US Sabot National Championships

August 9-10, 2008

A few weeks ago I sailed in the US Sabot Nationals and came in 8th place out of 14 boats in my fleet.  There were three fleets.  My brother sailed in C Fleet, I sailed in B Fleet and my friend Cuyler sailed in A Fleet.  Each fleet sailed twelve races.

My best finish was a fourth place.  I came in fourth in two races.  It was really choppy outside the harbor and got really windy toward the end of the day.  Dana, our coach, ran the races and kept us outside a little longer on the first day.  I "death-rolled" downwind and capsized.  But that was one of my best races because other people capsized, didn't finish the race, or had already gone back in to the harbor because they were too scared to sail in that much wind.

My brother came in 15th place out of 25 boats in C Fleet.  

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Lucas' Book Review

Holiday Dinner at the Yacht Club

My family and I went to the Santa Barbara Yacht Club for dinner tonight. I had dinner with my friends Paul & Nick Harteck, Jack Lufkin and my brother Matt. We watched Garfield The Movie during dinner on the Harteck's DVD player.

When I looked out the window I saw a boat coming with Santa and Mrs. Claus in it. I went down to the dock to greet them. then I led them up to the Yacht Club.

We sang Christmas Carols and Santa told us the story of "Twas the Night Before Christmas". I was the fourth to last person to get a present from Santa Claus. After that I tore open the paper and I knew from the shape of the package that it was a Bionicle.

We all got Bionicles. We took them back to the dinner table and started building them. Paul and I were the first ones to finish our Bionicles. After I was done, I helped Jack with his. We went downstairs and played with them.

That was my Christmas Dinner at the Yacht Club.

December 16, 2007