TSA Corpus Christi Regatta

This past weekend, 32 Lakewood sailors traveled to Corpus Christi to participate at the End of the Year regatta, which closes the season for the Texas Sailing Association Youth Circuit.

Contrary to the usual weather conditions Corpus usually delivers (mid-strong winds), the weekend provided the sailors with little to no wind, making the job of the RC's very challenging and giving the sailors extra work to find their boat speed across the racecourse. At the end of the weekend although, 7 races were completed for the Green Fleet, 3 for the RWB and 4 for Lasers and 420s.

In the Green Fleet, 3 sailors attended the event, with Kale Bendele finishing 4th, William Wise in 7th and Scarlett Dennis in 10th overall.

In the 420 line, Alex Wise was our only sailor representing and finished in 4th overall.

In the Laser 4.7 fleet, Stevie Neumann was our only sailor as well, claiming a spot in the podium and finishing 3rd.

In the Laser Radial class, 4 Lakewood sailors raced in Corpus with Scott Mather leading the team and finishing 2nd, right ahead of Michael Morse in 3rd. Imad Mabsout finished 4th and Ethan Polsen closed the team performance in 7th.

In the RWB Fleet, 23 sailors sailed under the Lakewood burgee for the Regatta. Matias Martin won the overall with three bullets (1st in Red) and also claimed the Texas State Championship title for 2019. Joining him on the podium were Lucas Tenrreiro in 2nd and Zach Brown in 3rd (1st Blue Fleet). 6 more sailors completed an almost top 10 sweep with Blake Polsen in 4th, Wyatt Singh-Tauber in 5th, Tanner Ward in 6th, Cole Gourley in 7th, Casey Small in 8th (1st White Fleet) and Dylan Tomko in 9th (2nd White Fleet).

In the top 20, 6 more Lakewood sailors with Mathieu Brown in 13th, Ewan Dossin 14th, Kynes Cabrera in 15th, Ian Farley in 17th (3rd White Fleet), Keen Cabrera in 18th and Sydney Small in 20th.

To close the team performance, Patrick McNamara in 21st, Alia Dennis in 24th, Korbin Bendele in 26th, Jessie Gaines in 27th, Dax Marsden in 30th, Rohwan Singh-Tauber in 31st, Teddy Reiser in 33rd and Christian Gerdes in 36th.

Results can be found here

TSA End of the Year Awards

During the awards presentation at Corpus after racing on Sunday, the End of the Year Awards for the TSA Circuit were handled as well to complete another successful season in Texas.

Here is the list of Lakewood sailors awarded for the Season Standing Awards:

Green Fleet

1st overall = Kale Bendele
5th overall = William Wise

Laser 4.7

1st overall = Scott Mather

Laser Radial

3rd overall = Jake Brown

C420

3rd overall = Alex Wise

Opti RWB

1st overall and 1st Red Fleet = Stephen Momeier
2nd overall and 1st Blue Fleet = Cole Gourley
3rd overall and 1st White Fleet = Dylan Tomko
5th overall and 3rd Red Fleet = Tanner Ward
6th overall and 2nd Blue Fleet = Ewan Dossin
8th overall and 2nd in White Fleet = Casey Small
9th overall = Kynes Cabrera
10th overall and 3rd in White Fleet = Keen Cabrera

The full list of awarded sailors can be found here

Bermuda National and Open Optimist Championship
This past week Lakewood had three sailors competing in Bermuda for their National Optimist Championship. Over the course of three days and eight races, 56 sailors battled heavy winds of 25 knots in the Great Sound. Leading the way for Lakewood was Stephen Momeier in 13th place, with James Pine (20th) and Nathan Pine (24th) not far behind. James Pine also won the Junior Perpetual Trophy, becoming the first-ever USA sailor to win the award. Congrats to all that competed. Results can be found here