IN THIS ISSUE:
Introduction / North/South Results / Team Officer Bios / Featured Alum: Jed Olenick / Fundraising Goal: Women's PCCs

Above: the 2007 women's team at Women's PCCs in Hawaii. Help out the current lady Bruins to compete this spring in Keehi Lagoon!
Do it now and you can still write it off for your 2011 taxes! Yippee!

introduction...

Dear Friends,

Happy holidays and happy new year from FOUST! I hope the season finds you all well.

November saw just one regatta for the team, with the Thanksgiving holiday interruption. PCCSC Fall Champs (otherwise known as North/South) was held in Santa Barbara harbor, with the team finishing a solid 8/21 overall.

As many of us all-too-painfully remember, running a club team is possibly the most difficult aspect of the sport (alright, some of those St. Francis regattas may take a close second). We'd like to introduce a few of the "my real major was sailing" members this year-- the two Co-Captains, Billy Edwards and Emelia Pelliccio, team Treasurer Erica Parker, Safety Officer Judge Ryan, and Social Chair Amy Stuyvesant.

We're also bringing you a highlight of alumnus Jed Olenick (written by recent grad Drew Morton). Jed has been very supportive of the team with his time (and, apparently, pizzas), and also incredibly generously bought the team their brand new trailer last year.

Lastly, no FOUST newsletter would be complete without letting you know what we need money for next! The team's next fundraising goal is covering airfare for the ladies to go to Women's PCCs in Hawai'i this coming spring.

Stay tuned for the spring regatta schedule in January. Until then, happy holidays, happy new year, and as always happy sailing!

Lyzz Schwegler
UCLA Sailing Team, Class of 2007
President, Friends of the UCLA Sailing Team
www.foustsupport.net
@SailFOUST

regatta results...

Last month the team attended one of the historically most infamous regattas in college sailing-- the PCCSC Fall Dinghy Champs (formerly North/South). While many alumni would agree the regatta is merely a shadow of its former self, now cleaned up and moved from the shores of various central California lakes to sunny Santa Barbara, the regatta nonetheless remains a major west coast competition.

This year, weather in Santa Barbara was characteristically unpredictable, with rain and several 180° wind shifts on Saturday and postponement due to lack of wind on Sunday. The fleet was able to get off 8 races total for the weekend, which at least qualified the event as legal regatta.

Judge Ryan ('14) and Amy Stuyvesant ('13) sailed A division, finishing 2nd behind Stanford, Billy Edwards ('12) and Carly Olenick ('13) finished 11th in B division, and Peter Bailey ('15) manned C division in Lasers, coming in with a tie for 10th. UCLA finished in 8th overall out of 21 total teams. Full results.

This years' team officers, L to R: Billy Edwards ('12), Emelia Pelliccio ('13), Erica Parker ('14), Judge Ryan ('14), and Amy Stuvesant ('13).

team officer bios...

Billy Edwards (Co-Captain)
Taking a 5th year victory lap, Billy is the captain of the Sailing Team for the second year in a row. Boomstacks, as most team members know him, brings an unprecedented sense of leadership, confidence and motivation to the team. This year Billy skippers B division for the co-ed varsity team (and kicks some butt might I add), and he has also been an integral member in the team's big boat regattas, sailing a Grand Surprise in the EDHEC Boat Cup this year for the second time in his UCLA career. We wish Billy the best as he spends his time now applying to graduate schools for mechanical engineering.

Emelia Pelliccio (Co-Captain)
This has been Emelia's first year serving as one of the team's two Captains. This Connecticut local followed an inner calling to California and UCLA, and found the UCLA Sailing Team during her freshman year. Preparing for a career in pharmacology, Emelia tackles an intense course load, directs her own autonomous biochemistry research project, works for the UCLA alumni foundation, and still manages to find the intimidatingly large amount of time required for keeping the sailing team in order. I have even heard rumor that she can occasionally find time to sleep.

Erica Parker (Treasurer)
Erica, the team's current Treasurer, is no stranger to numbers. As a second year Psychobiology major, Erica is pursuing a pre-medical education at UCLA with the plan of following her father's footsteps into the medical profession. She is a skilled sailor and natural tactician, and has been a great asset to the team and generously shares her knowledge with others. During her senior year at Cathedral Catholic High School, Erica crewed for Judge Ryan, who also came to UCLA, and the pair led their team to win a National Championship. Her success has continued at UCLA, and as both a skipper and crew, Erica offers a double treat.

Judge Ryan (Safety Officer)
Growing up in San Diego, Judge and his siblings have dedicated themselves to sailing, and their enthusiasm and success has made the Ryan family name well-known to Southern California's sailing communities. Before entering UCLA, Judge had already experienced wide-spread success in national championships and international competitions for a variety of boat classes including a third place finish at the Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championship. Upon entering UCLA last year, Judge quickly earned his place as the team's Varsity A skipper and experienced a quite successful season which culminated in his first place finish in the A fleet at the Pacific Coast Intercollegiate Sailing Association (PCISA) championships. Judge's skill, knowledge, and eagerness to teach have been a great contribution to the team. His vast experience with boats has made him well suited for his current role as the team's Safety Officer.

Amy Stuyvesant (Social Chair)
As the social chair for the past two years, Amy, a third year Geography/Environmental Studies major, is the most upbeat and positive person on the sailing team. She joined the team her freshman year with little sailing experience but has quickly progressed into a talented sailor. Since her sophomore year, Amy has crewed for women's varsity, and this year she also crews for Judge on the co-ed varsity team.

Jed racing his J/120, Dr. No.

featured alum: jed olenick...

By Drew Morton ('11), FOUST Team Liaison

Known by many in our community as "Carly's Dad," Jed Olenick's commitment to sailing began far before he became a regular at UCLA Sailing Team regattas. With a father in the Navy, Jed was exposed early on to ships and began sailing at the young age of four. In college, he entered the big boat racing scene as a foredeck crew and gradually worked his way to the back of the boat. By the time Carly entered UCLA, Jed had accumulated a number of top finishes in the competitive J/120 class while skippering his own boat, "Dr. No," out of San Diego Yacht Club. Unfortunately, when I first met Jed, his boat had been recently damaged in a violent T-bone collision during a race. When I asked him about his resulting injury, I remember him shrugging and saying something along the lines of, "Well the only real problem is that I'm not currently fit to sail. But my boat is damaged right now anyways so it doesn't really matter." These were clearly the words of sailing enthusiast.

The team is certainly thankful for the smiles, stories, enthusiasm, and pizzas that Carly's parents have brought to regattas. Jed has also been quite generous in sharing his sailing knowledge. I specifically recall some of the tips Jed gave me at a collegiate regatta at San Diego Yacht Club during my junior year at UCLA. I was finally reaching the point in my career where I had the starts and boat speed to find my way to the front of the fleet. But, when I did find myself rounding the weather mark with a lead, I never knew how to keep it. Jed's advice, which was later echoed by Coach Colin Campbell, was to carve sharply around the windward mark into a wing-on-wing and shoot straight downwind until the next boat rounded. This little initial gap then gives you room to react to the later boats' attacks and stay in control of the fleet. Additionally, the Olenicks have housed the team during many a regatta weekend, and been incredibly generous with their financial support-- this year they bought us a brand new trailer. We are grateful for all the support and character that they have brought to both the team and FOUST.

Jed gave us some closing advice for current members of the team; "keep sailing dinghies, because all good sailors started off in dinghies regardless of where they end up."

The team at the Rainbow Invite in Hawai'i, c. 2006. Trust me we did do some sailing too.

fundraising goal...

Remember how much fun you had racing in Hawai'i?? Admit it, you STILL brag about that to your friends. And rightly so! Or, remember how jealous you were of all the awesome photos, great stories, and amazing tans everyone else came back with?

Well, Women's PCCs is back in Keehi Lagoon this year, and the ladies are looking for a little financial help getting themselves across the wild blue yonder. I think we can all agree that no one should have to pay out of pocket to get to a championship regatta-- yet that is exactly what will happen as it stands. We'll have more details on the exact amount coming soon, but if you'd like to go ahead and start throwing a little cash their way, please donate here. (Be sure to select "UCLA Sailing CLub" from the menu.)

On top of that, I don't need to tell you how incredibly important it is to support women in sports, especially sailing. One of the many things that makes college (and almost every other level) sailing truly unique is that it is a co-ed sport, even at the varsity level. As any 200 lbs guy will tell you, on a light day when you're watching two girls skate past you downwind, it's pretty clear that our sport can have a pretty even playing field physically. But, a long historical emphasis on men in sports means that many ladies need a little extra encouragement. More people in general sailing is in all our interests, and let's face it boys-- I know for a fact that more than one of you joined the team for the girls!

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