The San Diego Yacht Club’s annual International Masters Regatta officially kicked off today in San Diego Bay. Consistent wind at 8-10 knots, gusting at 15-18 created a beautiful platform for racing in front of the downtown skyline.
On September 24, I traveled to Annapolis Maryland to Compete in the 2015 U.S. Sailing Team Race Championship for the Hinman Trophy. My team and I, comprised off Boston College sailors and Alumni took the weekend off of collegiate sailing to compete in U.S. championship.
After three days of a scoreboard order that wouldn't budge, Jud Smith finally broke out of 2nd place to win the 2015 Green Flash J/70 North American Championship.
Victor Wild, owner/skipper of the TP52 Bud, accepted the St. Francis Perpetual Trophy at the 2015 Rolex Big Boat Series while also winning ORR Class A.
This past July, I had the opportunity to compete in the 2015, ISAF Team Racing World Championship held in Rutland, UK.
Roger Williams University in Rhode Island hosted the 2015 U.S Sailing Youth Championship. The regatta is invitation only; therefore, competition is always tough.
On July 17, Kelly Holthus led a parade of small white sails across the channel for the 43rd installation of SDYC’s iconic Dutch Shoe Marathon. Nearly 150 sabots competed in the seven-mile race from Point Loma to Coronado
On behalf of the entire SDYC representation at the StFYC invitational, thank you very much for your support. We all had an amazing weekend of racing against the top teams in California, and were very excited to finish with a 10-1 record to take the win.
On June 17 Storm Brown, Andy Reiter and I [Scott Sinks] teamed up to race in Newport Beach for the Rose Cup. The Rose Cup is a match race championship sailed in Governor 21 boats.
Congratulations to SDYC's Nevin Snow, selected as the 2015 Marlow Ropes College Sailor of the Year for his excellent Junior season at Georgetown University.