Eight sailors from the Orcas High School sailing team traveled to Seattle Yacht Club Saturday, March 8 to take part in the Northwest District Interscholastic Sailing Association Kick–Off Regatta. This one-day event had 24 boats show up. Teams traveled from all over the Nortwest to participate.

“The weather this spring has given us snow, sleet, too much wind and now after the kick off regatta we can add no wind and way too much rain,” said Coach Burke Thomas.

Highlights for Orcas were a second place finish by Wylie Kau and Michael Chesher and a third place finish by Dominick Wareham and Axel Greening. The team will travel to the Bellingham Regional Regatta on Saturday, March 15. For complete results, go to http://scores.hssailing.org/s14/kick-off/.