This week-end and last one my Dad and I sailed together once on the Open 5.70 and once on the Viper. On both session when we started the wind was really light and then it got up to 15 to 20 knots.
Today on the Viper, my Dad and I went up to 16 knots in Richardson Bay, the bay that we see from our house. Here is a video of my Dad and I sailing the Viper.
The week before I sailed the Open 5.70 with my Mom, my Brother, My Dad, and I. The wind was around 15 knots, we didn't send the spinnaker until it got calmer. Here is a video of my family and I sailing the Open 5.70.
Sunday, October 4, 2015
Summer 2015 and PCC regatta back in SF
During the summer I went to France where my family spent most of our summer.
We keep a 420 in our house in Saint Malo. It isn't one of these fancy racing 420 that most yacht clubs have, it's an old lady from 1976. Sailing it is hard because you can feel it's old, and it was a challenge for my sister and I. At the end of summer, my Mom and my Dad did some fiber glass work on the hull, because it needed it. Thank you Mom !
We sailed the 420 in Saint Malo and in Lacanau. While we were in Lacanau we sailed on the lake, and also surfed on the Atlantic Ocean at Wally Glisse Wally Glisse Surf School.
We also sailed a First 27.7 S which is a Beneteau, it's a cruise ship but it's at the same time a kind of sports boat. Each year my family and I sail on it for 1 week without stopping. This year the wind was around 20 knots (gusts up to 32 knots) every day except one day were it was 10 to 12 knots and we could put the kite up. The waves were up to 1.50 meter. The conditions were really tough, but sunny all along the week, and we all had a good time.
During the 2015 summer I also raced. I competed in one Bays Regatta where I didn't do well in light wind. But I still got 5th overall for the Bays season, and 2nd in Blue Fleet (my age group), despite not racing 2 out of 5 events.
The most important regatta I did was the Pacific Coast Championship. For the second time I competed in this regatta, and this year I was trying to qualify for the US Team Trials. Sadly I finished 36th out of 120 boats, but the last qualified was 31st. I missed the US Team Trials qualification by 5 places but I'm not giving up, so I will go to New Orleans Midwinter Regatta at next regatta of that kind, to try to qualify again.
Over all I had a great sailing summer!
We keep a 420 in our house in Saint Malo. It isn't one of these fancy racing 420 that most yacht clubs have, it's an old lady from 1976. Sailing it is hard because you can feel it's old, and it was a challenge for my sister and I. At the end of summer, my Mom and my Dad did some fiber glass work on the hull, because it needed it. Thank you Mom !
We sailed the 420 in Saint Malo and in Lacanau. While we were in Lacanau we sailed on the lake, and also surfed on the Atlantic Ocean at Wally Glisse Wally Glisse Surf School.
We also sailed a First 27.7 S which is a Beneteau, it's a cruise ship but it's at the same time a kind of sports boat. Each year my family and I sail on it for 1 week without stopping. This year the wind was around 20 knots (gusts up to 32 knots) every day except one day were it was 10 to 12 knots and we could put the kite up. The waves were up to 1.50 meter. The conditions were really tough, but sunny all along the week, and we all had a good time.
During the 2015 summer I also raced. I competed in one Bays Regatta where I didn't do well in light wind. But I still got 5th overall for the Bays season, and 2nd in Blue Fleet (my age group), despite not racing 2 out of 5 events.
The most important regatta I did was the Pacific Coast Championship. For the second time I competed in this regatta, and this year I was trying to qualify for the US Team Trials. Sadly I finished 36th out of 120 boats, but the last qualified was 31st. I missed the US Team Trials qualification by 5 places but I'm not giving up, so I will go to New Orleans Midwinter Regatta at next regatta of that kind, to try to qualify again.
Over all I had a great sailing summer!
Heavy Weather Regatta June 2015
After weeks of training I finally raced in the Harken Opti Heavy Weather Regatta, which happens at the St Francis Yacht Club, just by the Golden Gate Bridge. This regatta was really special because of the fact that their were about 50 Optis!! They came from the SF Bay, Vancouver Canada, Seattle, and Long beach California. I didn't do really well ranking-wise, but I had a good time. I was happy to race in the practice day, because otherwise I would not have been prepared. To give you an idea of what happened on the practice day, basically I capzised 6 times!! In one race!! After that I didn't capzise until after the last race, and indeed I pitchpoled. Which means that the front of my boat went under water, until the top of my mast touched the water where then I flipped. Here is the video of a Weta trimaran pitchpole.
At the Heavy Weather Regatta, the wind was 15 to 20 knots 4 days in a row!! The current was also strong (3 to 4 knots), the whole time it was flooding, which means that the tide was coming into the Bay. So on the upwinds you would go at 3 knots against the current, but on the downwinds you would go around 6 to 9 knots. The worst of all were the waves: on each wave you would take 5 liters into the boat upwind. The great parts were the downwinds, and my top speed was up to 11knots. Here is a short video.
Overall I finished 12 in Blue fleet (my age group) on 25 boats.
Overall I had a great time! Next year I will be back.
At the Heavy Weather Regatta, the wind was 15 to 20 knots 4 days in a row!! The current was also strong (3 to 4 knots), the whole time it was flooding, which means that the tide was coming into the Bay. So on the upwinds you would go at 3 knots against the current, but on the downwinds you would go around 6 to 9 knots. The worst of all were the waves: on each wave you would take 5 liters into the boat upwind. The great parts were the downwinds, and my top speed was up to 11knots. Here is a short video.
Overall I finished 12 in Blue fleet (my age group) on 25 boats.
Overall I had a great time! Next year I will be back.
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