5/10/25 - Connecting with old friends: UCSD sailing alumni come back to sail a regatta at mission bay
The alumni shuffled in at around 10:30am on Saturday. Some of them hadn't sailed an FJ for years, and it was easy to pick up on how excited they were. Some alumni had recently graduated, just a year or two ago, but we also had alumni who graduated over 6 years ago! One even flew from SF just for this event.
After rigging and chatting, the boats got out on the water. They raced for about 2-3 hours before lunch time -- burgers grilled by Adem and Jake, along with some other refreshments. Chatting with the alumni and seeing how happy they were to be sailing again was really nice to see.
After lunch, they sailed a good number of races, and finally got off the water around 4:30pm. Our coach was really happy with the performance of the alumni, as their skills had stuck around and they were still able to race quite impressively.