This last weekend, Corpus Christi Yacht Club hosted the first TSA regatta of the year to kick off the season for Texas Youth Sailing. The Lakewood Seahorses were represented in 4 different fleets: 2 in Green Fleet, 15 in RWB, 3 in Laser Radial and 4 in Laser 4.7.

The weather conditions, unfortunately, were not up to the standard of Corpus Christi Bay, and sailors battled light winds and shifty conditions all weekend, which at least brought sunny skies!

Starting with the Green Fleet, William Wise and Scarlett Dennis were our representatives. A shootout to them as they joined the local team for coaching and finished 5th and 11th overall respectively.

Moving to Laser Radial, Michael Morse won the close battle he had with his teammate Jacob Brown, who finished 2nd after Michael. Ethan Polsen claimed 5th overall not too far from the podium.

In Laser 4.7, Stephen Momeier took the honors in his first-ever Laser 4.7 regatta just one point ahead of Zach Brown, like Stephen racing in Laser 4.7 for the first time. Drew Gourley competed the 100% Lakewood podium with Katie Dennis finishing 5th overall.

To finish, our largest fleet, the RWB sailors. Matias Martin (1st Red Fleet) dominated with 5 bullets out of 6 races, with a beautiful match race with William Baker (2nd Red Fleet), who scored five 2nds and finished second overall, well ahead of Dylan Tomko who claimed 3rd overall and top White Fleeter. Ava Anderson (3rd Red Fleet) finished 4th not too far from Dylan with 4 more Lakewood sailors in the Top 10: Casey Small in 7th (2nd White Fleet), Cole Gourley in 8th (2nd Blue Fleet), Syndey Small in 9th (3rd White Fleet) and Blake Polsen in 10th (3rd Blue Fleet).

In the top 20, 6 more Lakewood sailors: Ewan Dossin in 11th, Keen Cabrera in 12th, Kynes Cabrera in 14th, Patrick McNamara in 15th, Alia Dennis in 16th and Korbin Bendele in 17th. Kale Bendele, in his first-ever RWB regatta, finished in a fantastic 24th overall.

Results can be found here.