Florida Midwinters – Cold and Hot
February 17, 2010 – 6:54 pmThe weather was cold - really cold - this past weekend at the Club 420 U.S. Midwinters held at the U.S. Sailing Center in Jansen Beach, Florida, but the competition was hot - really hot. Sailing against stiff competition largely from the U.S. college ranks, Amy DesBrisay and Kate Thomas sailed hard in tough conditions but fell short of their goal of a top 50% of the fleet finish - a result that would have qualified them to sail in the World Youth Championships in Turkey this summer. Amy and Kate were the only Canadian girls team to give qualifying a shot. They had a few good races in the top half of the fleet, including a 13th place, but unfortunately some less stellar races held them back from attaining their goal. But as lone Canadian girls, they can look at themselves proudly as trailblazers for other Canadian girls' teams that, over the next few years, will ...

