Cabrillo Beach YC Holiday Regatta

Last weekend I sailed in the Holiday Regatta at Cabrillo Beach Yacht Club. I came in fifth out of 21 boats in the Championship Fleet and was one of only two boats with no double-digit finishes. I was tied for fourth on points, but lost on the tiebreaker. Click here for results.

It was really light and shifty both days. It was particularly shifty on Sunday. My friend Miguel was leading the regatta after Saturday, but had a tough day on Sunday and finished third overall. Here's a short video of us sailing downwind. It's shaky (thanks dad), but you'll get the idea:

Santa Barbara had six sailors at the regatta. We have our own Opti team!

I enjoyed traveling with my friends from Santa Barbara and hanging out with my friends from other Clubs. I wish it would have been warmer--I wanted to go in the hot tub at the hotel.

Explorer Report: Juan Ponce de Leon

Our class had to do reports on famous explorers. I chose Juan Ponce de Leon.

We had to do a written report and an oral report. My Nana and my dad helped me with the written report and my mom helped me with my costume.

I got 100%! Here is a copy of my grade.

SoCal Opti Series

One of the types of sailboats I race is called an Optimist ("Opti" for short). They race them a lot in other parts of the US and all over the world, but they are kind of new to Southern California.

I am racing in a series of regattas called the SoCal Series. The first event was in Santa Barbara at Halloween, the second event was in Ventura a couple of weeks ago and the next event is this weekend at Cabrillo Beach Yacht Club in San Pedro (Long Beach).

The Goblin Regatta in Santa Barbara wasn't very windy. We had good wind one race and that was one of my best races. I finished ninth overall and fourth in my age group. There were 26 kids in the Championship Fleet. Click here for an article on the the SBYSF Website, click here for results and click here for photos.

The Fall Regatta in Ventura wasn't very windy either. It was really shifty, but that kind of helped me. I'm good at staying in phase. I came in fifth overall out of 24 boats and had my best score in the last race (2nd). I finished second in my age group and my friend Miguel finished first.

Click here for an article on the SBYSF website, click here for results and scroll down to the bottom of the article for a link to photos. The password for photos is "jt". My sail number is 17279 and my brother's sail number is 17152.

I'm sorta looking forward to sailing this weekend's regatta. I like to travel and stay in hotels. Some of my friends are going too, so it will be fun.

From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

Our class just finished reading a book called "From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler". We had to do a project and I decided to do a diorama. My dad and I spent a lot of time on it. Here are some pictures.

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.  

Results

Pictures

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