Laser Nor-Cal Championships!

Laser Northern California Championships at the Santa Cruz yacht Club.
8-28 knots of breeze, shifty, 3 foot swells with a ton of chop. We only had ten boats show up, but it was solid group. We got the full range of Santa Cruz sailing, light shifty wind to nuking conditions with big swells. I t was awesome! The up-winds were challenging trying to find a groove in the chop and dealing with the random holes in the breeze. The down-winds were a blast, i sailed extremely well, at times I forgot that I was racing because I was having so much fun surfing the waves. I consistently passed boats on the downwind. I found myself in the top five 3/4 of the way threw the race , though I always managed to loose a few boats on the last upwind. I had good starts, which helped but my upwind speed was not there. We had five races, and i managed to get three 8th places, one 7th and finished up with a 6th. My consistency landed me in 8th place overall. Steve Bourdow finished in first place, wining all but one race. He was followed by Tracy Usher in second and Peter Vessela in third. Drake had a great day and was able to mix it up a bit with the "Legends" and finished in a solid in 5th place

Overall it was great day of racing! It was a taste of what it will be like for the Pacific Coast Championships that will be held at the same venue next month.

171314	Stephen Bourdow	sequoia		1	1	1	[2]	1		4	1
196139	Tracy Usher	St Francis Yacht Club		2	2	[3]	1	2		7	2
185557	Peter Vessella	StFYC		3	3	4	3	[11/DNS]		13	3
173931	Martin Hartmanis	lkjkl		[5]	5	2	4	3		14	4
182870	Drake Jensen	Richmond Yacht Club		4	4	[5]	5	4		17	5
194041	Mark Halman	RYC		6	[7]	6	6	5		23	6
188709	Jon Andron	duno		7	6	7	8	[11/DNF]		28	7
195948	Ryan Nelson	West Marine Rigging		[8]	8	8	7	6		29	8
5477	Will Lowe	Richmond Yacht Club		[9]	9	9	9	7		34	9
167444	Sean McBurney	Santa Cruz		10	10	[11/DNF]	11/DNS	11/DNS		42	10