Atlantic Coast Champs/ District 18 Champs

Over the last week and a half I managed to throw together two regattas combined with training in the middle. I took off on Wednesday night with the trailer in tow and arrived in North Carolina the following night for the Atlantic Coast Championship. I went out sailing on Friday to get used to the venue, which conveniently was a great place to sail. Over the regatta, which lasted Saturday and Sunday, we had a nice steady breeze that kicked up some larger than life waves. It made for fun sailing and the competition was strong as well! I ended up 12th, I felt like I could have done much better but I had trouble getting off the starting line all weekend.

The great thing about this was that I was invited to train with the Canadian youth team for the next four days, so I decided to really focus on my starts the entire week. Thankfully there was nice breeze and good sailors, so I had the opportunity to really improve on my starts. Also I made gains everywhere in my sailing, an overall very productive training session.

On Thursday night I took off and drove to Indianapolis where I threw in the boat on Friday for a quick sail to adjust to inland lake sailing. It was quite a change but a good one, it is always nice to mix things up. This was the District 18 Championship and there was a solid showing from around the area. Saturday at Eagle Creek Sailing Club, turned out to be a really fun day with a steady 15 knots, quality racing!Sunday was lighter, but challenging and just as exciting. It was fun to walk away with the win, and see some old friends in the process. All in all, ten straight days of sailing, what a life!