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The array of container, tanker, and cruise ships in Long Beach Harbor shook up the breeze while the Santa Anas fought to come in all weekend, giving us moderate wind on Saturday resulting in a delayed start and sporty conditions on Sunday. Traci Miller, Kim Stanford, Jessica Sweeney, Marnie Jenkins, Kara Voss, Julie Mitchell, Tiffany Billings and Alexa Cavalieri joined helmswoman Kris Zillmann for 7 races against some of the best female sailors on the West Coast. Team SDYC ended up 5th overall, but was proud of the effort and the comeback on day 2 when we finally got our Catalina 37 moving.
This week on the SDYC Sailcast, host and SDYC Director Alli Bell welcomes brothers Noah and Ian Nyenhuis to talk about their background in sailing and their recent successes including 29er Nationals, 29er Youth World Qualifiers, and 29er Worlds in Spain.
“I can’t really remember a time when sailing hasn’t been a part of my life,” said Noah. Noah tells us about the way that he and his brother grew up around the water, especially with their mother and former Olympian, Giselle (Camet) Nyenhuis.
It was all smiles and high energy for the 275+ sailors who visited San Diego Yacht Club from all over Southern California, with a few special guests from as far away as Chicago, Sept. 18-19 for what has become one of the most popular regattas in Southern California. In fact, at 38 boats, organizer Barrett Canfield of South Coast Yachts realized their formula for the regatta made this Beneteau Cup the largest B-Cup in the USA and possibly the world, rivaling the B-Cup in Sydney, Australia.
The San Diego Yacht Club’s One Design Weekend this past Saturday and Sunday was filled with great competition for the Etchells fleet and for most was doubling as practice for the upcoming Etchells North American Championship this Friday, October 1 to Sunday, October 3.
At the top of the fleet was Argyle Campbell on Rock On. "The team sailed with great attitudes in the light and shifty conditions and never gave up," Campbell said. Coach Mark Ivey was also there to direct the team. Campbell will be sailing in the North Americans with crew Alex Curtiss, Chuck Eaton and Jesse Kirkland.
This summer, the 29er Open Worlds was held in Valencia Spain by The Real Club Nautico. The worlds look place from August 23-29th, with six days of intense racing. There were a total of three days of qualifying, then another three days in the final series. There were over 200 boats registered, split into 6 groups for both the qualifying and the finals. On the water there were three courses that each had two groups, and switched daily. We did three races for the first five days of the regatta, doing 2 on the last.