I am so grateful for the SDYC Competition Fund. For the past three months or so, I lived in Fort Lauderdale, FL, practicing with the Laser 4.7 team at the Lauderdale Yacht Club. Recently, I wnet to the Midwinters East regatta in Miami, FL, to represent SDYC there. I had a great experience. The conditions were rough, from waiting all day to get almost zero knots of wind to the next day, when we had fifteen knots of wind with chop. The whole SDYC team performed amazingly. This was a great step forward for the SDYC Laser team, and hopefully we will be able to go next year with twice as many people. I was so glad to be there with my sailing friends and family because of the competition fund. Thank you SDYC for supporting my adventure at the Midwinters East.