Skipper - Guy Tawney
Crew - Andrew
Eyring, Lauren Marks
My crew and I
are very excited about sailing our new lightning this summer and
can’t wait to begin. When we first heard about the lightning boat
grant program we were in shock at the idea that a class would be
lending out boats entirely free of charge for the entire duration of
the summer, and knew that this was something we had to apply for.
Knowing that with the help of the mentor, one of the highlights of
the program, at the end of the summer we would have considerably
improved in our sailing ability and become apart of a great class of
sailors. Now that we have been awarded with one of the boats, we
plan on racing the boat regularly, and look forward to competing
with as many lightning sailors as possible. We would like to thank
the lightning class and all the people who have worked on the boat
grant program for making this opportunity available to us and can
not wait to start sailing in a class that we can only hope to be
apart of for a very long time.
Andrew Lauren and I have
been sailing and working together for three years now, at the Down
Town Sailing Center in Baltimore MD, where we have both competed in
small keelboat racing and taught younger sailors then ourselves how
to sail. We have also sailed together on two PHRF boats, all around
the bay, one of which is driven by Andrew and was a closer contender
for the highpoint award. Lauren is currently a senior in high
school and an aspiring collegiate sailor next year at Washington
College. Andrew has been a member of his high school’s varsity
sailing team, and is also a senior in high school, heading to Tulane
next year where he too will be joining his school’s team. I am
currently a freshman at Washington College where I am a member of
both the dingy and offshore sailing teams.
