<p>Army just defeated Navy in sailing competition?????</p>
<p>kkkkkkkkkkkklunk (sound of Zaphod falling over in dead faint)</p>
<p>Whaaaa? I gotta go see this for myself. LOL</p>
<p>Probably because half the sailing team was knocked out and bloodied last Friday in that STAB boat accident.
[Spidermom exaggerates just a tad]</p>
<p>Spider's host mid, a sailing team member, really did get knocked out and bloodied though!</p>
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<p>It's.........It's OK. I feel better now......</p>
<p>Ouch.....</p>
<p>I don't see sailing on the schedule, so until further notice, I shall consider this rumor a scandalous lie hatched by some evil communist (or worse: ARMY) conspiracy! ;)</p>
<p>Still, excuse me while I go sit down and slam back a beer. Or six..... :eek:</p>
<p>Geez, Shogun! Take it easy with news like that, will ya?</p>
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<p>oh please- say it isn't so!!</p>
<p>Must have been intercollegiate sailing because Army doesnt have any BIG BOATS!
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<p>I need to verify this with Homeland Security!</p>
<p>Spidermom, did your mid have much sailing experience before attending the Academy? Could you tell me about his/her pre-acad training?</p>
<p>OK, I see now that it was your son's host mid. Sorry about that.</p>
<p>Below is a quote from an email I got monday from WP plebe-net:</p>
<p>"The West Point Sailing Team placed 3rd in the Regatta down in Annapolis this weekend - BEATING OUT NAVY!!!!</p>
<p>West Point has a very small team, with less to work with than Navy, who gets vast donations of sail boats from alumni. Our team works with a much smaller crew and with generally less and older equipment, not to mention practicing on the mighty Hudson. They work hard and are coming along. This weekend's win over Navy was a great victory."</p>
<p>ICSA Rankings (Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association of North America)</p>
<p>Coed </p>
<h1>29 USNA</h1>
<p>Women</p>
<h1>5 USNA (previously #1)</h1>
<h1>(sorry, but USMA isn't on the list...;))</h1>
<p>Navy Sports reports:
Women's team claims Washington College Open. </p>
<p>April 12, 2006 </p>
<p>This past weekend, the Navy IC Sailing took part in three regattas. The women won the Washington College Women's Open overall, with Maggie Reynolds and Krysta Anthony winning the B division. The co-ed team won the Maryland 2-on-2 Team Race with a 13-1 record. The co-ed team made the final four at the MAISA Team Race National Qualifier. </p>
<p>The Women's Team traveled to Chestertown, Md., to compete in the Washington College Women's Open. Seven teams competed in the regatta. Conditions were similar to those seen at Navy, with the added component of current. Navy had two crews from the women's team skippering in A and B division. They were able to show the competition how to get around the course. Trisha Kutkiewicz sailed with Audrey Callanan to a fifth-place finish in A division. Maggie Reynolds with Krysta Anthony won almost every race in B division, finishing first. Navy tied for first overall and won the tiebreaker. </p>
<h1>Also, Army was present and finished 6th overall with 108 points.</h1>
<p>which regatta are you talking about?</p>
<p>The Army team that beat Navy was sailing in the J-24 class. Tried to find a link but some of the results from April 15-16 have not yet been posted on various sailing websites. I believe it was this event:
MAISA J/24 Invitational Scrimmage at Navy</p>
<p>Congratulations to the Army team for the win at the Invitational Scrimmage!</p>
<p>The athletes who compete in intercollegiate sailing are pretty hard core. The season is practically year-round; though I think they take a couple of weeks off in December. In the winter they wear wet suits, chop ice off their boats, and sail in freezing and blustery weather! Nothing seems to stop them--even snow.
I believe that all of the service academies have IC sailing teams. Any IC sailors who can add something? Tell us about the worst weather in which you've competed/practiced.</p>
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<p>AAARRGGHH!!!!!</p>
<p>HERESY! TREASON!</p>
<p>AAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!</p>
<p>My eyes are burning just READING that! If my mouth was ever commanded to utter such blasphemy, my intenstines would leap straight up through my neck and throttle my brain!</p>
<p>Both of them!</p>
<p>:eek:</p>
<p>;)</p>
<p>c'mon z,
Navy and Army may be rivals, but you must admit that both sides have a profound respect for each other--wouldn't you agree?</p>
<p>Hey, make the kids' hair stand on end--tell us about the worst seas you've ever experienced!</p>
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<p>I've never heard it called THAT before! :D</p>
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<p>Well, it was in early 1992. We went out to get ready for an OPPE, and the CO decided to leave us out over the weekend doing drills. Unfortunately, the Storm of the Century showed up instead.</p>
<p>By the grace of God, the watch bill had been shuffled and I ended up not having watch until late that night, which is good, because I got to ride the rollercoaster from my rack.</p>
<p>That ship rolled like you wouldn't believe. It was a LEAHY-class cruiser with the New Threat Upgrade (NTU) package, which made her slightly top-heavy. So, it was 30 degrees to port, 40 to starboard, 35 to port, 25 to starboard. The view out the bridgewing doors was water, sky, water, sky.</p>
<p>Everything that wasn't bolted down made its status immediately known. The Savin copier located in CIC lower level decided that it was tired of being where it was and proceeded to disassemble itself by ramming itself into the bulkheads. When the thing broke loose, the poor guy on watch basically ran through the door and shut it behind him, then held on until the noise stopped. We took the thing off in a plastic bag.</p>
<p>That night, I had the midwatch. We were still rocking and rolling. At one point, the bench that the SP Phone talker was sitting on got underway and came screaming across the deck directly at me. I managed to grab the cable that is stretched across the bridge under the overhead to give people something to hold on to in rough seas and lifted my legs over it (like you see on o-courses) just as the bench slid underneath me and crashed into the portside bulkhead. It then slid back and hit the Lee Helmsman (wha was too slow) and pinned him agains the Engine Order Telegraph. Not hurt bad, fortunately. We got a hold of the damned thing and strapped it down.</p>
<p>Later that night, we heard a cocophany topside that we could not understand. It sounded like God Himself was hitting the ship with His own hammer. The OOD and I ran out to the bridge wing in time to hear the noise turn into an avalanche. It turns out that the huge box we kept our barbells and weights in had broken loose and tipped over, spilling its contents all over the deck. As the ship rolled our way, we nearly had to dive back through the bridge wing door as dumbells and weights came raining down over the side and onto the bridge wing. We secured the lookouts inside and shut the doors, and waited about 15 minutes for the noise to stop. Another heavy roll and CRASH! The Universal machine broke loose and took a graceful dive over the starboard side, scoring only an 8.0 because the landing was a bit rough and because it took some stanchions with it.</p>
<p>The storm settled down that night, and the next morning we found that our superstructure had actually suffered a small crack right by the deck next to the paint locker. THAT really surprised us.</p>
<p>It was a thoroughly miserable weekend, but it sure does make for some WILD memories! :D</p>
<p>I was at KP last Friday and the Navy Sailing coach was up there and the Varsity squad was sailing in the Admiral's cup at KP. I don't know which team lost to Army but it wasn't Navy's #1 squad</p>
<p>I must go down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky,
And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by,
And the wheels kick and the winds song and the white sails shaking
And a grey mist on the seas face and a grey dawn breaking.</p>
<p>I must down to the seas again, for the call of the running tide
Is a wild call and a clear call that may not be denied;
And all I ask is a windy day with the white clouds flying,
And the flung spray and the blown spume, and the sea-gulls crying.</p>
<p>I must down to the seas again to the vagrant gypsy life,
To the gulls way and the whales way where the winds like a whetted knife;
And all I ask is a merry yarn from a laughing fellow-rover,
And quiet sleep and a sweet dream when the long tricks over.</p>
<p>-John Masefield</p>
<p>Ha! Those were the exact words I recited two weeks ago while standing on the second deck of the USNA visitor's center looking out over the bay.</p>
<p>I also used to say it every time I got up on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier for FOD walkdown. I'm sure people thought I was insane but it's a great poem and the ocean just makes me want to holler.</p>
<p>Anyone who's ever had me as an English teacher can probably still say it from memory, too! :)</p>
<p>usna09mom, I'm so thrilled to know this poem has another fan besides weird ole me.</p>
<p>spidermom,
Amazing! You're my kind of mom! Thanks for sharing all of your wisdom on College Confidential. :) Congratulations to your son!</p>
<p>usna09mom</p>
<p>p.s. We're family now!</p>