Mary Claire Kiernan

My name is Mary Claire. I sail out of Lake Beulah YC in Wisconsin and Chicago YC in Illinois.I've sailed Optis, X-boats, HS 420s, Club 420s, FJs, C-scows, MC-scows, and Laser Radials. I'm a junior in high school and am captain of the Hinsdale Central Sailing Team. My goal for this year is to attend all the major Club 420 events in the summer of 2012. My future goal is to prepare myself for a successful college sailing career.

Member of:
Chicago Yacht Club
Lake Beulah Yacht Club
Hinsdale Central Sailing Team (Captain)
Clever Pig Sailing Team
US Sailing
Inland Lake Yachting Association
Club 420 Association
North American Laser Class Association


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Hello everyone!!!
Kelly and I just returned from another awesome C420 event- the 2012 CISA (California International Sailing Association) Clinic. Every year sailors apply to this nationally known event in hopes of training with the fastest teams in the fleet under the direction of top-notch coaches. Last weekend, more than 100 sailors traveled to Alamitos Bay Yacht Club (ABYC) in Long Beach, California. There were 6 fleets , which included 29ers , I420s, C420s, CFJs , Lasers, and Radials. 11 boats made up the C420 class. The clinic started with a morning debrief by clinic director, Andrew Campbell. He then took us out to the lawn for our morning workout session. After all of the pushups , crunches , and laps around the parking lot, we returned to our meeting areas and met with our class coaches. Coaches for the C420 group included Joey Mello, Zach Maxam, Mikee Anderson, and Mandi Markee. After hearing the plan for the morning, we rigged, dressed, and quickly got on the water.
From there ,we spent the day taking our sailing skills to the next level. Over the course of 3 training days, the only things we did were eat, sleep,and sail!

The 4th day brought the most anticipated day of the event- Regatta Day! A trapazoid course was set up for all the fleets. The wind was around 7 knots when we sailed out to the course , but it eventually built to 13 knots. Kelly and I rocked the day rounding every 1st windward mark in the lead. We won the regatta with 7 points in 5 races .Thank you to ABYC and all the volunteers for being great hosts . Also a big thanks to our host family, the DeCurtis family, and the McDermaid family for the charter boat. Kelly and I really enjoyed the event and we hope we can attend another CISA Clinic in the future!

Pictures from the event will be up soon! I promise!

In other news, the Brooke Gonzalez Clinic , held in Newport ,RI, released the accepted teams for 2012. Team Kiernan/Monahan along with 31 other top C420 teams were chosen. Other fleets include I420, Laser,and Radial. Congrats to the other accepted sailors! The coaching line up will include
Zack Leonard, Ken Legler, Isabelle Kinsolving Farrar, Jonathan Farrar, Andrew Campbell, Bern Noack, Richard Feeny, Alice Manard Leonard, and Nick Ewenson. Sounds like an awesome event!

With only 2 months till Neill Clinic, Kelly and I feel like we are in a good position going into the summer season.
But right now our main focuses are school, high school sailing, and the healing of Kelly's stress fracture.

Thanks to Cleverpig for supporting Team Kiernan/Monahan!

May

1st - Youth Champs Acceptances Released

12-13 Pewaukee May Maddness (HS 420 Regatta)

19-20 IL/WI State Champs ( HS 420 Regatta)

June
9 -13 Neill C420 Clinic (Chicago)

14 -17 Brooke Gonzalez C420 Clinic (Newport)

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