Dear Alumni/ae, Parents, and Friends of Brown Sailing:

The Brown Sailing Team has one more day of practice left before heading to the Intercollegiate National Dinghy Championship in Charleston, SC. The coed team is ready and very excited to get down to Charleston for some great racing after winning the New England Championship three weeks ago at Brown. Heading to Nationals from the Bears are the A-division team of skipper Charles Enright '07 (Bristol, RI) and crews Arlene Chung '06 (Murrysville, PA) and Jennifer Bauer '06 (Lockport, NY). Richard Hale '06 (Annapolis, MD) will skipper B-division with crews Monica Stein '07 (Redwood City, CA), Jessica Majno '08 (Sudbury, MA), Meris Tombari '08 (Fishers Island, NY), and Will Turnbull '08 (Sausalito, CA). Matthew Amarante '08 (Wayne, NJ) will be the extra skipper and it looks like a large number of other Brown Bears will be coming down as well to support the team.

On behalf of the entire Brown Sailing program, I want to thank everyone who has supported us and helped this team remain one of the best sailing teams in all of college sailing. The Alumni Regatta and Dedication of the New Fleet was Saturday, May 13th and was a great success. All 24 boats were filled at the event by Alumni, Parents, and current Brown sailors for some great racing despite the rainy weather. Afterwards, a huge turnout of more than 80 sailors and supporters were on hand for a great ceremony recognizing and thanking all of our donors who made the new fleet possible. The ceremony, held in the Darby Room at the Edgewood Yacht Club, was led by Brown Sports Foundation Executive Director Steven King '91. We cannot thank all of our donors enough, as well as all of the Alumni and Parents who attended. A huge thanks as well to the Edgewood Yacht Club, the Brown Sailing Team, and Steven King, Associate Vice President of Development Ron Dalgliesh '91, Athletic Director Michael Goldberger, Associate Athletic Director Matthew Tsimikas, and Nicole Peters and Tom Hefferman from the Brown Sports Foundation who helped make this event possible.

Thanks to everyone and we hope this week will be a successful one for Brown Sailing. Racing begins on Wednesday, May 31st through Friday, June 2nd and can be followed online at www.collegesailing.org. I will send an update when we return and look for your June Sailing Newsletter in the mail soon. We still have a long way to go to meet our Annual Budget needs and we continue to look for your support to reach our goals.

Best,
John

2006 Alumni Regatta
The annual Brown Sailing Alumni Regatta saw a great turnout and some great racing despite cool temperatures and rain. All 24 boats were filled by Alumni, Parents, and team members. Four races weres sailed on Gold Cup courses with winds out of the North at 3-6 knots. The Classes of 1996 and 2005 were the best represented, but Class of 2003 sailors Whitney Besse and Sarah Hale won the closely contested event by five points over Assistant Coach Dan Rabin and crew Matthew Amarante '08. Thanks to everyone who attended as well as the Brown Sailors who helped out and Dr. Tom Enright P'07 for having his beautiful powerboat out for spectating. We hope to see all of you next May for another great event.

Results
1. Whitney Besse '03/Sarah Hale '02.5 8-7-2-3 20 points
2. Asst. Coach Dan Rabin/Matthew Amarante '08 3-12-9-1 25 points
3. Avram Robbins '05/Elizabeth Greenberg '06 7-2-15-2 26 points
4. Merebea Danforth '06/Maria Harris '06 12-4-6-4 26 points
5. Chris Ashley '04/Daphne Nebergall '08 4-1-14-8 27 points
6. Coach John Mollicone/Heather Tow-Yick '98 1-18-3-7 29 points
7. Anne Davidson '05/Sally Walkerman '05 10-9-1-12 32 points
8. Edward Young '05/Louise Sherman '05 2-OCS25-5-5 37 points
9. Jason Little '96/Jessica Majno '08 6-5-13-13 37 points
10. Tait McCarthy '96/Maria Mahler-Haug '09 14-6-8-11 39 points
11. Evan Freedman '06/Ele Drew '05 20-3-4-15 42 points
12. Aaron Kurliloff '96/Malay Khamsyvoravong '09 5-19-7-18 49 points
13. Hugh Cullman P'08/Hugh Cullman III '08 16-8-21-6 51 points
14. Isaac Stoner '07/David Jackson '08 11-10-16-14 51 points
15. Jennifer Bauer '06/Maggie Sogin '09 13-13-12-20 58 points
16. Meris Tombari '08/Justine McGowan '08 17-15-11-23 66 points
17. Christina Starr '06/Xay Khamsyvoravong '06 19-14-10-24 67 points
18. Nick Sala '08/Samantha Porter '08 15-20-17-19 71 points
19. Tom Hale '75, P'02.5, P'06/Richard Hale '06 22-22-18-9 71 points
20. Marisa Ihara '04/John (Friend) 21-11-22-17 71 points
21. William Tifft '77, P'10/Axel Tifft '10 9-21-20-22 72 points
22. Doug Allen '07/Lisa Allen P'07 23-23-19-10 75 points
23. Chase Hogoboom '03/Janelle Sing '07 18-16-24-21 79 points
24. Paul Hankins P'08/Keith Hankins '08 24-17-23-16 80 points

Dedication of the New Fleet
The dedication of the new fleet began after the Alumni Regatta awards were handed out in the Darby Room at the Edgewood Yacht Club. The ceremony was led by Brown Sports Foundation President Steve King and recognized everyone who helped make the new fleet of 24 boats possible. Every donor had the opportunity to name their boat as well, and the names were put on the transoms of all the 420s a week before the event. A huge thank you to all of the donors of our new fleet:

Tina '67 and Bill Greenberg P'06 - Named their boat "Zucconi'55" - after the legendary Dave Zucconi '55, who was also known as Mr. Brown and was the founder of the Brown Sports Foundation and Executive Director.

Judith '77 and Murray '77 Danforth P'06 - Named their boat "Go Dawg'91" - after Ron Dalgliesh '91, Associate VP of Development at Brown and former Executive Director of the Sports Foundation.

Dayton Carr '63 purchased a record breaking eight boats - Names are as follows:

* "Dennis O'Malley '61" in his memory.
* "Brooke Gonzalez '01" in her memory.
* "Gunga Din"
* "T.J. Watson, Jr. '37" in his memory.
* "L.T. Carr P'63, P'66" and "E.F. Carr P'63, P'66" in his parents memory
* "Ruth J. Simmons"
* "Ted Turner '60"

Ted Turner '60 purchased three boats and named them after the following people:

* "Jimmy Brown" (he taught Ted how to sail)
* "Gary Jobson" (Gary and Bunky are close friends and teammates with whom Ted has sailed with for years)
* "Bunky Helfrich"

Donald and Susan Hogoboom P'03, '08 - Named their two boats "The Hawk" and "Goldie" after Athletic Director Michael Goldberger.

Nick Halmos '02 - Named his boat "Hat Game"

Kevin'92 and Amanda'94 Hall - Named their boat "Walking Spanish Down the Hall" Kevin and Amanda are currently living in New Zealand and Kevin is on Team New Zealand competing in the America's Cup. Kevin also sailed in the 2004 Olympics!

Also recognized were Anthony and Carolen Amarante P'08, John and Anita O'Hear P'07, Mary Irene Pratt '56, Carol Lemlein '67, P'90, and Jed Kwartler '79 who all supported the new fleet campaign as well. We also want to thank Carol O'Malley and Peter and Diane Gonzalez for their support and attendance at the event.

Team Awards

The annual awards banquet was held on Monday, May 15. Here are the winners of this years Brown Sailing Team Awards and congratulations to all of them on a fine season:

Brook Gonzalez Award (Most courageous Freshman): Maria Mahler-Haug '09
Most Improved Crew: Malay Khamsyvoravong '09
Most Improved Skipper: Nicholas Greenfield '09
Most Valuable Sailor: Charles Enright '07
Sarah Bremner (Spirit and Dedication to Brown Sailing): Richard Hale '06
Sportsmanship: Charles Enright '07