RYC’s 29er Teams Compete in Southern California Last Weekend

RYC’s 29er Teams traveled to Santa Barbara this past weekend to compete in Skiff Fest.  The two teams were Mike & Haydon and Neil & Robbie.

Here’s a brief recap -  Great weekend, but rather horrible sailing.  It seemed like there was wind everywhere in the state, except Santa Barbara.  However they did end up getting off 4 races on Sunday in very light/variable breeze.  Mike/Haydon had ok scores for being one of the heavier teams, finishing in 6th overall.  Their best race was a 3rd in the third race.  They had a 10th place on Saturday which hurt their final score.  Neil & Robbie finished in 9th place.  Their best race was the first one where they finished in 5th place.  Congratulations to all of you!

 

Below is picture – but our photographer was on land so the boats are a bit far away

BAYS #1 – The Summer Breeze has Arrived!

BAYS #1 started off the summer sailing series right!  First day was made up of big waves and breeze.  All fleets were tested with handling the waves and all handled it very well.  The second day was 5-10 knots of breeze for the first 2 races and then for the start of the 3rd race it picked up to 18 knots and good size waves again.  The racing was canceled just after the Radial start of the 3rd race but everyone had a lot of fun on the reach back to the dock.

Congratulations to all of the Richmond Yacht Club Racers!  Here are a few highlights:

• Berky had 5th place in the fourth race!  One of his best finishes ever!
• Sarah consistently finished each race in the top 10, finishing in 6th place overall!
• Raffi had a 4th place finish in the 7th race, finishing in 12th place overall!
• Kelsey and Jack also did quite well with many top 10 finishes!  Kelsey finished in 6th and Jack in 11th
• Alyson and her skipper, Peter, finished in 6th overall!

Below is a link to the results.

http://www.regattanetwork.com/event/6819#_home

 

 

 

 

Picture on Right – First day 3-4 foot waves, 18-20 knots. The depth of the waves is lost in the picture and even though it looks like Sarah is about to flip to windward this actually is her about to catch a wave while setting up for a Jibe.  It ended up being a really good clean jib on a good size wave.  

 

 

RYC 29er Team Wins 3rd at CISA Clinic!

Congratulations Mike and Haydon!!  The RYC Team took 3rd place in the CISA clinic last week in their 29er.  A great accomplishment!

Laser Midwinters – RYC’s Berky Finishes Every Race – Youngest Competitor at the Event!

Congratulations Berky!  We are proud of you for completing every race this past weekend.  Well done!

 

Laser Midwinters 2013 – California Yacht Club – RYC Junior Berky!

RYC Junior, Berky, is down in Southern California too competing in the Laser Midwinters.  He has finished every race so far which was one of his goals!  Go Berky!

Day 3 – 29er Midwinters in Coronado

The final day of racing for the 29er Teams.  The videos are of our two teams at the mark rounding.  The purple kite is the team of Neil & Robbie.

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The kite boards were out racing today too!

29er Standings thru Race #8 – Midwinter West Regatta at the Coronado Yacht Club

After 8 races, RYC Teams are still going strong.  Mike & Haydon are in 9th place and Neil & Robbie are in 13th.  Nice job guys!

Here they are coming in to the dock after the final race of the day.