Heavy Heat

After a long, hot, and successful day down in Lavallette, many of our sailors took a more leisurely pace today to beat the heat, especially after unloading all of the boats off the trailers. We're looking to get back in the swing of things during the rest of the week, practicing proper protest procedures and getting ready for what is usually a big-air event, next week's Junior Olympics.

Thanks to Austen for the above photo and to the Kelloggs for the pool!

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Barclay Cup Champions!

 Once again our opti teams represented the club in Bristol fashion, winning the Barclay Cup Team Race Challenge for the second year running. This regatta, meant “to promote club loyalty and encourage sailing among young sailors,” has been staged since 1928, and its previous winners include many local legends. You can read about its history and past winners at this link.

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Intermediates @ MRYC Interclub!

Meredith and Alix took a TON of photos and video at yesterday's Interclub, and then this morning projected them onto a whiteboard to debrief the regatta.

You can see the video and photos on our Flickr page.

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Weekly Update

Plenty going on in another busy week! Coming up: Interclub, Barclay Cup, and the 1st annual Gear Exchange, with the LYC Team Race and Opti Regattas next week.

There are some new photos up on our Flick Photos Page from the Ironman and Powder Puff regattas, some of which were emailed to us from parents. You can also view the results from those two regattas at the BBYRA website. Some notables: Carolyn Corbet 3rd, Brooke Naylor 7th, Taylor Gavula 8th, EE Mignon 9th, and Meg Vreeland 10th overall at the Powder Puff out of 121 boats, while Liz Tell and Katherine Naylor from our travel 420 team BFAST won the 420 division. Field Dougherty finished 10th overall at Ironman out of 100 boats, with three other BHYC sailors Clayton Wright (14), Grant Baumer (16), and Max Cool (20) finishing in the top 20 overall.

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Ironman / Powder Puff Week

This week's events are the ever-popular Ironman and Powder Puff, where the boys and girls race in their very own regattas. Today's Ironman started off light and variable, but the afternoon provided some sunshine and steady breeze. Our boys fared well, no doubt spurred on by the great support from the girls that showed up to cheer them on... and throw water balloons! No doubt the boys will be in a mood to show similar, if not greater, support for the girls in tomorrow's Powder Puff regatta.

Much thanks to Jen Cunningham for emailing the above picture of the Intermediate opti group getting a little pep talk from Meredith at lunch during the Ironman. If you ever have shots that you want on this blog, or posted on our online flickr photo page, just email them to bhycjrsailing@gmail.com.

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