United States Coast Guard Academy - Department of Athletics

New London, CT--(4/6/09)--The Coast Guard Academy and Connecticut College co-hosted one of the biggest and most competitive team race regattas of the spring season the past weekend, the Southern New England Team Race.
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Intercollegiate Sailing - Bears 5th at Veitor Trophy, 1st at Home Team Race

Newport, RI--(3/23/08)--The Coast Guard Academy Women's Sailing Team finished 5th out of 19 teams at the Veitor Trophy hosted by Salve Regina University. On Saturday, teams were greeted with sunny skies, cold temperatures, and a beautiful Northerly breeze that allowed for great racing. The race committee was able to get off four races in each division before the northerly died and racing was cancelled for the day. On Sunday the breeze was much shiftier and inconsistent which made for tricky sailing on Naragansett Bay. Six more races per division were sailed. Krysta Rohde '11 and Kirstin Haas '10 sailed A Division. Jenn Proctor '11 and Margaret Woodbridge '10 sailed B Division.

CGA offshore sailors aboard their Catalina 37 at the Port of L.A. Harbor Cup.

Los Angeles, CA--(3/16/09)--This past weekend, seven cadets from the Coast Guard Academy’s offshore sailing team competed in the Port of Los Angeles Harbor Cup Regatta, the only intercollegiate big boat regatta on the west coast. For the first event of the season, the team practiced for two days prior to the official event; it was great to get out on the water in sunny California after a long winter of no sailing in New London.

Racing began on Saturday with a two and a half hour delay as the race committee waited for breeze. Eventually a light southeasterly breeze filled in with three foot swell and a strong current flowing west. The boat end of the starting line was very hotly contested since all of the teams expected the breeze to veer to the right. Coast Guard got caught in the melee at the committee boat a couple of times, and had some poor starts. The team demonstrated good boat speed, but didn’t finish as well as they hoped. After the first day of racing Maine Maritime led the standings, with Coast Guard in sixth, posting finishes of 7, 3, 7, 5, followed by the Navy in seventh.

Krysta Rohde and Kirstin Haas going downwind at the USF Women's Intersectional

New London, CT--(2/23/09)--The Coast Guard Academy Sailing Team finished 9th out of 18 teams this past weekend at the College of Charleston Spring Intersectional hosted by the College of Charleston in Charleston, SC. Having not been able to practice before the regatta due to cold New England weather, the Bears were happy to find themselves right in the middle of the fleet at the end of the weekend. Sam Ingham ’11 and Cezar Gomez ’10 finished 12th in A-Division with 114 points. In B-Division, Jon Duffett ’11, Jenn Hom ’09, and Chris Grabe ’10 finished 8th, with 104 points.

The Women’s Sailing Team also got off to a great start, finishing 2nd out of 9 teams at the University of South Florida (USF) Women’s Intersectional hosted by USF in St. Petersburg, FL. The sailors were treated to beautiful Florida sailing conditions which allowed for 18 races to be completed in both divisions. Sailing for the Bears in A-Division were Krysta Rohde ’11 and Kirstin Haas ’10 who finished 3rd in their division with 72 points. Jenn Proctor ’11 and Margaret Woodbridge ’10 sailed finished 3rd in B-Division with 61 points. This was a very good early season performance by the Lady Bears who hope to continue their success from the fall season - when they were ranked as high as 12th in the country - into the spring.