Hermitage Museum and Garden

bush of baby's breath flowers

Asher played the original (recently restored) Steinway piano! There was a sign that said to ask at desk and they would open to be played.

NSU Teen Art Exhibit

Corban and Abigail both had pieces selected for the 2025 NSU Teen Art Exhibition. 
They attended the Opening Night Reception and Abigail's piece was awarded the "Visual Impact Award!"  

U.S.S. Wisconsin

The sailors had a short day the last day of practice to rest before the regatta starts, the LYC team went to the U.S.S. Wisconsin battleship and museum for the afternoon.

Team Trials Sailing

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