Sailing

Dartmouth sailors, both men and women, did well in the first two regattas of the fall season. They took second in the big boat races at the Coast Guard Academy on September 6 and captured the same runner-up honors among the women in the ManLabs Trophy regatta at MIT on September 13-14.

While most intercollegiate sailing competition is in small, two-person boats, big boats are raced in the prestigious McMillan Cup regatta for the eastern championship. Dartmouth won the McMillan Cup in 1942 with Bus Mosbacher '43 as helmsman and again in 1973 with Duncan Todd '74 as captain. For the qualifying New England trials on September 6 the usual Luders 44-foot yawls were used. A relatively inexperienced Dartmouth team had an arduous week of practice in an Off-Shore 40-footer loaned by Dave Pritchard '42, with the help of Skip Raymond '58. Under Coaches Duncan Todd '74 and Art Allen '32, the team developed remarkably. Merrill Ulmer '88 was helmsman, Nicole Rimpel 'BB tactician, and Paal Gisholt '87 foredeck boss. Crew members were Dan Keane '87, Bob Cumming '87, Rob Kyle '89, Chris Kennedy '89, and Walter Colsman '89. The Green team sailed a fine four-race series and finished a strong second to a skilled Connecticut College crew and well ahead of third and fourth-place Coast Guard Academy and Maine Maritime Academy.

In the Man-Labs Trophy competition, Dartmouth's women sailors engaged in 36 races on the Charles River and finished only seven points behind first-place Boston University and ahead of several top eastern teams, including Brown and Tufts, who were one-two in the Women's North American Dinghy Championships last spring. Other teams behind Dartmouth were Harvard, Navy, MIT, Boston College, and Simmons. The "A" Division team consisted of Julie Zahniser '88 and Anne-Marie Weldon 'BB. The "B" team was skippered by Merrill Ulmer '88 with Amy Baker '87 as crew. The top two places qualified for the Victorian Urn regatta, considered the women's New England championship, which was sailed October 25—26 at Radcliffe.

Dartmouth sailing, a fully recognized DCAC sport but self-financed, has greatly improved its Lake Mascoma facilities, which are among the best in New England. The original clubhouse has been totally refurbished with men's and women's locker rooms and washrooms and a workshop. It has been named the Arthur E. Allen Jr. Boathouse in honor of Art Allen '32 of Hanover, coach and patron of Dartmouth sailing, who over the past 15 years has played a major role in reestablishing the sport. Two new sheds provide ample storage, on carts, for a fleet of 24 Flying Junior sloops, all with new suits of sails. Brown and the Coast Guard are the only other New England schools able to put 24 identical boats on the starting line for a major regatta. Six Interclub dinghies have been retained for practice, and three Boston Whalers serve as coaching boats. Last year dock replacement was completed and a treated wood dock extends 85 feet into the lake with a 40-foot T at the end.

Julian Okwu '87, soccer co-captain fromNew Haven, Conn., is a striker with exceptional speed and good ball control.