End-of-Season Party

Good afternoon everyone!

We are planning for our end-of-season potluck and party on Sunday, June 9th from 3-6pm at Andress's house on Lake Whatcom.

Based on feedback at the last week of practice and on email to seniors, this was the time that worked for the most people! 

If anyone can only make it for part of the time, please let us know. We want to do the end-of-year awards at a time that works for everyone. We'll follow with more details and a schedule of what to expect later this week!

Looking forward to seeing you all there!

Best,

Anna

Summer Racing Opportunity

Hi Everyone,

This summer, I'll be coaching a ILCA (Laser) Team out of CBC. We will be attending regattas in the Northwest Youth Racing Circuit (NWYRC) summer series. It is a series of big regattas with 150+ sailors across 5 different kinds of boats and is a great source of competitive racing. Racing Lasers in the NWYRC is a great way for youth sailors to get better at dinghy sailing locally. 

The summer season runs from June 26th to September 5th. We have two practices and one race night each week. The team will attend four regattas and sailors have the opportunity to go to clinics. Find out more information about the team here. Registration is live! 

Summer Sailing is different from High School sailing in a couple of ways. The biggest is there is no rotating at regattas. Instead, regattas start a little later in the day and sailors get breaks while on the water to eat lunch. Each sailor will sail all day and be supported by me on a coach boat. Because of this, the race team is limited to 10 sailors. Lasers are also a different boat than FJs, with only one person in the boat instead of two like we have as the standard for High School. With the time on the water and the style of the boat, laser sailing is the best way to grow racing skills and confidence. I find that it transfers back to FJ sailing for the school year. 

The Community Boating Center offers both full and partial scholarships for programs including the race team. We do not want cost to be a reason for not joining. Scholarship form. Let me know if you have any questions about scholarships. 

We will be having an info meeting next Tuesday, June 4th at 7pm in the upstairs of CBC's new Wheelhouse building. Please let me know if you plan on attending by responding to this email.

CBC will be running a fundraiser for youth programs and scholarships this Friday May 31st. "Empty the Boatyard" and enjoy a fun evening celebrating youth at the Community Boating Center. Find more info about Empty the Boatyard here. 

I'm super excited to be able to offer this race team to all of you! This is the #1 way to get better for the highschool season, and is a fun summer of sailing.

Let me know if you have any questions,

Cooper   

Re: Gold Team Race Champs Logistics

Hi everyone,

Oz's dad, Adam Resnick, took some great photos of the Oak Harbor Team Race Champs two weeks back! The photos can be found here: https://resnickphoto.smugmug.com/Sehome/Whatcom-Sailing-Gold-Race-Champs-Oak-Harbor-April-2024/n-Cpc9wR

Best,

Anna

On Fri, Apr 26, 2024 at 12:03 PM Whatcom Sailing Coaches <coaches@whatcomsailing.com> wrote:

Hi Team,

Sailors - Keagan, Cole, Katy, Tyce, Hans V, and Oz (6).

Oak Harbor Drivers - Woo 1, Vondrell 2, Resnick 3.

Coach - Scott

Housing - We are driving back to Bham for Saturday night.

Costs - $15 entry fee per sailor + money for food.

NOR - Here!

Schedule 

Saturday, April 27 2024
0730 Meet at Sehome Haggens
0740 On the road - Leaving a little early because Oak Harbor is closing a road or something like that.
0900 Report Time
0930 Registration
1000 Skippers Meeting
1100  First warning; sailing will continue throughout the day.

Sunday, April 28, 2024
0730 Meet at Sehome Haggens
0740 On the road
0900  Report Time
1000 First Warning
1530 No Starts After
1600 Awards Presentation 

We only have two Sehome pinnies, so if you still have yours from last weekend please bring it! 

Let me know if you have any questions.

Cooper 

Fleet Race Champs this Weekend

Hi everyone,

We are excited for fleet race champs this weekend in Anacortes! We are driving there and back both days, it's about an hour drive. We will be meeting at the Sehome Hill Haggen's at 8:30am on Saturday and 7:30am on Sunday.

Everyone who signed up is going:

Aiofe, Atticus, August, Avery, Bella, Campbell, Cole, Emma, Finn, Frank, Hans S, Hans V, Katy, Keagan, Max, Max, Oscar, Oz, Sofia, Tristan (20 sailors)

Drivers: Parents/family of:

Aiofe (1), Cole (3 (Sunday only)), Emma (3), Katy, Oscar (5), Oz (4), Tristan (1). Thank you to everyone who signed up to drive!

With the parents listed above driving and Cooper and I each driving a 3 boat trailer we should be more than good! If anyone who signed up to drive can't anymore, or if anyone else is planning on driving just their sailors, please let me know. 

Group food: Thank you to Karen Woo for leading plans on group food. If any parents are interested in helping that would be much appreciated; please text or email Karen at karenswoo@gmail.com if you would like to help.

Waiver: Each sailor must have a signed Anacortes Waterfront Alliance waiver to compete. Please complete the waiver here: https://forms.gle/DaVzdWW5vV9b2YnX6 

Cost: $25-35. Entry fee is $10, plus $15 for group food. Please also bring $5-10 for gas if you/your sailor is getting a ride from another parent. Of course, cost should not be a barrier- if the cost is an issue, please let us know.

This is the final away regatta of the normal season, and after this we have the annual golden bailer race at home on Bham Bay and our end-of-season potluck and awards. More to follow on those fronts.

Let us know if you have any questions about this weekend! See you soon.

Best,

Anna