Orange Bowl – Samantha Hemans

I flew out Christmas day to Miami, FL to attend Orange Bowl.  I had so much fun.  On the first day, practice day, I met my coach, Mauricio Galarce.  He taught me a lot of new things in a short period of time.  For example, we reviewed how to set up my sprit pole and...

Orange Bowl – Gray Hemans

I just started sailing C420s in September.  Prior to Orange Bowl we had competed in 3 regattas (2 Perry regattas & the Halloween regatta at ABYC).  So Orange Bowl was a big deal for me.  Sadly we had to leave the morning of Christmas.  We arrived very late in the...

Orange Bowl – Jeffrey Petersen

I recently (and very unexpectedly) competed in this year’s Orange Bowl Regatta at Coral Reef Yacht Club in the C420 class. It was about 1 p.m. on Christmas Eve, while my dad and I were at the grocery store doing some last minute meal shopping for dinner that...