Boston University Dinghy Sailors / Group

Group created November 20, 2008

Boston, MA 02215 college Team

The Boston University Dinghy Sailors (BUDS) are the club sailing team at Boston University. We compete at the varsity level with other colleges and universities throughout New England and the United States in both one and two day regattas. The BUDS are in the New England (NEISA) district of the Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association (ICSA). Our home waters are on the Charles River in Boston, Massachusetts between the Boston University and Massachusetts Avenue (Harvard) Bridges. We practice in a fleet of eighteen Vanguard Flying Juniors (FJ's). The BUDS practice on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday from 2:30PM until about 6:30PM. Our sailing season is in both fall and spring. The Boston University Dinghy Sailors are one of the most successful teams at BU. Since 1980, the team has won seven National titles, numerous Conference and Atlantic Coast Championships, and have produced more All-Americans than any other sport at the university. We have graduated three national "Sailors of the Year" and one "Sportsman of the Year". BUDS History The Boston University Sailing team was formed in the fall of 1937. The founding members were; Arma E. (Ham) Anson; Thomas Coleman; Jacob Saliba, Bob Shields; Ned Walker and Fred Walker. The team originally practiced out of the MIT sailing facility. In the fifties, the sailing team practiced out of Community Boating, Inc. Boston University purchased 4 old wooden Tech dinghies from MIT and stored at them at Community Boating. In 1958, eight new fiberglass Tech dinghies were purchased and Boston University began teaching sailing classes, run by the Recreational Department. The onshore classes were taught at BU, while the offshore classes remained at Community Boating. In 1967, when the Boston University Crew Team moved to a new facility, the sailing team moved into the old crew boathouse. This facility was built in 1940, due in large part, to a student named Jim Conlon. Jim, a Boston University Crew team member, began lobbying for a small, inexpensive (less than $50,000) structure to harbor the Crew team. Three years later, the Boathouse was complete. Our Facility The Boston University Dinghy Sailors sail out of the Boston University Sailing Pavilion located next to the BU Bridge on the Charles River Esplanade. The boathouse contains a full classroom, changing facilities, and repair area. Restroom facilities are located on the Boston University campus across Storrow Drive from the facility. 2008-09 CHAMPIONSHIP HIGHLIGHTS: 4th New England Men's Single-handed Championship 10th National Men's Single-handed Championship 3rd New England Coed Dinghy Championship 4th Women's National Semi-Final Championship 11th Women's National Dinghy Championship 8th National Coed Dinghy Championship SPRING 2010 HIGHLIGHTS 1st Tom Noble Team Race Intersectional 3rd Eckerd Intersectional 2nd Boston Dinghy Cup Intersectional 1st Dorchester Bay Invitational BOSTON UNIVERSITY CHAMPIONSHIP RECORD ICSA National Coed Dinghy Championship First Place...1982, 1985, 1999 Second Place...1959, 1980, 1997 Third Place...1957 ICSA National Women's Championship Second Place...1971, 1980, 1985 Third Place...2000 ICSA National Team Racing Championship First Place...1980, 1982 Second Place...1997 ICSA National Sloop Championship First Place...1982, 1997 ICSA Fowle Trophy First Place...1985 Second Place...1980, 1982 New England Coed Dinghy Championship First Place...1985, 1998 New England Team Race Championship First Place...1980, 1982, 1997 New England Sloop Championship First Place...1980, 1982, 1997 ICSA/RONSTAN All American Sailing Team 3 College Sailors of the Year 1 Sportsman of the Year 21 All American Skippers 12 All American Crews 7 All-Star Crews 7 Honorable Mention Skippers 5 Women's All Americans 2 Women's Honorable Mention Boston University ICSA Award Recipients ICSA All-Americans 1978 Sandra L. Ray All-American Skipper 1980 Brad White Honorable Mention 1980 John J. "Jack" Slattery All-America Skipper 1980 Nicholas A. Burke All-American Skipper 1981 Kenneth W. Read II All-American Skipper 1981 John J. "Jack" Slattery All-American Skipper 1982 John T. Shadden All-American Skipper 1982 Nicholas A. Burke All-American Skipper 1982 Kenneth W. Read II All-American Skipper 1983 Nicholas A. Burke Honorable Mention 1983 Kenneth W. Read II All-American Skipper 1984 Robert L. Alexander All-American Skippper 1984 Bradford S. Read Honorable Mention 1985 James H. "Pete" Melvin All-American Skipper 1985 Bradford S. Read All-American Skipper 1986 Benjamin V. Cesare All-American Skipper 1986 Bradford S. Read All-American Skipper 1987 David S. Nelson Honorable Mention 1988 David S. Nelson Honorable Mention 1988 Theresa Parker Women's All-American 1988 Elizabeth A. Healey Women's All-American 1994 Timothy Wadlow All-American Skipper 1995 Timothy Wadlow All-American Skipper 1997 Abigale Wightman Pope All-American Crew 1997 Robert S. Deane All-American Skipper 1997 William P. Uniack Honorable Mention 1997 Timothy Wadlow All-American Skipper 1998 John A. Mollicone All-American Skipper 1998 Daniel J. Rabin All-American Crew 1998 William P. Uniack Honorable Mention 1999 Kaya Haig Women's All-American 1999 Elizabeth Anne Willis Women's Honorable Mention 1999 Stanley T. Fillion Schreyer All-American Skipper 1999 Brian T. Stanford All-American Skipper 1999 Richard J. Bell All-American Crew 2000 Kaya Haig Women's All-American 2000 Kirsten Rufleth All-American Crew 2001 Kaya Haig Women's All-American 2002 Eliza Burnes Women's Honorable Mention 2009 Sarah Donahue All-American Crew Sailing World All-Star Crews (pre-dates ICSA Crew All-American awards) Barbara Smigelski Lisa Raggins Mary Jodice Teryl King Paul Brierre Bill Foster Dianna Fernando ICSA College Sailor of the Year -Everett B. Morris Trophy 1982 Kenneth W. Read II 1986 Bradford S. Read 1997 Timothy Wadlow ICSA Sportsman of the Year -Robert H. Hobbs Award 1999 Stanley Thomas Fillion Schreyer ICSA Hall of Fame Sailors 1942 Russell Mattern Jr. 1959 A. Wallace Everest Jr. 1959 Harold "Hatch" Brown Jr. 1979 Lynne Jewell 1980 Drusilla Sour ICSA Hall of Fame Coaches Gerald C. Miller (ICSA Women's Nationals named in his honor) Rollin "Skip" Whyte Bradley S. Churchill ICSA Robert Allen Sr. Trophy -1st place in A Division at Dinghy Nationals 1942 Russell Mattern Jr. 1959 Hatch Brown Jr. 1980 Jack Slattery 1985 Brad Read ICSA Robert Allen Jr. Trophy -1st place in B Division at Dinghy Nationals 1957 A. Wallace Everest Jr. 1982 Ken Read 1985 Pete Melvin 1999 Brian Stanford ICSA Judy Lawson Trophy -1st place in B Division at Women's Dinghy Championships: 1988 Betsy Healey

• Website: http://people.bu.edu/sailing/ Blog: http://budinghysailors.wordpress.com/
• Email: sailing-list@bu.edu
• Phone: (617) 353-9307
• Street: 915 Commonwealth Ave.
• Location: Boston, MA 02215
• Brad Churchill
  Sailing Coach
  Boston University
  bchurch@bu.edu
  (617) 201-0044