Octoberfest

Great job this weekend to everyone sailing in some pretty tough conditions.  Just being able to sail in wind and waves like that makes you great sailors.  Good job!

Our next regatta this coming weekend is just down to Sail Sand Point in Seattle.  It is the final regatta of the Northwest Youth Circuit regattas.  We will be sailing v15s, fjs and lasers.  If you have a preference on what you sail please let us know and we will try to accommodate.  Depending on the competition we may sail in just V15s or just FJs.  We will find out what the other teams are sailing. 

We will be meeting at the Sehome haggen parking lot on Saturday morning at 7am and leaving shortly after.  The regatta fee is 40 dollars which includes lunches both days.  You will need to bring 20 dollars or so for dinner Saturday night and breakfast Sunday morning.  We will also be house camping again, so bring your sleeping bags, pad, and pillow.  That being said, please pack only what you absolutely need so we can keep some room in the cars.  We will be returning on Sunday evening after racing.  

Parents: We need drivers, please let us know if you can drive and or tow boats on a trailer. 

We have the following sailors signed up so far, if you are not on this list and would like to go please let us know asap.

Joshua Pryde

Victoria Clark

john andrews

Jay andrews

Kara Johnson

Mac Cook

Sawyer Griffin

Ben Kaas

Liam Hood

Garrett McHugh

Robyn Lesh

Elsa Balton

Lainey Lesh

Riley Ghio

Zoe Barton

Miles johannessen

Jack Thompson

Nicholas Bourlier

Riley Allsop

Amy Han

Cassie Rea

Elise Chambers

Scott and Mallory

Coaches - WCS

360.303.1759 c

www.whatcomsailing.com

DJOD Details

First off, great job to everyone down at JAM, we really did well as a team  Here are the results: http://results.sailwave.com/JAM.htm

This weekends regatta is DJOD (Dale Jepson One Design) put on by the Bellingham Yacht Club.  We will be racing out on the bay in FJs, Laser Full and Laser Radials.  

We will be meeting as a team at the Zuanich dock at 8:00am Saturday to rig and launch boats. Racing will go into the late afternoon assuming there is wind and there will be dinner provided in the yacht club after racing.  No lunches are provided on Saturday or Sunday, so pack yourself a lunch.  We will be out in a coach boat and can bring your lunches and water with us.  On Sunday we will meet at the Zuanich dock at 8:30am to rig and launch.  No races will start on Sunday after 2:30pm.  We will need everyone to help load the boats and bring them back to Lakewood Sunday after racing.   Pizza and awards will be at the yacht club Sunday evening.

IMPORTANT: We need everyone to bring your entry fee to practice on Thursday.  Here is a list of who is sailing in what boat and with whom and the amount you owe:

Jack Thompson Laser Full         $47.00

Riley Allsop Radial $40.00

Liam Hood         Radial $47.00

Shannon Mallory BYC FJ 1         $39.50

Kara Johnson BYC FJ 1 on Saturday only $27.50

Victoria Clarke BYC FJ 1 on Sunday Only     $27.50

Miles Johannessen BYC FJ 2 $39.50

Elise Chambers BYC FJ 2 $27.50

Cassie Rea BYC FJ 3 $27.50

Jay Andrews BYC FJ 3 $27.50

Lainey Lesh BYC FJ 4 $39.50

Ben Kaas BYC FJ 4 $27.50

Riley Ghio BYC FJ 5         $27.50

Zoe Barton BYC FJ 5         $27.50

Robyn Lesh BYC FJ 6 $39.50

Elsa Balton BYC FJ 6 $27.50

John Andrews WWU FJ 1 $27.50

Nicholas Bourlier  WWU FJ 1 $27.50

Jeff Biery WWU FJ 2 $27.50

Amy Han WWU FJ 2 $27.50

Garrett McHugh WWU FJ 3 $27.50

Christian Buhler WWU FJ 3        $27.50

Sawyer Griffin WWU FJ  3 $27.50

 

Scott & Mallory

Coaches - WCS

360.303.1759 c

www.whatcomsailing.com

DJOD

Sailors,

When registering for DJOD, which you should do tonight, for payment select "pay at door".  To get the early registration fee you need to register and pay by tomorrow, but their registration payment system does not work for half the cost of an FJ, so I am hoping that they will give us the early registration fee when we pay next week.  So select "pay at door" and bring your 27.50 next week.  If for some reason they do not honor our early registration, the team will pay the difference.  But only if you register tonight.  Also this is only for those sailing FJs next weekend, not lasers.

For tomorrow, please be on time at Sehome Haggens at 6:20.  We have to catch an early ferry in Seattle so we will leave without you if you are not on time.  Don't forget your water bottles as it will be very hot this weekend  Its gonna be an awesome regatta.

See you tomorrow,

Scott Wilson

Coach - WCS

360.303.1759 c

www.whatcomsailing.com

JAM Regatta Details

Details for this weekends regatta:

We will be meeting at the Sehome Haggens parking lot on Saturday morning at 6:20am, driving to Seattle with the goal of taking the 8:45 ferry from Seattle to Bainbridge.  We have multiple vehicles driving:

John Thompson towing 2 lasers - 3 passengers

Jim Johannessen towing 2 lasers - 2 passengers

Karen Ghio - 4 passengers

David Bourlier - 4 passengers

Scott - towing v15 and 2 passengers

We have the following sailors going:

Riley Allsop - Laser Radial

Liam Hood - Laser Radial

Jack Thompson - Laser Full

Robyn Lesh - Laser Radial

Miles johannessen - V15

Elise Chambers - V15

Riley Ghio - V15

Zoe Barton - V15

Sawyer Griffin - V15

Nicholas Bourlier - V15

Ben Kaas - V15

Garrett McHugh - V15 

Lainey Lesh - V15 

Victoria Clark - V15

Amy Han - V15

What to bring:

Sailing gear - it will be warm, but bring your base layer and some warm clothes just in case

Life Jacket and wetsuit

Money for registration fees and breakfast - 37.5 for fj racers, 50 for laser sailors.  includes lunch both days and dinner saturday.

water bottle for water during the day

Sleeping bag, pad and pillow 

No racing after 2:30 on Sunday, so we will aim to catch the 4:40 ferry. Cell phones will be available for sailors to call their parents as we get close to Bellingham. Pick up will be at Sehome Haggens.

See you Saturday morning!

Scott & Mallory Wilson

Coaches - WCS

360.303.1759 c

www.whatcomsailing.com

Register now for DJOD

Team,

After JAM this weekend the next regatta is DJOD here in Bellingham on September 17th and 18th.  This regatta will be in FJs and Lasers.  Registration costs are $35 for Lasers and $55 for an FJ ($27.50 per person).  This fee includes dinner on Saturday and Sunday, but not lunches, so you will need to bring your own lunch both days.  The registration fee goes up by 5 dollars if not paid after the 10th (Saturday) so please go online and register tonight or tomorrow.  If you have a laser you can sail it with either full rig or radial rig.  If you dont have a laser choose FJ when you register and we will pair you up and assign you a boat.  The BYC is charging a rental fee for FJs and Lasers, but our program will be paying that, so don't pay it personally.  We will be assigning boats and pairs next week, so don't worry about which boat you will be in.  If you have any questions about this regatta before registering please let me know.

To register for DJOD go here: http://djod.byc.org/forms/2011djodregistration.html

Scott & Mallory

Coach - WCS

360.303.1759 c

www.whatcomsailing.com

First Practice Fall 2011

We our first week of practice this week! And what a lovely day it was! After completing the swim test and capsize drill in some of the warmest weather we've seen all year, we got to go sailing! The wind was light, but it was a beautiful day none-the-less. We had 12 boats out on the water; FJs, Alphas and a V15. What a wonderful way to start the season!

NW Singlehand Champs

Sept. 3&4, 2011 Cascade Locks, OR - 'The Gorge'


We took two sailors, Robyn and Miles, to Oregon to compete for the chance to go to Singlehand Nationals. The Gorge was showing off all weekend, with heavy winds, big waves and high temps. On Saturday, the sailors were postponed on shore as winds gusted above 30 knots for most of the afternoon. Around 4, the fleet hit the water and were able to get in 5 races. On Sunday, sailors were able to get in 5 mores races in breeze ranging from 12-25knots. Excellent job to all the NW sailors for racing in high breeze with tight competition. Results can be found here: http://www.regattanetwork.com/clubmgmt/applet_regatta_results.php?regatta_id=4505&show_school=1

windywindywindy

Working on their game plan

Challenging conditions to set marks in

Scott making us eggs for breakfast

All in a row and ready to go