Sailing Team Newsletter Issue No. 3 October 2016 Inside this issue TSA Season Wrap Up... 1 Mission Statement... 1 Jr. Ol Man of the Sea... 2 Pirates of the Corinthian... 3 Goal Setting... 4 Upcoming Events... 5 Meet Caleb... 5 WINTER TRAINING SCHEDULE COMING SOON! Fort Worth Boat Club had an outstanding 2016 on the TSA Circuit. All the kids who participated had a blast! Our sailors will be competing in the last TSA event of the year at the End of Year Regatta hosted by Lakewood Yacht Club, not only for the regatta but for overall positions for the whole year. Currently our top sailors are Austyn Johnson who is sitting in 2nd place overall for Green Fleet. Max Nilsson who is sitting 3rd overall for Opti RWB and 3rd in Blue Fleet. Reid Johnson who is sitting 19th overall and 4th in White Fleet. Lucija Ruzevic who is sitting in 2nd place and 1 point out of first place for the Laser 4.7 s and Anthony Ceplecha sitting in 8th place in the Laser 4.7 class. This is a big jump from last year! Mission of the FWBC Junior Program and P1 Sailing Team... The Mission of the Fort Worth Boat Club Jr. Sailing Program is to develop knowledgeable, honest, and passionate youth dinghy racers and sailors. We are dedicated to providing a safe, fun environment for young sailors to develop and refine their sailing skills, practice good sportsmanship, build lifetime friendships and compete at the highest level of sailing. FWBC recognizes that all sailors, whether they have a good day on the water or a bad day, are all winners. The Fort Worth Boat Club has joined forces with the Performance One Sailing Team to provide the highest level of coaching for our sailors to meet their goals on the race course.
TSA Jr. Ol Man of the Sea Regatta September 24th 25th Fort Worth Boat Club hosted this year s Jr. Ol Man of the Sea Regatta. This was a great event with over 90 kids participating! The first day was very windy followed by a day of very light air and rain. Lucija Ruzevic won the Laser 4.7 class and Max Nilsson finished 5th overall and 3rd in the Optimist Championship Blue Fleet. We had a great group in the Green Fleet this year with Austyn Johnson, Gianpaolo Keating, Charlie Shelton and AJ Ghazi. They had a blast! Coaches were Mattia DeRicco, Scott Lindley, and Alex Schwinn. All the kids had fun and learned a ton! Race Results TSA Jr. Ol Man of the Sea Regatta Opti RWB Class (36 Boats) Max Nilsson 5th Overall & 3rd in Blue Fleet Matti Martin 15th Overall Brock Smith 26th Overall Reid Johnson 29th Overall Opti Green (21 Boats) Austyn Johnson 10th Overall AJ Ghazi 17th Overall Gianpaolo Keating 18th Overall Charlie Shelton 18th Overall Laser 4.7 (11Boats) Lucija Ruzevic 1st Place Overall Anthony Ceplecha 4th Place Overall Jack Reynolds 6th Place Overall Laser Radial (11 Boats) Matthew Bruno 4th Overall
TSA Pirates of the Corinthian Regatta October 8th 9th FWBC/P1 attended the TSA Pirates of the Corinthian Regatta at Dallas Corinthian Yacht Club. This regatta is always a personal favorite. The sailing conditions were tricky due to 40 to 70 degree wind shifts. Our team did fantastic! Huge improvements were made all around! Lucija Ruzevic finished 2nd overall. Max Nilsson sailed his personal best regatta finishing 2nd overall in a TSA event with 3 bullets. Austyn Johnson finished 2nd overall in the Green Fleet. Race Results TSA Pirates of the Corinthian Opti Green (10 Boats) Austyn Johnson 2nd Overall AJ Ghazi 5th Overall Gianpaolo Keating 10th Overall Opti RWB (26 Boats) Max Nilsson 2nd Overall & 2nd in Blue Fleet Brock Smith 11th Overall Reid Johnson 19th Overall Laser 4.7 (14 Boats) Lucija Ruzevic 2nd Oveall Anthony Ceplecha 4th Overall Laser Radial (11 Boats) Matthew Bruno 4th Overall
Sailing is one of the greatest sports available to kids. Reason being is that it teaches our kids so many lessons in life as well, provides them with opportunities to make friends from all over our globe, travel and provides them with a healthy, safe environment to grow up and mature. I ve watched so many of my young sailors, no matter what socioeconomic group, grow up to sail at higher levels beyond Opti s and go on to college or hold great jobs in the marine industry and have a passion for what ever they put their minds to. Sailing is a very goal orientated sport. There are so many choices and levels of sailing that make our sport a Life Sport. Some kids aspire to become Olympic/ Professional sailors or club level sailors. Some choose to be skippers or crew and some cruisers and do it for the fun and comradery. When starting off with new racers. I talk a lot about goals with them. I try to get them in the habit of at least thinking about what it is they want to accomplish in the short term and long term.. Short Term Goals are anything that you would like to accomplish in practice, placements at local regattas, upgrades with equipment and anything that deals with the near future. For example, Johnny made 12 bad tacks during practice and his goal is to make only 3 at the next practice or Johnny finished 8 th place at the last regatta and next time he is going for 6 th place. Long Term Goals are goals that might set for 6 months, a year, three years or any time in the distant future. For example, qualifying for team trials or making a particular international team to making the Olympics. When making Short Term and some Long Term goals, I always ask the kids to make their goals reasonable and achievable. There is nothing worse than setting goals too high and that cant be achieved, even when being pushed hard. Sailors just get frustrated and this can produce a negative, self-doubting effect. A perfect example of this is Results at Team Trials little Lisa finished 210th at Team Trials this year it would be an unreasonable goal to finish in the top 5 for next year. Sailing is a sport where experience and paying your dues gets you to the top. A reasonable goal would be to finish in the top ½ at team trials next year. Parents setting goals too high for their kids to live up too can have just as negative effect and make all there hard work less meaningful. Remember, it s the kid s sport; it s their time and their enjoyment. As a parent you are there for their positive support, weather they have a good day on the water or bad day. Let the coaches do their job and motivate them, guide them and discuss what went well or not so good. Kids also blossom at different times due to maturity. It s best just to be patient and keep giving your kids the opportunities they need to reach their goals and achieve success. Remember, it s their goals and all kids want to succeed at some level.
Upcoming Events *TSA Regatta dates are subject to change. Regatta Date Location Laser Gulf Coast Championships October 15th 16th Kemah, TX TSA End of Year Regatta October 22nd-23rd Seabrook, TX SEISA High School Regatta November 4th-5th Austin, TX USODA Midwinter Regatta November 23rd-26th New Orleans, LA Orange Bowl Regatta December 26th-30th Miami, FL CALEB LAQUEY Caleb Laquey grew up Sailing at the Fort Worth Boat Club. He raced Opti s, 420 s and Lasers. Caleb was one of our top summer instructors this year and has taken on the role of Green Fleet Coach and High School Sailing Coach. Caleb is US Sailing Level 1 Certified and is planning on getting his level 2. Caleb s passion for sailing is getting passed on to his new Green Fleet members. Caleb is in his freshman Year of College at the University of Maryland.