This year’s Thayer Trophy, hosted by Corinthian YC in Marblehead MA, was an incredibly fun and competitive regatta and I am so thankful for the NHYC women’s team for making it an event to remember. The regatta was 3 vs 3 team racing format, sailed in Sonars (with spinnakers) with 4-5 people in each boat. Team NHYC started off the regatta slowly, but as the rain moved away and wind built we began a winning streak that left us 1st after finishing a round robin and moving about halfway through the next.

Really fun weekend of CFJ sailing in Mission Bay! Thank you for the generous grant and support competing at a national championship! Look forward to next year.

Thank you so much for helping to fund my expenses for my CJ Buckley memorial regatta. It was a great regatta to be a part of because of what this regatta is for. This regatta is a memorial for CJ Buckley who was a well- known youth sailor in the area that loved team racing. I loved being a part of this to keep his memory alive. It was an exciting regatta. It came down to the last race between us and another Newport Beach team. Even though we got second we still performed very well. My team was Me, Tate Christopher, and Gill Hackel. The first place team was Reade and Chase Decker and Blake Behrens. It was an awesome race to be apart of and thank you for your support.

Thank you so much for your funding which allowed me to compete in Warwick, Rhode Island for the 2023 CJ Buckley. This regatta was one of the highlights of the summer. The camaraderie of our team working together against other teams really shows how great of a sport sailing is. Team racing is quite intense and heated in the moment but racing against your teammates and friends makes it so enjoyable.

Thank you for your generous help in supporting my racing at the 2023 CJ Buckley in Warwick, RI. Team racing has always been my favorite kind of sailing and it was great to be back at this amazing event! Although our team had never actually team raced together before, we put in a ton of work during the practice days leading up to the event, and after two days and over 250 races, we ended up placing 4th out of 28 teams.

At the end of the first day of racing, we were sitting outside the final four, but still in touch with the top teams. So, after talking things through and sorting out our mistakes from day one, we  were feeling ready heading into the second day of racing. Racing resumed in swiss league format for the first few hours of the day, and in that time frame, we were able to bring up our record to tie with three other teams for fourth. Luckily, after a thorough discussion by RC, we ended up winning the tie break, placing us in the final four where we would race in the semis, then finals.

Thank you so much for your continued support of my sailing, which has allowed me to travel to Sayville YC in Blue Point, NY to compete in the 2023 South Shores Championship. After three days of racing, we ended up placing 13th out of 88 teams, and although we were aiming for better, we still had many high points throughout the event and were able to enjoy our time on and off the water.

We started off the first day safe but consistent, with all single digit scores for the first four races of the regatta. Furthermore, the wind had steadily built throughout the day, so by the last race, we had some super fun conditions which allowed us to fully plane around the whole course! My crew, Dillon Garcia, and I even switched spots on the sail in just for fun, and I happened to go flying around the front of the boat as we pitch-poled and flipped…