America's Cup

Well, now that college sailing is on the offseason, we'll move to more current topics. Going on right now in sailing? Well we've got the America's Cup, Olympic trials will be heating up soon, and many other offshore races. I happened to catch the America's Cup LV Finals and semis so we'll recap on that.
Well this being an American based blog, we'll start with BMW Oracle. I was shocked and very upset at the performance. Why did BMW Oracle do so bad in the LV semis? Many will blame Dickson, and sure, he deserves some blame. But perhaps it was similar to the mavs downfall in the nba playoffs. It just happened. Spithill rocked the socks off the prestart and Dickson really didn't have a chance. As we sailors knkow, it's all about the start. The stat that says the most: BMW Oracle never led around a mark. In the whole series. That is a little pathetic. Nothing against LR, but come on. Not a single mark, and you're the favored team?
Meanwhile, the kiwis are dominating. Completely. 5-0 in the Finals. Now they ride in with confidence, motivation, and skill. It's turning out to be a very exciting AC regatta! Who will come out ahead in the end? Well we'll see who Allinghi pick as their helmsman. My guess, Ed Baird. He's their best shot at winning again.
So until the college season heats up again, I guess we'll just have to keep scouring the professional racing circuit trying to find interesting stories.

New Rankings

Here are the new rankings:

COED                 (prev rank)
  1. St. Mary's           (1)
  2. Charleston          (10)
  3. Dartmouth           (4)
  4. Yale                (6)
  5. Boston Coll          (2)
  6. Hobart/WmSmith     (7)
  7. Harvard            (5)
  8. UC/Irvine           (14)
  9. Georgetown          (3)
10. Brown               (11)
11. Navy                (9)
12. Stanford            (8)
13. USC                (12)
14. South Florida         (19)
15. Roger Williams       (13)
16. Tufts               (15)
17. Rhode Island          (16)
18. Old Dominion          (17)
19. MIT                 (18)
20. Texas A&M Galv     ----
Also receiving votes:
Hawaii

WOMEN               (prev rank)
  1. St. Mary's           (1)
  2. Charleston          (2)
  3. Stanford           (3)
  4. Navy              (4)
  5. Harvard            (9)
  6. UC/Irvine          (11)
  7. Boston Coll         (6)
  8. Tufts             (5)
  9. Boston Univ       (12)
10. Georgetown        (7)
11. Yale               (8)
12. Wisconsin          ----
13. Dartmouth          (10)
14. Old Dominion        (15)
15. Hobart/WmSmith     (14)

Talk about domination, St. Mary's. Good job Charleston moving up though.

Championships in Review

Well, I supppose I should start out by covering the recent championships. Here were the winners:
Women's Nationals: St. Mary's
Co-ed Nationals:College of Charleston
Team Racing Nationals:St. Mary's

What an amazing trip for St. Mary's!

So who suprised us at nationals the most? College of Charleston. They really stepped it up in the post season this year, taking their second co-ed title in 2 years. Coming into the regatta ranked 10th and then taking the first really shows a lot about their teams skills both on and off the water.

Coming up next, a look at next season. Who will come out ahead in each district and and will make a stand at next years nationals!
-carson

College Sailing

Welcome to my new blog dedicated to college sailing. This sport gets little interest from...well just about anyone, and I thought that giving it a good blog would be a good way to use up some of my energy. If you have any tips or ideas, feel free to shoot me an e-mail. I'll be getting together some ideas and hopefully putting up some good information in due time.
-carson