Report on PT Sailors at the the 505 North Americans in Santa Cruz
Dan and Piper keeping it flat upwind in Santa Cruz breeze. Photo by John Navas Piper Dunlap reports in on the 5o5 North Americans in Santa Cruz Port Townsend sailors, Sugar Flanagan, Sean Rankins, Spencer Snapp, Dan Ginther, and Piper Dunlap all made the pilgrimage to Santa Cruz, CA last weekend to compete in the 2014 505 Dinghy North American Championship Regatta. This was the first time that each of these sailors has competed at this level in the class, and they all came home tired, sore, a little humbled, but satisfied having raced against the best in [...]
505 Regatta: Small Fleet, Big Smiles!
The PTSA sponsored 2011 Port Townsend 5o5 Mother’s Day Regatta “Dooflicker” (Dunlap/Ginther) and “Eight Ball” (Coburn/Flanagan) chasing “Relish” (Brackett Bros.) The PTSA hosted 5o5 Port Townsend Mother’s Day Regatta took place last weekend, May 7th & 8th, without much fanfare or publicity, but for seven 5o5 teams it was good clean fun on the water and off — an event your mother could be proud of! Nine races over two days provided the international fleet with consistent 5 to 10 knot breeze and even some sun on Sunday. Saturday, “Opening Day” of the boating season was decidedly wet, but that [...]
5o5 Action at the SAP Worlds in Oz
2011 SAP 5o5 Worlds