmouth Sailing Team (2007-2009) building the program into a competitive club team. He has a rich and diverse sailing background with national campaigns in several boats including Jet-14, Force 5, Sunfish, and Stars to name a few and an Olympic campaign in the Finn class. Doug continues as Director of Sailing at Pocono Lake Preserves, a position which he has held since 2005.
In addition to his sailing background, Doug has a very strong coaching background in hockey. He's been an active coach for 20 years at nearly every level, including pee-wee, college, and adult teams. Currently, Doug runs his own power skating program
Over the next couple weeks, the team officers and Rona will be working closely with Doug to transition into the head coach position. We look forward to a successful Fall 2010 season and many future seasons with Doug.
The officers thank those who helped in the selection process for your gracious support of the Drexel Sailing Team. For any questions, please contact the President, Jennifer Mislinski, at jmislinski@drexelsailing.com. Doug Brown can be reached at drxsailcoach@aol.com.
Sincerely,
The Drexel Sailing Team Officers
Engineer’s Cup
Webb Institute
Engineer’s Cup
May 14 - 15, 2010
On May 14, 2010 Drexel Sailing Team members Joan Boyle ('14), Colby Weingarten ('10), Jason Sinclair ('13), and Stephen Ciccariello ('13) headed over to beautiful Glen Cove, NY to sail at the Webb Institute for their annual Engineer's Cup. On Saturday morning the team was greeted by high winds and rolling waves. Despite the conditions the teams were sent out and the regatta begun. As the day progressed winds slowly died considerably but a full day of racing was still completed. Day 2 did not bring the winds needed to hold the regatta and after sending the B division out for two races that were in the end thrown out, racing for the day was abandoned. Bad luck and a few poor races put the team in 6th place overall but the team sailed great and is showing signs of improvement! Unfortunately, this regatta concludes the team's spring season. Congrats to all who sailed and congrats to the entire team for a fantastic spring season! Thank you all for your continuing support!
-Joan Boyle ('14)
Ocean County 2-on-2 at Ocean County College
Ocean County College
Two-on-Two Team Racing
For the weekend of April 10-11, Drew Bergan, David Schubert, Jennifer Mislinski and Joan Boyle traveled to beautiful Toms River, NJ to compete in the OCC 2 on 2 Team Race Regatta (home to Joan Boyle). The Toms River is always a lovely place to sail with a beautiful view, steady breeze, and essentially no current (compared to the Delaware at least). Although wind was a little more than usual and definitely more than the team was used to, the Drexel Sailing Team held their own. Starting off the day on Saturday with winds at 15-20kts the team’s goal was to just try and survive and maybe win a few races. Being probably the lightest boat on the water, skipper Jen Mislinski and crew Joan Boyle were worried their small size would be a disadvantage. They were proved wrong. After doing a complete round robin the team ended up winning against Princeton University, Villanova University , University of Maryland and Monmouth University; leaving them with a winning record of 4-3 (losing against OCC, Colgate, and Cornell). This winning record put the team in the “Gold” division, which consisted of the top four teams from Saturday’s races (tied for 1st OCC and Cornell, 2nd Colgate, 3rd Drexel). On Sunday the team raced each team in the Gold division twice. The winds were much more tolerable than Saturday, blowing at about 9-11kts. Although the team came out with only one win on Sunday against Cornell the team proved themselves by finishing only inches behind Colgate and OCC. They finally finished 4th out of 8 and let the other teams know that Drexel Sailing is the new competition! Overall, a very successful weekend. Congrats to all!
~ Crew Joan Boyle, ‘10
Central Spring Qualifier at Princeton University
Princeton University
Central Spring Qualifier
We arrived to Raritan Yacht Club Saturday morning with high expectations. The weather was great and we got out on the water quickly. Myself and David Schubert, ('10) sailed A division and President Jennifer Mislinski ('11) sailed B division with crew and team secretary, Joan Boyle ('14). The wind was steady, building to about 12 knots around 1pm. The racing was very close, often with 4 or 5 of the seven boats crossing the finish line in packs. In both divisions we had trouble breaking out of the pack to complete the finishes we needed to qualify for the America's Trophy. Easter Sunday brought a gorgeous day with light winds. The racing was even closer than on Saturday. Drexel will be sailing at the Leroy Grant hosted by William and Mary in two weeks.
-Drew Bergan
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