The hospitality and organization could not have been better. VYC cleared their boat storage area to provide lots of room for visiting sailors' boats and their team trailers. Launching and hauling was well supervised and après sailing activities were enjoyed by all.

Saturday's conditions were tough for some of the less experienced sailors as five knots of breeze and twenty degree shifts met with chop, current and swell. The race committee did a nice job of keeping things moving and finished six races on Saturday despite the conditions.

Sunday's conditions were challenging too, but perhaps more challenging for the race committee than the sailors. The breeze couldn't decide if it wanted to blow offshore or on and the result was huge windshifts and very puffy conditions. One race saw a complete reversal of wind direction during the race. Eventually the seabreeze prevailed and three races were complete on Sunday.

SBYSF/SBYC sent eight sailors to the regatta. Miguel Ferreira finished second overall and first in blue fleet despite winning five of the nine races sailed. Miguel had great starts, boatspeed to burn and, by the end of the regatta, showed great improvement at staying in phase. Lucas Pierce had a great regatta finishing in fifth place overall and third in blue fleet. While struggling to get off the line at times, he showed great perseverance and an uncanny ability to sniff out the shifts to consistently claw his way back to the front. Lucas' best finish was a second place in the last race of the regatta. Matthew Pierce, in only his second championship fleet event, finished eleventh in the 22-boat fleet and fourth in white fleet. Dustin Oakes, Shenara Brewer, Kyra Oakes, Paul Harteck and Patch Curtis all experienced their first championship fleet event and all earned high marks for their courage battling the unfamiliar venue, challenging conditions and depth of competitors.

Frankie Dair of CalYC won the event by a slim two points over Santa Barbara's Miguel Ferreira. Despite winning only two of the nine races, it was Frankie's consistency that made it happen.

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Overall Results
Red, Blue and White Fleet Results
Green Fleet Results

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