Number 18!

My Season High!
After competing in the Mid-Winters West, District 24 Championships and the Pacific Coast Championships I achieved a 2010 International Laser Class Association North American Grand Prix Standing of 18th place. Unfortunately I will not be attending anymore ranking regattas this season so my standing will drop.

The Future!
I do not have any big regattas for the next few months. My focus for now is on the Svendson's Thursday Night Series at Treasure Island which I currently sit 3rd place overall. I also plan on sailing as much as possible, after work, weekends, when ever, it's the summer and I live in the Bay Area and it is one of the best places to sail!

Laser Pacific Coast Championships

Wind, wind and more wind! Three days of fun in Santa Cruz at the 2010 Laser PCC's. Twenty of the best guys on the west coast. Friday was typical Santa Cruz, Fog in the A.M. followed by nuking winds and decent size waves. Saturday there was no fog in the A.M., but the breeze showed up in full force with a bit more swell. Sunday ended up being a no race day due to two different wind patterns fighting over the same area and they both lost, which meant no wind.

Hmmm my weekend in review...
I struggled to find a rhythm and found my self constantly over powered and lacking speed and height. I had great starts all weekend long but was unable to hang with the big dogs in the long run. My surfing background payed off and I was able to make huge gains on the runs with the big swells. By Sunday afternoon I was able to finally get into a groove upwind and makes some gains. Overall I had an OK regatta, I did not get the results that I was looking for, though I did gain a ton more experience that will help me excel in the future.

171314	stephen bourdow	Sequoia YC		[16]	2	1	2	3	1	1		10	1
196139	Tracy Usher	St Francis Yacht Club		3	1	2	[12]	1	2	2		11	2
192079	Ben Leibowitz	ABYC		4	3	4	1	2	[20/OCS]	4		18	3
176124	Peter Phelan	Santa Cruz Yacht Club		1	[8]	6	3	6	3	3		22	4
185557	Peter Vessella	saint francis		2	4	3	8	4	6	[14]		27	5
192051	Michael Bradley	Long Beach Yacht Club		9	5	5	6	5	[12]	9		39	6
173666	Mike Bishop	StFYC		6	6	8	5	8	8	[10]		41	7
171638	Nick Burke	RYC		5	7	7	4	7	13	[17]		43	8
184619	Max FRASER	SANTA CRUZ YACHT CLUB		8	11	[13]	9	12	4	5		49	9
179426	Stephen Orosz	SSC		7	9	9	7	9	9	[16]		50	10
164243	Kieron Kavanagh	SBYC		11	10	[12]	10	10	5	7		53	11
188709	jon andron	st.francis		14	[16]	10	11	11	14	6		66	12
195948	Ryan Nelson	West Marine		10	12	11	[15]	13	7	15		68	13
155477	Will Lowe	RYC		12	[15]	15	14	14	15	8		78	14
191555	Paul Foley	N/A		15	14	16	13	16	11	[20/RAF]		85	15
162032	Alexander 'Zan' Drejes	scyc		13	13	14	18	15	[20/DNF]	20/DNF		93	16
194053	Michael Kraft	MPYC		[20/DNF]	20/DNF	20/DNF	17	17	10	13		97	17
173200	Sean McGinn	Cottage Park YC		[20/DNF]	20/DNF	20/DNF	16	18	16	11		101	18
7	Joseph crum	scyc		[20/DNF]	20/DNF	20/DNF	19	19	20/DNF	12		110	19