UC Irvine Club Sailing Team

This past weekend, our first and second year sailors all headed down to Mission Bay in San Diego for some sunny sailing. Taking on A fleet was a combination of skippering and crewing from Colin Kincaid, Nick Weis, and Sam Heller. In B fleet, Kate Andersen skippered for our new Irish exchange student, Sharon Quigley. With new faces all around, some teams surprised us all with their improvements from previous years, but there were also many novices on the water. CSULB took the win, followed by UCSD and USC, and ASU surprising everyone by taking the 4. We ended up in 5th overall, with a total of 19 teams on the water. Will Larsen and Chris Huang tagged along to help out with the regatta, give us some coaching, and greet us on the dock with freshly barbequed hot dogs. For the first regatta of the year, we all were successful, but definitely room for improvement! It had been a long summer, and now time to get back into race mode! Next up, Stoney Burke at Treasure Island next weekend. Thanks to Matt Nguyen for housing, and to the rest of the UCSD team for running a smooth regatta! ZOT ZOT ZOT.