David Wood sails again for Balboa Yacht Club in Governor’s Cup

As the 53rd annual Governor’s Cup International Youth Match Racing Championship heads into the second half of its double round-robin format, the time will come for the competitors to sink or swim.

No sailor wants to fall into the water, but the timeless idiom might better have been amended to sail or sink when David Wood got his start in the sport. Read more here.

Balboa Yacht Club skipper David Wood, right, and crew members Max Mayol, middle, and Daniel Pegg compete on the second day of racing in the 53rd Governor’s Cup in Newport Beach on Wednesday.(Scott Smeltzer / Staff Photographer)