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  from Melges 17 site    Vincent Porter, shown above, with RJ Porter

Lake Geneva's Vincent Porter and his Full Throttle Melges 17 won the 2011 U.S. National Championship this past weekend, hosted by White Lake Yacht Club. It was the largest championship ever for the sporty, Reichel-Pugh designed Scow. Porter won the event by an impressive 18 point margin.

Finishing second overall, is long-time Melges sailor Mike Dow on Flying Toaster and in third, is Deb Gluek on Snackcakes in third.

TOP TEN RESULTS (FINAL After 9 Races)
 1.) Vincent Porter, Full Throttle; 1-1-4-2-3-3-1-1-[34/DNS] = 16
2.) Mike Dow, Flying Toaster; [8]-3-3-6-6-6-4-2-4 = 34
3.) Deb Gluek, Snackcakes; 2-6-[12]-4-7-8-3-7-1 = 38
4.) Sean Fidler, Ludicrous Speed; 5-13-2-1-4-1-2-11-[34/DNF] = 39
5.) Tom Munroe, USA-11; 3-12-5-3-1-[18]-7-6-2 = 39
6.) Myles Gutenkunst, E-9; 7-8-9-5-10-4-6-4-[14] = 53
7.) Benjamin Biwer, Jakookin'; [20]-4-15-7-8-2-9-9-3 = 57
8.) Jim Hilgard, Dragonfly; 10-5-10-8-13-[17]-8-8-8 = 70 
9.) Brian McMurray, Catbird; 17-2-1-12-2-[26]-13-19-5 = 71
10.) Brad Sprouse, Yellfire; 15-9-6-11-5-[24]-5-13-12 = 76

 Video and photos on Melges 17 site

HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE SAILING

Raising kids empowers you to do things you never imagined. During this time, double Olympic medalist JJ Fetter Isler added High School Coach to her list of achievements. And just like all parents, she wanted to see her stable of sailors succeed. Through her observations, she wrote a guide, 'Getting the most out of High School sailing', to provide advice for sailors who want to maximize their high school sailing experience.

And for those sailors that take their game to collegiate competition, Brooke Thompson sought to help them make the transition. While competing on the St. Mary's College of Maryland sailing team, Thompson had one of those "if I only knew then what I know now" moments, and decided to write a manual, 'High School to College Crewing Guide', to help crews make the transition to college sailing. Said Thompson:

"In my opinion, high school sailing teaches crews most of the skills they need to know, but college sailing fine-tunes and expands on those things.

College crews come from a huge range of experience levels and backgrounds, but what they have in common is that everyone makes changes along the way to adapt. This guide is an attempt to pinpoint some of the bigger reasons that contribute to this transition and list all the little details that go a long with it."

With the fall season to commence for High School and College sailing, these two guides may prove invaluable:

High School guide: http://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/news/10/0928/

College guide: http://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/news/09/crew_guide/