2019 Heavy Weather Clinic – Gray Hemans

Sep 20, 2019 | Featured, grantReports

Thank you for the opportunity to sail in the heavy weather clinic. The clinic was extremely windy and was 20 to 24 knots daily. We had excellent coaches and a lot of debriefs. I learned a lot at this clinic. I am very grateful that it was extremely windy as that does...

2019 Heavy Weather Clinic – Kenny & Jean Wanlass

Sep 18, 2019 | Featured, grantReports

The 2019 Heavy Weather Clinic was a great learning experience for me and my skipper. We spent three days on the San Francisco city front, which provided us with strong conditions that challenged our racing skills. An added benefit was that we were sailing at the same...

2019 Heavy Weather Clinic – Morgan Pinckney

Sep 16, 2019 | Featured, grantReports

Nathan, my crew, and I had been planning to do The Heavy Weather Clinic in San Francisco for months. We thought any time on the bay would help us grow as sailors and, in turn, be better prepared for the C420 North Americans. When we arrived, the conditions on the...

2019 Heavy Weather Clinic – Alex Stauffer

Sep 16, 2019 | Featured, grantReports

Dear BYC Maritime Sciences and Seamanship Foundation, Thank you so much for your financial support, helping me to attend 2019 C420 heavy weather clinic held at St. Francis Yacht Club in San Francisco. I attended along with my skipper, Sophia Devling. We learned so...

Laser Midwinters East – Morgan Pinckney

Aug 26, 2019 | Featured, grantReports

We had decided that, since we were already in Florida for the C420 Midwinters East, we would drive across the state to Tampa and the Laser Midwinters East. This simple decision proved to provide quite the struggle, and that is an understatement. I had a day of...