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Team SDYC 2nd at the Annapolis YC 3-2-1 Invitational Regatta

By Jack Reiter | November 16, 2023

This past September, 6 SDYC Sailors made way to Annapolis to compete in the one-of-a-kind 321 Invitational Regatta. Consisting of 2v2, 3v3, and Match Racing, this regatta is truly special and requires a different approach compared to different keelboat regattas. Molly Pleskus, Johannes McElvain, Jack Plavan, and a trio of Reiter brothers (AJ, Andy, Jack) formed the stellar SDYC team as they fought over the three day weekend to bring home another trophy and add to the incredibly successful year SDYC has had. 


Women’s Racing Brings Strength in Numbers

By Molly Hughes Wilmer, Sailing World | November 16, 2023

Women's sailing events and regattas are essential for growing the sport, proving an atmosphere where skill development and opportunity go hand-in-hand.

At a recent coed Grandmasters Team Race Regatta, a teammate told me he didn’t understand why there were women-only sailboat races—as if to say, what’s the point? His comment was a brave one in today’s “woke” world, but it’s something that men and women alike probably think about a lot more than they talk about. Yet it raises a valid conundrum as our predominantly male sport pushes toward wider female inclusion: Why isolate women to their own sideshows when the long-term goal is organic integration across the sport?

As I listened to his comments, many of which I’ve heard before, I thought about the fact that several signature women’s events, like the International Women’s Keelboat Regatta and the Santa Maria Cup, are either dead or not as popular as they once were. And later, as I reflected on our discussion, I took stock of our competitors at the Newport Harbor YC Palmer Trophy. Eight of the 54 sailors—15 percent—were women.

“It’s important to have this dialogue,” says Nicole Breault, the first woman to earn St. Francis YC’s Yachtsman of the Year. Breault is a one-design champion and currently competing in the revived Women’s World Match Racing Tour. “Segregation,” she says, “is part of the process of developing a deeper talent pool among women.”


Golison and Team 2nd at J/70 Worlds

By Bruce Golison | November 08, 2023

SDYC's Bruce Golison aboard Midlife Crisis, with teammates Steve Hunt, Erik Shampain and Jeff Reynolds finished second at the recently completed J/70 World Championship at St. Petersburg, Florida.  Ten races were sailed in spectacular conditions from October 31 through November 4.  Bruce Golison’s team withstood a UFD penalty in Race Two to gain the runner-up position with a scoreline of: 5, UFD/84, 2, 39, 1, 4, 2, 6, 17, 5. For Bruce and his team, this makes back to back second place finishes at the J70 World Championships.

Eighty-three teams from 15 nations competed from Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Germany, Great Britain, Mexico, Monaco, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the USA. 


Award Winning Women’s Invitational Regatta Returns to San Diego Yacht Club

By Casey Coffin | November 02, 2023

San Diego Yacht Club’s annual Women’s Winter Invitational Regatta returns this upcoming winter, February 16-18, 2024. Recently having won the US Sailing One Design Regatta Award, this all-woman, three-day competition attracts sailors from all over the world.

The Women’s Winter Invitational is sailed at SDYC directly off the docks in La Playa and features the Club’s J/22 sailboats, which are sponsored by Mount Gay. The course can expect more than 80 sailors over 24 teams for an action-packed regatta weekend on and off the water.


Jack Egan at the US Match Racing Championship for the Prince of Wales Bowl

By Jack Egan | October 25, 2023

At the end of September, I traveled to Rochester New York to compete at the 2023 US Match Racing Championship for the Prince of Wales Bowl. My three other teammates, who are all current or past members of my collegiate sailing team, traveled from around the country to meet me in Rochester.

This event was our first time to test ourselves against some of the best match racers in the country, including world-ranked #1 and multiple other top 30 world-ranked match racers. The format was a single round robin into quarter-finals, then sem-finals, and then finals. Rochester Yacht Club had a great setup, with 8 sonars and warm hospitality. Lake Ontario also provided great conditions, each day brought wind into the teens and one day over 20kts. These conditions provided a challenge for all competitors trying to optimize their boat handling, which is all-important in match racing.


SDYC WHITE @ The USSAILING Aerovanti Team Race Championships for the Hinman Trophy

By Jack Reiter | October 10, 2023

Mission Bay Yacht Club served host to 144 of the top Team Racers in the nation, forming 24 solid teams all competing for the USSailing Team Racing National Championship. Out of these 24 teams, SDYC was able to field two extremely competitive teams, Blue and White. My team, White, consisted of fellow SDYC Junior Sailing Alums as well as Point Loma High School alums;
Jack Egan and Aidan Hoogland. We each sailed with our respective crews during our times as junior and collegiate sailors.


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