JAMES ISLAND HEADS FOR ISSA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
“Our school had finally broken that streak,” said Coach Hamm. “It was close the entire regatta with crazy weather as we were right on a stalled frontal line.” Held at the Florida Yacht Club in Jacksonville, Fla., the event pitted six teams from the north part of the district against six from the south and one from the U.S. Virgin Islands, coincidentally coached by Russ O’Reilly. James Island was the 1st place team from the Coastal region going.
In the end, the Charleston team edged out O’Reilly’s Virgin Islanders by one point. “Not until they came out with the results and announced the awards did we know for sure that we had done it,” Hamm said. “They gave us our beautiful third place trophy and our North Champs plaque. We could not be prouder of our kids.”
Team includes (seniors) Lauren Hamm, Drew Lisicki, Kurt Hertel, Justin Carper, Colin Rupp, Peter Rupp and (sophomore) Jack Cabell. The team practices each Wednesday at the Charleston Community Sailing Inc.
FIRST BAPTIST TRIUMPHS AT SAISA NP SILVER CHAMPIONSHIP
The NP Silver Championship Regatta was held in the Brunswick River at Brunswick Landing Marina on Saturday, March 29. After a 2½ hour delay with no wind, the wind finally built to light and variable, and 8 races were completed. Local Charleston team, First Baptist School took first place, and wins a berth in the 2008-09 ISSA 10th Great Oaks Championship to be held in New Orleans at SYC this fall. Congratulations Team!!!
SUMMER SAILING 2008 PROGRAMS AVAILABLE - SIGN UP TODAY!
JUNIOR INSTRUCTOR PROGRAM
This program trains young sailors to become leaders by teaching other young sailors how to sail. Must be involved in High School Sailing, or up to that ability, and want to assist in teaching beginners how to sail. Applicants must be 15-18 years of age. A stipend may be offered for commitments greater than one week. All inquiries should be emailed to info@charlestoncommunitysailing.org.
IT’S TIME FOR BUDDY SAIL, VOLUNTEER TODAY!!!
All sessions will be run at Charleston Community Sailing. If you are a strong dinghy sailor and are confident that you can “single hand” a Collegiate 420 if need be then you are invited to volunteer as a “buddy”, and pair up with one of the kids from the Boys and Girls club of Charleston for an afternoon out on the water. If you would like to volunteer, but do not want to sail, we always need more help rigging up the boats and running the safety boats. Please call or email CCS and let us know which sessions you will be able to help us with, or if you can make all of them EVEN BETTER! Help us keep kids off the streets and make a difference in the community!
2008 Dates: April 26 & May 3
