W. Andrew Loe III

According to Boat US the ‘2006 Top Ten List of Most Popular Boat Names:

1.) Aquaholic
2.) Second Wind
3.) Reel Time
4.) Hakuna Matata
5.) Happy Hours
6.) Knot Working
7.) Life is Good
8.) Plan B
9.) Second Chance
10.) Pura Vida

(Via Messing About In Sailboats)

Don’t sail V-15s barefoot in 20 knots.

BBR is one of the best events on the summer sailing circuit. I’ll be heading down on Thursday night with Anne Megargel to sail V-15s. I’m psyched to get out of Hanover and, and even more psyched for the consistent sea breeze!

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Its on, and today’s race was epic.

Dartmouth was well represented at the All-American Banquet. We had 5 full All-Americans. Betsy Bryant, Killarney Loufek, and Kate Hacker were all honored as crew All-Americans. Erik Storck and I were both named as All-American Skippers! Besides the strong showing from Dartmouth, it was amazing to stand in front of everyone with my brother John. He had an excellent year leading the St. Mary’s Seahawks to a National Championship.

May 30-June 1 @ Navy in FJs & 420s
A: Erik Storck/Killarney Loufek
B: Andrew Loe/Betsy Bryant

We got second. Maybe one day I’ll write up my analysis, its going to be a while before I get over it.

May 27-29 @ Navy in FJs
Erik Storck/Killarney Loufek, Andrew Loe/Betsy Bryant, Ben Sampson/Kate Hacker

Day 1: The format was similar to years past. The regatta was split into two groups, seeded by district qualification results. We we scheduled in the afternoon group and finished with a 4-1 record, our loss coming to Hobart/William Smith (#2 MAISA). We began the first round of 8 and only completed one race.

Day 2: Light and lumpy. It was memorial day, so the chop from the motor boat traffic was outrageous. We spent the entire day on a Colgate 26 and only sailed twice. Unfortunately, we raced our two biggest opponents and lost both races. A bummer.

Day 3: Great breeze in the river. As a team we showed up enthusiastic to sail, knowing we needed to run the table and get a little luck. We completed the round of 8 and sailed a complete second round. We finished a disappointing 5th.

Overall, I learned the importance of mental attitude, especially on a team. I think I was too bummed/worried about our second day performance and I probably impacted my teammates attitudes on day 3. I think we really were the best team there, yet we continued to make stupid mistakes. The combination of a lack of practice and a lack of a gung-ho winning attitude led to our ultimate demise. We went to win, when that was no longer an option we lost our motivation and dropped a bunch of stupid races. Painful.

On the upside, if I couldn’t win, at least my brother was the champion. St. Mary’s showed up to sail. They were fast, and polished. It showed and they are deserving champions.

Gary Jobson has done two video reports on the College Nationals.

The women are on their second day of the nationals today. Dartmouth started off rocky, but we seem to be recovering lead by some sailing by Adele Wilhelm and Kate Hacker in B division. Follow the results online.

Update: The women finished 12th.