Spring 2014 Opti Survey

Parents and Sailors,

Please take a moment to fill out our LYC Opti Spring 2014 Survey; we would love to get your feedback. The LYC Opti program is for you, and we want to know what you think- what you like, what you don't like, and what you think needs improvement. We encourage both parents and sailors to take the survey. Thank you for taking the time to help improve our program!

Registration is Still Open for Hospice!

Parents,

It's not too late to register for the Hospice Youth Regatta!

Mail in registration is closed but down load the form and register on the day of the event.

http://hbts.org/images/M_images/campforms/Youth_regatta_NOR_entry_form.pdf

The winner of both green and champs will receive a ticket to the Hospice dinner. Please plan accordingly. Parents will need to buy themselves one for $50 to accompany sailor.  

Saturday Schedule:

Registration - 8.00am-9.00am

Skippers meeting - 9.00am

Thank you! 

JM

2014 USODA Team Trials
May 1^st – 4^th – Stamford Yacht Club, CT

I just want to let you all know about our Team Trials experience…definitely the most important regatta of the year and an international US qualifier for some of the top intercontinental Championships in the World such as Worlds, Europeans, North Americans among others.  These sailors were extended an invitation to participate at this event based on their performance/placing at USODA Regional events. 

Two hundred seventeen sailors attended this year Team Trials!  This event definitely gathers the best sailors and most competitive fleet in the US.

We scheduled three on-site practice days (Mon-Wed) prior to racing.  So, some of our LYC Team sailors flew up to practice before the event started on Thursday.  It turned into a very long week for our team, but it was well worth it since the wind conditions on the Long Island Sound were very variable and the current played a very important factor when developing a strategy.  The wind velocity ranged from 4 to 26kts with a predominant SW winds…being the last day of racing our windiest day and our first day definitely the lightest. We saw some heavy rain during the practice days and air temperatures ranging from 42F to mid-60F.   

Our LYC Team Members results after 9 races with one discard: Connor Murphy (30), Stephen Streater (31), Luke Welker (80), Bella Casaretto (100), Garrett Dixon (109), Kelly Clark (146), Joey Meagher (167), and Eddie Holden (183).

Overall it was a great racing experience for all!  In the next couple of weeks USODA will extend invitations to sailors that qualified to represent the US at the international events.  Thanks to all you parents for the continuous support and for making of this event a smooth one.  I will keep you all posted…hopefully we will have some LYC sailors joining some of these US Teams.

Look forward to seeing you all out on the water this weekend!

Cheers,

Juan
PS.  Sailors please comment below to add more about your personal experience at this USODA Team Trials or anything you consider important that I've missed. 

Last Day of Practice Pizza Party!

We are having a pizza party after practice on 5/10 to celebrate the spring sailing season.

The cost will be $20/family

 Please sign up here by Friday. I hope everyone can attend!


Thank you.

Gold Fleet Spring Series #2 on 5/10

A reminder:

The last spring series race for gold fleet will be on Saturday.

Silver fleet practice will start at 9:30am on Saturday.

Happy Sailing!

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*Important* Last Day of LYC Opti Practice on 5/10

Parents,
 
We are cancelling practice on Sunday 5/11 to honor Mother's Day. The last practice is on 5/10 for Gold, Silver and Green fleet.

• You will be receiving end of season sailor evaluations this week. Please let me know if you have any questions.

• We will be taking team pictures before practice on Saturday.

• Don't forget we still have one more event of the season-the Hospice Youth Regatta is on May 17! Please register today if you haven't already.

• Lastly, I hope that everyone can attend the Luau banquet on May 22nd!

Sincerely,
Julia Melton

End of Season Pizza Party!

Opti Parents and Sailors!

 

To celebrate the end of the season  and our last practice before we all break for the summer, there will be a PIZZA PARTY for all Opti sailors and their families on… 

 

Saturday, May 10th (after practice) 

$20/per family

Please RSVP as soon as you can using the Pizza Party spreadsheet in the "Upcoming Events" folder on the blog. 

 

We'll have pizza, cupcakes and refreshments!  Hope you can all make it!

 

Please call Meaghan Carroll with any questions (954) 629-6894