In December of 2009 more than 750 sailors gathered in the small Miami, Florida community of Coconut Grove to compete in the US Sailing Junior Olympic Sailing regatta hosted by Coral Reef Yacht Club and sailed out of the Miami US Sailing Center and Biscane Bay Yacht Clubs. The sailors enjoyed challenging Winter sailing in the tropical setting off of CRYC as the international sailors competed for the Orange Bowl regatta championship in Opti's 420's Lasers, Radials and 4.7's.