AARON NOBLE
SAILING
My sailing career began at age 13, at Circle Ten Council's Camp Constantin, in the Boy Scouts. I began sailing Sunfish (a small single sail boat) while earning the Small Boat Sailing merit badge. I loved sailing so much that I went back out to Camp Constantin during the same summer with another Scout troop. Fast forwarding to age 15, I began sailing on a J/105 named Cyrano at Dallas Corinthian Yacht Club on Lake Lewisville. After learning the basic skills needed to perform the duties of each position on the boat, I decided I wanted to get more serious about racing. At age 17, in the summer of 2012, I migrated to Fort Worth Boat Club, on Eagle Mountain Lake, and began sailing for another J/105 team named Blue Flash. In addition to races every weekend and local annual regattas, I now travel with Blue Flash to out-of-town regattas. In the summer of 2014 I competed with Blue Flash in the Chicago to Mackinac race in Lake Michigan. I also had the opportunity to sail in Galveston Bay in the 2013 and 2016 J-Fest Southwest regattas.
From left to right: Heath Power, Scott Hurst, Aaron Noble, Roger Gatewood, Ken Davis, and Matt Arno.
Selfie taken with a GoPro on Lake Michigan with downtown Chicago in the background. Enroute to Chicago-Mac starting line.
On our way to the starting line, we were required to sail pass the race announcers and fans on the shore to the left, below and around the green-roofed building.
333 boats at the starting line of the 2014 Chicago-Mac race.
After completion of the Mac race, we used a lift to put the boat back on the trailer to head back to Fort Worth, Texas.
In the distance, you will see the Mackinac Island bridge behind the yellow spinnaker sail.
Blue Flash sailing passed the lighthouse at Mackinac Island to signify the finish line. We finished 8th out of 20 in our fleet.
Two double-masted boats as we sailed out of the harbor.
