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Summer Updates

CANADIAN OPTIMIST CHAMPIONSHIPS - Aug 22-27

The Canadian Championships came to an end, with Ceci finishing in 8th overall and 3rd in Blue Fleet, Ellie finished in 12th place and Mikey finished in 16th and 1st in White Fleet in the 76 boat fleet.  Conditions ranged from windy for the first day followed by very light and shifty conditions for the remaining 3 days.  In the Team Racing Championship Ellie sailing on Team LOOT Gold came first going undefeated, Ceci and Mikey sailed on team Gnarly and ended up 4th overall.

IRISH OPTIMIST NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP - Aug 17-21

Rory took part in the Irish Optimist National Championship taking place at Waterford Harbor Yacht Club, Dunmore East Co. Waterford.  In the 61 boat fleet Rory ended the regatta in 13th place.  In the 11 race series Rory had 5 top ten finishes with his best in race 7 a 3rd place finish.

CORK INTERNATIONAL REGATTA - Aug 16-19

Approximately 480 boats competed in various classes at the CORK International Regatta, Kingston, Canada.  In the 96 boat optimist class which sailed 12 races, 6 in very windy conditions and 6 in moderate to light conditions, Ellie did very well finishing in 3rd place overall and 3rd in the red fleet.  Ellie had 9 top 10 finishes including two 1st place finishes.  Ceci finished in 13th place overall and 2nd in blue fleet and Top Girl.  Mikey finished in 24th place overall and 1st in white fleet.

NEW ENGLAND CHAMPIONSHIP - Aug 3-5

The Ernst & Young 2010 USODA New England Championship hosted by Sail Newport taking place on the waters of Narragansett Bay and Newport is the highlight of the USA Opti racing season with a fleet of over 300 boats. Ellie finished in 36th place with 5 top ten finishes and was the 8th Female in the fleet.  Chase finished in 134th with a top finish of 7th.

GERMAN NATIONALS - July 26-30

Sailing came to an end at the German Optimist Nationals in Plau am See, Germany.  In a fleet of 201 sailors from 11 countries Sam finished in 19th place overall with 5 top 10 finishes.  Hannah finished in 140th place with a top finish of 9.  Zizi's sailors (and previous Bermuda clinic attendees) finished the regatta as follows; Marvin Frisch (1), Gwenday Lamay (4), Jan Martin (8), Nils Cartansen (9), Muriel Schroder (14), Severin Rothlauf (18).  Great showing.

BRITISH NATIONALS - July 24-July 31

At the 49th Volve Musto Optimist British Nationals in Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy in the UK, Rory did very well and qualified for the Gold Fleet.  Rory finished the regatta in 71st position overall.  Rory had joined one of the Irish teams and will be sailing with them at the Irish Nationals.  In the Regatta Coaching Fleet (Green Fleet) Matilda finished in 5th place and had 9 top 10 finishes including two 1st place finishes in the 80 boat fleet.  Matilda was awarded the Little Charger Trophy for 1st in under 10 sailor and was also presented with the Musto Award for Sailor of the Week by the Coach of the Regatta Fleet.  Matilda's sister Florence raced in the Regatta Starter Fleet.  Florence finished 4th out of 36 boats.

USODA LAYLINE NATIONALS - July 16-24

Deltaville, VA hosted 310 of Americas best junior sailors and several international sailors, in the Team Race Nationals, Girls Nationals and Open Fleet Nationals.  View results, photos, video and more at the event web site http://optinationals2010.org

Team Racing - Ellie sailed with LOOT Gold who made it into the final group of 4 for the last day out of 24 teams. Ceci sailing in the Silver fleet came 3rd and brother Mikey 5th.

Girls Nationals - Ceci was 11th overall and 3rd in Blue fleet.  Ellie was 17th overall with a top finish of 2nd in the 80 boat fleet.

US Open Nationals - For the open fleet, Day 1 and 2 were scheduled for qualifying races that placed sailors into Gold, Silver, Bronze and Pearl Fleets.  All three Bermudians made it into the Gold Fleet following the Qualification round.  Ceci lead the way in 4th place followed by Ellie in 46th and Mikey in 50th place out of the fleet of 261 competitors.  After two days in the Championship fleet (Gold Fleet) Mikey sailed very well and finished in 27th place and 2nd in White Fleet, Ceci finished in 31st and 8th girl and Ellie finished in 48th place.

IODA NORTH AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIPS - June 26- July 4

Sam Stan shined in Kingston leading the Bermuda team in 14th place overall. Sam's best race was a 1st in race 9 he also had 7 top 10 finishes and at one point was 2nd overall.  Well done Sam.  Ellie was our second Bermudian in 82nd place.  Ellie finished strong with 8 top 25 finishes with her best 10th place in the last race.  She was also the 17th girl overall.  Rounding out Bermuda's team was Antonio Bailey, Makai Joell, Michael Barit, Ceci Wollmann (had an 11th in race 1), Rory Caslin, Ferdinand Arnold, Mikey Wollmann the youngest sailor in the regatta (Mikey also had a 11th in race 7) and Hannah Horsfield.

This was a great regatta for our team with wind conditions varying from 4knts to 35+ knts giving them a full range of wind and cold water......  Our team stayed close together and had a great time socializing with the teams from the other countries.  This was a great learning experience for our sailors both socially and sailing experience.  Its great to hear our sailors say "I can't wait until the next one".

Final Results [Click Here]

Regatta Pictures [Click Here]

Results of the SBC regatta