Open Regatta - Central Kitsap

On Saturday I raced Vanguard 15s in the Open Regatta in Silverdale, WA.  Along with my teammates John, Helena, Andrew, and Adam we won 2nd place in this High School regatta.  It was a beautiful day with no wind when we arrived, and then a great amount of wind when we were about to start the races.  Although it was shifty and light at times, we stayed in good spirits, especially since it was sunny in seattle!  I crewed for John in the A fleet and we took a 3rd and a 1st.  I also crewed for Andrew in the B fleet for one race and skippered with him as my crew in another.  I crewed for Helena in one race as well.  Although I love to skipper I learned a lot by crewing for various team mates of mine.  It was definitely a blast, thanks to everyone who helped put it on!  Here are some pictures of our racing:

Open Regatta - Sail Sand Point

This High School regatta was very interesting. Yesterday, March 14th we sailed CFJs at SSP. It was pretty windy and very cold. In the first race I went out with Maddie, a teammate of mine and our shroud snapped right as the starting whistle was blown. We pulled our rig all the way down and the crashboat towed us in. Then two other teamates of mine went out for 3 races. When they came back in, I went out with Colin. It was his first regatta. We started the race and were doing ok, we sailed to the windward mark and rounded no problem. Then, at the gybe mark, we were close to 3 other boats. When we all gybed, there was a huge gust which blew us all over. After that we went in because I didn't want Colin to be too cold or to have a really bad experience in his first regatta. I decided no to go back out after that. Something went wrong everytime I went out, but in the end I had a pretty good time.

High School Kick-Off Regatta

Wow.  Today was fun.  I raced in the first HS regatta of the season and my team got 3rd out of 17 teams!!!  We had every weather and wind condition you could think of well racing 420's at Seattle Yacht Club.  There was snow, hail, rain, and sun!  Luckily I wore my HH drysuit.  Also, everything from no-wind to large gusts and white caps.  I sailed with 2 different crews, dani and kate.  They were amazing.  Some of our roll-tacks were perfect!  I got a 5th, 8th (we were fouled 5 times), 6th, and 3rd in the B fleet and a 5th and 2nd in the A fleet.  Not to mention, 2 people from my HS came to see if they wanted to join and they are going to!  YAY!  Another person my join as well which would be fantastic because we would have a full team.  It was a lot of fun and I can't wait for the regatta next weekend at Sail Sand Point!