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PBSC Sailors Tackle Tough Laser Midwinters

After a three week Bonanza of sailing with three regattas back to back to back. Laser Midwinter's was as interesting as always. Of the 4 day regatta we got two fantastic days of sailing in and two days of no wind and rain. It basically turned into a two day regatta. We were able to practice for an hour on one of the cancelled days after the rain let up. It was a light air but productive session.

First off, I have to say how proud I am of Colleen Hartman and Erick Fields. Colleen sailed as if she was one of the contenders and would have qualified for gold fleet in the radial class had she not gotten the flew the second day. With only one day of racing under her belt she still finished 24th over-all in the Silver Fleet out of 45 boats, with her best race being an 8th. She was in the same fleet as Page Railey for qualifying. I had many notable people come up to me to tell me how much Colleen has improved.

Erick Fields put his hat in the ring with all the Adult Full Rig Sailor's and made great improvements each race. He started out a little rusty and came out more energized the second day and posted respectable results and his starting that day made a huge difference. He was "by far" the youngest sailor at 14 year's old. Lots of the Older guys paid him complements.

Washington's Birthday Regatta A Success

February 16 - 17, 2008

Yet again, PBSC put on a successful Washington's Birthday Regatta thanks in large part to Tim and Sue Slater, Guy Britton and all the volunteers. There are way too many people to list! You know who you are. This year was the smoothest yet from my perspective. We must be getting the hang of this.

Everyone had a great time. I did not hear of one complaint, which is unheard of. The Bahamas team had a blast and thanks to everyone who pitched in with housing them. They are currently organizing a regatta specifically for us to attend and to reciprocate our hospitality. Bahamians are famous for their hospitality. Should be fun. I'll keep everyone posted.

All the kids did great as usual. I am proud of them all. Cody Stansky won the Red Fleet. Wade Waddell finished 2nd in Blue and Ian McDermaid won the white fleet. Casey Layne won the Green Fleet. Brendon Greif won the Laser Radial Class. Steve Carr Won the Full Rig Class. Top PBSC sailor in the 4.7 class was Andrew Britton finishing 4th. Top PBSC Sailor in the Megabyte class was Paul Gingras Finishing Second and Robin Baker was top dog in the Portsmith Class sailing his new Snipe "Who's Your Daddy Now!". Results are posted on the PBSC Website. I would like to make a special note about PBSC's Julia Leighton who won the sportsmanship award. This is the most important award any sailor can win at any regatta.

PBSC Sailors Show Their Stuff at Orange Bowl

December 26 - 30, 2007

The PBSC Sailing Team took to Biscayne Bay for the 2007 Orange Bowl Regatta which was held December 26th thru the 30th. There were sailors from 14 different countries and from most of the 50 states that have oceans or lakes. The conditions this year were light to medium winds and warm, which is unusual for this traditionally windy event.

In the Green Fleet, PBSC's Ian McDermaid sailed outstanding to win the Orange Bowl out of 70 boats. Ian has become one of the top up and coming sailors and now will be sailing White Fleet. Congratulations Ian! Cameron Grubb finished an outstanding 18th. Cameron has come a long way. Briggs Lalor finished an awesome 30th and Prescott Coleman 31st. Ben Kern finished a outstanding 44th and Bayard Lalor finished a fantastic 53rd. Blair Lalor, aka Super Girl, finished 63rd. Blair was the 13th girl overall.

On the Championship Course, Cody Stansky was the top PBSC Sailor finishing 75th out of 203 boats. Jimmy Elliott finished 148th and Nick Zarins 164th. All Three Sailors finished in the middle of their respective fleets. Nick Zarins made the largest improvement from his last regatta. This was his third White Fleet event and he finished 11th out of 20 white fleeters. The best of the best were sailing this event and our kids, relative to the time they have been in Championship were finishing much higher than kids that have been sailing for three and four years. Way to go!

On the Laser course, all the kids had a great event. Brendon Greif was the top PBSC Radial Sailor finishing a very respectable 63rd out of 138 boats. Colleen Hartman finished 75th and Andrew Morgan 86th. In the Laser 4.7 Andrew Brittion finished 23rd and Chris Grenci finished 36th. On the Full rig course, Travis Ouellette finished 33rd and Erick Fields finished 35th. What an amazing transformation from last year to this year for our Laser team. Look at last year's scores to this year and we are still one of the youngest team on the water. I can't wait for next year.

I am so proud of our entire team. This has been a year of transition moving from a small team status to a large size team. This year we have seen many accomplishments from our sailors and our program. We purchased 13 new Opti's and 2 new Lasers. We purchased a New Coach Boat. The Summer Sail Camp hit the $100,000 mark in gross sales and we have had a record # of clinics by some of the best sailors in the world. Between the Palm Beach Regatta and the Jr Board Fund raiser, Jr. Sailing was responsible for raising over $22,000 dollars.

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