Come out and celebrate the beginning of Spring and the return of Daylight Savings Time. Spring Afterschool Sailing begins March 17th, and online registration is open now. We take advantage of that extra hour with classes running from 3:30 to 6:00 pm each day. As usual we’ll feature Beginning Sabots on Wednesdays, Racing Sabots on Thursdays, and Advanced Racing in CFJs, C420s, 29ers, and Lasers on Friday. Get a head start on your summer season by signing up today!
SCYA Midwinters: Well Done SDYC
Team SDYC’s Sabot Squad had a fantastic showing at the SCYA Midwinters up in Newport this past weekend! Among the standout performers were Jack Ryan who took 2nd in A Fleet, Zach Malcolm winning in C1 and moving up to B, Matt Dorgan winning C2 and moving to C1, and an SDYC sweep of C3 by Jack Augustine (1st and moving to C2), Cooper Dias (2nd), and Ryley Ryan (3rd). Yeah, baby!!! This development in the C Fleets is really exciting and bodes well for a dynamic summer of racing.
Big thanks to coaches Frank O’Brien, Brennen Clark, and especially Austin Dias. Thanks also to the Dorgan, Augustine, Harris, and Miller families for towing. We were doing some arithmetic in the office recently and realized that to get the race boats, as well as the necessary coach boats to a typical regatta, HALF the families involved need to tow! Or, if folks like the idea of only towing one way, basically EVERY family will have to tow during the weekend. Please look ahead at your calendars, get your vehicle towing ready if it is not, and plan to lend a hand!
Full results from the weekend seem to be elusive so far, but we’ll bring you up to date on the Lasers, 29ers, and I420s soon.
Sabot racers should look forward to the conclusion of the SDYC/SWYC Winter Series, hosted by SWYC, Sunday 2/28/10 with racing beginning at noon.
2010 SDYC Summer Program Registration Is Open!
Summer Program Info
Priority Registration for SDYC Members is now available. Check the class schedules and descriptions and reserve your spot today.
Open Registration will begin March 15th.
US SAILING Development Team featuring SDYC's Own
Congratulations to SDYC juniors Nevin Snow and Judge Ryan as well as recent alumni Adam Roberts and Nick Martin for making the US SAILING Development Team! Nevin, among the youngest on the list, has been selected due to his exemplary performance in the Laser Radial. Judge, along with crew Chris Segerblom, have made the cut in the I-420 having competed quite successfully in the US and around the world. Adam and Nick are going full time in the 470, traveling around the world to compete at the highest level in an effort to attend the 2012 Olympic Games in Weymouth.
Congratulations to this highly talented and dedicated group of young sailors!
Over January 9th and 10th, the SDYC Junior Board of Directors hosted their annual flagship Sabot event, the Junior Invitational Regatta. This year saw 87 competitors from throughout Southern California meet up in La Playa Basin for some ultra-competitive racing in conditions ranging from light air to breezy enough to send more than a few sailors into the drink. Junior Commodore Georgie Ryan and her Board ran an impeccably organized event in the challenging race management conditions, and between the excellent racing and fantastic lunch and trophy fare, it was smiles all around!
Day 1 saw an initial postponement for lack of breeze, which has almost come to be a tradition for this January event. Nevertheless, with sunny skies and temperatures in the mid to upper seventies, the mood was good. For the first time in a few years, the Chargers’ first round playoff bye took some stress off of those spectators attempting to follow multiple sports! When the breeze did kick in at 4-6 kts from the west, racing got underway. Most divisions sailed four races, and Team SDYC was looking good at the end of the day with several top performers. In the A Fleet, defending regatta champ Patrick Snow held the overnight lead, but Scott Sinks was lurking not far behind with a pair of bullets and waiting to drop a tough race after clearing himself following an OCS start. In the C1 Fleet Molly Pleskus was holding a narrow overnight lead, as were C2 sailor Cole Harris and C3 racer David Bluhm.
On Sunday, the forecast for light or no breeze was even worse, and many sailors were pondering whether the regatta was already over, or whether we would reach the necessary six race count to activate a throwout race. After an hour of postponement and an awesome pizza lunch break, the seabreeze filled and provide a perfect 6-8 kts for Saboting! Racing was tight as the RC fired off a three single lap Windward/Leeward races to get the race count up quickly. And to everyone’s surprise, the breeze was building! With a few capsizes occurring and the throwout race achieved, the C2 and C3 fleets were dismissed for the day. A, B, and C1 stayed out in 10 kts+ to grind out one last Triangle/Windward/Leeward to settle a few scores. When all was said and done SDYC’s David Bluhm, Cooper Dias, and Ryley Ryan had captured trophies in C3. Cole Harris sailing his first regatta in 9006 (winningest Sabot ever?) prevailed in C2, just in front of teammates T. Will Mann and Rebecca McElvain. Molly Pleskus and Zach Malcolm arrived 2nd and 3rd in C1. Patrick Snow stayed consistent and sailed one breakaway bullet race for 2nd overall in A Fleet, but couldn’t match the scorching pace of regatta champion Scott Sinks who racked up four bullets and kept only 1s, 2s, and a 3 in the 28 boat fleet!
The 2010 Junior Invitational Regatta fleet champions will be the first names to appear on the Malin Burnham Perpetual trophy; a beautiful Ken Gardner Sabot model which will soon reside in our new Sailing Center bearing the same name.
Congratulations to Commodore Ryan, Vice Commodore and Finish Boat Captain Jake Reynolds, Singlehanded Fleet Captain Clayton Schluter, and the rest of the 2010 Junior Board on an outstanding event!
In support of the San Diego Yacht Club Junior Sailing Program, the Juniors administer a biennial Chair Back Fundraising Campaign. During the campaign, boat owners can purchase chair backs embroidered with the name of their boat. In the last campaign over $20,000 was raised for the Junior Sailing program.
In support of the San Diego Yacht Club Junior Sailing Program, the Juniors administer a biennial Chair Back Fundraising Campaign. During the campaign, boat owners can purchase chair backs embroidered with the name of their boat. In the last campaign over $22,000 was raised for the Junior Sailing program.
The proceeds from the sale of the chair backs help to:
Purchase new racing boats to upgrade and increase our fleets
Purchase accessories such as video equipment, sails, and dollies
Maintain chase/safety boats, engines and boat trailers
Maintain the excellence of the San Diego Yacht Club's Junior Program
We are now beginning the 2009 Chair Back Campaign. There are only 128 chair backs to be embroidered, and our goal is to sell them early in the fall. They will be displayed on the front deck until the summer of 2011.
Members with existing chair backs will have priority for the first 30 days. After November 1, 2009, orders will be opened to the entire membership. The chair backs are available through the San Diego Yacht Club Sailing Foundation for $200 each. You may be entitled to certain tax benefits. Please use the benefit information below as a guideline.
Please order yours while they are still available. You may charge your donation to your SDYC member account.
Thanks in advance for your support!
You may contact Traci Miller (tbaillie@pacbell.net) with any questions.
SDYC's Malin Burnham Sailing Center
The construction project is scheduled for September 2009 to Summer 2010. For more information on the project, please visit www.sdyc.org/construction
DEMOLITION DAY 1 - 9/17/09
SDYC Junior Sailing
1011 Anchorage Lane
San Diego, CA 92106
SAILING BEGINS
March 17, 2010
March 20-21, 2010 