Hawaii Rainbow Warriors Win Stoney Burke Regatta- GO BOWS!

By Airwaves Reporter Renee DeCurtis

The Treasure Island Sailing Center and UC Berkley hosted the annual Stoney Burke college regatta October 15-16 in San Francisco California.  Twenty four college teams traveled from all areas of the west coast including the University of Hawaii and the University of Puget Sound who traveled the farthest.  The Stoney Burke regatta is the final stop for the Pacific Coast Collegiate Sailing Conference fall schedule.  The competition at this event is always deep as many of the participants have grown up sailing against each other since their junior sailing years throughout the United States.  “My favorite part of sailing in college regattas is the ability to compete at a high level, especially against sailor’s that I grew up with”, stated one A division skipper.

Untypical to bay area weather the conditions were ideal on Saturday with clear skies and great breeze.  Sunday’s weather was a bit more usual for the area’s winter conditions with grey skies and lighter winds, but it still made for a great venue as the Treasure Island Sailing Center is perfect for spectating.

The University of Hawaii at Manoa took advantage of the ideal conditions and walked away from the regatta with the big win for the third year in a row.  With a total of 59 points in A division and 48 in B division, the Rainbow Warriors topped the results with a total of 107 points for the win. “More than a couple teams, this time, came into the regatta thinking they could win, which made the competition exciting”, stated the first place skipper in A division Adam Pokras from the University of Hawaii.  Pokras, originally from Marina Del Rey California, and crew Cienna Patmont focused on consistency to keep their team on top.  Pokras credits his success over the weekend to being conservative, “Throughout the weekend we had a very conservative game plan.  We tried for conservative starts, and conservative fleet management.  Our scores weren’t phenomenal, but they were consistent.  We just tried to control what was controllable”. UCLA’s Judge Ryan, who grew up sailing in San Diego, gave the Hawaii Warriors a run for their money with multiple top ten finishes to give him and his crew, Amy Stuyvesant, second in A division. Other teams finishing in the top ten in A division included, UCLA (68), USC (71), USC Women’s (75), Cal Maritime (78), UCSB (79), Stanford (80), U of Oregon (88), CSU Channel Islands (96),  and U of Washington (98).

The UC Santa Barbara Gauchos B division team of Nicholas Kaschak and Kimberly Sultz sealed the deal to win the division with all but one of their finishes being single digits.  Michael Hanson and Taylor Nidds from the University of Hawaii finished second in B division with 48 points to solidify the overall win for the Rainbow Warriors.  Rounding out the top ten in B division starting with third place, Cal Maritime (56), USC (61), USC Womens (70), U of Oregon (71), Stanford (100), Chapman University (125), tying for 10^th was UCLA (127) and UC Berkley (127).

As is each college regatta, the individual division results are combined for overall scores.  The results of this regatta are important since those finishing in the top of the fleet get first pick at which east coast regattas they wish to travel to in the spring.  The Rainbows and Gauchos will have first pick at the most popular east coast events.  Other teams placing in the top ten included, USC in third with a total of 132 points, Cal Maritime (134), USC Women’s (145), U of Oregon (159), Stanford (180), UCLA (195), U of Washington (239), UC Berkley (267)

The next big event for west coast college sailing will be in the Aloha state at the University of Hawaii annual Peter Wenner Memorial Regatta held at Keehi Lagoon in January 2012.  Starting in the spring, all if not most of the west coast teams will begin their battle to qualify for the Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association College Sailing Nationals.  The road to nationals is always a difficult one, but to have the chance at participating in one of the most competitive sailing events in the world is well worth all the hard work and traveling.  Stay posted as Sailing1design will continue to report on all the action leading up to nationals at the University of Texas in May/June 2012.

Full Team Results are posted below…

Smooth Sailing!

Renee DeCurtis

Score summary

Order by: AllAB

#		School	Team	A		B		TOT
1		University of Hawaii	Rainbows	59		48		107
2		University of California at Santa Barbara	Gauchos	79		38		117
3		University of Southern California	Trojans	71		61		132
4		California Maritime Academy	Keelhaulers	78		56		134
5		University of Southern California	Trojans 2	75		70		145
6		University of Oregon	Ducks	88		71		159
7		Stanford University	Cardinal	80		100		180
8		University of California at Los Angeles	Bruins	68		127		195
9		University of Washington	Huskies 2	98		141		239
10		University of California at Berkeley	Berkeley	140		127		267
11		University of California at Irvine	Anteaters	149		157		306
12		University of California at San Diego	UC San Diego	125		193		318
13		Chapman University	Panthers	197		125		322
14		California State University Channel Islands	Channel Islands	96		227		323
15		Western Washington University	Vikings 2	181		149		330
16		Western Washington University	Vikings	160		181		341
17		University of California at Davis	UC Davis	166		183		349
18		University of Washington	Huskies	178		181		359
19		University of California at Berkeley	Berkeley 2	221		145		366
20		Santa Clara University	Santa Clara	203		166		369
21		University of California at Santa Cruz	UC Santa Cruz	187		184		371
22		Cal State University at Monterey Bay	CSUMB Varsity	198		184		382
23		Cal Poly University S.L.O.	Cal Poly	205		199		404
24		University of Puget Sound	Puget Sound	202		211		413