Lost years! Help fill in the blanks!

Please Help Alumni!

We are looking to fill in the names for the following trophies:

The Most Valuable Crew

2001 - 02 Anne Scheuman 03

2002 - 03 Anne Scheuman 03

2003 - 04 Jenny Wilson 06

2004 - 05

2005 - 06

2006 - 07

2007 - 08

2008 - 09

2009 - 10 Emma Gantzer

The Most Valuable Skipper

2001 - 02 Tim Kreck 03

2002 - 03 Tim Kreck 03

2003 - 04 Zach Coelius 04

2004 - 05

2005 - 06

2006 - 07

2007 - 08

2008 - 09

2009 - 10 Matt Thompson 11

Any ideas? Please send your email on to coach Cappy Capper at HCCapper@aol.com

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

College Sailing Seminar and Holiday Party!

LMSS is inviting you to join us this winter for a College Sailing Seminar and Holiday Party!

The goal of this event is to get our current high school sailors together with current and former college sailors. We want to get the high school sailors fired up about college sailing, and help them make more educated decissions when looking at schools.

It will be a night of fun and food, and a chance to get together to reminisce about college sailing.

We are inviting many great sailors with MYC and LMSS ties to share what college sailing means to them. We would love for you to come by, grab a bite to eat and share your knowledge with the next generation of college sailors.

When & Where:
December 23rd, 2010
6:00 - 9:00 PM
Minnetonka Community Center (Williston Rd. & Minnetonka Blvd)

Hope you can make it!

Melissa
952.221.9735
LMSS: 952.404.1645

Sail Race Welcomes a New Board

Congratulations and welcome new 2011 Sail Race board members!

Commodore: Allison Prange

Vice Commodore: Kirstin WIlson

Treasurer/Captain: Ryan Grosch

Travel Coordinator: Sarah Ellis

Safety and Facilities: Allison Forbes

Captain: Ethan Freyer-Ressmeyer

Captain: Lauren Rieves

Happy Thanksgiving

I hope you are all full and content from a delicious turkey feast! As we all know Thanksgiving weekend marks the end to fall sailing. The UofM sail race team has successfully wrapped up a season to brag about! Highlights included:

Coach Cappy inducted into ICSA Hall of Fame

Allison Prange won Women's Singlehand Quals, Natalie Sinn took 3rd, and Matt Thompson finished 2nd in the men's division. All moved on to compete in Singlehand Nationals in Florida.

Matt, Allison, Kirstin Wilson, and Brady Solum qualifed earlier in the season for Team Race Nationals in Chicago (Yes, not in Detroit!). They traveled to Kings Point, New York where they sailed at the US Merchant Marine Academy.

Congrats to the UofM Gophers on their excellent performance! If you have not done so already, please place your donation with the Booster Club to help out the team. A little bit goes a long way!

While sailing may be over, the broomball season has just begun! Mark your calendars for the weekend of Feb 5-6th for our Winter Social "Fire on Ice". Get out your winter boots and join in on a game of broomball followed/accompanied by cocktails and a bonfire at Kob's House. We shall keep you updated when we have more details! Hope you all can make it.

Warm Regards,

Jess

jhaverstock@gmail.com
P:612.817.4837

Wayzata Community Sailing Center PO Box 768, Wayzata, MN 55391 952.476.5875 wayzatacommunitysailing@gmail.com

Sailing Gophers make History!

The University of Minnesota Sailing Team made history the past nine days. Allison Prange became the first U of M women to win the MCSA Single-handed Conference Championship the weekend of October 16-17. Hosted by the University of Minnesota and sailed from the Wayzata Community Sailing Center, Allison left no doubt she was the best after seven tough races in big breeze on Saturday and two tactical races on Sunday. Natalie Sinn took second, both are headed to Nationals along with Matt Thompson who took third for the Men. Matt Thompson will make his second trip to the nationals and it is the Gophers 9th time in the past 11 years we have qualified for the mens single-handed championship. The ICSA National Single-handed Championships are being hosted by the University of Southern Florida and held at the St. Petersburg Yacht Club November 5-7.

The University of Minnesota Sloop team of; Matt Thompson, Brady Solum, Allison Prange, and Kirstin Wilson competed in the MCSA Sloop Conference Championship in Chicago October 23-24. After multiple rounds of racing, the team made the finals and finished second and are headed to Nationals! The format of the National Sloop Championship was changed last winter from fleet racing to match racing. The sailing team will compete in the ICSA National Sloop Championship in Sonar's at the U. S. Merchant Marine Academy, Kings Point November 19-21.

Four days of racing in the past nine days, three national championship births, GO GOPHERS!

To show that our team has depth and a bright future; Freshman Ryan Grosch and Junior Emma Gantzer who were teamed with Freshman Drake Lundeen and Freshman Sarah Ellis sailed to an impressive win at the University of Saint Thomas Cup fleet race hosted at the Wayzata Community Sailing Center on the same weekend has our top sailors were qualifying for Sloops. Not only did they win, our second team of Tom Cramer, Maddie Hoover, Aaron Martinson, Dave Chapin, Allison Forbes, and Lauren Rieves placed 2nd!

For more information go to: http://www.collegesailing.org/

ALUMNI REGATTA THIS SATURDAY!

SAVE THE DATE

Attention Alumni! Upcoming dates to put on your calendars!

UofMN Alumni Regatta
September 11th

UofMN Streufurt Team Race
September 25-26th

MCSA Singlehanded Qualifiers
October 16-17th

Please make your presence/volunteer to help support the UofMN and local dinghy sailors! More details to follow soon! All events to be held at the Wayzata Community Sailing Center.

UofMN Sailors Teach @ Local Youth Programs

Summer is here and sailing is in session! Check out the UofMN sailors teaching and promoting youth sailing in the area. Links are posted below for more information!

Wayzata Community Sailing Center (WCSC)
Allison Prange
Matt Thompson
Kirstin Wilson and Natalie Sinn













Saint Croix Sailing School
Kate Hockins

Calhoun Sailing School
Eric Tobias

Alumni Tim Krech takes 2nd @ C Nationals in New York

Congratulations Minnesota alumni Tim Krech, Anne Scheuerman, and Wiscos Bre Schmidt Krech on their 2nd place finish at Chautauqua Lake!

The team made the 15 hour trek to Chautauqua, New York where they encountered shifty winds and a decorated fleet. Competitors included Inland Champions Andy Burdick, Paul Reilly, and top MYC sparring partners Jason Ostbye and Hans Dickel. 6 races were sailed over the course of Friday and Saturday; one throwout was awarded. The team finished the event with an impressive 15 points, just 4 points shy of the leader.

Check out their race win coverage on Sail Groove
http://www.sailgroove.org/videos/coverage/view_video/237201-2010-c-scow-national-championship-regatta/341806-race-1-winners-tim-and-brie-krech

Results can be found below
http://www.ilyamedia.org/blog/post/show/id/1-C-Scow-Nationals-Final-Results

Team Racing at Lake Calhoun

Monday night team racing is back for another summer! Plan on being at Calhoun Sailing Center at 5:30 every Monday rain or shine. A donation of $15 is asked to help pay for equipment upkeep. Happy sailing!

Questions?? Contact Hugh Harris
hugh.harris09@gmail.com

Womens Nationals - Madison May25-28th

Gopher women; Allison, Amberose, Emma, Kate, Natalie, KK along with coach Dave traveled to Wisconsin, Madison last week to compete in Women's ICSA Nationals. As many may have already heard, there was not enough wind to get races off neither Tuesday nor Wednesday.

Vice Commodore, Allison Prange describes the event. "Tuesday and Wednesday were just a series of waiting games. A's were sent out and brought back in about 5 times on Tuesday, only starting one race which was later called off once the wind died (though we were beating Wisco at the time... so I think we would have beat them overall... haha). Sitting in the sun from 8:30-7 took its toll on us all. We came home and passed out early hoping to get some sailing in on Wednesday.
A's went out early on Wednesday morning, with enough wind to get to the line only for it to completely die again. We sat for 30 minutes on the water and were sent back in. They held us on shore until about 6pm when a storm started to come through and it was determined that there was not enough time to complete a full regatta so Semi's was called off."

The final 18 teams for Womens was than determined by the old formula placing MN one spot out of qualifying from their district (MCSA). While the two days of no sailing and loosing a chance at Nationals were disappointing for the ladies, they certainly were able to make the best of it. The team was given the opportunity to participate in a clinic the following two days held by female olympic gold medalist Anna Tunnicliffe. Coming off the water they all agreed that Anna was a, "fantastic teacher and that it was one of the most beneficial experiences of our college sailing careers".

Congratulations Gophers on a successful season! Happy sailing this summer! Farewell to Seniors Amberose Kramer, Kate Hockins, and Nick Hovland

Cappy Capper US Sailor of the week

Cappy is recognized as this weeks US Sailing Sailor of the Week. Check it out!

http://media.ussailing.org/US_SAILING_Media_Home/Sailor_of_the_Week.htm

Gopher Invite Success

Congratulations Gophers for putting on a great event this past weekend at WCSC! Here is the updated report and final scores from Vice Commodore Allison Prange.

We were pleased to see a lot of sun and warm weather for the weekend, though these great conditions brought little wind. Saturday started with glassy water so sailors were postponed on shore until the race committee saw a steady breeze of 3.5 knots or higher. A division eventually got in a total of 3 races with B's getting two in on Saturday. Sunday began with promising breeze which eventually began throwing 45 degree shifts for the race committee to compensate for. Despite the difficult wind conditions, each division completed 6 races with a total of 12 races being sailed for the regatta.

We would like to thank all of our volunteers- Carl Locker, Robbie Virnil, Andrea Porter, Mark Dunsworth, Mike Schmidt, Mark Swift, Megan Zweber, Tricia Towey, Mr. and Mrs. Wilson and all of the Gopher sailors.

Congratulations to Minnesota Gold, a team of Nick Hovland, Kate Hockin, Matt Thompson and Tom Cramer, for winning the event!

We are sad to see our seniors go!

Final RESULTS

1A 2A 1B 2B 3A 4A 3B 4B 5A 6A 5B 6B Total
Minnesota Gold 3 1 4 3 1 1 5 7 2 2 1 2 32
Minnesota Maroon 2 6 7 5 2 2 1 8 6 4 3 1 47
St. Thomas 5 4 2 1 3 4 3 10 1 1 7 11 52
Minnesota Women 1 3 8 7 5 8 2 6 3 5 2 3 53
Northwestern 7 2 1 2 7 3 6 1 9 9 6 5 58
Chicago 4 8 3 6 6 7 4 9 7 8 5 4 71
Northwestern 4 6 9 6 4 4 6 7 3 5 10 4 10 74
Marquette 9 7 10 10 9 11 9 4 4 7 8 7 95
Northwestern 2 10 5 5 9 8 9 12 11 11 3 10 6 99
Northwestern 3 11 11 9 12 10 5 10 12 8 6 11 9 114
Indiana 12 12 11 8 12 12 8 2 12 12 9 8 118
Carleton 8 10 12 11 11 10 11 5 10 11 12 12 123

Cappy Capper Winner of ICSA Graham Hall Award

Sailors,

I am very pleased to announce today that our coach Cappy Capper has been selected by the ICSA committee as the winner of the 2009-2010 ICSA Graham Hall Award for outstanding service as a sailing professional.

This award recognizes organizers, administrators, advisors or coaches who have served the best interests of college sailing at the club/team, conference or national level. Cappy will be added to the elite list of names found on the permanent ICSA Hall of Fame display located in the Robert Crown Sailing Center at the U.S. Naval Academy (Annapolis, Md.).

I would like to thank Cappy for all of his hard work and years of dedication supporting youth sailing. We are honored to have Cappy Capper as our director and coach at the University of Minnesota.

ICSA president Mitch Brindley said it best, “Your support and enthusiasm for college sailing at the Universities of Minnesota and St. Thomas, in the MCSA, and all of the ICSA has truly been outstanding. I thank you for your tireless efforts for the sport of
college sailing of the past, present, and future.”

Cappy will be recognized and inducted into the ICSA Hall of Fame at the ICSA Awards Banquet on June 3, 2010 at in Madison, WI.


Jess Haverstock
jhaverstock@gmail.com
P:612.817.4837

Team Race Qualifiers @ Wisco

This weekend 7 of us headed to UW Madison to compete at Team Race Qualifiers. Saturday was a windy day, with an average of about 20-25 mph wind. The weather went from sunny to hailing more times than once and the temperatures were crazy cold. Despite all these factors the race committee got two full rotations in. The team performed very well (but definitely could have benefitted from some more alternates to save energy). Considering Brady, Matt and I have never practiced team racing together we were able to pull very strong moves and hold our own. Our shining moment was our unexpected win over Wisconsin in the first set- it was looking pretty rough at the first mark as we were holding a 2-3-6. KK and I were in the back getting battled by Wisco's two trailing boats, and despite our turtle from a squall and a quick team racing move, the boys were able to pull a 1-2, so all we had to do was right our boat and finish. With some effort and a lot of cheering we got the boat up and beat Wisconsin!

That little highlight was just one of the MANY awesome things that the team was able to put together this weekend. At the end of the first day we were tied with Northwestern for 2nd (the final qualifying spot for Nationals). Unfortunately, there was no wind on Sunday- virtually opposite conditions from Saturday- not allowing a sail off between the two of us moving to the next tie breaker (whichever team beat the other more times) which went to Northwestern.

Though we didn't qualify, we were very proud of our performance and look forward to improving for next year! Job well done to Matt, Braden, Allison, Natalie, Kate, KK and Emma- may your muscles recover quickly.

Happy Sailing

Allison Prange
Vice Commodore
Midwest Collegiate Sailing Association
E: pran0024@umn.edu
P: 262.323.1718

More coverage can be found on Sailgroove!
http://www.sailgroove.org/videos/coverage/view/237054-msca-team-race-qualifiers

Gopher Women Qualify!

(Ladies team: Amberose Kramer, Emma Gantzer, Allison Prange, Kirstin Wilson, Kate Hockins, Natalie Sinn)

I am very excited and proud to be posting today that the U of M ladies qualified for semi nationals this past weekend at the University of Illinois. They sailed 7 races in each division placing 3rd overall. It came down to the last leg of B division to determine who would go on to semis, Northwestern or Minnesota. Natalie Sinn managed to squeeze ahead of NW (having to move from 5th to 3rd) and finished a boat ahead to tie Northwestern and win the tiebreaker. Congratulations to our womens team! Good luck and sail fast at Wisco!!

Not to mention the boys also swept Wisconsin 3 Way this weekend! Not too shabby Gophers...not too shabby =) Results to follow.

Gophers and Tommies Qualify!

The Golden Gophers took 2nd place this past weekend in Notre Dame to give them a top spot in qualifying for Semis in Seattle. Highlights also included St. Thomas Tommies making up 30pts on day 2 to finish 4th and join their friends! Congratulations MN, St. Thomas, and the coaching staff at WCSC.

Good luck in Seattle. Represent MCSA!
http://collegesailing.org/nwicsa/semis/

Scores in Divisions

Team A B TOT

1 Wisconsin Badgers 27 18 45
2 Minnesota Gophers 42 39 81
3 Northwestern Wildcat 46 67 113
4 Saint Thomas Tommie 53 85 138
5 Notre Dame Fighting Irish 63 76 139
6 Michigan Wolverines 80 62 142
7 Western Michigan Western Michigan 93 85 178
8 Ohio State Ohio State 104 75 179
9 UW Milwaukee UW Milwaukee 86 116 202
10 Illinois Illini 97 106 203
11 Chicago Chicago 125 80 205
12 Marquette Marquette 127 127 254
13 Denison Denison 151 147 298

Wet Your Willie Results - Northwestern

REGATTA HIGHLIGHTS:

Sunshine prevailed throughout the weekend, bringing a balmy 65 degrees on Saturday. Strong winds of 14-18 knots out of the southwest quickly built and gusts of 27 knots forced racing to be called for the day. Only 6 of 16 races were run on Saturday.

Sunday brought calmer winds between 8-10 knots out of the Northeast and slightly colder 50 degree weather with partly cloudy skies. All races were windward-leeward twice around courses. No protests were filed although some breakdowns and redresses were heard by the judges.

Scores in Divisions

Team A B TOT

1 Northwestern Wildcat 3 26 26 52
2 Minnesota Gophers 42 19 61
3 Wisconsin Badgers 46 22 68
4 Wisconsin Badgers 2 29 51 80
5 Northwestern Wildcat 2 22 71 93
6 Minnesota Gophers 2 67 52 119
7 Michigan Wolverines 81 39 120
8 Notre Dame Fighting Irish 61 60 121
9 Northwestern Wildcat 63 68 131
10 Chicago Chicago 84 77 161
11 Grinnell Grinnell 83 89 172
12 Notre Dame Fighting Irish 2 63 129 192
13 UW Milwaukee UW Milwaukee 106 89 195
14 Michigan Tech Michigan Tech 111 85 196
15 Northern Michigan Northern Michigan 114 111 225
16 Illinois Illinois 106 120 226
17 Carleton Carleton 119 123 242

Memorial gathering for Daniel Shinozaki

Date:	Sunday, April 11, 2010
Time:	1:00pm - 7:00pm
Location:	Chapel of St. Thomas Aquinas

We are gathering to say farewell, and to honor the life of Daniel C. Shinozaki. Daniel passed away February 21st, 2010. A memorial service will be held at the Chapel of St. Thomas Aquinas on the St. Thomas University St. Paul campus. At the conclusion of the service all are invited to continue the celebration of Daniel's life at his favorite Minneapolis institution, Brit's Pub. A private room has been reserved for the gathering. Family, Friends and anyone impacted, in any way, by Daniel are welcome to attend.

Ice out on Tonka!

(Photo taken by John Mackey, http://minnetonkascenes.blogspot.com)

Hennepin County declared ice out Friday, April 2nd for Lake Minnetonka. Thats 13 days before the average of April 15th! Time to bust out your warm clothes and drysuits!

In the meantime, gopher sailors just returned home from a weekend in Michigan. They placed 2nd out of 5 teams participating in Big Tens team race regatta. Well done sailors.

Alumni Regatta - Saturday September 11th

The date has been set! Mark your calendars for our annual MN Alumni Regatta that will be held at Wayzata Community Sailing Center on September 11th 2010. Further details to come!

New Sailing Team T-shirts! Only $15

(1. New 2010 Tee Design 2. All Available Shirts Currently on Display)

Have a birthday coming up??? Need a new gift idea for your mom or dad??? How about team shirts for your new A-boat campaign??? What more could anyone ask for than a 2010 University of MN Sailing TEE! For the small price of $15, your supporting the the team on their quest to nationals this year held in Madison, WI. Contact: Saftey and Facilities, Natalie Sinn by email at sinnx023@umn.edu before they all sell out!

Volunteers Needed!

We are looking for Alumni to help run 2 Sunday practices for the UofMN Sailing Team. The dates will be May 2nd and May 9th from 10:00am - 1:00pm.

Please contact me if your available

Jess Haverstock
jhaverstock@gmail.com
P:612.817.4837

In Memory of Bradley Burgum

(Singlehand Nationals, St. Petersburg FL 2003, Singlehand Nationals Wayzata, MN 2004)

In Memory of Bradley Burgum
January 3rd, 1952 – February 14th, 2010

The sudden passing of Bradley Burgum came on February 14th, 2010. Brad and his family have given generously to the U of MN Sail Race Team over the years and we take this opportunity to thank the Burgum Family and offer our deepest condolences. Brad and wife of 34 years, Julie, resided in Casselton, ND where he lived a life as a successful business man, a leader among his community, and a loving family man. Brad’s list of achievements and passions for public service were numerous and began when he created the Casselton Ambulance Service in 1978 and served as a volunteer EMT for over 30 years. He had a long successful career as the city attorney for Casselton and CPA. The enormous impact Brad had on the community and entire region was evident as respects and a celebration of Brad’s life were had at his funeral, Saturday, February 20, where the entire town of Casselton filled two local churches (with live broadcast). Brad taught his two sons, James and Ben, his love of sailing at their family cabin on Pelican Lake, ND, sailing C scows for many years. Ben was a member and captain of the U of MN Sail Race Team from Fall 2000 to Fall 2004, competing in seven national championships and was twice an all-district skipper. He continued his participation with the team as our Coach from Spring 2006 to Fall 2008 and is a current member of our Alumni Association. Just this past January, Ben and Katie graciously hosted our first gathering as a kickoff to our U of MN Sailing Team Alumni Association. Similar to our teammate Ben, his dad was a great supporter of our Gopher sailors and a true gentleman.

Written by Hans Zinn

2010 College Nationals @ Wisconsin Madison

Attention college alumni!

I am excited to announce that the ICSA College Nationals 2010 will be held by the University of Wisconsin Madison this summer. As we all know regattas take a lot of time and dedication to pull off, not to mention national championships. I would like to encourage everyone to show their support to Madison and the MCSA by making an appearance over the course of the eleven day event. Attached you will find a preliminary schedule starting May 24th - June 3rd. Contact our Vice President and MCSA publicity secretary, Allison Prange by email at pran0024@umn.edu to help volunteer. Lets help make Wisconsin a place people want to come back and sail in the future.
http://www.uwsailingteam.org/icsa-nationals-2010

MN & St Thomas Sailors Recieve All Conference

Congratulations Gophers and Tommies on your All Conference 2009 achievement. The Alumni are very proud! Looks like we may be having some serious competition at our upcoming alumni regattas!

Co-ed Skipper
Brandon Wilson - St. Thomas
Matt Thompson - MN

Co-ed Skipper Honorable Mention
Nick Hovland - MN

Women's Skipper
Allison Prange - MN
Natalie Sinn - MN

Crew
Matt Weishan - St. Thomas
Medora Sletten - St. Thomas
Emma Gantzer - MN

MCSA Spring and Fall Racing Schedules

The latest schedule for 2010-2011 is now up on the MCSA Website. Check it out!

http://www.mcsasail.org/index.php?pagename=Racing

Reminder - Alumni Social @ the Burgums this Saturday! ...BE THERE OR BE SQUARE

Alumni Meeting and Social Event- January 30th!

I'm excited to announce that the University of Minnesota Alumni Association will be holding our 1st meeting and social event on Saturday, January 30th. Mark your calendars! We will be discussing future plans while enjoying a few beers.

6:30 - 7:30 pm
Alumni Association Meeting. All are welcome and encouraged to attend.

7:30 - ???? am
Back to our sailing ways, keg beer and munchies! Appetizers and beer will be provided, however don't hesitate to bring your own favorite creations.

Location:
Burgums
7424 Moccasin Trail
Chanhassen, MN 55317

Hope to see you all January 30th!

Jess Haverstock
jhaverstock@gmail.com
P:612.817.4837