My best USODA regatta ever?

Last week-end I attended the 2016 USODA PCC (Pacific Coast Championship) at Ventura in South California, a little north of Los Angeles.

I went there with my good friend Henry Boeger, my bro Yann and my Dad. Ventura is a venue with usually light conditions but this week-end it was supposed to blow up to 25 knots.

The first day it was pretty light, we spent more time waiting for the wind than racing. My results were up and down, with a 24th and a 5th. West wind peaking at 5-7 knots and long big Pacific Ocean swell. I was 14th after one day, the second day was windy up to 25 knots from the East, and then light from the West, also pretty up and down. With a 6th, 5th before the last race I was 5th overall, then it got really light. Sadly I got a 27th on the last race after the terrific wind shift (180 degrees), getting me in a solid 10th overall, and 5th in blue fleet.

This is a USODA regatta, so as usual the top 25% of competitors qualify for USA Team Trials. There were 20 slots available for qualification. So technically I was qualified, although this wasn't mandatory after my successful qualification at WCC a few weeks ago.

Overall I had a great time, getting my first top ten in a USODA regatta, finishing 2nd of my race team from SFYC, and very happy to have sailed among several members of the USA National Team: Jake, Jagan, Taft, Will, Ryan. A great way to celebrate my 1st anniversary as a member of the SFYC race team !

Here are the final results for the qualified sailors:

Here is a picture of my friend Henry and I:

Top 10 overall award ceremony:

My bro Yann sleeping in his Opti waiting for food poisoning to stop and for the wind to cool down :-)

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