This year the US Sailing Center Martin County would be the hosts for C420 Midwinters East. 103 boats congregated in Jensen Beach for this event from February 16th to the 18th. I met up with my crew, Ximena Escobar, at the San Diego airport on Thursday. We had one full day of travel and one full day of practice with the coaches in Florida. Orlando greeted us with warm weather as we left the rain behind in San Diego. The weather would hover around 80 degrees and 70% humidity the entire weekend.
For generations, SDYC’s Summer Program has provided an exceptional opportunity for kids to radically expand their sailing experience, in a safe, fun, and intensive setting with friends. This year’s program aims to maintain all those favorite features, while also making a few tweaks for modernization and improvement, and taking advantage of major regattas near home, this summer.
Early Member Registration for the 2019 Summer Program opens Wed, March 6 th at 1200 PST. Here’s what parents should know:
Over the President’s Day weekend, Miami Yacht Club hosted the first of the two 29er qualifiers for the Youth World Championships that will be held in Poland this summer. Three teams from the West coast traveled to the Florida to compete. With the wind expected to be light we had high hopes of doing well.
Max Brennan, 17, recently sailed on Heartbeat during the SDYC Islands Race. He sails out of Newport Sea Base and Balboa Yacht Club, starting in Sabots in Newport Beach, California. After making the transition into FJs, to 420s to 29ers, he jumped into bigger keelboats and began match racing with Balboa Yacht Club.
Max begins by talking about some of his recent successes including his time at Rose Cup and Gov Cup, along with some events that he sailed in Australia. He explains some of the opportunities he was given as a youth sailor in prestigious, international youth sailing events.