Friday, May 28, 2021

Golden Bailer

Team,

The Golden Bailer needs to be rescheduled.  The new date and time will be Saturday June 5th at 10am.  Please arrange for someone to sail with and email me when you have your partner.  

Scott Wilson
Director - Whatcom Sailing
360.303.1759 c

Tuesday, May 18, 2021

End of Season

Today, May 18th, is the last day of practice. Looking forward to a breezy afternoon and hopefully some sunshine!


As we wrap up the season I wanted to thank everyone for their flexibility as we got back in the swing of things. Districts went off without a hitch. Congratulation to Sehome for finishing 5th overall and Bellingham for finishing 12th. A big thank you to all the sailors who came out to support their teams.


We have set a tentative date for the most important race of the year. We will plan to hold The Golden Bailer race on Saturday May 29th. This date is weather dependent and could get pushed back if conditions are not superb. We will also plan to have an end of season party and awards night on the same day as the Golden Bailer race. More info on that coming soon. If you are interested in hosting that event please let me know.  


I also wanted to share with you some opportunities for summer sailing: 

The Bellingham Yacht Club has a race team program that practices throughout the summer season.  This program is run by our own Coach Shea! They sail a variety of boats and attend regattas in the Northwest Youth Racing Circuit. A great way to improve your skills before we start up again next fall. Check out the program at youth.byc.org


The Community Boat Center in Fairhaven also has summer programs. Check them out here: https://www.boatingcenter.org/


Scott Wilson
Director - Whatcom Sailing
360.303.1759 c

Monday, May 3, 2021

Fleet Race Districts this Weekend

This weekend we are hosting fleet race districts down on the bay.  The regatta is a two day event, both Saturday and Sunday.  The NOR for the event is attached.  This is the final district regatta of the season with the top two teams qualifying for nationals.  Only one team per school is allowed at district championship events.  The Sehome team this weekend will be Keller, Natalie, Bailey, Tristan with Mike, Keagan, and Liv as alternates.  Bellingham will be Ian, Mia, Talia, Tess and Wyatt and Willow as alternates. Everyone else is welcome and encouraged to come watch or help me run races.  

Parents, if you are available to help I could use people on shore and water to help with logistics and race committee.  Let me know if you are available.

Skippers meeting will be Friday via Zoom.  Link in the NOR. 
The schedule is also in the NOR.  However, I would like our team to arrive at 9:30 on Saturday rather than 10 to help get boats rigged.

Thanks,

Scott Wilson
Director - Whatcom Sailing
360.303.1759 c