Hoel beats Henry to the mark with the "lift of the day" at Lucky Cove on a very desperate-for-wind day. Sometimes the puff catches you by surprise, as evidence here. There is a cliff just behind me where I am videoing and the puffs come over with very little warning.
Collection of regattas in the SF Bay Area and down to Southern California. Henry won the Summer BAYS trophy for the second year in a row and the first with SFYC rather than EYC. Simon raced opti's and 420's. He qualified for the Bemis finals in San Diego and got 15th down there. He was also "honorably discharged" from optimist sailing following WCC's down at Alamitos Bay Yacht Club.
The annual fabulous Opti Heavy Weather Regatta at the St. Francis Yacht Club on the San Francisco city front. Epic venue as optimist sailors race on the America's Cup course stretching from Alcatraz to the Golden Gate Bridge.
This year was especially exciting because Simon and Henry -- used to being the featherweights getting blown out at this venue -- both made it to the podium and were award by none other than Mr. Blue Planet himself... Kimball Livingston.
This might be my best opti timelapse video. It was extremely windy this day and you can see the puffs rocketing onto the race course.
Optis at Spring Harken #1 SFYC - April 10, 2016
This was a great regatta in Berkeley Circle and served as a warmup and prelude to Opti Team Trials in the same spot later in the month... so very competitive fleet and great conditions!
Timelapse: Opti Team Trials Rigging - April 30, 2016
Optis rigging on 1st day of national team trials at SFYC in Belvedere Cove, Tiburon.
Timelapse video of 230 of the best optimist racers in the USA prepare to race out of San Francisco Bay Yacht Club for the USODA 2016 Team Trials.
Team Trials Gallery - April 30, 2016
Here's my big gallery from team trials, off the water and on. A lot of pics are from the ramp because that was part of my job.
Opti Team Racing at Cal YC - May, 2016
After all the intensity and drama of team trials it was really fun to take two SFYC teams (5 kids each) down to Marina Del Rey for opti team racing. I think more youth team racing on the west coast would be great for the sport. Team racing is a round robin of duels between 2 teams, each team with 4 boats. Using the rights of ways from sailing rules, you try to get the winning combination of finishers by trapping opponents. It's more defensive skills than a race. Henry and Simon had a dream team with the Foox Brothers and Sarah Young. I think they won every race.
Harken #3 at Cabrillo - May, 2016
Jeez another weekend in San Pedro, just north of the Port of LA (Long Beach is just south.)
Very fun team racing event hosted by Cal Yacht Club. I think we had 9 or 10 teams. The SFYC team of two Boeger brothers, two Foox brothers, and Sarah Young won each an every race.
