Lido 14 Senior National Championship

My dad and I sailed in the Lido 14 Senior National Championships on Mission Bay in San Diego from August 9-12. We chartered a boat and flew to San Diego. Our traveler was loose a few inches so when we tried to pinch the boat slowed down a lot. This hurt our racing in the qualifiers for silver or gold fleet. We realized the malfunction in the 2nd of 3 races the day of the qualifiers. We ended up finishing 2nd overall in the silver fleet for the qualifiers. We raced in silver fleet for the next few days and had some very close races. We made many mistakes but also did many things very well. In many races we were close to Dave Carrol and Grant Williams, both fantastic sailors in our opinion. In the very last race we received our only 1st place finish. Winning the last race placed us in first of the silver fleet for the whole regatta. There were about 23 boats in each fleet and 46 in the whole regatta. We were very pleased with our finish. At the annual class meeting, many new board members were elected. In the end it was a great regatta with parties, racing, and great weather. We will hopefully be sailing in the nationals again next year at Hunington Lake in California!