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‘Big wind shifts’ at Downeast Regatta as GSA takes fourth

CASTINE—The George Stevens Academy sailing team took a fourth-place team finish in the Downeast Regatta at Maine Maritime Academy on Saturday, May 14, and Sunday, May 15. The regatta was the Maine State Championship event, hosting seven schools from Maine and three schools from the rest of New England for …

Eagles host Downeast Regatta May 14-15

Light winds stifled the 2015 Downeast Regatta. Photo by Franklin Brown

Castine—For some up-close, live-action sailing, spectators can crowd the Maine Maritime Academy float in Castine Harbor as high school sailing teams from across Maine and New England compete in 10 races on Saturday and then, again, on Sunday in the annual Downeast Regatta. The racing is at its best under …

GSA sails to sixth-place finish

BLUE HILL—The George Stevens Academy sailing team finished sixth overall out of 10 teams from Maine and Vermont at the sixth annual Breakwater Blast Regatta in Rockland Sunday, May 1. Fourteen boats were on the start line, the most ever for the event, and 12 races were completed in a …

GSA sailing team handles changes, challenges Young team combines with new coach

The 2016 George Stevens Academy Sailing team

front, Dylan Defosses. Middle row from left, Riley Lamarre, Hattie Slayton, Rachel Defosses. Back row, Berlioz Xu, Yvonne Rogers, Katie Forrest, Siria Caperzzani, Laura Liu, Alex Lang. BLUE HILL—The George Stevens Academy sailing team has started the season off on an uphill climb. The young team consists of all lower …

The Eagles in action – 10/1-8

Here’s our weekly gallery of photos featuring, this time, recent boys and girls varsity soccer games. Click here to purchase prints from the slideshow.

Light winds stifle Downeast Regatta

A persistent lack of wind delayed the start and shortened the number of races to 10 over both days in Castine Harbor on May 17 and 18. When the wind did pick up enough to begin the first race it died before the finish, leaving a jam of C420s with …

Eagles host Downeast Invitational this weekend

From left, crew Erik Bailey and skipper Adam Witham race at Marblehead. Photo by Claudio Van Duijn

High school teams from across Maine and New England will race in Penobscot Bay when GSA hosts the annual Downeast Invitational Regatta on Saturday and Sunday, May 9 and 10. Using the Maine Maritime Academy waterfront and its fleet of C420 sailboats, two-person crews will tack and turn in Smith Cove. An awards ceremony will follow the action on Sunday, including the Modisette trophy, dedicated to Jim Modisette, the man who started the event in 2000, and given to the top finisher from Maine. Above, from left, crew Erik Bailey and skipper Adam Witham, from a race in Marblehead, Massachusetts earlier this season.

Eagles race at Marblehead

Already in the middle of the sailing season, the GSA sailing team traveled in April to Marblehead, Massachusetts for two weekend regattas. Upcoming is chance to see them in local waters when they host three regattas in Castine: on April 27 and May 6 against high school teams, including, Mount Desert Island. …

MMA varsity sailing team races to 7th place in POLA Cup

CASTINE—The Maine Maritime Academy Varsity Sailing Team placed seventh out of 10 teams in the Port of Los Angeles Harbor Cup, a Cal Maritime Invitational Intercollegiate Regatta hosted by the Los Angeles Yacht Club. The race brings together 10 top offshore sailing teams to race identical Catalina 37s. Californina Maritime …

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