UC Irvine Club Sailing Team

This past weekend, half of the UCI sailing team headed eastward to the Frank Mendelblatt Team Race hosted by the University of Southern Florida and Eckerd College. The rest of the team competed in the local South #3 regatta on Saturday and the team race scrimmage on Sunday, both hosted by Newport Harbor Yacht Club. Chris Humphreys and Will Larsen drove for the varsity team, with crews Colin Averill and Martha Davis. The JV team consisted of Tyler Cruikshank and Austin Moore in A division and Ashley Hobson and Ryan Moore in B division. The weather cooperated throughout the weekend and all 21 boats were able to sail in warm weather and decent breeze ranging from 5-10 knots. Both teams improved throughout the day on Saturday and were able to work together to be competitive for team racing. The varsity team finished in 8th place, and the JV finished in 11th with Ashley and Ryan tying with Will and Austin in B fleet for 8th place. It is fair to say that both teams learned a great amount about both fleet racing and team racing. Big thanks to Megan Pluth, Danielle Richards and Austin Rogers for running races all weekend!

The rotation floating dock

Team photo