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!