Ancient Mariner 2010

By Skipper Jim West

2010 was an especially successful competition season. The crew was even busier year than usual. They brought in a number of new crew members and trained hard for the regattas. Tiki Too placed First overall at Seafarers Regatta in Martinez, Second overall at Old Salts Regatta in Redwood City and more or less tied with two SoCal groups for First overall at the Ancient Mariner Regatta (AMR). AMR was held onboard and near the National Historic Landmark aircraft carrier USS Hornet. The crew won the highest Class award, Clipper at both AMR and Old Salts.  They won the Spirit Award at Seafarers and the Sportsmanship trophy at Old Salts. During the course of the season the crew won 16 First Place awards and numerous place awards. They were the only crew with perfect knots at Old Salts and AMR and perfect Compass and Relative Bearings at AMR. They won First Place in the exciting rescue event, Breeches Buoy, at all 3 regattas.