C-Scow Regatta

It was back to my home turf this weekend as I returned to Lake Fenton to sail in our club C- Scow regatta. It was a well attended event with many boats coming from as far as New York and Iowa! Saturday started off rainy and stormy but with good timing the RC had us heading out just as the rain had ceased. The wind had decided to show up as well which made the three races we sailed that day very enjoyable.It was Team O'Mara to the races with my Dad crewing and myself at the helm, we had a lot of fun and pulled off some solid races in the process! Our finishes were 3,2,3 which made us the most consistent finishers and also tied for the lead! The second day of racing was much less promising with very spotty wind at best dotting the lake. We all new it was going to be shifty small lake sailing conditions and Lake Fenton did not disappoint. During the course of the race we went from 5th, to 3rd, to 10th, back to 3rd, passed again back into 9th, and managed to luckily squeeze by a few in the end to finish 6th. It was a hairy race but it was good enough for 2nd place! What a fun weekend!

Training

I had a great day out on Lake Michigan today with JP De Solar from Chile. The skies were sunny and the winds were a wonderful 12-14knots from the North West. After classes I headed over to MBYC and JP and I got out on the water by 4PM. The conditions were as good as you could ask for so we stayed out until the sun set which was around8PM. It was a great way to get used to the full rig again, an intense session which was an excellent work out. My legs are hurting but my soul feels good, a nice way to end the day.