FBYC Juniors Take One for the Road at SSA
on Thursday August 30, 2007 10:04PM
FBYC Juniors slipped in one last travel event before the end of the summer attending Severn Sailing Association's End of Summer Optimist Regatta this past weekend. Thirty-three Optimist sailors attended the two-day regatta held on Saturday and Sunday, August 22nd/23rd. On Saturday, the east to southeast breeze filled in nicely and the sailors had to slog it out through five races in choppy seas near the mouth of the Severn River.
On Sunday, the wind dropped to almost nil but eventually filled in very light and shifty from the northwest enough to sneak in three more races before the breeze went again went dead. In spite of the difficult conditions, FBYC sailors captured six of the ten top overall positions starting with Alex Jacob (2nd), Austin Powers (3rd), Madeleine Alderman (4th), Kendall Swenson (6th), Conrad Roos (7th), Erin Jacob 12th and Eric Roos 22nd. In addtion, FBYC sailors grabbed one or more of the top three positions in each of the Red, Blue and White Fleets. One of the race's finelest highlights and a "certified mommy/daddy moment" was when Conrad Roos and Kendall Swenson glided across the finish line in 2nd and 3rd place respectively on the fourth race. With the summer racing season now a sweet memory, the team returns home to begin preparing for the USODA Optimist Atlantic Coast Championship, which will be held in Norfolk, VA in early October.