Last Weekend’s High School Racing, Regattas around the Region

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As Burke Thomas says, “I wish we had high school sailing when I was a kid.” He should know, as the Orcas Coach and longtime driver of scholastic sailing, he can take credit for a lot of it. If you’ve got a kid, grandkid, nieces or nephews or friends with kids, make sure they know about the opportunities. These young sailors are having a blast.

About 250 high school sailors were racing against each other last weekend, and my guess is they don’t appreciate how special that is, and certainly not when scribes like me highlight it. If any of you high schoolers (or parents or coaches) would like to write up a report on any of these regattas, or take videos or pictures, I’d love to run it here on sailish.com. Just get in touch and we’ll get it done.

In District Regatta, Sail Sand Point

At Sail Sand Point in Seattle, the In District Regatta at Sail Sand Point had great racing Saturday, but was skunked on Sunday. Here’s the report:

Summary – Gold Fleet

Saturday, March 10:

Racing got underway at 1130 Saturday with 16 teams taking to the water in Gold fleet. Since both A division and B division sailed at the same time, 32 boats were on the starting line. Gold fleet sailed two races in light air of under 5knts NNW. Silver fleet then rotated into the boats and a start was attempted as the breeze died. The first start was abandoned and Silver fleet waited about 15 minutes for the wind to fill. Once the breeze filled, Silver fleet completed two races in wind building from 3knts. As the day progressed, wind built slowly to about 10. Both fleets sailed 6 races each for a total of twelve races on Saturday. Racing ended as the sun dipped below the hill to the west of Sail Sand Point.

Sunday, March 11:

Sunday’s attempt at racing started with some high cloud cover that dissipated, leaving clear blue skies over the entire Puget Sound area. The breeze never materialized despite the race committee at one point setting a course in a localized parking lot thermal and mustering Gold fleet to the starting area. After waiting three long hours with no wind, the committee abandoned racing for the day.

Thanks to Sail Sand Point staff and volunteers for hosting another well orchestrated and competitive Combined Division Regatta, and to RC for running races. Big thanks to all the schools, programs, sailors, coaches, and parents that made the journey to Seattle for a beautiful early spring weekend.

Congratulations to NE Seattle’s own Nathan Hale High School for taking the top spot in this year’s Gold fleet!

Score summary

School Team A B TOT
1 Nathan Hale HS Nathan Hale High School Raiders 57 47 104
2 Orcas Orcas High School Vikings 69 46 115
3 Bainbridge Bainbridge High School Spartans 1 68 68 136
4 Charles Wright Charles Wright High School Tarriers 19 142 161
5 Olympia Olympia High School Bears 57 118 175
6 Bainbridge Bainbridge High School Spartans 2 97 80 177
7 Sehome Sehome High School Mariners 1 73 109 182
8 Lincoln OR Lincoln High School – Portland, OR Cardinals 73 122 195
9 Roosevelt Roosevelt High School Rough Riders 77 120 197
10 Gig Harbor Gig Harbor High School Tides 122 80 202
11 North Kitsap North Kitsap High School Dogfish 131 80 211
12 Sehome Sehome High School Mariners 2 126 105 231
13 Friday Harbor Friday Harbor High School Wolverines 181 51 232
14 Central Kitsap Central Kitsap High School Cougars 139 105 244
15 Capital Capital High School Capital 130 155 285
16 Anacortes Anacortes High School

Summary – Silver Fleet

Saturday, March 10:

Racing got underway at 1130 Saturday with 16 teams taking to the water in Gold fleet. Since both A division and B division sailed at the same time, 32 boats were on the starting line. Gold fleet sailed two races in light air of under 5knts NNW. Silver fleet then rotated into the boats and a start was attempted as the breeze died. The first start was abandoned and Silver fleet waited about 15 minutes for the wind to fill. Once the breeze filled, Silver fleet completed two races in wind building from 3knts. As the day progressed, wind built slowly to about 10. Both fleets sailed 6 races each for a total of twelve races on Saturday. Racing ended as the sun dipped below the hill to the west of Sail Sand Point.

Sunday, March 11:

Sunday’s attempt at racing started with some high cloud cover that dissipated, leaving clear blue skies over the entire Puget Sound area. The breeze never materialized despite the race committee at one point setting a course in a localized parking lot thermal and mustering Gold fleet to the starting area. After waiting three long hours with no wind, the committee abandoned racing for the day.

Thanks to Sail Sand Point staff and volunteers for hosting another well orchestrated and competitive Combined Division Regatta, and to RC for running races. Big thanks to all the schools, programs, sailors, coaches, and parents that made the journey to Seattle for a beautiful early spring weekend.

Congratulations to NE Seattle’s own Nathan Hale High School for taking the top spot in this year’s Gold fleet!

Score summary

School Team A B TOT
1 Nathan Hale HS Nathan Hale High School Raiders 57 47 104
2 Orcas Orcas High School Vikings 69 46 115
3 Bainbridge Bainbridge High School Spartans 1 68 68 136
4 Charles Wright Charles Wright High School Tarriers 19 142 161
5 Olympia Olympia High School Bears 57 118 175
6 Bainbridge Bainbridge High School Spartans 2 97 80 177
7 Sehome Sehome High School Mariners 1 73 109 182
8 Lincoln OR Lincoln High School – Portland, OR Cardinals 73 122 195
9 Roosevelt Roosevelt High School Rough Riders 77 120 197
10 Gig Harbor Gig Harbor High School Tides 122 80 202
11 North Kitsap North Kitsap High School Dogfish 131 80 211
12 Sehome Sehome High School Mariners 2 126 105 231
13 Friday Harbor Friday Harbor High School Wolverines 181 51 232
14 Central Kitsap Central Kitsap High School Cougars 139 105 244
15 Capital Capital High School Capital 130 155 285
16 Anacortes Anacortes High School

Also last weekend, Seattle Yacht Club held its Promotional Regatta. We don’t have a report or pictures, but here’s the score summary:

School Team A B TOT
1 Olympia Olympia High School Bears 1 9 7 16
2 Port Townsend high Port Townsend high School Red Hawks 1 16 20 36
3 Kingston Kingston High School Varsity 1 41 51 92
4 Everett Everett High School Seagulls 39 59 98
5 Ballard Ballard High School Beavers 61 41 102
6 Central Kitsap Central Kitsap High School Cougars 70 33 103
7 Unregistered-NWISA Unregistered-NWISA 1 50 54 104
8 Olympic Olympic High School Trojans 74 32 106
9 Port Townsend high Port Townsend high School Red Hawks 2 39 69 108
10 Bellingham Bellingham High School Raiders 2 39 72 111
11 Bellingham Bellingham High School Raiders 1 51 62 113
12 Kingston Kingston High School Varsity 2 64 58 122
13 Squalicum Squalicum High School Storm 70 61 131
14 Olympia Olympia High School Bears 2 80 62 142
15 Ingraham Ingraham High School Rams 51 96 147
16 Oak Harbor Oak Harbor High School Wildcats 81 73 154
17 Port Angeles Port Angeles High School Roughriders 89 90 179
18 Unregistered-NWISA Unregistered-NWISA 2 111 90 201

Lest we forget our neighbors to the south, Hood River Valley hosted its Sunday small boat series, and here’s the scoring summary:

School Team A TOT
1 Hood River Valley Hood River Valley High School Eagles 4 8 8
2 Hood River Valley Hood River Valley High School Eagles 5 13 13
* 3 Hood River Valley Hood River Valley High School Eagles 1 15 15
* 4 Hood River Valley Hood River Valley High School Eagles 2 15 15
5 Hood River Valley Hood River Valley High School Eagles 6 18 18
** 6 Hood River Valley Hood River Valley High School Eagles 8 27 27
** 7 Hood River Valley Hood River Valley High School Eagles 7 27 27
8 Hood River Valley Hood River Valley High School Eagles 10 30 30
9 Columbia High School – WA Columbia – WA 2 37 37
10 Hood River Valley Hood River Valley High School Eagles 9 38 38
11 Columbia High School – WA Columbia – WA 1 41 41
12 Hood River Valley Hood River Valley High School Eagles 3 46 46

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