Tuesday, March 17, 2009
March Madness
The next regatta on the Calender, a little later this year. The high school aged team members were starting their spring break.
The wind definitely cooperated, easterlies at 10 to 15kts and we had 3 races each day.
Just shy of 20 sailors came out from our team with a number from Jericho sailing club.
Luke sailed per usual and won most of the races with Ricky taking one off him and a break down for his drop.
In the Radial Jon Scott and Jaime Bone had a good battle with Jon the victor.
Turned out to be an excellent beginning to an extended time of training and competing ending at the West Coast Midwinter's in California.
Oh yea it was snowing at times on Sunday afternoon, we like the cold, but were ready for a little warmth in Cali!
Al
Sunday, March 8, 2009
Mids East Laser Champs
The team arrived Saturday,(Luke Ramsey),Sunday (Ricardo , Natalia and Becky) and Tuesday night (Kyle and Alex) after missing their conection.
The training was excellent prior to the event and was great preparation going into the first day.
Thursday was the first day of racing and after some delays racing was off in moderate breeze. 2 races were eventually completed and then in to the beach.
We continues thru the next 3 days and with excellent breeze on the friday a full complement of races were held (10).
In the end the racing was very close with every type of sailing encountered.
Luke Ramsey had a good event and ended in 5th , also claiming a worlds spot in Halifax this August.
Ricardo Montemeyer also sailed well and was 18th with Alex another youth aged sailer 19th (Alex if off to the youth Worlds in uly in Brazil).
Keamia had a tough event with Airline troubles and broken mast issues , so ended 9th in the Radial silver fleet.
Becky and Natalia both had good moments and learned lots in the Radial fleet.
The third and final event in Florida was a well run regatta and we'll be back next year.
Thanks for the support
Al
The training was excellent prior to the event and was great preparation going into the first day.
Thursday was the first day of racing and after some delays racing was off in moderate breeze. 2 races were eventually completed and then in to the beach.
We continues thru the next 3 days and with excellent breeze on the friday a full complement of races were held (10).
In the end the racing was very close with every type of sailing encountered.
Luke Ramsey had a good event and ended in 5th , also claiming a worlds spot in Halifax this August.
Ricardo Montemeyer also sailed well and was 18th with Alex another youth aged sailer 19th (Alex if off to the youth Worlds in uly in Brazil).
Keamia had a tough event with Airline troubles and broken mast issues , so ended 9th in the Radial silver fleet.
Becky and Natalia both had good moments and learned lots in the Radial fleet.
The third and final event in Florida was a well run regatta and we'll be back next year.
Thanks for the support
Al
Friday, March 6, 2009
Womens Radial North Americans
The next winter regatta on our schedule was the Womens NA's.
Isabella and I arrived in Fort Lauderdale for the Championship on the Wednesday prior to the 3 day regatta.
We had brought the Joker coach boat and Isabella's Radial after the Miami Regatta on a small trailer.
We went on the water for some training on the thursday we went to the registration and prepared for the beginning of the event.
Racing scheduled for Friday morning. That day saw light winds and tough tactical conditions. The fleet was relatively small but was fairly deep with talent , especially in the light air.
Bella had a few tough initial races but found her stride as the regatta progressed. We worked all weekend on sound tactical decisions after clear starts. As the breeze came up on the Saturday we had a chance to work on downwind technique.
In the end Isabella sailed a consistent series , finishing 4th overall , with Anna Tunacliffe 1st (the Olympic Gold Medalist)
Isabella flew home Monday morning and i drove to Clearwater Sunday night to meet up with 7 of our team preparing for the Mids East regatta.
AL
Isabella and I arrived in Fort Lauderdale for the Championship on the Wednesday prior to the 3 day regatta.
We had brought the Joker coach boat and Isabella's Radial after the Miami Regatta on a small trailer.
We went on the water for some training on the thursday we went to the registration and prepared for the beginning of the event.
Racing scheduled for Friday morning. That day saw light winds and tough tactical conditions. The fleet was relatively small but was fairly deep with talent , especially in the light air.
Bella had a few tough initial races but found her stride as the regatta progressed. We worked all weekend on sound tactical decisions after clear starts. As the breeze came up on the Saturday we had a chance to work on downwind technique.
In the end Isabella sailed a consistent series , finishing 4th overall , with Anna Tunacliffe 1st (the Olympic Gold Medalist)
Isabella flew home Monday morning and i drove to Clearwater Sunday night to meet up with 7 of our team preparing for the Mids East regatta.
AL
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