Regattas
Etchells Jaguar Mid-Winters 2010
Congrats to Jeff Seigal and the team aboard USA 1269 who placed first overall for the Etchells Jaguar Mid-Winters 2010 and the overall Jaguar Series! In second place for the Mid-Winters was Marvin Beckman and third was Phil Wehrheim. Full results can be found here.
The weekend was a great one for photos and Sail22 has a full gallery that can be searched by boat number (ie. USA XXXX) as they are all tagged. Check them out and enjoy!
Bacardi Miami Sailing Week 2010
We’re in Miami for the Bacardi Miami Sailing Week at Shake-A-Leg. The Sail22 Trailer is set up and has been quite busy! The Viper Team we sponsor, Jackpot, was out sailing today and they took some photos for us. We’ll both be sailing this week on the Melges 24, Rock Steady with Cary, Beth and Seth Seigler. Check out the photo gallery here.
St. Pete NOOD 2010
We had a great time this weekend in St. Pete sailing with Team Rock Steady and the Siegler’s. This was our first time sailing together and we didn’t even manage to get in any practice time before the event.
We arrived in St. Pete on Thursday afternoon and Beth met us at the airport in our very sweet Team Rock Steady van. Cary and Beth do an awesome job with graphic designs and vinyl as part of their GT3Creative business. The Rock Steady van is pretty cool looking with logos all over. We headed back to the St. Pete Yacht Club and met Cary & Seth who were working on the boat and had it pretty much together. We weighed in, launched the boat and headed to the hotel to check in.
Friday was a pretty disgusting day in St. Pete. The Race Committee flew the AP on shore just as we were ready to leave the dock. We hung out on the boat, tweaking things and then heard the America’s Cup was playing in the club. We headed inside and watched the giant multi-hulls race. Just before the end of the match, the AP over A was flown (racing was abandoned), so we headed to lunch and a relaxing day.
Saturday was quite cold and the breeze was up. Team Rock Steady had an excellent day on the water with a 10, 7, 6, 5 even though we didn’t have the greatest starts. We had an port-starboard incident just before the finish of the first race and definitely would have had a better finish, if we hadn’t been hit. Luckily, Rock Steady is strong and the pole of the other boat didn’t completely hole us. After dinner, we headed out for some team bonding and indoor go kart racing at Tampa Grand Prix. Seth and Ed were our speed demons, each winning one race in the three we participated in.
Sunday was much lighter and we managed to finish two races. We finished 6th overall in the regatta and are really looking forward to Miami and our next even with Team Rock Steady!!! Congrats to Doug Fisher and team for their win!
Photos from Key West 2010
Ed did a great job taking photos at Key West this year. Check them all out here. These are a few of my favorites:
Key West Race Week Bike Rentals Sail22 Discount!
We have arranged for Bike Rentals Key West to offer a great deal to friends of Sail22. For the past two years, they have delivered and picked-up bikes for teams. This year they are offering the same delivery service again for $55/week. This price includes road side service for any flat tires, light issues, etc.
They also have a few new deals we are excited to offer teams to make things more affordable. They will shuttle you to the Bike Rentals Key West from your house to pick up your bike and drop you off back at your team house when you return the bike. This offer is available to friends of Sail22 for $45/week. The best price option we were able to negotiate is for someone who can go on their own to and from Bike Rentals Key West…at $39/week for the rental!!!
If you are interested in any of these deals, call Bike Rentals Key West at 305-295-7777 and tell them “Becky at Sail22 sent you” in order to get the special Sail22 rates. Please let us know if you have any questions or need any help arranging your team bikes.
