NUST was greeted by cold weather and snow upon our arrival in Minnesota for the MCSA Team Race Championship, a qualifier for Nationals in Tampa, Florida. Racing went quickly with only 4 teams at the regatta. The other competitors were host Minnesota, Michigan and Wisconsin. After 9 races, we had only won 1 race and [ Read More ]
This weekend six of us traveled up to Madison for the Wisco Three-Way regatta. Three-way is a unique regatta that mixes 420 racing and Tech Dinghy racing. It was a slow weekend for wind despite the fact that it was hosted by Red Bull. Emily Fontaine sailed the Techs while Travis Cottle and Erica Haybron [ Read More ]
The McIntyre team race regatta at Stanford got off to a slow start saturday morning, but after an illuminating rules panel by the umpires, the wind filled in and racing began. In winds ranging from still to full hike, team racing was consistently competitive, and many races were in question until the last few boat [ Read More ]
Wisconsin Team Race: November 3rd & 4th. NUST sent two teams and many alternates to up to the University of Wisconsin for the for a bit of lively team racings. The teams arrived to a cold Madison morning with snow flurries in the air. Luckily the snow held off and the sky cleared allowing us to get [ Read More ]
*Day 1: *Saturday’s Single Handed Championship started in the low 40s with breeze building from the N, NW. Boats were on the water by 10 a.m. with puffs in the excess of 20 knots. The breeze continued to oscillate throughout the day, clocking back and forth within a range of 50 degrees to either side [ Read More ]
Travis Cottle, Ryan Anderson, Gina Krupp, and Gabby Salveterra of our Sailing Team traveled to Grosse Pointe, Michigan this past weekend (Sept. 29-30) for the Cary Price Intersectional hosted by the University of Michigan. The first day of sailing was a pretty light day of racing and had winds below 4kts the entire day. We were still able to [ Read More ]
On Friday, May 11th, Geoff Pedrick, Kim Wieczner, Michael Cornew, Katherine Nickele, Noah Aldonas, and Matt Zampa boarded a plane for Washington D.C. for the ICSA National Semifinals hosted by the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. They got up early Saturday morning and headed to beautiful sunny Annapolis, anxious to find out whether the [ Read More ]
Eleven members of the sailing team drove to Minnesota the weekend of May 12-13 to sail in the Gopher Invitational regatta. In a weekend of competitive sailing Northwestern fielded two teams in a fleet of nine, sailing on Saturday and Sunday. On Saturday the wind was very light, allowing for only two rotations. Fortunately Sunday [ Read More ]
Members of NUST returned to the University of Wisconsin in Madison again this past weekend to compete in the Midwestern Collegiate Sailing Association’s Team Race Qualifier. Six teams competed for two spots in the ICSA National Team Race Championships. NU unfortunately came in 3rd, behind nationally ranked Wisconsin and the University of Michigan, failing to [ Read More ]
Northwestern University Sailing Team ventured up to Madison, Wisconsin this past weekend. The first day of racing, Saturday, was uneventful. There was barely any wind, and with sailboats doing little more than bobbing about, the race was postponed until Sunday. Starting early Sunday morning, the sailors were surprised by a stiff, steady wind that carried [ Read More ]