SDAYC Luff-in 4 of 4 at SDYC
San Diego Yacht Club hosted their Double-Handed Luff-In on Saturday, October 16th, and was a great opportunity for Team MBYC to send new, developing FJ and 420 teams to some local events. Large bay current factors and pretty strong breeze made the sailors work hard for their spoils. Max Brill and Abe Dearden teamed up in the FJ Class and placed 3rd overall, including a nice bullet to start the regatta off with. Just 3 points behind, Steven Leuck and Jack McGraw had consistent finishes and placed 4th. Jacob Raffee and Anthony Skipworth teamed up and sailed hard, placing 7th. In the 420 Class, Kate Rakelly and crew Jameson Perry took half their fleet’s bullets and placed 2nd overall by only 1 point. Ryan Hopps and Patrick Holstrom showed good upwind form, and with consistent finishes placed 5th. New on the double-handed scene, Cole Baker and D’Amy Steward had good spinnaker sets and placed 7th.
The Single-Handed Luff-In was held Sunday, October 17th at San Diego Yacht Club, and Team MBYC sent sailors in full force and had a great turnout. Extremely light winds and huge wind shifts made for a very tactical regatta, for classes racing both inside and out of the cove. With two 2nd place finishes, Jameson Perry finished 2nd overall in the up-and-coming Laser Radial fleet. Patrick Holstrom showed consistency invariable conditions and placed 10th. Also producing consistent results in tough conditions was Steven Leuck who placed 11th overall. Earning 3 out of 4 bullets, Max Brill sailed away with the Gold in the Sabot “A” fleet. Cole Baker, with a 2nd place in the 3rd race, earned 5th overall. Showing consistent results in the tough “A” fleet was Ryan Ratliffe, who placed 8th overall. Jack McGraw fought bravely on a crowded starting line, and finished 9th. The infamous Ryan Hopps made an appearance in the Sabot fleet, showing good boat-speed at times, and placed 10th overall. Taking home 2 out of the 4 bullets in the Sabot “B” fleet was Abe Dearden, who demonstrated good starting technique. Cameron Baxter sailed fast, and also took home the other 2 bullets from the fleet, placing 2nd. Ian Brill made good tactical decisions and placed 4th. D’Amy Steward ha d consistent finishes in the Sabot “C1” fleet, even a bullet in the 2nd race, and placed 3rd overall. With a bullet to start the day, and placing 3rd overall in the Sabot “C2” fleet was Willem Perry. Weighing tactical decisions and earning a nice 3rd place finish towards the end of the day, Jeremy McCulloch placed 7th overall. In the Sabot “C3” fleet, Nick Aline showed good upwind boat-speed at times and placed 8th overall. Ryan Austin had a nice 3rd place finish in the middle of the day, and earned 13th overall. Jacob Raffee sailed smart and had consistent finishes, placing 15th overall. With a fast light - air sailing style, Nicola Accomazzo sailed well and placed 17th.
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