Dartmouth Sailing Alumni Regatta &
Celebration Dinner for Art Allen & Capt, Bill Hurst
May 19, 2012

By Justin Assad

Wow! What an incredible weekend!

Saturday's racing included two divisions: the Green Division raced until 1:00 and had all 24 FJs as well as several 420s on the starting line, and then the White Division raced in the afternoon. We had all 30 boats on the water for most of the afternoon, and had to run a second start for the 420s!

With over 200 individuals in attendance, Brian Doyle guided the Celebration Dinner, which featured the team's annual awards, and included comments from Athletic Director Harry Sheehy. Jim Allen '83, grandson of Art Allen, and Bob Hurst '76, son of Captain Bill Hurst, provided memorable thoughts on the two individuals whose lives had such a terrific impact on Dartmouth Sailing, moving the crowd alternately through heartfelt sympathy and hilarity over some of the great stories from their years of leadership. We were lucky to be able to honor Mrs. Christina Hurst with a standing ovation that evening.

A big thank you to Sam Hopkins and Alex Stein, who put in many hours to make the Alumni Regatta and Dinner a tremendous success, and to all of the alumni and parents who made the effort to get back to Hanover for this important event!

Here's a link to a page with the names of alumni who intended to join us: http://rvm1.org/dcyc12/attending%205-19-12.htm

Pictures below by Rick Van Mell '63 and Mel Converse '60. For copies of the original image files, email Rick Van Mell, and include the caption or picture file link.

A calm start	Good memory	First arrivers	In the beginning...	crash boat slept ...
it was quiet ...	boats still sleep ...	boathouse open.	Dogs at play	Team assignments

Boat-Rigging Instructions

Getting started ...	Still no wind	one by one ...	catching up ...	Steve & Brian ...
a little breeze	we need more!	Standing by	Getting launched	lining up
discussion	The old floor ...	from 1961!	Rigging crew	Great bag!
All smiles	It once was ...	Whitney	Waiting to start	All ages
Now if we had wind ...	Wet fun	Assigning boats	Everyone ...	is listening ...

Regatta Crowd

Sailing Instructions

except Millie	Now what # was that?	Concentration	Taking notes	Mel, Brian & Brian
Brian & Whitney	Norm & Mel	The original DCYC	Ok, let's go	First race
Shore party	Steve & Rick watch	Slow going	Light Reach	Jeffrey & Ella
Jen & girls	Grandpa, Dad, & granddaughter	Smile	Bletcher clan	Tuckered out
Painted ships ...	Reflections ...	moving slowly	Lunch time ...	Steve's ready ...
to flip & serve.	Mel shoots ...	Norm, Brian & Rick	Grad mom's boat ...	for grad son!
Jim Wilson, winner!	It's time to ...	chill out.	Afternoon races ...	big crowd ...
some breeze ...	Cooling off ...	race ya!	Best seats ...	in the ...
place.	Full of life.	A picture to remember.	Winding up	Coming in time
getting organized ...	to unrig	At Alumni Hall	Trophies await	?, Chris Hurst Brian Doyle
? & ? & Brian Klinger	Brian & Rick Van Mell	Jim & ? & ?	Very nice setting ...	Everyone's cleaned up
refershments too.	A great event.