On Christmas night, my crew Tanner and I boarded the plane and flew to Miami for the Orange Bowl Regatta. The flight went as planned arriving on time and leaving as scheduled, making for a smooth flight. By the time we arrived it was already the morning in Florida, so we checked into our hotel and got a few hours of sleep before heading down to the venue to pick up our charter boat.

Paris Henken and Helena Scutt became the first members of the 2016 U.S. Olympic Sailing Team after winning the 49erFX Olympic selection series in Miami and Clearwater, FL.

The 2015 Orange Bowl International Youth Regatta was held at the US Sailing Center in Miami. Over the four day regatta Miami delivered; each day brought constant 14 to 18 knots of breeze.  I was competing in the Laser Standard class.

Winter blizzard Jonas may have buried the East Coast with mounds of snow last weekend, but the sun was shining in La Playa for the 5th annual Club Championships. This year’s event featured close, competitive racing for the 15 teams participating, making for an energized weekend of sailing!

We left San Diego headed for Miami on Christmas Night with a plane full of San Diego sailors and parents all headed to Orange Bowl on the red-eye. Leaving the cold of San Diego, it even hailed on the ride to the airport, to join the warm and breezy conditions in Miami, lows in the mid 70's and highs in the 80’s all week.  

After a year at the St. Francis Yacht Club, the Lipton Cup trophy will return back to San Diego with a two point win by skipper Tyler Sinks and crew.

Team SDYC skippered by Tyler Sinks competes against 11 other talented teams from yachts clubs around the country for the 101st Lipton Cup. Racing takes place in San Diego Bay, with a 12 boat J/105 rotation format that has been in place for 4 years. 2014 champions from St. Francis Yacht Club are back to defend the Cup.

See Buffalo Beach from some unique perspectives. Thanks to Todd Hughes for providing the drone video footage and Timmy Fraher for editing the video.