Dear BYC MSSF,
photo by Tim Wilkes Photography
Thank you so much for the continued support of my Laser sailing, I really appreciate it. This continued support allows me to go big events and has improved my sailing immensely. The actual Orange Bowl Regatta was a very fun event and very challenging. This event showed me that I can start well in bigger fleets. In the first race, when it was blowing 25 knots I was able to roll out from underneath the current Laser 4.7 world champion (a regatta I plan to do this year).
This event also made me think critically about what side of the course to go to as well as finding out which phase the wind was in, during races where the wind was oscillating. Although we only had 5 races those races helped me learn and also helped boost my confidence when starting in larger fleets.
Sailing against top caliber sailors (many from different countries) improved me as a sailor a lot. Again thank you so much for sponsoring me in this event.
Sincerely,
Gregg Kent
1/3/11