Kokatat’s sailing contingency is getting ready for the season: “The 2010 racing season is almost upon us! The first event is next weekend in St. Petersburg, Florida, and Ramsay and I couldn’t be more excited to get back on the water.  It has been five months since we finished racing at the World Championship last August and we are ready to get back at it.

2009 was a ying-yang type year for us. We started off a bit slow, struggling to find our boatspeed in the spring events. As the weather warmed up, so did our performance. Our training was focused around preparation for the World Championship in late August in San Francisco. We hit our stride in June/July, winning 3 straight small tune-up events and gaining confidence with each day on the water. We finished a strong 14th in our final tune-up, with all the teams competing at the Worlds in attendance. Our confidence was very high. Unfortunately the Worlds did not go very well for us as we struggled with breakdowns, bad luck, and bad racing. Our result was an extremely disappointing 44th place. The 2010 World Championships are in Denmark in July and we are hoping for redemption!” – Andrew Buttner. Photo courtesy of Catherine Buttner.