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The racing is tight in this race with 82 dinghy sail boats on Saturday, just part of the 246 competitors in the United States Optimist Dinghy Association Southeast Championship in the Gulf, about a mile off the shores of Marco Island. Competitors, ages 9 to 15, raced on Saturday and will continue on Sunday and Monday. They have the opportunity to qualify for national and international races from this competition.

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The racing is tight in this race with 82 dinghy sail boats on Saturday, just part of the 246 competitors in the United States Optimist Dinghy Association Southeast Championship in the Gulf, about a mile off the shores of Marco Island. Competitors, ages 9 to 15, raced on Saturday and will continue on Sunday and Monday. They have the opportunity to qualify for national and international races from this competition.

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  • The racing is tight in this race with 82 dinghy sail boats on Saturday, just part of the 246 competitors in the United States Optimist Dinghy Association Southeast Championship in the Gulf, about a mile off the shores of Marco Island. Competitors, ages 9 to 15, raced on Saturday and will continue on Sunday and Monday. They have the opportunity to qualify for national and international races from this competition.
  • Lucy Wilmot of the San Francisco Yacht Club, leans to bring her dinghy to full sail in the United States Optimist Dinghy Association Southeast Championship which began on Saturday in the Gulf, about a mile off the shores of Marco Island. A total of 246 competitors, ages 9 to 15, raced on Saturday and will continue on Sunday and Monday. They have the opportunity to qualify for national and international races from this competition.
  • Austin Irvin holds the yellow sail which tells competitors the start of the race is within five minutes in the United States Optimist Dinghy Association Southeast Championship on Saturday, about a mile off the shores of Marco Island. A total of 246 competitors, ages 9 to 15, raced on Saturday and will continue on Sunday and Monday. They have the opportunity to qualify for national and international races from this competition.
  • With a brisk wind out on the Gulf, Parker Hughes of the Houston Yacht Club, was covered from nearly head to toe in the Unites States Optimist Dinghy Association Southeast Championship on Saturday, about a mile off the shores of Marco Island. A total of 246 competitors, ages 9 to 15, raced on Saturday and will continue on Sunday and Monday. They have the opportunity to qualify for national and international races from this competition.
  • Claire Havoc, Naples, left and Tori Davis, Marco Island, wait for the start of their race in the United States Optimist Dinghy Association Southeast Championship on Saturday in the Gulf, about a mile off the shores of Marco Island. A total of 246 competitors, ages 9 to 15, raced on Saturday and will continue on Sunday and Monday. They have the opportunity to qualify for national and international races from this competition.
  • Dinghy sail boats are wheeled to the beach to set sail in the United States Optimist Dinghy Association Southeast Championship on Saturday in the Gulf, about a mile off the shores of Marco Island. A total of 246 competitors, ages 9 to 15, raced on Saturday and will continue on Sunday and Monday. They have the opportunity to qualify for national and international races from this competition.
  • Parents and competitors, ages 9 to 15, make last-minute adjustments for the United States Optimist Dinghy Association Southeast Championship which began on Saturday in the Gulf, about a mile off the shores of Marco Island. A total of 246 competitors raced on Saturday and will continue on Sunday and Monday. They have the opportunity to qualify for national and international races from this competition.
  • The United States Optimist Dinghy Association Southeast Championship began in waves of 82 boats each on Saturday in the Gulf, about a mile off the shores of Marco Island. A total of 246 competitors, ages 9 to 15, raced on Saturday and will continue on Sunday and Monday. They have the opportunity to qualify for national and international races from this competition.
  • The 246 competitors are about leave the Marco shore in the United States Optimist Dinghy Association Southeast Championship on Saturday, racing about a mile off the shores of Marco Island. Competitors, ages 9 to 15, raced on Saturday and will continue on Sunday and Monday. They have the opportunity to qualify for national and international races from this competition.
  • Some of the 246 competitors look to find their names to sign in for the United States Optimist Dinghy Association Southeast Championship on Saturday.
  • Craig Timmons pf the Naples Sailing Center, goes over the rules for the 246 competitors in the United States Optimist Dinghy Association Southeast Championship on Saturday.
  • Blake Macdiarmid, president of the United States Optimist Dinghy Association, left, presented Lisa and Chip Page with an award for their work in chairing the United States Optimist Dinghy Association Southeast Championship which on Saturday.
  • Tori Davis of Marco Island is one of the competitors in the United States Optimist Dinghy Association Southeast Championship which began on Saturday in the Gulf, about a mile off the shores of Marco Island. A total of 246 competitors, ages 9 to 15, raced on Saturday and will continue on Sunday and Monday. They have the opportunity to qualify for national and international races from this competition.
  • Marco Island's Tori Davis pushes her sail boat as she moves to the beach to begin the United States Optimist Dinghy Association Southeast Championship on Saturday in the Gulf, about a mile off the shores of Marco Island. A total of 246 competitors, ages 9 to 15, raced on Saturday and will continue on Sunday and Monday. They have the opportunity to qualify for national and international races from this competition.
  • Sherry Irvin shows she's even anxious as she holds the blue flag which is the 'Get Ready' signal for competitors in the United States Optimist Dinghy Association Southeast Championship on Saturday, about a mile off the shores of Marco Island. A total of 246 competitors, ages 9 to 15, raced on Saturday and will continue on Sunday and Monday. They have the opportunity to qualify for national and international races from this competition.
  • Area sailors are participating in the United States Optimist Dinghy Association Southeast Championship which began on Saturday, about a mile off the shores of Marco Island. From left, are Andrew Douglas, Johnny Magavdino, Matthew Magavdino, Claire Havig, Tori Davis, Matt Keller, Christopher Douglas, Jarrod Farrow, Oliver Mey, Carson Page and Savannah Irvin. A total of 246 competitors, ages 9 to 15, raced on Saturday and will continue on Sunday and Monday. They have the opportunity to qualify for national and international races from this competition.
  • Competitors prepare their sails for the United States Optimist Dinghy Association Southeast Championship on Saturday in the Gulf, about a mile off the shores of Marco Island. A total of 246 competitors, ages 9 to 15, raced on Saturday and will continue on Sunday and Monday. They have the opportunity to qualify for national and international races from this competition.
  • Loghlen Rickard of Ireland, sailing with the Cape Reef Yacht Club in Miami, was ready for any kind of weather at the beginning of United States Optimist Dinghy Association Southeast Championship on Saturday. A total of 246 competitors, ages 9 to 15, raced on Saturday and will continue on Sunday and Monday. They have the opportunity to qualify for national and international races from this competition.
  • Martina Sly, of the Fort Lauderdale Sailing Club, receives awards from Ron Hopkins of Rhode Island, the race officer for the the three-day United States Optimist Dinghy Association Southeast Championship, held off the shores of Marco Island. She was the top female and placed seventh in the overall competition.

The horizon off Marco Beach was full of sails on Saturday as the three-day competition in the United States Optimist Dinghy Association (USODA) Southeast Championship began.

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