Over the Christmas break my crew Cam and I flew out to Miami and sailed the Orange Bowl regatta. We were sailing with the NB4T group that we have been sailing with in addition to practicing out of SDYC. We flew out a few days before Christmas to get some productive time on the water.
When we showed up there was some decent breeze, 8-10 kts on the first few days slowly dying off throughout the rest of our trip. We are thankful that we got some good practice in San Diego in the lighter air and chop which suited us for the conditions in Miami.
The first day of the regatta we were able to get two bullets with good starts and even better speed. We were able to carry this momentum into the next day where we only lost one of the four races putting us ahead of the pack overall. The final day of racing we won a race and had three other keepers giving us a good cushion on the fleet.
Going into the last day we were nervous but we knew we had good speed. With ten races complete we were expecting to do two races to close the regatta out. Unfortunately there was no wind on the last day making an anti climactic victory but rewarding nonetheless. We are both so grateful that we have been able to use the SDYC boats and have the funding to help us compete on a national level. It is a great honor to represent our club and take home a victory. We are super excited to compete in the Midwinters in these coming weeks at Jensen Beach.