201 Simmons St NW
Join your sailing colleagues on the evening of January 9th with sailboat racing champion Carl Buchan, who will share his adventures racing this summer in a double-handed race around the Isle of Wright in England. The annual Round Isle of Wight Race (RIOW), which starts and finishes in Cowes, was the course for the first America’s Cup. Carl will also share racing tips and other sailing adventures he has had during his half-century of sailing.
Carl got his inspiration from his father, Bill Buchan, a National Sailing Hall of Fame Inductee. At the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games both father and son won Gold Medals in sailing in different classes. In 1984, Carl won the US Singlehanded Championship for the O’Day Trophy as a 17-year-old and one year later won the World Singlehanded Youth Championship. Buchan was named College Sailor of the Year in 1977. Buchan is a tall, slender sailor and well suited for the Laser Class. He won the US Nationals three times (1978, 1980, 2000) and the North American Championship in 1992. In addition, Carl and his wife, Carol, won the Tasar World Championship in 2001.
The meeting will be in-person at the Olympia Yacht Club located at 201 Simmons St. NW. Doors will open at 6:30 pm and the meeting will begin at 7:00 pm. The meeting is open to both members and non-members, so invite your crew, dock mates, neighbors, and others who are interested in sailing.
Non-OYC members can park on the street or on the east side of the parking lot that is next to the Olympia Oyster House.
We hope to see you there.