SAISA District Team Race Champs

The SAISA Baker Champs were held on the North Lake in Hollywood, Florida, just off the Intracoastal Waterway. Seven Teams were registered to complete, sailing in 12 College FJS. The wind on Saturday started out at northeast, moved to east, then to southeast. All day, the conditions were up and down, from 5-10 mph, with some wildly light wind gyrations at the finish because of condominium interference when the wind had its northeast and east components earlier in the day.

Thank you to Race Committee Chairs: Suzanne & Chip Sabadash; & Vice Chair: Beth Rielly; PRO: Peter Commette; Start Boat Connie Commette, Todd & Karin Correll (Saturday), Ted Morley (Sunday); Finish Boat: Phil Rielly, Jorge Agnese, David & Tracey Williford & Mike Redmond; Umpires: Phil Pape, Carol Robinson, John Fox, Will Cooper, Deborah Willitz, & Rob Rowlands; Boatswain: Brian Buckley, Launch/Beach Master: Paul Weber; Mark Boat: Kevin Boland & Bob Meagher; Scoring Robin Meagher & Diane Boland; Breakfast: Lynn Dixon & Lucy Reed; Lunch: Mary DuPlessis, Tina Neville, Carolyn Redmond; Registration: Debbie Fitzgerald; Park Logistics: Steve Buckley; Trophies: Jennifer Juskiewicz, and all STA Volunteers & Parents pitching in.

On Sunday, the race committee had to wait for an hour for the wind to come in. When it did, the wind was 5-10 from the Southeast, building to 8-12, with gusts of 15 from the south. Three full Round Robins with a total of 63 races were completed over 2 days. Congratulations to Antilles High School for 1st place, to St. Thomas Aquinas HS for 2nd place