Thank you for your support of my sailing at the Brooke E. Gonzalez Clinic at Sail Newport. This was a tremendous three days of training. I benefited greatly from the exposure to new coaches and their approach to C420 sailing. The first two days we were divided into training groups to work on speed and boat handling. The third day we participated in a modified regatta. Fighting through tough starts, we placed 6th overall in the series of races

Thank you so much for supporting my opportunity to sail in the 2021 US Sailing Youth Match Racing Championship. It was such an incredible opportunity to be sailing against some of the best match racers in our Country. I knew nothing about match racing going into this event, so I was able to learn a lot! 

Before the event, our whole team was only able to train together for two days. Our team consisted of Jeffrey Petersen, Reade Decker, Max Brennan and myself. I thought this would have been a handicap because of the lack of boat handling practice, but it turned out that we all worked really well together. On the first day, we were all pretty shocked by how well we were doing, so it built our confidence as a team. It was incredible to see how fast we all learned our positions.

Thank you so much to the Newport Harbor Sailing Foundation for their generous support of my last trip to Stonington, Connecticut for the 2021 Club 420 New England Championship regatta. This was our first time competing in this regatta, as well as the first c420 event of the summer circuit. 

Morgan and I first arrived at Wadawanuck Yacht Club on Monday morning, the day before the regatta started. There, we met up with our coach, Augie Dale, and our training group for the rest of the summer. We all unloaded our boats and rigged up for a quick practice session. While there was little to no wind, it was still a good chance for us to get to know the venue and see the racing area. 

Thank you so much to the Newport Harbor Sailing Foundation for funding my trip to Stonington, Connecticut where I was able to compete at the New England Championship.

I was able to test my current skills against the top sailors around the country in a series of 6 challenging races. The wind was unpredictable and stretched from a consistent 12 knots to a dead 0 knots. The races were quite difficult as there were 61 of the top sailors all on one race course competing to win. I improved my starting abilities and ability to forget everything that happened the race before because each race provided a completely unique wind pattern.

Overall, I am perpetually grateful for the Newport Harbor Sailing Foundation for funding this experience that helped me expand and test my sailing skills.

Thank you for giving me this amazing opportunity to sail in the Brooks Gonzalez Clinic in Newport, Rhode Island. I was very thankful to receive an invite to this prestigious event. The top teams in the nation were invited to this in preparation for the i420 Worlds in Europe. This clinic really helped in building my confidence and skipper abilities. Hopefully, I can go back next year so I can keep learning more about the i420.

The first day was a little chaotic, as I hopped on the flight the night before to make the clinic on time. I took a red eye flight, so that was interesting sailing on no sleep. I was very thankful that my dad came in a couple days before me to help set up my boat so I didn't have to worry about it. 

Thank you so much for making this event possible for us! The Rose Cup was the most challenging and skill building event for me in several years. I learned a great amount as this was my very first match race event, and I was new to the bow on a keelboat. With the help of our wonderful coaches, Albert Nichols and the infamous Dave Perry, we improved tremendously leading up to and throughout the event.