Link to NESSA District Rules, Article L

1. O'Day Quals: 

• Site Assignments: The field is set for the 2024 O'Day Qualifiers.  Everyone should know where they will be sailing by now, but here is the link to the site assignments

• Tech Score: Here are the links to each regatta site on Tech Score. Today is the day to make sure that all of the sailors that you plan to use are listed in your team database in the NESSA directory.  If they are in there today, they should appear in the Tech Score Data base by tomorrow.

• Sailing Instructions are now posted on the O'Day Quals website.  You will notice that they are purposely short.  That is because a lot of information is already captured in the ISSA Procedural Rules.  Coaches should have a working knowledge of this document.  If you are confused, ask the NESSA Rep at your site.  Ther are certain things that trip up even veteran coaches in the ISSA Procedural Rules. 

  • Competitors ISS PR 1.2

  • Responsible Adult ISS PR 1,3

  • Safety and Special Clothing ISSA 2.

    • PFD 2.2

    • Team Uniforms (pinnies) 2.4

    • Scoring penalties  2.5

  • Substitutions: ISSA PR 4.2

  • Record of Participation ISSA PR 4.3

• NESSA Reps:  The NESSA Rep is the Liaison between the coaches and the RC.  If you have questions, comments, or concerns, need help filling out your RP forms, questions on substitutions, etc., they are the first person to ask.  For this weekend, these are the NESSA Reps.

  • Bristol, RI - Ben Greenfield (SG)

  • Hyannis, MA - Andrew Burr (MV)

  • Quincy, MA  - Gary Werden (SHS)

  • Portland, ME - Rob Russell (EGHS)

  • Groton, CT - Chris Crane (MB)

2. Selection for Presidents Trophy: This is the final weekend of racing before Selection to the Presidents Trophy next weekend.  Members of the coaching poll panel will be submitting their rankings on Sunday evening.  Therefore, is it incumbent on all coaches vying for selection to make sure they their scores are posted.  Anything missing can be submitted to me asap.

• 2024 NESSA Rankings

The O'Day qualifiers are next Sunday (4/28) in five locations around the district. Here is what you need to know.

1. Regatta website:

   1. Your site assignment is listed on the second tab of the "entries" post.

   2. Schools listed in Green have met the requirements to compete.  School still listed in white have not.  Most likely, those in white have not crossed the "three meet/regatta" threshold yet.  If you represent one of those schools, please reach out to your League Representative for guidance.

   3. Three sites have activated their Tech Score pages. Two others are expected to be active in the next 24 hours,  That site will be your first choice for questions regarding next Sunday.  Please check for any special site specific information (parking, food, etc.) that may be posted for your site.

2. Database and Tech Score. 

   1. All of your sailors should be entered in the NESSA Database prior to the weekend, so that it has time to "shake hands" with the Tech Score Database.  

   2. Your Tech Score account should already be active.  Questions concerning Tech Score are handled through the ISSA office located in California.  The office is not open on weekends, so if you wait until Saturday to troubleshoot, you will be out of luck.

   3. There are penalties for improper or missing Race Participation (RP) information that are outlined in the ISSA Procedural Rules.

3. Withdrawal: 

   1. The deadline to withdraw from this regatta without penalty is 0930 on Friday April 26th. 

   2. Penalties for late withdrawal are listed in the NESSA District Rules (Article L). 

   3. Schools are probation should pay careful heed to their obligations.  The up-to-date NESSA Probation List can be found here.

4. Questions: Reach out to these people in this order.

   1. Individual Regatta Chairs

      • Hyannis, MA - Brent Jansen (Barnstable HS)

      • Groton, CT - Prescott, Littlefield (Williams School)

      • Briston, RI - Jonathan Harley (Portsmouth Abbey)

      • Quincy, MA - Patrick Broome (Milton Academy)

      • Portland ME - Sam Scribner (Portland HS)

   2. Event Chair - Prescott, Littlefield (Williams School)

   3. NESSA VP -  Jonathan Harley (Portsmouth Abbey)

Team Race results are flowing in.  Coaches, please check that the data for your team is correct . If you find a mistake, let me know. The first coach pool was submitted last night.  Karl will post it in the 2024 Rankings page when it is completed.

Coop Teams and 8^th Graders:  In accordance with ISSA PR 1.2 (b) "All competitors must be full time students, in the 9th grade or higher, of the school they represent, and subject to the academic and disciplinary requirements of that school. A student is considered to be in his or her grade for the school year, including past graduation or advancement to the next level, until the new school year starts."

What does this mean:

• For NESSA Fleet Racing Championships and qualifiers to NESSA championships (O'Day, Herreshoff, Healy), this rule is in place.

• For NESSA Team Racing Championship (Presidents trophy) and NESSA Team Racing Tournament (Terk Trophy), this rule is in place.

• The NESSA "gray area" involved dual meets that are used to establish a record for consideration to the NESSA Teams (Presidents and/or Terk).  The default is that this rule is in place.  However, each dual meet is an individual contract between the two schools.  If BOTH schools agree BEFOREHAND to change the rules and count the scores, they can.

• Finally, those running their own regattas (where NESSA is not the OA) can establish whatever rules they want so long as those rules are announced beforehand, usually in a Notice of Race and/or Sailing Instructions

Hope this helps clarify the situation.

Site Assignments for the O'Day and Herreshoff Trophies have been posted on the NESSA website.  If you go to the second tab on the "entries" spreadsheet, you will see the site that your school has been assigned.    Here are direct links:

• O'Day Quals.       (Sunday April 28, 2024)

• Herreshoff Quals  (Sat May 11, 2024)

A reminder about NESSA District Rules

• Article K, section 2 (d): "Schools must sail at least three scheduled meets or regattas prior to the championship between two or more schools in the season that the championship is being held (fall or spring)."  Schools that have crossed this threshold are highlighted in Green on the site assignment page. Data is captured from the NESSA Team Racing Scores and Tech Score m- Spring 2024.  If there is data outside of these sources (FNL, PBR, etc.), please share it with me.  The goal is to get each school registered over this important safety threshold.

• Article L - Failure to Compete: Schools have until 48 hours prior to the regatta report time to withdraw from a regatta penalty free.  Schools that withdraw within 48 hours are put on probation for two years.  School that violate this District Rule while on probation are barred from ALL NESSA REGATTA for the next year.  Here is a link to the current probation list from the homepage of the website.

• Article M - Trophy Winner Responsibilities: The following schools are put on notice that they are responsible for bringing the NESSA trophy to the regatta. Consequences for failing to do such are outlined in the District Rules.

  • O'Day - St. George's School

  • Presidents - Brunswick School

  • Herreshoff - St. George's School

Regatta Registration: Registration for the Spring NESSA Regattas CLOSES TONIGHT at 2359 on April 1, 2024.   

A few things to keep in mind.

1. 1. You need to be a member before you can register.

   2. Registration is not complete until you Sign up and Pay through the PayPal Link

   3. If you are registering for consideration for the Teams (Presidents and/or Terk), you must include your schedule on the official NESSA TR Schedule excel form found on the website.  All other formats will not be counted.

   4. If a school registers more than once, we strike the first registration and we count the second registration.

Here are the links to the various sites.

• O'Day Quals

• Teams (Presidents and Terk)

• Herreshoff Quals

NOTE WELL:

1. Marblehead HS has not paid for NESSA Teams Consideration.

2. Choate Rosemary Hall has paid but not registered for NESSA Teams Consideration 

3. Mount Desert Isle HS has not paid for the Herreshoff.

4. Yarmouth HS (ME) has not paid for the Herreshoff.

Questions, comments, or concerns?  Let's hear them before midnight.

1. Regatta Registration: Registration for the Spring NESSA Regattas CLOSES at 2359 on April 1, 2024.   A few things to keep in mind.

   1. You need to be a member before you can register.

   2. Registration is not complete until you Sign up and Pay through the PayPal Link

   3. If you are registering for consideration for the Teams (Presidents and/or Terk), you must include your schedule on the official NESSA TR Schedule excel form found on the website.  All other formats will not be counted.

   4. If a school registers more than once, we strike the first registration and we count the second registration.

Here are the links to the various sites.

• O'Day Quals

• Teams (Presidents and Terk)

• Herreshoff Quals

1. Reporting scores?  Check out the Rankings page on the NESSA Website. Here are some FAQ.

   1. How to score a meet Properly?

   2. Who do I send scores to?

   3. What format do I use?

   4. How to I find the other coaches email to CC them?

COACHES MEETING: There will be a NESSA coaches Zoom meeting on Thursday March 21, 2024, at 2000 (8 pm).

For a recording of the Zoom Call, contact JoinNESSA@Gmail.com

Agenda:

• Registration for NESSA Regattas

• ISSA Procedural Rules  & NESSA District Rules

• Team Race scores and how the 2024 NESSA Team Race Championship (Presidents Trophy) and the NESSA Team Race Tournament (Terk Trophy) will run this year.

• Database management and Tech Score

• Other questions relating to Spring season. If you want to submit your question beforehand, this will allow the NESSA officers to provide a thorough answer.  Submit questions here.

1. Regatta Registration: Registration for the Spring NESSA Regattas is open until 2359 on April 1, 2024.  Here are the links to the various sites

• O'Day Quals

• Teams (Presidents and Terk)

• Herreshoff Quals

      A few things to keep in mind.

      a)  You need to be a member before you can register.
      b) Registration is not complete until you Sign up and Pay through the PayPal Link
      c) If a school registers more than once, we strike the first registration and we count the second registration.

      If you have questions, attend the NESSA Coaches Spring Meeting Thursday March 21, 2024, at 2000 (8 pm). 

2. Intersectional Opportunity.  There will be an Intersectional Fleet Race in Tom's River, NY on March 23-24. NOR is attached. NJISA is holding a few large berths from out of District teams.  Any NESSA school interested should contact Jason Lutz for more information.

3. Team Race Scores: With Team Racing competitions starting as early as this weekend, let's take a moment to reminder & educate every one of the protocols for reporting a Team Race score. (From the Rankings Page of the NESSA Website).

     a) Proper form really helps me navigate the crushing amount of data that comes in during the season. 
     b) Also, CCing the other coach really helps too.  Otherwise, I have to look up that data to reply and frankly, I don't have the time to do            your job for you ��

Fri 3/1/2024 8:48

1. Registration: Registration for the Spring NESSA Regattas opened this morning.  The registration window will close at 2359 on April 1, 2024.

• O'Day Quals

• Teams (Presidents and Terk)

• Herreshoff Quals

1. Team Racing Schedule: If you are registering for the NESSA Teams (Presidents and Terk), you need to submit your schedule on the official TR Schedule Form (an excel document).  See Carl's email for further clarification.

2. Regatta Fees: Registrations are not complete until regatta fees are paid. Payment should be through the NESSA PayPal Portal.  You can pay each one individually ($25 for O'Day, $25 for Herreshoff, $40 for Teams consideration) or you can send in one fee ($90) for all three Regattas. Don't pay the $100 Teams selection fee ($100) until your school has been selected.

3. Questions?: Attend the COACHES MEETING: There will be a NESSA coaches Zoom meeting on Thursday March 21, 2024, at 2000 (8 pm). Zoom Meeting link.

This weeks things to consider.

1. NESSA REGATTAS: Registration for all NESSA Regattas opens at 0800 on March 1, 2024, and close at 2359 on April 1, 2024.  See website for details.  

• O'Day Quals

• Teams (Presidents and Terk)

• Herreshoff Quals

Remember only NESSA Member schools can register for NESSA Regattas.
Want to know your membership status?  Check the NESSA directory.

Questions about the season?

1. COACHES MEETING: There will be a NESSA coaches Zoom meeting on Thursday March 21, 2024, at 2000 (8 pm). Zoom Meeting link.

   Agenda:

• Registration for NESSA Regattas

• Team Race scores and how the 2024 NESSA Team Race Championship (Presidents Trophy) and the NESSA Team Race Tournament (Terk Trophy) will run this year.

• Database management and Tech Score

• Other questions relating to Spring season

ORDER FORM

This form is to purchase used PCISA CFJ Sails. These sails were purchased by PCISA in 2018 from North Sails and used as the District Racing Sails (#'s 43-64) through fall 2023 (note: these sails were not used at all from March 10, 2020 until May 1, 2021). They are still in very good to excellent condition. New sets of North CFJ Sails currently retail for more than $1500++ (plus tax & shipping). Money from the sale of these sails will help fund the purchase of new PCISA District CFJ sails. These sails can be picked up from the US Sailing Center-Long Beach, CA, immediately (with Appointment).

Use of this form to purchase sails requires immediate payment by Credit/Debit Card. Sales are final. Based on the timestamp of Card processing, these sails are sold on a 1st come, 1st serve basis until 22 sets are sold. If more than 22 sets of sails are sold before this order form is disabled, purchasers with later timestamps will be refunded.

Note: Purchasing Organization must directly support PCISA Member School Sailing Teams.

Initially (until further notice), a PCISA Member Team may only purchase up to three sets of sails. A supporting organization may only purchase up to three sets of sails per Current PCISA Member Team that it supports. If there are still sails available these sails will be offered to teams/organizations that note in the form below that they would like to purchase additional sails.

PCISA RESERVES THE RIGHT TO INTERPRET THESE GUIDELINES AND APPROVE/DENY ALL PURCHASES FOR FAIRNESS TO ALL PCISA MEMBER SCHOOLS.

$600 each set (Main and Jib in Sailbag). Battens Included. No Jib Sheets.

Questions? Contact: Michael Segerblom, mikesego@ussclb.org

PCISA
United States Sailing Center
5489 E Ocean Blvd
Long Beach, CA 90803-4405

A couple of things to mull over as you watch the Super Bowl this evening.

1. NESSA REGATTAS: Registration for all NESSA Regattas opens at 0800 on March 1, 2024, and close at 2359 on April 1, 2024.  See website for details.

• O'Day Quals

• Teams (Presidents and Terk)

• Herreshoff Quals

2. COACHES MEETING: There will be a NESSA coaches Zoom meeting on Thursday March 21, 2024 at 2000 (8 pm). Zoom Meeting link.

   Agenda:

• Registration for NESSA Regattas

• Team Race scores and how the 2024 NESSA Team Race Championship (Presidents Trophy) and the NESSA Team Race Tournament (Terk Trophy) will run this year.

• Database management and Tech Score

• Other questions relating to Spring season

4. UMPIRE TRAINER: NEISA (our college cousins) is hosting a One Day In-Person Umpire Seminar. This seminar is a Team Race Umpire Seminar targeted to those interested in Collegiate team race umpiring. It will cover the basics. The umpire test will not be offered at the conclusion of the training. For those coaches who do a lot of team racing, this is an excellent opportunity to see what umpires are looking for so you can coach your team up better.

• The Seminar is Hosted by New England Intercollegiate Association (NEISA). 

• Held at Edgewood Yacht Club, Home to Brown University Sailing (1 Shaw Ave, Cranston, RI.) 

• The Instructors for this seminar are Peter Wilson and Steven Wolff.

• Seminar Schedule: Saturday, February 24, 2024. 10:00 am to 3:00 pm

• Register here

Good morning NESSA,

1. NORs for the NESSA Regattas (O'Day & O'Day Qualifiers, Herreshoff & Herreshoff Qualifiers, Presidents, and Terk) have been posted on the schedule page of the NESSA website. Registration for those regattas will open at 0800 on March 1, 2024, and close at 2359 on April 1, 2024.

A few reminders as we head toward the spring season:

• Schools must be NESSA Members to register for a NESSA regatta.  The status of all schools is posted on the Directory page of the website. 
• To complete all registrations, payment of regatta fees must be done through the NESSA PayPal portal. 
• I did create an option that allows a school to pay for all three NESSA spring championships (O'Day, Teams consideration, and Herreshoff) at the same time. It should be "live" by Feb 1st.
• To register for the NESSA Teams (Presidents and Terk), you only pay the $40 "consideration fee" at this time.  The attendance fee is billed later to those schools that actually attend the Presidents/Terk.
• Schools may withdraw from a regatta at least 48 hours prior to the report time without penalty.  
• Inside of 48 hours, schools will be placed on probation in accordance with NESSA District Rule Section L.  
• A list of schools already on Probation can be found here.

2. NESSA Plans to host a ZOOM Meeting to walk through the regatta registration process, database management, Tech Score, and other portion of the District rules in February.  Stay Tuned for details.

3. Finally, if you no longer wish to receive these emails, instructions on how to remove yourself from the list are below.

1. Weekend Recap: Congrats to the six schools who ventured to King's Point this weekend for the Fall ACCs.  Sorry, there was not a lot of wind, but glad they were able to get off the minimal number of races to constitute a regatta.

2. NESSA Annual Meeting was a good success.  There was good discussion surroundings several topics.  The Annual Meeting Minutes should be ready to post by the weekend.

3. Want more sailing.  While most of NESSA is closing up and putting boats away, the NOR for the Rose Bowl Regatta was just posted.  Those interested in in traveling to Southern California in January should take a look.

1. Good luck to the five NESSA schools headed to the Fall ACCs this weekend at King's Point. You can follow the results on Tech Score.

2. NESSA Annual Meeting - Sunday November 5, 2023, in the Sinclair Room at Moses Brown School

   NB: Day Light Savings ends on Sunday morning at 0200.  Fall Back.

   Registration link

   0930 - Scheduling Meeting
   1030 - Annual Meeting

   Agenda:

• Secretary's Report
• Treasurer's report
• Vice President's Report
• President's report
• Update from the ISSA Annual Meeting
• New Business

1. Recap from the weekend.  Tabor Academy finished second at the Roy Williams Invitational yesterday and earned the 4^th NESSA berth to the Fall ACCs along with Barrington HS (Casco Bay Open), The Brunswick School (NESSA Fall Funfest), and St Georges (Arnold Brown Regatta).  All four schools are reminded that registration closes today at 5 pm. 

   The ACCs also have a few at-large berths available.  If your school did not earn a berth and would like to be considered for an at-large berth, fill out this form by 5 pm today as well.

2. The C420 Team Race Midwinter Championship event is being hosted at Clearwater Community Sailing Club, December 16-17, 2023. Sailors who are interested should check out the NOR.  This regatta should be similar to the wildly popular CJ Buckley regatta.

3. NESSA Annual Meeting - Sunday November 5, 2023, in the Sinclair Room at Moses Brown School
   Registration link
   0930 - Scheduling Meeting
   1030 - Annual Meeting
   Agenda:

• Secretary's Report
• Treasurer's report
• Vice President's Report
• President's report
• Update from the ISSA Annual Meeting
• New Business

1. Last call for 2023-2024 membership renewal at the discounted price.  Dues will increase in November.To secure the lower rate, go online and confirm the status of your school. https://nessa.hssailing.org/schools

• If status says “active”, then your school is all set for this year.

• If status is “pending,” this means that the on-line data has been updated but the dues check was not received.  Please fill out and sign the attached invoice and mail with an appropriate check to the address on the form or you can pay through the PayPal link on the website.

• If status is listed as “inactive,” this means that the on-line portion of registration has not been completed and the dues check has not been received.  Please:

  • Log on to the “team registration” page and follow the directions.  https://registration.hssailing.org/

  • Fill out and sign the attached invoice and mail with an appropriate check to the address on the form or you can pay through the PayPal link on the website.

1. Recap from the weekend. The weather delayed Arnold brown Regatta was won by St. Georges, which qualifies them for the 3^rd NESSA berth at the Fall ACCs along with Barrington HS (Casco Bay Open) and The Brunswick School (NESSA Fall Funfest). NESSA's final berth will be decided at the Roy Williams Invitationals sailed at St George's this Sunday (10/22).

2. Roy Williams Regatta: Roy Williams and I started our coaching careers in NESSA in the late 1980s.  Roy was out at the Kent School, taking over for the legendary Tim Scott, before moving to St George's in the early 1990s to take over for the legendary Steve Leslie. Roy coached SG to two Baker wins (2008 & 2016), several NE Team Racing (1998, 2003, 2006, 2008, 2014, 2015, 2016) and Fleet Racing (1998, 2003, 2005, 2008, 2017) Championships, and many more podium finishes in his 35+ year coaching career,  I always enjoyed the intense competition against Roy's teams as they often brought out the best in both teams..  A legion in his own right, Roy stepped away from coaching in June.  This regatta in his name is a wonderful acknowledgment of his contribution to the sport of High School Sailing not only on a national stage but in New England and at St George's too.

3. NESSA Annual Meeting - Sunday November 5, 2023, in the Sinclair Room at Moses Brown School

      Registration link

      0930 - Scheduling Meeting

      1030 - Annual Meeting

      Agenda:

• Secretary's Report
• Treasurer's report
• Vice President's Report
• President's report
• Update from the ISSA Annual Meeting
• New Business

1. Recap from the weekend. 

   Congrats to the Brunswick School for winning the NESSA Fall Funfest (Gleekman Trophy) and earning the second NESSA berth at the Fall ACCs.  Barrington HS secured the first berth with its win at the Casco Bay Open in early September.  The final two berths will be distributed at the delayed Arnold Brown Regatta on Martha's Vineyard (Oct 14) and the Roy Williams Invitational at St. Georges (Oct 22).

2. 7^th and 8^th graders:  

   One of the items on the ISSA Annual Meeting agenda this Friday is a discussion regarding 7^th and 8^th graders. For some historical context, when I first started coaching, 8^th graders were allowed to compete in high school sailing so long as "the school had an 8^th grade in the school."  (think Belmont Hill or Barnstable HS, but not a school where the 8^th graders were in a different school building in the district). The board adjusted the threshold to its present language of "9^th grader or higher" in the early 1990. Nationally, there has been a 7^th & 8^th graders creep into local regattas - not national regattas or national qualifiers - with different districts allowing different things at the district level.  The Board wants to codify expectations.  If you have thoughts on 7^th and 9^th graders, please feel free to share them with me before 0800 et on Friday.

3. Membership: ISSA/NESSA dues are expected to increase in November.  To secure the lower rate, go online and confirm the status of your school. https://nessa.hssailing.org/schools

• If status says “active”, then your school is all set for this year.

• If status is “pending,” this means that the on-line data has been updated but the dues check was not received.  Please fill out and sign the attached invoice and mail with an appropriate check to the address on the form or you can pay through the PayPal link on the website.

• If status is listed as “inactive,” this means that the on-line portion of registration has not been completed and the dues check has not been received.  Please:

  • Log on to the “team registration” page and follow the directions.  https://registration.hssailing.org/

  • Fill out and sign the attached invoice and mail with an appropriate check to the address on the form or you can pay through the PayPal link on the website.

5. NESSA Annual Meeting - Sunday November 5, 2023, in the Sinclair Room at Moses Brown School

Registration link

0930 - Scheduling Meeting

1030 - Annual Meeting

Agenda:

• Secretary's Report
• Treasurer's report
• Vice President's Report
• President's report
• Update from the ISSA Annual Meeting
• New Business

1. Recap from the weekend.
   1. Congrats to Barrington HS (RI), Cape Cod Academy (MA), & Martha's Vineyard RHS (MA) for qualifying for the Great Oaks Regatta in New Orleans November 18-19. Full results
       
2. Three more Fall ACC qualifiers are coming up in the next three weeks. The top eligible school will join Barrington HS, who won the Casco Bay Open back in early September, representing NESSA at the Fall ACCs.  Registration for all three events has been brisk, so if your team is on a registration list right now, but you are not planning to attend anymore, please alert the host so that someone from the waitlist can compete.Here is the lineup
   • Oct 7: NESSA Fall Funfest for the Wally Gleekman Trophy (Sharon, MA)
   • Oct 14: re-scheduled Arnold Brown Regatta (Vineyard Haven, MA)
   • Oct 22: Newly renamed Roy Williams Invitational hosted by St George's (Newport, RI)
      

3.  NESSA Annual Meeting - Sunday November 5, 2023 in the Sinclair Room at Moses Brown School
   0930 - Scheduling Meeting
   1030 - Annual Meeting
   Agenda:

• Secretary's Report
• Treasurer's report
• Vice President's Report
• President's report
• Update from the ISSA Annual Meeting
• New Business

1. Recap from weekend F4.
   1. Congrats to St George's school who bested 7 other schools to earn NESSA's berth at the National Keelboat Invitational in December.
       
   2.  Six sailors are headed to New Orleans to represent NESSA in the ISSA National Singlehanded Championship for the Cressy Trophy at the end of October.
      • ILCA 7 Open:    Cal Kinnear '25 (The Hotchkiss School)  & Conrad Staden '24 (Darien HS)
      • ILCA 6 Girls:    Perrin Mueller '26 (Tabor Academy)  & Alice Dunning '25 (North Kingstown HS)
      • ILCA 6 Boys:    Grayden Mott '25 (Tabor Academy)  & Sebastian Sheppard '27 (Greenwich HS)

2. Two regattas on the slate this weekend:

• Great Oaks Regatta Qualifier  (9/30) 
• Duxbury Fall Invite (10/1).  

Both are over-subscribed, so if you are on the registration list and your plans have changed, an early withdrawal is appreciated. For the GOR Q withdrawal before 0930 on Thursday 9/26 can be done without penalty.  Schools on the posted NESSA probation list should take note.

The annual PCISA Girls Invitational regatta will once again be hosted at Mission Bay Yacht Club in San Diego. Check out the Notice of Race, and invited teams can register online.

Weekend Update:

Due to Hurricane Lee, Both the Arnold Brown Regatta slated for Martha's Vineyard in Saturday (9/16) and the NESSA National Keelboat Invitation Qualifiers at SailMaine on Sunday (9/17) have been postponed.

The NBKI will be Sunday Sept 24 (Yes, this will conflict with day 2 of the Healy).

The ABR will be Saturday October 14.

Schools that are registered for either regatta who can no longer attend have should notify the host asap so that schools on the wait list may participate if they are able.

Be safe this weekend.

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1. Membership
   • A number of schools have registered for Regattas this fall but have not paid their 2023-2024 ISSA/NESSA Dues.  
   • Those schools run the risk of being removed from the registration list.
   • Dues can be paid quickly through the NESSA PayPal Portal
   • Check your school's membership status in the NESSA Directory.  If you are listed as "pending" or "inactive", scroll down to the Membership Section for further instructions.
      
2. Regatta Fees:
   • There are schools who have not paid their NESSA regattas fees yet.  Fees are paid through the NESSA PayPal Portal
   • Schools that have not paid run the risk of being removed from the registration list to make room for schools on the wait list who have paid.
   • If you think I made a mistake (entirely possible), please let me know.
   • Check your school's status:

     • NKBI Quals

     • Healy
     • GOR Quals
     • Fall Funfest - Gleekman
        
3. PCISA Girls:
   • If you are interested in representing NESSA, email me before Sept 18th.  
   • If there are more than three schools registered, the NESSA Officers will make the final decision.
   • More info below.
      
4. Hurricane Lee:
   • Track on Hurricane Lee has parts of NESSA in its sites with Cape Cod, the Islands, and the coast of Maine being officially in the "cone of uncertainty."  
   • Whether we get a direct hit or a glancing blow, both Sail MV (Host for the Arnold Brown Regatta) and SailMaine (Host of the NBKI qualifiers) are vunerable.  Schools participating in the ABR and NKBIQ should look for the host sites for updates as we approach this weekend.  
   • If NESSA needs to reschedule these regattas, we will alert everyone as soon as possible through the website and email list.  
   • Stay safe this weekend.

1. Registration for Fall Regattas:

• Registration for NESSA Regattas (FFF, GOR Quals, NKBI Quals, Healy) opened today at noon.
• Regatta fees for these events should be paid through the NESSA PayPal Portal
• Duxbury Fall Invite opens tomorrow at 0900
• St George's Invite opens on Sept 11th.

2. Tech Score: 
First fall regattas (Casco Bay Open) is this Saturday.  In order to compete, you need to have an active Tech Score account.  These can take 24 hours to set up.

• Coaches are urged to check access to their account today.  I just checked mine and the system is working, although it did take me three attempts to get the username and password correct.
• To ensure that all of your sailors are in Tech Score, they need to be in your school's ISSA/NESSA directory page. Please update those pages today too - this is where the 24-hour time lag occurs.
• To do any of this, your school needs to be a 2023-2024 NESSA member. If your school is not listed as "active" on the Directory Page, you are not a member and therefore ineligible for competition yet.

So, coaches, advisors, parents and friends. There is a lot of do to stand up your program for the season. Today is the day to act; Friday evening may be too late.

3.  PCISA Girls Regatta:
For those who are interested in attending the PCISA Girls Invite, the NOR is attached. NESSA has three berths that we need to commit to by 1700 PDT Monday, September 18, 2023

If you are interested in representing NESSA, email me before Sept 18th.  If there are more than three schools registered, the NESSA Officers will make the final decision.

Membership:

• Memberships are flowing in.  
• Need to be a member before you can register for a NESSA regatta.
• See below for more details.
• 2023-2024 Directory

Fall Regattas:

• NORs are posted for almost all the Fall regattas on the schedule page.  
• Please read the directions carefully on each one regarding registration procedures.

Enjoy the first days of school.

FALL REGATTAS:

NORs for five fall regattas are posted on the Schedule page of the NESSA Website. 

Please note that (a) you must be a current NESSA member to register and (b) the dates that registration opens below.

• Arnold Brown Regatta - Sept 1st
• NESSA NBKI Quals - Sept 5th
• NESSA Singlehanded Champs (Healy) - Sept 5^th 
• NESSA GOR Quals - Sept 5^th 
• St George's Invite - Sept 11^th 

I hope to have information on the Casco Bay Open, the NESSA Fall Funfest, and the Duxbury Fal Invite in the next few days.  I will post them asap, so if you are interested in those regattas, check the schedule page daily.

MEMBERSHIP: 

In order to complete your school’s eligibility, please follow the directions below.  

Go online and confirm the status of your school. https://nessa.hssailing.org/schools

1. If status says “active”, then your school is all set for this year.

2. If status is “pending,” this means that the on-line data has been updated but the dues check was not received.  Please fill out and sign the attached invoice and mail with an appropriate check to the address on the form or you can pay through the PayPal link on the website.

3. If status is listed as “inactive,” this means that the on-line portion of registration has not been completed and the dues check has not been received.  Please:

   1. Log on to the “team registration” page and follow the directions.  https://registration.hssailing.org/

   2. Fill out and sign the attached invoice and mail with an appropriate check to the address on the form or you can pay through the PayPal link on the website.

Questions, comments, or concerns?  Please let me know.

MISSA MAILING LIST - ADD YOUR NEW PEOPLE
If you are getting this email, you are on our list! Please forward this message to anyone you think should be on our list, especially any new coaches or team leaders. I know many of our programs have a lot of new faces in the last year or so. Anyone may add themselves to the distribution list for future emails here: tinyurl.com/missa-mail. (And if you want to stop getting these, please just use the unsubscribe link at the bottom.) 

COMMUNICATIONS
A few years ago, we shifted more of the responsibility for communication and scheduling to the League level. For those who don't know, MISSA is made of three leagues -West (MN/WI), Central (IL/IN) and East (MI/OH). Each League should have an active League Committee that coordinates scheduling and communication within that area. This has been working better in some areas than in other, and our goal for this year is to get a strong, active, and proactive League Committee in each area. 

At the same time, we intend to work to improve communications from the MISSA District Committee. Several areas of improvement (website, scheduling visibility, social media presence) have been pointed out over the summer and we are working to address those. Meanwhile, you can all expect weekly updates through this mailing list. Please stay tuned.

Regrettably, we ended up not having an annual district meeting last school year. Under our new structure, these should take place in the spring. This year we will hold district wide meetings in both the fall and the spring and allow attendance by zoom. The fall meeting will be the weekend of Great Lakes Championships. Look for an official announcement next month.

FALL SCHEDULE
The official MISSA schedule is on our website. We are still looking for a host for a second Open Great Lakes Qualifier the weekend of October 14-15. If you can host a Tier 2 that weekend, please step forward! Look for another email later this week with some additional important information about fall qualifiers and looking for hosts for some spring events.

We would really like to see more local regattas scheduled, so if you are thinking of hosting, please let us know. (Our unofficial draft planning schedule is always visible at tinyurl.com/MISSA-schedule, but until we get NORs from the hosts, it isn't official.)

TEAM REGISTRATION 
Team registration opened August 1, and many of our teams have registered, but if you haven't, please do so right away at registration.hssailing.org. If you are new to the process, start by looking at the MISSA Team Admin Manual. It gives step-by-step instructions for getting your team info updated on both the ISSA registration page and TechScore. 

DUES
MISSA Dues of $125 per team can be paid via the PayPal link on the registration site. The dues cover the entire school year, not just the fall season. We lowered dues to $125 (the lowest of any district in ISSA) in 2016 and have not raised them since.  Schools that have only one or two sailors and will not participate in any qualifiers may use the dropdown menu to select the reduced dues of $100 per MISSA Rules 2.3.  

NOTICES OF RACE
Regatta hosts, please submit draft NORs to your League Rep and me as soon as possible. We shoot to get NORs posted at least 30 days ahead of time, so we'd like to get these from hosts as soon as possible. 

Thanks for taking the time to read this. Please let me or your League Rep know if you have any questions.

Ted Anderson
MISSA District Director
708 420 5233
sailingmissa@gmail.com

When you talk with Tim Hogan, he will tell you one of his greatest accomplishments is helping his four children become top sailors.  He told the Los Angeles Times, “I think the best thing about sailing for me has been watching my four children (Casey, Patrick, Matthew, Scott) enjoy the sport as much as I did.”

Since 2005 he has been President of the Interscholastic Sailing Association (ISSA). In the process he has become the champion of building interscholastic sailing in the United States.  Hogan and his Board virtually doubled the roster of teams over the past twenty years from about 330 until at the end of 2022 there were 626 high schools with competitive sailing teams.  Many of the high school sailors go on to compete in intercollegiate sailing.  These young sailors spend their future lives racing and spending time on the water.  Hogan has made a vital contribution to sailing in this country.  Tim says, “My initial inspiration for growing high school sailing was my four kids.  It quickly became apparent that this was an incredible opportunity to grow youth sailing.

Tim Hogan grew up in Newport Beach, California.   He improved his sailing skills as a youngster racing the popular Snowbirds and Sabots out of the Newport Harbor Yacht Club.  He went on to University of Southern California and was a three-time All American sailor.  His team, including Argyle Campbell, Susan Barneson and Cynthia (Cece) Cotton, won the Intercollegiate North American Championship in 1970 in a highly competitive regatta in Madison, Wisconsin.   Hogan was named College Sailor of the Year in 1969.  In 1970 he won B Division at the nationals.

Professionally, Hogan has had a long career in real estate in Southern California. He was president of Warmington Homes and continues to consult on real estate projects.  He has been successful racing offshore yachts taking Line Honors in the 1969 Trans-Atlantic Race aboard Kialoa II.  He was a podium finisher in the Congressional Cup and won the 1972 US Match Racing Championship.   In 1985 he became Chair of the California Interscholastic Sailing Association (CISA).   During his time as Chair, Roy Disney, made a substantial contribution that helped build an important training facility in Long Beach, California.  CISA hosts an annual racing clinic that attracts the top coaches and aspiring young sailors from around the country.  An impressive roster of CISA participants have gone on to race in the Olympic Games and win many World Championships.

Hogan’s contributions to the sport of sailing, both on the water and off, have had a significant impact on the lives of countless young people who have discovered their love for sailing under his leadership.

Gary Jobson

Happy Memorial Day,

It was a great weekend of Girls racing at CBC, MMA, and Sail Newport.  Thanks to all who made it happen and congrats to St George's for winning the Herreshoff Trophy for the third time in a row (2023, 2022, 2019).

Our thoughts turn to next weekend: Good Luck to St George's, Greenwich HS, and Hotchkiss, who are representing NESSA at the Mallory, and to Barrington HS, Milton, & East Greenwich who will be sailing at the P. King Memorial.

Wednesday June 14, 2023, at 8 pm, the NESSA ExComm invites all interested parties to join a ZOOM call to discuss Team Racing for 2024.    
Logistics will be sent out the week of.  For now, mark your calendar.

It was a great weekend of racing.  

• Congrats to Hotchkiss (3rd) and Brunswick (4th) at the wind shortened Baker. 
• Congrats to St George's (1st) and Greenwich HS (2nd) at the rain-soaked NIT.
• Congrats to St George's (RI States), Portland HS (Dick Levesque Maine TR Champs), Duxbury HS (MBL TR Champs), Greenwich Academy (CT States), and Dartmouth HS (C&I Girls) for being winner this weekend.

Attention turns to the NESSA Girls' Championship (Herreshoff Trophy) this weekend.  Qualifiers are set for Mass Maritime and Community Boating - New Bedford on Saturday with the finals on Sunday at Sail Newport. 

Directions to all three locations were added to the NESSA Schedule page today.

Remember, this is a NESSA championship, so 

• ISSA Procedureal Rules on eligibility are in effect.
• Article L of the District Rules, the deadline to withdraw penalty is 0930 on Thursday May 25, 2023. Email the regatta chair or NESSA VP
• St Georges (last year's winner) is responsible for bringing tor Trophy in accordance with Article M of the District Rules



 
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Good Luck to all who are competing.

A busy weekend of high school sailing is coming up. Brunswick and Hotchkiss are headed to Minnesota to represent NESSA at the Baker.  St. George's, Tabor, East Greenwich, and Greenwich HS head to Sharon where the Eagles will play host to schools from MASSA, MISSA, and NWISA at this weekend's NIT regatta.  And many leagues are holding events this weekend too. Good luck to all who are competing.

As a reminder, if you are using Tech Score for a regatta, and we want you to use Tech Score for all of your regattas,  please be aware of the following:

1. As host, it is your responsibility to make sure that all schools enter their Regatta Participation (RP) information fully and accurately.  Check the "Missing RP" tab before you let any school leave and help anyone who has not entered the data correctly do so properly.  This becomes cumbersome if you have non-member teams competing, but you can get it done.  If someone leaves without doing the RP info properly, unput the "no show" option for any missing person and assign them penalty points.
    
2. As host, it is your responsibility to "finalize" the regatta.  That means, all scores posted, a summary is written, and all RP info is entered.  Then click the button. Ideally this should be done when the regatta is over, but definitely within 24 hours.
    
3. Finally, if you started a regatta in Tech Score but end up not using it, delete the regatta.  

   Today there are 9 regattas that are "pending" (They have not been finalized), five that are "missing RP info", two with "no finishes" and 13 "teed up" and ready to roll in the next 6 days.  Please make sure that you do your part to clean up the system by the end of the season (June 1st).

Thanks.

NESSA Teams  (Presidents and Terk) Wrap Up: t was a great weekend on the Charles for the NESSA Teams.  Congrats to Brunswick School for winning the President's Trophy and qualifying to represent NESSA at the Baker. and to East Greenwich HS for winning the Terk and qualifying for the NIT.  Congrats as well to The Hotchkiss School who also qualified to represent NESSA at the Baker and to St George's School and Tabor Academy who qualified for the NIT.

Big thanks as well to Gary Warden (Sharon HS) for running both events, MIT for hosting, Roger Rawlings (Ex NESSA President) for being PRO, Andrew Nugnes (ex NESSA President) for being the CHUMP, and to all the other race official and umpires to helped make the regatta flow smoothly.

NESSA Fleet Racing (O'Day Trophy) look ahead: And now we turn the page to Fleet Racing.  NESSA Fleet Racing Championship (O'Day trophy) is this weekend: May 12-13, 2023.

1. O'Day qualifying sites have been posted since April 7th.  Please double check the list so that you show up in the right place on Saturday. (If your school is listed in Green, you are all set at attend).
    
2. If you need to drop out, the deadline to withdraw without penalty is 0930 on Thursday May 11, 2023.  Email Jonathan Harley or Prescott Littlefield (See NOR for email addresses).
    
3. In accordance with Article M of the NESSA District rules, Brunswick School is responsible for bringing the trophy.
    
4. Tech Score will be used at all sites this weekend to post results, race notices (like the SIs) and enter RP data.  Coaches, please make sure your Tech Score account works BEFORE arriving to the regatta site on Saturday.  Furthermore, make sure your school's database is up to date before Friday, so that all of the names appear on Tech Score.  Saturday will be too late and there are penalties for not complying.  

The forecast for the weekend looks good.  Good luck to all the schools.

I have posted all the meets that have been sent to me since the season started in March. Coaches, please check that the results for your school are accurate.  Report any discrepancies to me asap.  Tomorrow will be too late to make changes.

Scores

Rankings

Results from races that happen today should get reported to me by sundown.  How to score a meetAgain, tomorrow will be too late.

Further details on final rankings, etc. will come from Carl on Tuesday.

Finally, NESSA has made one change to the NOR which allows the selection committee to reach below the 16^th seed if a school does not accept their bid.

Below is the list of Invitees (and Alternates) to the 2022-23 PCISA Gold Pacific Coast Dinghy Championships to be held at the US Sailing Center - Long Beach, CA, on May 6-7, 2023. This list has been taken from the 2022-23 PCISA Rankings found at: http://pcisa.hssailing.org/rankings

If a school listed is sure they will attend the event, you do not need to take immediate action. If a school does not plan to attend the event or is not sure at this time, please email mikesego@ussclb.org stating either: XYZ School will not attend the Gold PCCs OR XYZ School may not attend the Gold PCCs, but we will get back to you ASAP and by or before April 14, 2023, with a final answer.

Alternates will be sent invitations via email as berths become available.

The Notice of Race with all event details is now posted. The Registration Deadline is April 21, 2023 at 5:00 pm PDT.

Boats and Sails will be provided. One Division Sailing at a Time & Rotating off the Beach
2 Divisions Regatta (A & B) with a minimum of 4 sailors and Max. of 8 Sailors per team
No 8th Graders, Combined Teams, or Borrowed Sailors (See PCISA Rules 3, 4, and 5)
Team Members that compete in the 2022-23 Silver Championships are not eligible for the Gold Championships

SCHOOL
1 Mater Dei
2 Point Loma
3 San Marcos
4 Corona Del Mar
5 Newport Harbor
6 Coronado
7 Santa Monica
8 Parker
9 Santa Barbara
10 Cathedral Catholic
11 Redwood
12 The Bay School of SF
13 Palos Verdes
14 Pacific Palisades Charter
15 Mission Bay
16 Mira Costa
17 La Jolla Country Day
18 Loyola
19 Urban School
20 Stevenson
21 St. Ignatius
22 La Jolla

Alternates (In Order)
23 Convent & Stuart Hall
24 Alameda
25 San Domenico
26 Sato
27 San Pedro
28 Los Alamitos
29 Design Tech
30 Tamalpais

Three things today:

1. NESSA Spring Championships: Registration window for NESSA Spring Championships closes on April 1 at 2359.  To check your school's status, click the link below.  Remember, payment must be received for registration to be valid.  There are a number of schools that have either yet to pay regatta fees or pay your 2022-2023 NESSA membership fee.  April 1^st is the last day to complete this task.  After that, you will be removed from the registration list.  I understand that this is new for some of you (parents trying to figure out what you need to do for the first time).  AFTER reviewing the registration list for reach regatta, if you have questions, ASK!

Here are the links to the thee regatta websites.

• TEAMS (Presidents and Terk)
• O'Day Qualifiers
• Herreshoff Qualifiers

2. RESULTS: Results from team races have started to flow in (East Greenwich vs P Abbey was the first this year).  Read the protocols below to understand how to report your scores.

3. LOGISTICS: As a coach of an "active" team, here is what you need to do right now?

1. Database Management.  Is your page on the NESSA/ISSA Directory page of website up to date, including coach contact info, team roster, etc.  If not, log in and update the information.
    
2. Tech Score: To compete in High School sailing,  a team needs to access their school's Tech Score page.  Each school gets one set of credentials.  If you are new to your program, contact the person who had them last year to get the log in credentials.  If that is not possible, there are directions at the bottom of the Tech Score page as to what to do next.  A switchover takes time, so this now would be the time to act.

Database management and Tech Score assess is best taken care of WELL before your first meet.  The night before will be too late. 

The Notice of Race is posted and registration is open for the NorCal Divisional Championship in Redwood Creek on April 8th.

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