Thursday, August 5, 2010

Hyannis Port Invite and Wianno Opti Regatta

HPYC Invite
Last Thursday the Opti race team traveled to Hyannis port for a windy and wavy day on the water.  The day brought gusts to 20 knots and huge waves, but the sailors completed  a series of three races.  West Dennis had a strong showing with one sailor in the green fleet and five sailors in the championship fleet.  We ended the day on a good note when our own Brad Seferian won the final race! Brad ended up in third place overall and third in red fleet. Congratulations to Otilia, Eddy, Carly, Brett and Katie for their participation.

Wianno Opti Regatta 
Last week the Opti race teams traveled to Wianno for a SMSA grand prix event.  With the winds gusting above 25, it was challenging task just getting beach.  Thankfully with the support of our Opti parents we were able to get all our boats pushed off the ramp.  Wednesday was a crazy day and they finished one race in the ocean and another three races inside Cotuit Bay. One race was an “around the island” distance race.  Thursday was another great day and we stayed inside North Bay. The WDYCrace team did a great job of completing the races in shifty breeze. Way to go WDYC racers, you represented us well!