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UPCOMING REGATTAS
Here's the schedule of the next regattas that our Team BLUE coach(es) will be attending this year and at the begining of the next year. See below. Get ready! There are a lot of good racing coming soon. Make sure that you contact Brian Bissell or Juan Romero if you need any assistance prior or at the events! Just to remind you that North sails are on sale until December 15, 2008. 15%OFF!! It's a great deal you shouldn't miss if you are going to need a new sail for 2009. Order here. USODA Atlantic Coast Championship USODA Midwinter Regatta Jr Olympic Sailing Festival Orange Bowl Regatta USODA Midwinter Team Racing Championship Southeastern Team Racing Championship Valentine’s Day Regatta
2008 OPTIMIST PACIFIC COAST CHAMPS
Antoine Screeve, sailing with an H-08 North Sails radial cut finished 1st at the Pacific Coast Championship in Cabrillo Beach, CA. A great event conducted by an extraordinary race committee and very well organized by the Cabrillo Yacht Club staff. Wind conditions averaging the 15knots with 22knots breeze gusts on flat water predominated in the inside of the Cabrillo Beach Harbor. With the participation of more than 50 of the best sailors in the country, this event turned into one of the most competitive regattas in the 2008 USODA calendar. This two day event followed a four day USNT and USNDT Practice at Cabrillo, sailors from all over gather to perform at their best and sailed under challenging conditions. Intense 7 days of sailing, four days of practice under the strict regimen of the national and development optimist USNT team coaches. McLaughlin conducted an advance clinic on Friday and the Pacific Coast Championship started on the weekend. A great racing experience, a full week of sailing for most of the USNT & USNDT sailors that stayed through the weekend to race at the PCC’s. Good job Antoine...one of the fastest opti sailors in the country, powered by North! For more information on our sail designs, contact our Opti experts. The order Optimist sails online, click here.
2008 OPTIMIST WASHINGTON'S B-DAY REGATTA
Ian MacDiarmid was awarded a SILVER star in his Team BLUE profile! For more information on our sail designs, contact our Opti experts. The order Optimist sails online, click here.
2008 OPTIMIST VALENTINE'S DAY REGATTA Report by Juan Carlos Romero
The St. Petersburg Yacht Club did a great job putting together this great event. Not much sailing on Saturday, where the race committee of the event could barely put down just one race for both flights before the wind died completely. So, we sat on land until the race committee lowered the postponement flag and we all sail back out to the race course, but unfortunately the breeze never fill in; we were done for the day. Sunday, breeze start kicking in early in the morning and the race committee managed to have the fleet sailed 4 races in choppy conditions with steady winds that went from 18 knots and decreasing consistently to 10 knots by the end of the day. Finishing in 2nd place on the first race of the day, followed by two 1st places a 5th and two other top ten finishes…Alec managed to win the regatta! Congratulations Alec! For complete information about our World Winning Optimist sails, contact our Optimist experts.
2008 OPTIMIST ORANGE BOWL
Report by Brian Bissell
North Opti Sails made a clean sweep of the 2007 Orange Bowl Regatta held December 27-30 at Coral Reef Yacht Club in Miami. There were 201 competitors in the Red, White, and Blue fleet 25% of which were international sailors. Team BLUE rock star Antoine Screve, sailing with his DR2+ (H-08), emerged as the champion after 10 races. Team BLUE Rookie of the Year Ian MacDiarmid, sailing with NP-1 (L-08), won the Green Fleet which was comprised of 69 sailors. Ian notched a bullet in 3 of the 12 races to win overall by 14 pts. Congratulations to both sailors on an awesome performance. Both sailors will receive a Gold Star on their Team BLUE profile.
For complete information about our World Winning Optimist sails, contact our Optimist experts.
2007 OPTIMIST ATLANTIC COAST CHAMPS The optimist ACCs was one of the most important regattas of the year because it was a qualifying event for the spring international teams. There were 273 participants sailing out of the Norfolk Yacht and Country Club last weekend. Andrew Molerus, using North's newest GOLD Radial design, emerged as the champion. He rattled off three straight bullets and was able to throw out a black flag in the last race to win the event by one point. Andrew is 13 years old and is a new name seen at the top of the results. He beat a lot of the preregatta favorites. Congratulations Andrew!! For complete information about our World Winning Optimist sails, contact our Optimist experts.
For complete information about our World Winning Optimist sails, contact our Optimist experts. Photos Roberto Marci
CLASSIC! 2007 Youngstow Regatta "The NP-1 sail is totally gorgeous. The first time my son used it, in a small fleet of 20 boats, he had a 50 yd lead within 5 minutes (photo). He has had almost no coaching at all, and is simply in a kind of zone when he sails (I wish he could pass this on to me for my Laser sailing). But the sail made a HUGE difference, and it is so very sweet to look at and feel!
Information provided by Miami local expert Larry Suter (photo)
The flow across Florida in May is usually from East to West as the Highs stay up in the Carolinas and Georgia and Miami gets the bottom flow. The wind will start out 4-6 in the morning (070-080) and be reinforced by the ocean sea breeze (090) as the day wears on. This breeze will oscillate back and forth evenly. Click here to read the complete weather information. Not a Team BLUE member yet? Sign up today and get a free hat! For complete information about Optimist sails, contact our Optimist experts.
Team BLUE Sail Testing in Brazil - Mar 2007
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" I won the Washington's Birthday Regatta on Feb 16 and 17! It was only my third white fleet regatta. It was a great weekend and Palm Beach Sailing Club's annual regatta so that was cool. The Bahamas National Team came all the way from the Bahamas, it was cool to sail with them. There were sailors from Lauderdale Yacht Club and the West Coast of Florida too. The weather was warm and the wind was light on Saturday and 12-15 on Sunday. The wind was out of the East both days. It was kind of cool on Sunday and we had some light rain, actually sunshowers. It was really shifty so it was important to stay on top of the shifts. I didn't always hit them right but my speed was good so it helped me make up for missed shifts. There were about 24 people in RWB fleet and 25 in Green fleet I think. I used my NP1. I love it! My PBSC and Team Blue teammate Cody Stansky won Red fleet, and Casey Layne won green fleet too. He used his new North sail."
"North Sails are consistently fast across all wind
ranges. I chose North Sails because they are higher, faster, better!!!.." 
Before the regatta I would hire a professional weather service like Commander's Weather for the big picture to see if there is gradient movement to make a persistent shift, and their idea of the little picture each day.
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