Thank you for the generous grant to support the Mater Dei High School Sailing Team for the 2022-2023 season. 

Our team is off to a great start as we just won the 2022 Sea Otter Regatta, qualified two sailors to compete in the Cressy, Single-Handed National Championship, won the SoCal #1, and won the 2022 Keel Boat Challenge held at SDYC. Next on the schedule is the Girls Invitational Regatta at MBYC where we will have one team competing.

We continue to practice three times a week, honing our skills and building our teamwork, with our eyes on the 2023 Mallory and 2023 Baker Cups.

Thank you for your grant to support my travel to the C420 South Shore Regatta. This was my second time attending this event and again the conditions did not disappoint. Three days of racing provided consistent winds ranging from 11-17 knots. The fleet was challenging with over 70 boats competing. With strong breeze and choppy water, our teamwork produced a 5th place finish overall at the regatta rounding out our first summer for Ashtyn Tierney and me as a team.

Thank you for your generous funding that allowed me to travel to Fort Ontario, Canada to race in the C420 North American Championships at the Buffalo Canoe Club. While I had fun with teammates spending a week in Canada, the event did not go as well as I would have liked.  The conditions proved very challenging, with light wind for the two practice days and then strong winds and chop throughout the event.  One day we saw gusts of 25 knots with steep six-foot chop. The conditions were extremely challenging for the four days of racing. I look forward to a better showing next year.

Thanks to your support I was honored to represent the Newport Beach C420 Race Team (NB4T) at the 2022 CJ Buckley Team Racing event this year. I joined fellow teammates, Reade Decker and Peter Busch to compete against 24 teams from across the country. This two-day event was held at Goddard park in East Warwick, RI. On day one we went 9-1, as the regatta was held in a Swiss League rotation with 120 races being completed on the first day.

Immediately after flying back from 505 Worlds in Ireland it was time to take on a new challenge - foiling. I had not done very much of it, so it figured my trial run foiling would be an America’s Cup invitational demonstration clinic and fund-raiser for challenger team American Magic.

My first day of the clinic was a little hectic. I got to Newport, RI, at 7 a.m. from Ireland. I was a little disoriented when I arrived at the boat park and found myself surrounded by the most talented U25 sailors in the country. We had incredible coaches like Jeremy Wilmot and Tom Burnahm. The first day was a little light, but we managed to get up on the foil and rip around in the 69F.

Due to your generous funding, I was able to travel to Fort Ontario, Canada to race in the C420 North American Championships at the Buffalo Canoe Club. It was a great experience to spend a week in Canada. The event did not go as well as I would have hoped based on the strong winds and chop.  One day we saw gusts of 25 knots with steep six-foot chop. The conditions were extremely challenging for the four days of racing.