Opti Team Trials in the top U.S. regatta event for optimist sailors (ages up to 15) with 4 days of racing. Each sailor must qualify (score high enough in other specific regattas) to attend, and this year there were 250 sailors competing. Hadassah made Gold Fleet after the first 2 days of racing (which in itself is an accomplishment for a first year!), on the last day she finished 3rd place overall in a race with wind conditions that got up to 48 mph, and overall she finished 54! It was a great experience for Hadassah, she did very well, learned a lot as a sailor, and had fun!
LYC had 10 sailors competing with Coach Pilo and Coach Hernan - 4 practice days on site and then 4 race days
official measurement day
(every part was measured and inspected and then the boat weighed)
it was a week of a wide variety of temperatures, wind and rain conditions
team meeting with their coaches every morning
It was a fun week together with all the families - we went out for a team dinner one evening
Asher and Mommy could sit on the top deck of the yacht club and see the boats racing out in the distance.
Asher was a big help to the sailors, working hard and assisting them with dollies at launch and return each day
