— from Michele Wiley for Sail Orcas —
Youth Sailing team winners, from the left Wylie Kau, Ronan Kau, McCabe Webb, Jadyn Kopp, Dominick Wareham, William Coe, Maggie Toombs, Axel Greening and Michael Chesher (kneeling)
OHS’s young team has a very strong finish to the spring season.
Nine members of the Orcas High School Sailing Team (all Junior Sailing alumni) competed at the Northwest Interscholastic Sailing Association’s Port Townsend Open Regatta on Saturday May 9th. This was the last NWISA regatta of the spring and Mother Nature came through with a moderate NE wind and summer-like temperatures. The regatta was sailed right off the city waterfront, with historic old town and the fantastic Northwest Marine Center as the backdrop. The twenty-boat fleet got started racing at 10:30 am. Fourteen races were completed by 5:30 pm stop time.
Orcas had a solid first set of races, combining both good boat speed and course tactics putting them at the top of the standings where the team battled Port Townsend and Friday Harbor the rest of the day for first place, strong finishes in the last four races ensured the win.
The Team competed very well at the last three weekend regattas leading up to the Port Townsend Open, giving the sailors the confidence needed to grab the gold this weekend. For complete Orcas spring regatta results including the Port Townsend Open go to High School Regatta Scores
The team will continue to practice the rest of the school year on West Sound preparing for the summer North West Youth Racing Circuit, which includes a two-day regatta on West Sound July 25 and 26.
Youth Sailing team winners
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