USA Junior Olympic Sailing Festival in Jensen Beach

The U.S. Sailing Center of Martin County continues to grow as they set an attendance record at this year’s 15th annual USA Junior Olympic Sailing Festival which was held last weekend at the Indian Riverside Park in Jensen Beach, Florida.  Over 190 participants from as far as New York and Tortolla, British Virgin Islands attended this event.  The most participants ever for this annual sailing festival.

Open to sailors ranging in age from 8 to 21 with competition in 9 different classes of boats and 2 classes of windsurfers.  Winds for the event favored the light wind specialists as there was an uncharacteristic light wind summer pattern for the weekend.  Over 100 local volunteers helped to make the 15th annual USA Junior Sailing Festival a rousing success, even though many participants would have liked some more wind.

This will be a busy year at the U.S. Sailing Center of Martin County with some great upcoming regattas.  The USODA Opti Team Race Mid Winter Championships are scheduled for Jan 19 to 21.  Feb 16 thru 18 will bring the 420 Mid Winter Championships.  With the Florida State Opti Championships at Opti Fest on March 9 and 10.