{"id":245,"date":"2018-12-16T14:43:25","date_gmt":"2018-12-16T14:43:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/mariner\/issue3-2018\/?p=245"},"modified":"2018-12-19T20:45:52","modified_gmt":"2018-12-19T20:45:52","slug":"on-a-broad-reach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/mariner\/issue3-2018\/campus-currents\/on-a-broad-reach\/","title":{"rendered":"On a Broad Reach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"subCategory\">Waterfront<\/span><\/p>\n<h1>On a Broad Reach<\/h1>\n<h1>Sailing team enters new year with great forecast.<\/h1>\n<p>Boats are hauled, sails folded and stored. The days are short and sometimes dreary in Maine now. But members of the MMA Sailing team have ample reason to feel optimistic as they look to the spring racing season.<\/p>\n<p>With the guidance of new head coach Taylor Martin, the sailing team completed its fall season with a climb in collegiate standings, and individuals from the team enjoyed successful summer sailing in Gulf of Maine Ocean Racing Association (GMORA) events.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe traveled to and competed against teams from across New England in dinghies and keelboats and had a very successful season,\u201d says Martin. \u201cThe team ended up qualifying for the fall New England Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association championship for the first time since 2008. Overall, the team now ranks 17th out of 48 teams.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The GMORA summer races included students racing on Tasman, a Sydney 38, in various pursuit and fleet competitions across the Gulf from June to October, including the MS Harborfest and Around Islesboro regattas, led by MMA Sailing Master J.M. Payne.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlmost half of the team is freshmen,\u201d says Martin, \u201cand we have a great incoming class. That bodes well for the future.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe biggest challenge is to change the team mindset to believe we are not a second-tier program, that we are capable of competing against Harvard, Yale, MIT and the other teams ranked top five in the district, which is the upper echelon in the country, really,\u201d says Martin. \u201cThat is our goal and an important next step.\u201d<span class=\"articleEnd\">\u2588<\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 50%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-245 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/mariner\/issue3-2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2018\/12\/sailing5.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/mariner\/issue3-2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2018\/12\/sailing5-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Sailing Team\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/mariner\/issue3-2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2018\/12\/sailing4.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/mariner\/issue3-2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2018\/12\/sailing4-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Sailing Team\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/mariner\/issue3-2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2018\/12\/sailing3.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/mariner\/issue3-2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2018\/12\/sailing3-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Sailing Team\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/mariner\/issue3-2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2018\/12\/sailing2.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/mariner\/issue3-2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2018\/12\/sailing2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Sailing Team\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><span class=\"photoCredit2\">Photos: Mariners Athletics<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Waterfront<\/p>\n<p>On a Broad Reach<br \/>\nSailing team enters new year with great forecast.<\/p>\n<p>Boats are hauled, sails folded and stored. The days are short and sometimes dreary in Maine now. But members of the MMA Sailing team have ample reason to feel optimistic as they look to the spring racing season.<\/p>\n<p>With the guidance of new head coach Taylor Martin, the sailing team completed its fall season with a climb in collegiate standings, and individuals from the team enjoyed successful summer sailing in Gulf of Maine Ocean Racing Association (GMORA) events.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe traveled to and competed against teams from across New England in dinghies and keelboats and had a very successful season,\u201d says Martin. \u201cThe team ended up qualifying for the fall New England Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association championship for the first time since 2008. Overall, the team now ranks 17th out of 48 teams.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The GMORA summer races included students racing on Tasman, a Sydney 38, in various pursuit and fleet competitions across the Gulf from June to October, including the MS Harborfest and Around Islesboro regattas, led by MMA Sailing Master J.M. Payne.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlmost half of the team is freshmen,\u201d says Martin, \u201cand we have a great incoming class. 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