Maine Sailing Partners

Attention Race Committees

Not much for race committees to do in Maine this time of year, except maybe get a bunch of organizational details out of the way so you don't find you are missing an important piece of the puzzle  in the middle of your big summer regatta.  In addition to a good group of people, running races properly requires collecting a bunch of stuff.  The Desert Sea  - New Mexico Sailing blog has a pretty exhaustive list of what that stuff is. (Thanks to Scuttlebutt for the link)   If you are going to be running a regatta this year, you might want to make a copy of this list as a starting point for your own equipment check list.

On the floor

Here's a few of the sails passing over the table recently

MSP Parking

This is the Maine Sailing Partners parking lot in the valley between the front door and a growing mountain of snow.  Anyone need crew in Key West or Miami?

Happy New Year

Happy New Year, Maine's own Pete Levesque, nominated for Rolex Sailor of the Year (and former Maine Sailing Partner).

His 2007 accomplishments as listed on the US Sailing website:

- ISAF Team Racing World Championship, Gandia, Spain (1st/17 teams)
- U.S. Team Racing Championship, Oyster Bay, N.Y. (1st/21 teams)
- Road Range Wilson Trophy, West Kirby, England (1st/32 teams)
- Charles River Open Team Race, Cambridge, MA (1st/42 teams)
- V-15 Mid-Atlantic Championships, Annapolis, Md. (2nd/19 boats)
- NYYC V-15 Team Race Championship, Newport, R.I. (1st/15 teams – crew)
- NYYC Annual Regatta, Newport, R.I. (3rd/8 IRC 1 “T-Squared – crew)
- InterClub Midwinters, Annapolis, Md. (1st/18 boats – B Division)
- Halfway Rock Regatta, Newport, R.I. (1st/8 – IRC "T Squared" – crew)
- Antigua Sailing Week, Antigua (2nd/9 Racing 1 “Chieftain” – crew)

I should add that Pete's whole ;Silver Panda  team was nominated.  In addition to Pete the team includes Clay Bischoff, Colin Merrick, Amanda Callahan, Liz Hall, and Lisa Keith (the last three for Yachtswoman of the Year.)  Too bad they can't all win and win as a team, since that is how they sailed.