Jul 30, 2013 | Featured, grantReports
From June 12th to the 14th, my brother Peyton Russell and I competed in the 2013 CFJ Junior Olympic Festival at Newport Harbor Yacht Club. The two of us would like to thank the BYC Maritime Sciences & Seamanship Foundation for their support in helping us to...
Jul 22, 2013 | Featured, grantReports
Last summer I was lucky enough to participate in the Opti Sabot Exchange with Riverside Yacht Club in Connecticut. Since then, I have been very interested in Opti’s and have done several Opti regattas. On June 21 through 23rd I decided to take on the Heavy...
Jul 19, 2013 | Featured, grantReports
Dear BYC Maritime Sciences and Seamanship Foundation, Thank you for your support of me in the 2013 Junior Olympics. This regatta was my first big CFJ regatta as a skipper and I was really excited to participate. The regatta was held at Newport Harbor Yacht Club, which...
Jul 19, 2013 | Featured, grantReports
I would like the thank the BYC Maritime Sciences and Seamanship Foundation for their support of my participation in the recent Junior Olympics Regatta. The regatta was held on July 12-14 at NHYC. The regatta started off with a practice day on Thursday in very...
Jul 17, 2013 | Featured, grantReports
Dear BYC Maritime Sciences & Seamanship Foundation, Thank you for providing funding for me to go to the Balboa Advanced Sabot Clinic 2013. I enjoyed many experiences having to do with my own sailing performance. The BASC clinic, after long periods without sailing,...
Jul 9, 2013 | Featured, grantReports
It’s pretty amazing to think that I just finished my last junior 420 regatta and my third Ida Lewis Regatta. As sad as this is for me, June 22-27 was one of the most fun weeks I’ve had in my sailing career. Not every day do you get to sail in your beautiful hometown,...