Newport Harbor Sailing Foundation: Sailor Stories
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Julia Getter at the 2024 C420 Open North American Championship
Thank you to the Newport Harbor Sailing Foundation for helping support my sailing at the 2024 C420 Open North American Championship. This year, the regatta was on July 17-20 at Redwood City, California. It was hosted by Peninsula Youth Sailing Foundation, and we sailed out of Westpoint Harbor. My skipper, Carly Kiedling, and I had already raced in the 2024 C420 Women’s North American Championship on July 13-15 at Redwood City, California. Therefore, we took July 16 as a rest day. We spent the day at the Stanford Shopping Mall with some other sailor friends. This open regatta was on average significantly windier than the previous women’s regatta. During the four regatta days, the breeze filled in relatively early, allowing us to have a peak wind of around twenty-two knots. However, the first race of almost every day had lighter wind–around eight to thirteen knots. My skipper and I were able to use the starting skills that we learned from the previous women’s regatta in this regatta. Although we had a pretty inconsistent scoreline, we still placed decently, finishing in fourteenth place overall. We were proud of this result, given that we were an all girls team sailing in very windy conditions. I learned so much from this amazing experience, which the Newport Harbor Sailing Foundation made possible. Thank you so much for your support!