And huge thanks to our organizer, Tonja Sanchez Holmes Moon!
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We met with Lucija Ruzevic last night to capture some “game-face” pictures of her before she heads to Europe on Saturday. One of Lucija’s staunchest advocates, Tonja Sanchez Holmes-Moon, joined us, as well. I must say it was pretty cool photographing these two talented and hardworking sailors together.
If you want to support Lucija’s rising star, click here to add a few bucks to her GoFundMe page. And thanks!
Photo courtesy of Marie S. Nuchols
Lucija Ruzevic and Tonja Sanchez Holmes-Moon.
Photo courtesy of Marie S. Nuchols
Racers got two races in on Saturday, February 4, 2017. Thanks going out to the Race Committee: Tim Johnson (PRO), Karen Johnson, Matt Meadows, Chris Dickey, David Jones and Darla Hogberg (photographer).
Sincere thanks going out to our featured photographer, Darla Hogberg!!
Lucija Ruzevic attended an invitation-only event at the Corinthian Sailing Club at White Rock this weekend. The seven kids who won their fleets in TSA had the opportunity to spend their weekend sailing and competing with sailing greats (Bill Draheim, Kelson Elam, Paul Foerster, Kelly Gough, Doug Kern, Rob Johnston, Scott Young) at the Bob Gough TSA Race of Champions. Watch for more details on this amazing weekend in the upcoming Hailer!
Lucija received another prestigious invitation recently. The coach of the Croatian team has invited Lucia to represent Croatia at the Europa Cup held in March 2017, in Koper, Slovenia, as part of their national team.
Lucija and the Ruzevic family have established a Go Fund Me page to help defray the costs of this trip.
Any size donation will be deeply appreciated by the Ruzevics.
January 15: Low wind earlier in the day, and a foreboding forecast for later in the day. These sailors could not be deterred from the race course, because that’s how they roll. 🙂
Race Committee (how we love them!): John Lusk, Karen Johnson, and Nels & Darla Lovebirds.. I mean, Hogbergs….
Image courtesy of Darla Hogberg
Image couresy of Darla Hogberg
Image courtesy of Darla Hogberg
Congrats to James Freedman and Team Miss Conduct on their second place finish!
Team Bad Moon pulled out an eighth place finish and Tim Johnson with Team Graywolf finished in eleventh.
Way to represent, everyone!
Today, after an emotional but uneventful annual meeting, the fleet went racing to wrap up the Fall Series. While it is still rough to go out racing without our friend Kelly, it was a beautiful day on the water and the racing was (slow, but) intense!
We got on the water an hour later than we usually would have due to the annual meeting, and the wind was variable and from the east, which meant that a little tactics and a lot of luck would have a hand in determining today’s race winners. Frank Heidlberger on race committee had an interesting time setting a square course, with the wind regularly shifting up to 30° every few minutes. Finally, a course was set and the racing began.
The first race was a pretty uneventful four-legged race and although it was tight, Matt Harden and crew on the Viper came in first in both real and corrected time. Dick Peters on Noble Savage was hot on their heels though, with just a 7 second difference in corrected time.
The second race was only two legs (pay attention kids, this will come in to play later in the story), but the wind decided to play fickle with us on this one. All of the boats made it to the weather mark without a hitch, but that is where it started to fall apart. The wind would, by turn, give some boats a little lift while completely ignoring others. Thankfully, it was a beautiful day to sit and wait on the wind. Finally, at the end of the race, the wind had once again picked up, and it was a tight race between Randall Massey on Shotglass and Dan Wolf on Scoots… until Shotglass rounded the pin (rather than go through the finish line) and Scoots got the horn! First across! By the time Shotglass had unwound and crossed back over the finish line, both Harden on the Viper and Peters on Noble Savage had crossed the line, giving Shotglass a 4th place finish and knocking them out of 1st for the series.
(Thanks to Fleet Captain Heather Fahle for this report!)
According to her dad, Nino:
“Lucija got second overall, first girl in Wurstfest Laser 4.7 regatta at Canyon Lake. The conditions were really tough: rain, very light wind (3-5) swirling around 50-60 degrees.”
http://www.regattanetwork.com/clubmgmt/applet_regatta_results.php?regatta_id=13299
James Freedman and Team Miss Conduct carved out a second place finish and did so in great style! Congratulations on the stellar performance, you guys!
Christopher Holmes and Tonja Sanchez-Holmes-Moon raced Bad Moon with her rock-star team, Chris Pittman, David Hayslip, and Victoria Hielscher. Special love going out to this team. It was great to see you on the water. Team Bad Moon placed sixth, an excellent performance given this regatta was the first time this crew configuration has sailed together.
Team Navy Blue Faded Lady made her second circuit appearance for 2016 at J-Fest. Peter Brigaitis and his Quarantine Crew had a rough first day, but dialed things in better on Sunday and ended the weekend with a fifth place finish in the last race. Team Navy Blue Faded Lady finished ninth overall.
Tim Johnson and Team Gray Wolf had a great weekend and finished 13th overall.
Kudos also going out to friend of the club, Mark Smith and Team After Midnight for their Third Place finish! Bravo, guys!
Additionally, in the J/105 fleet, DCYC member Justin Adams crewed on AYC-based Aftershock which took second. Congrats, Justin!
See full results here:
http://www.regattanetwork.com/clubmgmt/applet_regatta_results.php?regatta_id=12777
Congratulations to Peter Brigaitis who took first in the Saturday’s Single/Double Handed Race. Congratulations go to Dan Wolf and James Ryan who took second and third places, respectively. Great job, everyone!
UNT Sailing Team took 3rd place (out of 17 boats) this weekend at the Owlapalooza race at Lakewood Yacht Club.
We are so proud of our UNT team!
UNT Sailing Team
We are thrilled to share that Lucija Ruzevic, daughter of Nino and Lara Ruzevic, took 1st Place at the Old Man and the Sea Regatta this weekend. In case you missed it, Lucija is on a bit of a roll with her wins. She also brought home trophies for 1st Place wins at Rush Creek and White Rock events.
Fifteen J/24s arrived in Houston to race this past weekend. At the end of the weekend, our four teams secured four of the top seven places. Congratulations to James Freedman and Team Misconduct (2nd place), Kelly Holmes-Moon and Team Bad Moon (4th place), Peter Brigaitis and Team Navy Blue Faded Lady (6th place), and Tim Johnson and Gray Wolf (7th place).
Huge congratulations also going out to fellow North Texans and friends of DCYC, Mark Smith and Team After Midnight (of FWBC) for their stellar weekend and 3rd place finish. Our own Tonja Sanchez Holmes-Moon crewed with Team After Midnight. Congrats, you guys!
Special kudos must go to Team Navy Blue Faded Lady, a team that has competed together on a J/24 only once before. They showed up on a borrowed boat and left with a 6th place finish. Way to go, Peter Brigaitis, Tim Kraft, Matt Harden, and Tim Ponter!
Congratulations, everyone!
James Freedman and Team Miss Conduct race their final day in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada at the J/24 North American Championships. An notable finish earned the attention of Scuttlebutt Sailing News. Way to go, James!
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