UC Irvine Club Sailing Team

Day 1

11:15pm+10 hours of travelling=no sleep. Brian Hoover, FrankO’Brien, Ryan Moore, and myself, Ashley Hobson, arrived in Providence, RhodeIsland after a short connection in Cleveland, Ohio.  Coach picked us up,sleepy-eyed, at the airport and drove us to our abode for the weekend, a smallRed Roof Inn nestled in New London, Connecticut, just a mile away from the USCoast Guard Academy. After a short nap to adjust to east coast time, we focusedon the task at hand and headed down to the Academy to check out the Colgate26’s and check out the conditions for the weekend.  After hearing somelocal knowledge and taking photos of the boats to study later that night, we headedinto downtown Mystic to find some food and explore Connecticut.  Westopped at a small fish-shack on the bay and enjoyed some east coast fish whilesitting feet away from the Thames River. We returned to our hotel rooms andcontinued playing catch-up on our sleep. After a 2+ hour nap, we stumbled intoChili’s Restaurant for dinner, and hit up the local ShopRite to buy munchiesand lunchmeat for nourishment throughout the weekend.  The night ended early when we were all fast asleep by 8pm after a long day of travelling.