Madeleine, Thomas, and Brendan have been having a great practice so far this week in Miami. The conditions have been great and looking good for the rest of the week.
Madeleine decorating her boat properly 🙂
Enjoying Biscayne Bay
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Junior Olympics Jensen Beach
Thomas, Madeleine, and Julia after the regatta. Always nice to take the kids back to the place I learned to sail.
Madeleine seems to be more interested in the hardware than the photo.
USODA Midwinters – Brendan Little 17th and qualifies for Team Trials
Congrats to Brendan for qualifying for USODA Team Trials by finishing 17th of 80 boats at Midwinters at Southern YC in New Orleans. Results
Lauderdale Yacht Club Team Race Championship
Mehvish, Gray, Thomas, and Aaron recently sailed in one of the coolest Opti events around at Lauderdale YC. With provided boats and sails, all the sailors need to bring is their gear. We ended up 10th of 16 teams though that does not tell the whole story for this event. We raced some close races against the top teams and all kids learned a lot. I encourage everyone to get this event on the calendar for next year.
Thomas and Gray at LYC Team Race 2011
The team @ SE Champs
JC @ SE Champs
It took us 5 shots to get him to smile, if you can call it that. 6th place Blue Fleet, 10th Overall
USODA South East Championship
We finally got on the water for our first regatta October 9-11 in Marco Island, FL for the South East Champs, this years qualifier for the USODA spring international teams and what a way to start. JC Hermus finished 10th overall and 6th in Blue Fleet. Our second sailor in the top 25 was Nick Brady at 24. We also had 5 others in the top 100 (Chrissie Klingler 56, Mehvish Khan 62, Gray Benson 65, Antonia Bentel 72, and Thomas Rice 98). Some of our younger sailors showed great improvement from Nationals, even in the big breeze on the first day. Not everyone reached their goals but as a team I was very proud of how well everyone sailed and the effort they put in. Back to practicing this week and a few smaller regattas coming up, then the busy winter schedule and time to start the long preparation for Team Trials.
SailStrong logo
Thanks to the help of Peter Bentel, we now have a logo for the team. Next up, gear, which is, I know, the reason you do this.Â
A shot from the debrief after our first ever day of sailing as SailStrong. Big thanks to all the families that made this possible, to the sailors for putting in a big effort on the water, and to Bellport Bay YC for hosting us. Everyone is looking a bit exhausted but they all came back with energy for some fitness Sunday morning and then another long day on the water. Another weekend of practice in Bellport this weekend will be followed by our first regatta, the USODA Atlantic Coast Champs, the following weekend in Baltimore.
SailStrong Youth Racing 