Friday, April 16, 2010

NESSA Spring News

The spring season is well underway at this point, and - for the most part - the New England weather has even been cooperating! Here is a list of updates that may be of use.

New Officers

At the Annual Meeting in November, a new slate of officers was nominated and elected.
  • Andrew Nugnes - President: Previously, Andrew served as VP to Doug Heil. He has been coaching the Barnstable High School team for several years, and can be contacted at alnuggs@hotmail.com.

  • Rob Knecht - Vice President: Rob coached Duxbury High School to win the Mark Trophy last year, and now takes on this new leadership role with NESSA. He can be reached at robk@dbms.org.

  • Nick Judson - Treasurer/Secretary: Nick has coached Nantucket High School, and run Nantucket Community Sailing for quite some time. A master of logistics, he can be reached at nfjudson@aol.com
For more information about the officers and their responsibilities, check out the NESSA website.

Championship Dates and Venues

For official news and updates, make sure you are also checking the NESSA website. The O'Day Qualifier allocations have been set, the Mark location announced, and the Herreshoff NOR posted.

The O'Day Championship will be held on the weekend of April 24-25. Saturday, 60 teams will be competing from 5 different sites. The allocations were completed on a first-come-first serve basis. The 5 sites (and their contact people) include:
  1. Lewis Bay (Hyannis, MA) – Andrew Nugnes
  2. Narragansett Bay, Ida Lewis Yacht Club (Newport, RI) – Roy Williams
  3. Boston Harbor (Boston, MA) – Mary Farrell
  4. The Hotchkiss School (Lakeville, CT) – Roger Rawlings
  5. Casco Bay - (Portland, ME) – Rob Scribner
Click here to download the Word File with the final allocations for Saturday. The finals will be held on Sunday at Indian Harbor YC in Greenwich, CT. This is also the site for the Mallory. Click here to download the complete Notice of Race (NOR) as a Word File.

Registration to be considered for the Mark Trophy - the New England Team Racing Championship - closed on April 1st. No, this was not a joke. Rankings are determined by both human and computer ranking according to the established scoring system. For more information on how this works, there is an abridged version on this blog, as well as details on the NESSA site.

The Mark will be sailed at MIT on the weekend of May 15-16. Click here to download the full NOR.

The Women's Invite for the Herreshoff Trophy has been scheduled for Sunday, May 9, at Maine Maritime Academy. At this point, registration has closed, but interested teams may still be able to try to get on the waiting list. You can click here to download the NOR with contact, registration, and housing information.

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