Johnny Adams Memorial Regatta

The Johnny Adams Memorial Regatta (JAM) took place on Bainbridge island this year on September 11-12, 2010. I raced in a Laser Radial and got 2nd of 16 boats. This was a fun regatta with great competition! It was also a part of the northwest youth racing circut.

Lido 14 Junior National Championships 2010

The Lido 14 Junior National Championships were a blast this year. They took place on August 22, 2010 at Alamitos Bay Yacht Club in Long Beach, CA. I sailed with Mackenzie Wilson in this regatta as well. After a day of racing practice, we did not do as well as we had hoped, finishing 8th overall of 15 boats. I recieved the Barbara Caroll Perpetual Trophy for being the top female skipper, which was a great accomplishment. Overall, the trip was a great success even though our finish was not as great as we had hoped for with shifty winds that were unpredictable in the area.

Lido 14 Women's National Championship

The women's national championship took place on August 21, 2010 at Alamitos Bay Yacht Club in Long Beach, CA this year. It was a fantastic regatta with great racing. My crew for the regatta was Mackenzie Wilson from Anacortes, who is a great sailor. We had a great time and were able to use Mark and Sarah Ryan's Lido for the regatta. We sailed very well together in this fantastic boat and ended up in 4th place with four 4ths in the regatta and one 1st which we were very proud of considering the great competition. We were the first junior team and overall had nothing but positive feelings about this regatta.

Lido 14 Senior National Championship 2010

I just got back from many sailing trips and finally have time to write about the Lido 14 National Championship 2010 which took place at Huntington Lake, CA from July 13-15 and the High Sierra Regatta on July 10 and 11.

Both of these races were very fun. I crewed in our lido 14 (4284) with my dad in the High Sierra regatta, but skippered for the nationals. The wind was great at huntington lake as usual and we placed 11th in the B fleet with consistent races (12, 12, and 11).

The Nationals was even more fun then the High Sierra because I skippered. We did not do very well during the qualifiers and ended up in the bottom of silver fleet. The first day of racing we did very well with an 8th, 6th, and 6th which put us in 3rd place because many people received an OCS in a race. The second day we received a 16th because I tacked too close to someone and had to do circles. The last race we sailed well in and then were fouled at the leeward mark and then were disqualified because I had fouled someone and did not do my circles since I still believed, and still do believe I had done nothing wrong. Therefore, we ended up in 13th place overall. I still think the racing was worth the 40 hours of roundtrip driving!

I went to see the America's Cup Trophy won by BMW Oracle at Seattle Yacht Club last Sunday night. It was absolutely amazing to see. Hearing from the crew about their journey was fantastic. It was an amazing opportunity to meet some major sailors. Here is a youtube video that they made of the cup at SYC:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FB-Wc_-3mfU

Laser Midwinters West

Last weekend I went down to Richmond Yacht Club to sail on the San Francisco bay in the Laser Midwinters west. It was a tough regatta for me because it was really windy, the sailors were amazing, and I capsized every day. By the end of the 3 day regatta I was so sore. Every day we had a postponement waiting for the wind, but when the wind came, it was super strong. The swells were huge because the bay is so shallow. The first day I battled the up-winds and needed a looser rig going downwind. My starts were also not very good. In the second race, I capsized downwind and my centerboard had problems staying in so that I could swim around and right the boat. I eventually righted the boat and finished the race, but got passed by all the other boats after my capsize. The second day, I finished in 44th in the first race by hiking hard and having good reaches, but not a very good start. I finished 47th in the second race of the second day. In the 3rd race I was doing pretty well until i flipped downwind and ended up in 43rd. The last day we waited for wind and it came in really strong in the middle of the 1st race that day. I was doing well probably in the 30's when the wind stormed in and when I hit the downwind leg my sheet slipped out of my hand. I capsized after hitting a 4-5 ft. swell. Ben (my coach) came over to see if I wanted help, but I wanted to keep racing so I grabbed my rudder which fell out because of a broken pintle. I also shoved my centerboard into the trunk and did everything I could so that it would stay out even a little bit to pull it out and right it since the centerboard kept falling out. I finally righted the boat and realized the rudder was not in right so i had almost fixed it when I flipped again. At that point, I had no energy left and realized i wouldn't be able to finish the race within the time limit. Therefore, my coach assisted me in getting my boat back upright and we took the rig down. Then I couldn't sail the last race either. Overall, I was proud of my sailing and knew that I tried my absolute hardest.

Interlake High School places 4th in state!

Last weekend Mark Feeney (senior), Adam Schnitzer (junior) , and I (sophomore) sailed at Sail Sand Point against 150 other students. We placed 4th of high schools in the state behind Bainbridge Island, North Kitsap, and Orcas Island. We beat 10 high school teams and 1 college team. Only high schools located on an island or peninsula beat us. I will be sailing this weekend near Western Washington University, then will be going to San Francisco to sail in the Laser Midwinters West Championships, but after that we will be back together for another regatta.

Also, sorry to not have updated my blog in such a long time.

Recently, I have sailed in the High School Kick-off regatta at SYC. There were 25 boats and 130 sailors. It was our first team Interlake regatta and we got 17th.

I sailed in the frigid digit as well where there were 3 radials and I placed 2nd, losing first by getting 2nd in the last race to Alexis Aird.