Destination: Cleveland, OH
NUST Representatives: Brett Herda, Brit Hvide, Sharon Lo, Justin McMath
Arrival Time: 2:00 AM Central
Upon arriving at Justin McMath’s friendly abode, the parental units were already sleeping and we were instead instantly greeted by the comfort that was suburbia. The next morning Justin’s mother had already prepared a lovely breakfast that was healthy and quite delicious. It was at breakfast that I was then informed that today was not a 420 sailing day—no, no—it was FJ sailing day. Coming into college with no sailing experience, I was a worried. My skipper reassuringly told me that he had never sailed an FJ either so surely we would dominate in the races.
Surprisingly, Justin was right. Although we did not dominate, the other Northwestern boat (Brit and Brett) did extremely well and I realized sailing an FJ really was no different than a 420. I could not have asked for a more beautiful day or setting to learn a little bit more about a sport that was very new in my life. I felt like I was cultivating an everlasting friendship.
It was pretty apparent that the sailors had gotten a bit of sun that day. Everyone was nice and flushed…except me of course. In any cause, the first day of sailing was in very light wind and fairly warm weather. The regatta was run very well and we were able to get 4 full rotations in. We didn’t have as much luck on the second day since there was zero wind. We waited two hours or so and the regatta was called off.
Overall, I was very impressed with the Buckeye Regatta and was really pleased that I had the opportunity to go. A short road trip and relaxing weekend was just what I needed to end my week.
-Sharon Lo, SESP 2012
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