Spring Sailing 2016

Timelapse: Opti's at Redwood City - April 1, 2016

Nice timelapse of Opti racing in good wind. You can really see the puffs rolling in.

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A video posted by Hoptimul (@hoptimul) on Mar 6, 2016 at 6:50pm PST

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!

Optis racing in berkeley circle

optimists sailing

shuffling for the start

San Francisco backdrop

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.

Here comes Johnny Perkins yet again...

Simon and Henry

Justin Lim

230 optimist racers

Luke Froeb

Conner Bennett Kari

Kari

Henry followed by Will Foox and Simon Hank!

Hank!

Chase Boats

Simon Boeger, Johnny Perkins, Ben Foox, Henry Boeger

Heading from harbor to Belvedere Cover, then to Berkeley Circle

Launch Dock

Kari, Molly, and Melanie

Our Sponsors

Carol Holder and Dave Young

Coach Mike and Simon

Hoel serves it up

Shar Foox and Jeff Holder

Coach Nico and his SFYC opti racers

Peter Lim and Kari

Amazing rainbow at regatta conclusion

Start Boat

Optis lined up at the start

Race #1 begins!

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.