FOUST Newsletter: December 2011

The 2007 women's team at Women's PCCs in Hawaii. Help out the current lady Bruins to compete this spring in Keehi Lagoon!

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.

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FOUST Newsletter: November 2011

Team UCLA leading UC Irvine at Match Race PCCs out of St. Francis Yacht Club, with Transpac 52s Vesper and PowerPlay racing behind them.

Dear Friends,

Happy Halloween from FOUST!

October was a busy month for the UCLA Sailing Team, kicking off the season with two regattas in San Diego and three in the San Francisco area. Highlights include winning A Division at Stoney Burke, taking third at the SDYC Autumn Invitational Match Race Regatta, and snagging a bullet in the first B Division race at Women’s Fall Champs.

The biggest highlight, however, might have been the completion of our latest fundraising target, with Ed Feo (’74) making the final donation to push the team past the $7900 they needed. Thank you to everyone who chipped in!

Finally, the Stoney Burke regatta tailgate was a big success, with alumni ranging from 1991 to 2011 in attendance. A few alumni will also be showing up for North/South at Santa Barbara on November 12-13, so if you’re free that weekend come out and show your support at the last regatta of 2011!

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Fundraising Success!

The team has successfully raised the funds for a new boat, with a very generous gift from alum Ed Feo pushing it over the edge. This is an important and long overdue milestone that will have a concrete impact on the team’s performance. We will have more information about this development in our October newsletter, including next steps for how to support the team.

FOUST would like to congratulate the team on their success, and thank Ed and the other donors for their support.

FOUST Newsletter: September 2011

Current status of fundraising for a new boat.

Dear Friends,

Another short newsletter this month, but get excited for racing to start next month. UCLA will kick off the college sailing season at Frosh/Soph, a regatta for first and second year sailors on Mission Bay on October 8-9. The full team will compete at Stoney Burke at Treasure Island on October 15-16, where we’re hoping for strong alumni turnout, and the women will hopefully be sailing Women’s Fall Champs at Stanford the following weekend. The complete fall schedule is available on the PCCSC website.

This issue includes a letter from the captains, the status of fundraising for a new boat, and information about the upcoming tailgate for alumni and other friends of the team at the Stoney Burke regatta.

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FOUST Newsletter: August 2011

Drew Morton ('11) and Mark Anders ('10) at the 2011 Alumni Regatta. Photo credit: Morgan Glier ('11)

Dear Friends,

We’ve got a short newsletter for you this month as we gear up for the fall season. This edition includes the fall schedule and FOUST officer bios. If you’re in the Bay Area or willing to make the trip, go ahead and mark your calendars for the Stoney Burke regatta on October 15-16 at Treasure Island, where we’ll have an alumni tailgate. Starting next month we should have the first regatta reports in, as well as bios of the new officers on the team.

We at FOUST would like to congratulate last year’s winners of the team’s Pacheco awards, given every year to outstanding team members based on a vote of the team. The 2011 winners were:

Rookie of the Year: Erica Parker (’14)
Most Improved: Oscar Jasklowski (’11)
Most Dedicated: Carmen Bozina (’11)
MVP: Judge Ryan (’14)

It just so happens that this year’s winners were also the varsity sailors at PCCs and National Semifinals. Congrats guys!

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