2012 Spring Sailing Schedule is now out!

The New Jersey Interscholastic Sailing League will be responsible to hold the majority of sailing opportunities for member schools. The league is also in charge of selecting teams to attend the district events. We may post specific information, schedules, results, here when they become available. The New Jersey Interscholastic Sailing League consists of high school sailing teams from New Jersey and is centered around Monmouth-Ocean Counties.
A school will primarily sail in local regattas arranged by the leagues, who are responsible for selecting teams to attend MASSA District regattas. There will be MASSA Championship regattas each semester and there will be qualifier events to select district representatives to compete in the annual National Championships for single-handed (Cressy), double handed (Mallory), and team racing (three double-handed teams for the Baker).

Openings still exist in many events, and further changes may occur as the season’s progress. Notices of schedule changes are periodically e-mailed to the New Jersey Interscholastic Sailing e-mail list. Teams are responsible for any such changes and are advised to mark them in this bulletin upon receipt. Questions about scheduling, and any changes to your team’s schedule, including any adds and drops, should be directed to the league director In addition to contacting Brian, you must also contact the affected host.

High School Sailing Basics


High School sailing closely parallels the collegiate sailing format. For fleet racing, teams are divided into A and B divisions comprised of different skippers and crews for each division. Team may substitute sailors as long as prescribed substitution rules are followed. Short courses are used, typically windward-leeward with a gate. Course completion times average 18 minutes. Except in rare cases, only 1 fleet is on the water at a time. Two races are completed and then divisions switch, and the boat being sailed by each team is rotated. This allows for coaching and a break. Boat rotation eliminates the possibility of any team having an advantage because of an inherently faster boat.


Teams also participate in Team Racing events where each team fields three boats to sail against three boats from another team. In team racing teammates work together to outmaneuver the other team so that their combined race scores are better than the other team's combined scores.

Perth Amboy and Summit host Raritan Bay JV Regatta

Five schools came together on November 19th for the Raritan Bay JV Regatta hosted by the Perth Amboy and Summit High Schools. The regatta was sailed in Perth Amboy’s fleet of FJs. The sailors were treated to a beautiful day of sailing in the mid 50’s with 8 to 12 knots of breeze and full sunshine. Some schools brought one team (two sailors) while others brought two teams (four sailors) so the Race Committee decided to sail all boats together in a combined fleet with boat rotations after every set of two races. A total of 12 races were sailed with a lunch break half way through the day. The regatta was won by Holy Ghost Prep with a convincing 17 points followed by Toms River South with 43 points. Other teams taking line honors at least once during the day included the Rumson-Fairhaven A boat (finishing 3rd for the day) and the Summit A boat (finishing 4th for the day). Perth Amboy and Summit High Schools would like to thank all of the schools and sailors who participated and hope to see them back in Perth Amboy for future events.

Toms River South wins the Great Oak Invitational

November 19-20, 2011 -NEW ORLEANS, LA Toms River High School South's sailing team was one of 42 schools that went to New Orleans this weekend to compete in the Great Oaks National Championship Regatta hosted by Southern Yacht Club and sponsored by the All-State Sugar Bowl. Teams from all regions of the country, including both coasts, the mid-west and Hawaii sailed in Lake Ponchatrain over the two day event. Windward-leeward courses were sailed with single division rotations after one race. Saturday's conditions included NE winds at 10-12 mph under sunny skies and temperatures in the mid 70's. Sunday's races were initially postponed due to dense fog, but after clearing, sailing was completed in light and shifty breeze that gradually built to 10 mph by early afternoon with temperatures rising to the high 70's.
Toms River South's sailors, Charlie Nunn '12, Jimmy Kennedy '13, Shelby Jacobs '13 and Kiaya Jacobs '13 represented South in the school's first time participation in the event. Charlie skippered eleven of the races on Saturday, and Kiaya two races with Jimmy and Shelby crewing, to earn a berth in the Gold fleet with a dominating low point score of 20 points. Sunday's racing resumed with Charlie and Shelby in the boat for all twelve races of the day. With consistent finishes by the top five schools throughout the day, the final outcome of the regatta was not determined until the very last races and the judges' rulings on several protest hearings.
Of the top three schools, Toms River South finished first (70 points); second went to the White Bear School, White Bear Lake, MN (72 points); third place went to Tampa Jesuit from Tampa , FL (90 points). South was awarded the first place trophy for the Great Oaks Regatta along with the All-State Sugar Bowl Trophy for first place. Additionally, the team won the Babara & Lawrence White Trophy for the highest placing school for first time attendance at the regatta. South's name will be added to the trophies which remain on display at Southern Yacht Club.
This is South's first participation at any type of National high school regatta since Clay Johnson '03, Jessica Stewart '03, Reed Johnson '04, Katie Carmody '04 and Tarra Corrigan '04 competed for South in the 2003 Mallory National Championship, ending with a 3rd place finish. Southern Regional also competed at the regatta and finished 17th in Gold Fleet. ongratulations to all the teams who not only represented their schools on the national level but also respresented the State of New Jersey.



ISSA Greak Oak Pictures and Results

Toms River South takes 3rd Place at the 2011 Fall ACCs

November 18-20, 2011 - St Mary's County, MD. Toms River High School South's sailing team was the one school from NJ that competed in the 2011 Atlantic Coast Championship Regatta hosted by the Sailing Center Chesapeake last weekend. Seventeen high schools attended with teams from Connecticut, Florida, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, North Carolina and Virginia. The teams sailed FJ's in gusty and shifty wind conditions, completing a total of 30 races (15 A-Division and 15 B-Division) over the course of the two day event.

Toms River South prevailed over fourteen of the other schools to bring home the 3rd place trophy. The 1st place position went to Norfolk Collegiate from Norfolk, VA, with 2nd place going to The Severn School of Annapolis , MD.

South's sailing team success this season qualified them for the Great Oaks National Regatta. The team will be ending the fall sailing season this weekend by sending sailors to New Orleans, LA to compete in this regatta against more than 30 schools from around the country.

Red Bank Regional takes first place at Brant Beach

November 5, 2011-  Brant Beach Yacht Club, Brant Beach, NJ Seven schools from the NJ Interscholastic Sailing League competed Saturday in chilly but sunny and breezy conditions. 14 races were completed in the single division format. Red Bank Regional finished the day with 24 points, Toms River South with 27 points and M.A.S.T. with 36 points to round out the top three positions.


New Jersey schools compete at the Coast Guard Academy

REGATTA HIGHLIGHTS: Saturday morning brought a building WSW breeze that continued to build throughout the morning with gusts over 25 knots at times. One division was on the water sailing 420's and the course were T5 (Gold Cup) and T4 (Triangle-Windward). One B-Division was abandoned due to numerous capsizes. The fleet came in to regroup with a postponement or just over an hour and B-Division went out to complete race 4 and 5 in a ix races were sailed in A division and four in B-Division.
Sunday saw more of the same with Westerly breeze and frequent gust in the low 20's.
A total of 11 races were completed in each division and right down to the final set
the top three were close. Going into the last race in each division Mercy McQuaid
and Minnetonka were one point apart. Mercy McQuaid's Nick Sertl and Maryn Connon
finished second to seal the victory for the Rochester, NY High School.
There were two bkd's, one dsq and a request for redress awarded for the regatta.
Thanks to Jim Perkins and Coach Mark Zagol for hearing protests.

Joe Paggi of Monsignor Donovan High School finishes 10th at Cressy

MISSA’s Mitchell Kiss and SAISA’s Eric Lawrence are 2011-2012 ISSA Singlehanded National Champions

All eighteen scheduled races were completed for each division this weekend out of the Chicago Yacht Club Belmont Station, hosts of the 2012 ISSA Singlehanded Championship. Thirty-six competitors traveled to Chicago from all over the country to compete in the Radial and Full Rig divisions of the event. The sailors arrived on Friday afternoon for registration, to receive their boats from Laser Performance, and to go out for some practice time.

Saturday’s weather was beautiful, and though the wind started out a bit shifty blowing off the land from the west, by early afternoon it had shifted a little more north and settled in at a solid ten knots. Eight races in the Full Rig and seven in the Radial divisions were completed by the end of the day. Sailors were then treated to a dinner at the club, and sent home to rest up for a much windier Sunday.

Though the sun occasionally broke through on Sunday, most of the day was overcast, chilly, and saw plenty of breeze. The waves that had kicked up from the south overnight made the beginning of the day especially challenging for the sailors to maneuver. By mid-day, the wind had shifted a little further west, calming the waves down a bit, though the wind continued to build to the mid-twenties, testing the sailors’ endurance throughout the long, cold day. Eleven more races were sailed by the radials and ten by the full rigs to finish the eighteen race regatta, during the last of which the breeze picked up even more, gusting in the upper twenties, pushing many of the Radial sailors to their limit before reaching the finish line.

Congratulations to Mitchell Kiss of Black River High School in Holland, Michigan for winning the Radial Division and Eric Lawrence of Martin County High School in Palm City, FL for winning the Full Rig division at this year’s championship. Kiss outlasted Ian Barrows of the Antilles School in the US Virgin Islands in the last race to pull ahead with the victory. Barrows finished second in the radials with Avery Fanning of Bishop England High School in Isle of Palms, South Carolina in third. Lawrence led the full rigs from the beginning of the regatta and slowly extended throughout, finishing in the top three in half of the races and the only full rig sailor to not post a score out of the top seven. Daniel DelBello of Fox Lane High School in Bedford, NY finished second and Nevin Snow of Cathedral Catholic in San Diego, CA finished third.

I want to extend a huge thank you on behalf of the Chicago Yacht Club to our chief judge Bruce Martinson, PRO Erik Schneider, APRO Dick Schweers, RC’s Frank Ustach, Bob Johnson, Chris Mitchell, Lloyd Karzan, Rick Lillie, Markset Mike Leslie, Chairman Kevin Teborek, and the many volunteers who ventured out onto the lake over the weekend to help with safety and judge boats. Laser Performance personnel and the Northwestern University Sailing Team volunteers did a great job coordinating the boats on land before and during the event as well. Thank you to all else who were involved in making this event such a success!

Martha Pitt
Director of Sailing
Chicago Yacht Club

Atlantic Coast Championship

Toms River South getting ready to compete at the Atlantic Coast Championship which will be hosted November 11-12, 2011 at Sailing Center Chesapeak in St. Mary's City, Maryland. The event will feature 18 high school sailing teams from around the East Coast in a fleet racing format.

MASSA Fall Team Race Championship

Congratulations to Christian Brothers Academy and Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School for qualifying to compete in the 2011 Mid-Atlantic Scholastic Sailing Association's Fall Team Race Championship to be held November 5-6, 2011 in Annapolis, Maryland. Annapolis Yacht Club and the Severn Sailing Association will be hosting the event together. The regatta will consist of 16 teams from around MASSA competing in a double-round robin with Championship Round on Sunday.Good luck to the Colts and Bulldogs.
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