UC Irvine Club Sailing Team

The UC Irvine sailing team competed in Treasure Islandthis past weekend with a fleet of twenty-four teams from schools across thewest coast. Helping UCI start off the sailing season were A skippers Rex Cameron and Dan Ryan with crews Blair Johnston and Frank O'Brian, along with Bskippers Brian Hoover and Chris Humphreys with crews Martha Davis and RyanMoore. On Saturday the winds started light and later picked up to about 15knts,and UCI managed to end the day in 5th place. Sunday presented skippers withfluky conditions that picked up in the middle of the day and lightened for theremainder of the regatta. The UCI team finished their first dinghy regatta ofthe sailing year in a respectable 5th place behind Hawaii, CMA, Santa Barbara,and USC. This looks like another promising year for anteater sailing, zot zot!