Issue No. 11 December Team FWBC/P1 Winter Sailing Team Sessions Have Started

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1 Sailing Team Newsletter Issue No. 11 December 2017 Team FWBC/P1 Winter Sailing Team Sessions Have Started The Winter Sailing Program has begun. It started December 2 nd and will run thru February 10 th. This winter we will be preparing for the up coming TSA season and major spring events. It so far has projected to be a warm winter so we will be taking advantage of this time to work on our skills and learn our craft. FWBC s Winter Sailing Jr. Program is open to any sailors from other clubs who wish to up their game and train. It s not too late. Inside this issue Winter Sailing FWBC/P1 Force on TSA Circuit.. 2 Winter Schedule Upcoming Events....3 Max Nilsson Wins Lucija Travels to Miami, FL..4 FWBC Welcomes TCU Students

2 Team FWBC/P1 Proves to be a Force on the 2017 TSA Circuit The TSA Circuit is a series of 14 regattas that span from February to October. Two of these events are USODA Regional Qualifiers, US Sailing Sears/ Bemis/Smythe Qualifiers and Laser District Championships. It s a highly competitive series of regattas which pushes Texas Sailors to become great sailors. This Year Team FWBC/P1 continued to show that North Texas is getting stronger with producing amazing sailors. Those who sailed 7 regattas or more got ranked in the top spots. The top spots were determined by the sailors best of seven regattas. Two standout sailors were Max Nilsson on the Opti Fleet and Lucija Ruzevic in the Laser Radial Class. Max finished 3 rd Overall and 2nd in Blue Fleet Overall. Lucija Ruzevic finished 1 st overall in the Laser Radial Class. Also finishing up as Texas Girls Laser State Radial Champion. We had some amazing performances from our Green Fleeter s AJ Ghazi and Gianpaolo Keating this year. Austyn Johnson moved up Green this year. They moved up to White Fleet quickly (results are only from a few regattas must sail 7 to get ranked properly). Our new Greenies from this Summer are starting to come on and are improving immensely. Our new Greenies only sailed a few events and our older ones moved to white fleet so they did not rank as high. However the regattas they sailed they were in the top 5 most of the time. Our younger Laser sailors as well only sailed a few regattas but finished mostly in the top 5. Anthony Ceplecha Switched from Laser 4.7 to Radial this year. I am proud of our entire team. Overall Results Opti (181 Competitors): Max Nilsson 3 rd Overall 2 nd in Blue Fleet Parker Younger 7 th Overall 2 nd in Red Fleet Brock Smith 12 th Overall 5 th in Red Fleet Reid Johnson 20 th Overall 11 th in Blue Fleet Austyn Johnson 39 th Overall 11 th in White Fleet AJ Ghazi 45 th Overall 13 th in White Fleet Gianpaolo Keating 65 th Overall 17 th in White Fleet Green Fleet Overall Ressults (65 Competitors): Gianpaolo Keating 8th Overall AJ Ghazi 9th Overall Nathan Cushman 19th Overall Brindle Burt 24th Overall Silas McNichols 34th Overall Harrison Fincher 36th Overall Noah Gammell 39th Overall Laser Radial (49 Competitors): Lucija Ruzevic 1 st Overall Anthony Ceplecha 25 th Overall (3 regattas sailed) Laser 4.7 (30 Competitors): Ryan Amsden 16 th Overall (4 regattas sailed)

3 2017/2018 P1/FWBC Winter Sailing Program Schedule PRACTICE SCHEDULE OPTI RWB FLEET & LASERS All practices start at 10am and run through 4pm. All sailors must be rigged and ready by 10am (weather permitting). All sailors must come prepared to work out and/or swim. Lunches are not provided. December 2nd and 3rd December 9th and 10th December 17th and 18th January 6th and 7th January 13th and 14th January 20th and 21st January 27th and 28th PRACTICE SCHEDULE OPTI GREEN FLEET All practices start at 10am and run through 3pm. All sailors must be rigged and ready by 10am (weather permitting). December 2nd December 9th December 17th January 6th January 13th January 20th January 27th Upcoming Events *TSA Regatta dates are subject to change. Regatta Date Location USODA Valentine s Day Regatta February 2nd- 74th St. Petersburg, FL TSA #1 Lakewood February 10th-11th Seabrook, TX

4 Team P1/FWBC s Max Nilsson Wins the 2017 USODA Midwinter Championships New Orleans, LA November 24th-25th Team P1/FWBC traveled to New Orleans to compete in the USODA Midwinter Championships which as held November 24 th -25 th. The event turned out to be only a one day event due to very light air. Max Nilsson took top honors by consistently finishing in the top 3 overall. Max has worked hard and his work is finally paying off. We had an awesome group from Santa Barbara, CA sail with us. All are fantastic sailors. The regatta was plagued with Black Flag penalties, Judge calls and time limit expirations due to the light wind which hurt some of our sailors. However all had a great time and look forward to the next regatta. I am proud of everyone. It was a tough regatta. Opti RWB Fleets (63 Boats): Max Nilsson 1 st Overall and 1 st in Red Fleet Crue Ziskind 23rd Overall Aston Smith 25th Overall Zoey Ziskind 30th Overall Brock Smtih 39th Overall Parker Younger 41st Overall AJ Ghazi 60th Overall Max Nilsson is heading to Italy with Team USA Performance One/FWBC Sailing Team is proud to announce that Max Nilsson qualified to represent Team The 2018 Lake Garda Optimist Meeting Regatta in Lake Garda Italy. Max finished 32nd out of 278 boats at the USODA Spring Team Qualifiers in St. Petersburg, FL which was a little over two weeks ago. Max also earned a spot on the USODA Development Team. We are very proud of Max. He has worked very hard. Lucija Ruzevic Participated in Olympic Development Clinic/Regatta in Miami, FL On December 2 nd and 3 rd Lucija Ruzevic participated in the US Sailing Teams Olympic Development Clinic/ Regatta. Lucija was invited by US Sailing to participate due to her successes this summer. Lucija did amazing and finished the regatta top 3 in the girls and 17 th overall. She finished in the top half of the very best adults and young sailors in the country. We are very proud of Lucija.

5 TCU is Set to Start Sailing at FWBC In 2018 Texas Christian University will hold its first ever sailing classes at Fort Worth Boat Club. Classes start in January and run thru the Spring. TCU will also be looking to start a Sailing Club/Team in the near future as a result of the sailing classes. This is very exciting news and look forward to the challenge of getting TCU on the path of becoming a top sailing school on the collegiate level.