St. Francis Sailing Invetational

Shane Young and Dustin Durant testing the waters. Photo: Michael Anderson

Sunday April 10, 2011 after a long Saturday of racing all day the club packed up and made there way up to San Francisco for the St. Francis Invitational at south Jetty 3-4. “The drive was brutal, we were all so tired from sailing all day and being in the sun, it took a really long time and by the time we checked in the hotel it was really late and know one could keep there eyes open.” Club President Shane Young said. The races began at 10 a.m. Sunday morning at the south jetty harbor. Due to long hours of travel and little hours of sleep the club members were faced with some difficulties. The weather and conditions of the water were different from Santa Barbara, the wind was blowing at 10-15 knots and the water was choppy along with a strong flooding current. The team managed to pull off a good race and won a tiebreaker for 6^th with Chapman University. Skippers Shane Young and Dustin Durant were faced with varied conditions that almost made the boat capsize. “The conditions were really tough along with being tired from the long sailing weekend, but we managed to pull it off with decent results.” Skipper Durant explained. Overall the weekend turned out great for the club, they got a lot of sailing in and also had a really great time together traveling up and down the coast of California with all the members. “It was awesome, we had a lot of fun memories and laughs, it was just a really good weekend” Vice President Newton explained after asking her how the contest turned out.