ISSA News

The Cressy
High School Singlehanded Championship
Sponsored by LaserPerformance
Hosted by Whatcom Community Sailing
At Bellingham Yacht Club, Bellingham, WA
October 31-November 2, 2014

Saturday, November 1:

Racing started at 11:00 with a light north east breeze. One race in each fleet was completed before the wind shutoff. At 3:30 another light breeze filled enough to get an additional race in each fleet completed. No more races were completed on Saturday. Racers were sent in as the sun set.

Sunday, November 2:

Racing started around 10:40am with a steady 10-12 from the south east. Racing was sailed in the middle of Bellingham Bay where the wind was stronger. The wind stayed strong with minimal shifting throughout the day. Wind speed ranged from 8-15. Waves were 1-2 feet. Tide was strong from course right to left. Temperature was in the mid 50s. 8 races were completed in each fleet Sunday for a total of 10 races.

In the Laser-Full fleet Patrick Shanahan is your ISSA Cressy Full Rig National Champion. Patrick won the regatta by 18 points over Colin Brego in 2nd and Cooper Weitz in 3rd.

In the Laser-Radial fleet Nic Baird is your ISSA Cressy Radial National Champion. Nic won the regatta by 12 points over William Marshall in 2nd and Scott Rasmussen in 3rd.

A big thanks to PRO Kyle Eaton, Chief Judge Jared Hickman, hosts Bellingham Yacht Club and Whatcom Sailing, and regatta chair Scott Wilson.

Thanks to LaserPerformance for supplying 36 brand new Lasers and Nick Ewenson for all his work getting the boats ready and making repairs.