April 2009 MAINE COASTAL NEWS Page 7.
A C A D E M Y N E W S
MAINE MARITIME ACADEMY SAILORS student skipper Matthew Bourque, class of
TAKE WEST COAST REGATTA 2010, East Sandwich, MA; and tactician T. J.
CASTINE - Maine Maritime Academy’s Scott, class of 2009, South Dartmouth, MA.
(MMA) Varsity Offshore Sailing Team fin- Supporting team members included Lester
ished in first place at the Port of Los Angeles Closson, class of 2009, Bass Harbor; Rowan
Harbor Cup (POLA) 2009, defending their Fraley, class of 2012, Mount Desert; David
title from 2008 against some of the best colle- Giordano, class of 2012, York; John Joseph,
giate sailors in the country. The annual invi- class of 2012, Northeast Harbor; and
tational regatta, organized by California Jonathan Kovach, class of 2010, Charleston,
Maritime Academy and hosted by the Los SC. The MMA Sailing Team is coached by
Angeles Yacht Club, was held in San Pedro, head coach, Tom Brown, and assistant
Calif., on March 14-15. coach, Matt Stephens. Details of the races
In addition to the MMA Mariners, the and photos are available at the website of
West Coast’s only intercollegiate big boat regatta host, the Los Angeles Yacht Club.
race drew an impressive list of competitors. To learn more about MMA intercolle-
They included California Maritime Academy, giate sailing, visit http://sailing.mma.edu/.
Vallejo, CA; California State University The site contains information about team
Channel Islands, Camarillo, CA; Chapman members and professional support staff,
University, Orange, CA; Northwestern Uni- schedule, and competition results. It also
versity, Evanston, IL; University of Southern contains a photo gallery featuring images of
California, Los Angeles, CA; U.S. Coast the recent West Coast win.
Guard Academy, New London, CT; and the
U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD. Rac- MAINE MARITIME ACADEMY ALUMNI
ing was scheduled to start at 11:30 a.m. each TO HOST LECTURE
day, dependent upon the wind, on a mile-long The Maine Maritime Academy (MMA)
windward-leeward course set between the Alumni Association will host a lecture by
Point Fermin bluffs and the Angels Gate Samuel J. Collins, a graduate of the college’s
lighthouse entrance to Port of Los Angeles. Class of 1971, on Tuesday, April 14 at 7 p.m.,
Races were viewable from the outer Cabrillo in Delano Auditorium, located in Leavitt Hall
Beach or from Point Fermin Park. on the college campus. The lecture will focus
All teams sailed Catalina 37 sloops char- on his experience within the nuclear power
tered from the Long Beach Yacht Club Sailing industry.
Foundation. Student skippers and crews Mr. Collins is the Regional Administra-
were allowed the opportunity to practice tor of Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s
aboard their boats on Friday in some after- (NRC) Northeast Region (Region I) in King of
noon exercises on the race course. Prussia, Pennsylvania. He is responsible for
According to race accounts, conditions implementing NRC’s regional programs at
were mixed throughout the weekend with commercial nuclear power plants, decommis-
shifting wind and waves, and a nearly com- sioning sites, and materials licensees. His
plete lack of breezes at times. Winds varied duties include inspection and enforcement
from 3 to 7 knots and ranged from 120 south- activities at 26 operating and seven decom-
east compass degrees to 190 by the end of the missioning nuclear power plants in the north-
final race day. Maine Maritime Academy and eastern United States. The Region’s respon-
California State University Channel Islands sibilities also include inspection, licensing,
reportedly responded well to the conditions, and enforcement at 1,700 materials licensees
and ended up first and third, respectively. located in 20 States, Puerto Rico, the District
University of Southern California held on to of Columbia, and the Virgin Islands, as well as
second place over Channel Islands by a oversight of 15 Agreement State programs.
tiebreaker, two wins to one. The lecture is presented free of charge
The Mariner sailing team was led by and the public is invited to attend.
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