Following the Orange Bowl regatta, a 5-day training camp was held at the US Sailing Center in Miami. Report from the training camp and Orange Bowl here. I am home now to finish up my first semester, but I'll be back in Miami at the end of January for the Miami OCR.
Thursday, January 10, 2008
Tuesday, January 1, 2008
Orange Bowl International Youth Regatta and Training Camp
The Orange Bowl regatta was held in Miami, Florida December 27 - 30. In the laser fleet there were 40 boats. The event was primarily a training event for me. It allowed me to identify what I need to work on in the upcoming camp, which starts on the 1st of January. I finished 7th overall. Results here. Report to come.
Monday, November 5, 2007
CYA and KYC Awards
Robert was awarded the Bill Burk Memorial Youth Elite Award for top male youth sailor at the annual CYA Rolex Awards. Article here.
Robert was also awarded the Achievement and Leadership Award at the Kingston Yacht Club Awards Night.
Monday, October 1, 2007
National Qualifying Regatta
The National Qualifying Regatta was held September 28-30 in Kingston. It was the second part of the qualification for the 2008 ISAF Youth World Championships, which are being held in Denmark. I finished 10th overall and was top youth, earning me the right to represent Canada again at next year's Youth Worlds. Results here. I have also moved up to 111th on the ISAF Laser rankings.