Amongst the best in the nation, Southern California sailors rose to the top of the fleet in all three divisions of the US Sailing Chubb Youth Championships hosted by San Diego Yacht Club, Mission Bay Yacht Club, and Southwestern Yacht Club. In a regatta where all participants had qualified through regional eliminations, racing was competitive, with champions decided in the last race for the C420 and Laser divisions. Congratulations to Smythe Singlehanded champ Nevin Snow of SDYC, Bemis Doublehanded champs Jack Jorgensen and Samantha Gebb of Alamitos Bay Yacht Club, and three-time Sears Triplehanded champs, Scott and Evan Hoffmann of MBYC, sailing this year with SWYC’s Reece Bernet in the front of the boat.
The 2010 Naples Sabot Junior National Championship brought out a huge showing from San Diego Yacht Club. A full 37 SDYC competitors hit the waters of Mission Bay; a major increase from 29 sailors in 2009! After a couple days of qualifying and flight selection races, Team SDYC had 9 sailors in the Gold division, 8 in Silver, 5 in Bronze, and 8 in Iron. Seven ambitious Saboteurs continued into the Cove Cup which was launched a few years ago to accommodate younger sailors who don’t quite make it through the qualifying round, but want to continue with the fun and excitement of the Nationals.
Team SDYC was well prepared, having set up camp at Mission Bay Yacht Club the week before the Nationals to join the rest of the San Diego area teams for a prep week of drills and practice racing. By the time qualifying day arrived on Monday, just about every square inch of MBYC was occupied with Sabots, dollies, kids, coaches, and parents, and excitement was in the air. SDYC had a strong day one showing in nice breeze of 6-9 knots. Our top performer was Charles Lindsay who won the qualifying series with an impressive three bullets and a second, dropping a very solid sixth place!
Day 2 was Flight Selection day, with those who had pre-qualified by having been in Gold or Silver in 2009 joining the fleet for the first time of the week. Needless to say, the competition was getting very intense! This day belonged squarely to SDYC’s Scott Sinks, who dominated the round-robin racing, posting three bullets and two second place finishes for the afternoon. As SDYC served up some yummy root beer floats for all the competitors, the stage was set for two more exciting days of championship racing.
Wednesday and Thursday were the big days of the regatta, and brought with them a significant change in the conditions: more breeze! With a westerly sea breeze running at 9-12 kts. both days, the Gold and Silver fleets were moving fast, and capsizes began to appear, especially among the Bronze and Iron sailors. Heavier sailors were thriving, and lots of lighter competitors were hiking hard on the rail. The sailing was great for spectating. When all was said and done, SDYC endured some tough breaks and still had some standout results. David Bluhm, sailing his first Nationals, won the Iron division with a couple points to spare! Andy Reiter took home some hardware for 4th place in Silver, and Will La Dow and Scott Sinks trophied in Gold for 10th and 4th, respectively.
Congratulations to all of our sailors, including Cove Cuppers , Andrew Johnson, Cooper Dias, Amanda Majernik, Jack Augustine, Emily Grob, Parker Roberts, and the 2010 Cove Cup champion, Jennifer Johnson!
Congratulations to the 2010 Sabot Junior National Champion, Riley Gibbs of Alamitos Bay Yacht Club!
A huge thank you goes out to Team SDYC coaches Mallory Schluter, John Renehan, Judge Ryan, Jake La Dow, and Brian Stanford for leading or team, as well as the very many families who volunteered for towing, registration, finish boat duty, and the many other tasks which made this regatta a success!
Team SDYC Elite Take on Some of the World's Best at BYC's Governor's Cup
Gold Cup Success
Holy Dutch Shoe! Team SDYC just took the Summer Gold Cup at NHYC by storm! It’s been a while since I’ve published one of my regatta statistics analyses, so here’s the breakdown on the weekend:
Total Team SDYC sailors- 28, a record, at least since I’ve been aboard
Number of Divisions won- 4 out of 5. We captured A, B, C1, and C3. We were second in C2.
Percentage of the overall fleet from Team SDYC- 16%
Percentage of top 10 finishes held by Team SDYC- 30%, twice our percentage of the overall fleet!
Percentage of Team SDYC sailors finishing in the top half of their fleet (this is the most important stat to me, the Fretwell quotient!)- a whopping 75%!!!
Percentage of Team SDYC sailors having fun- 110%!
There are so many congratulations I hardly know where to start, but hats off to C3 fleeters Millie Dorgan, Ryley Ryan, Parker Roberts, Andrew Johnson (3rd), Ella Frazee (2nd), and champion and new C2 sailor Megan Cates! What a sweep!
The mammoth C2 fleet actually had the highest percentage of top half sailors. Congrats to top ten performers Jack Reiter (7th), Rebecca McElvain (6th), Megan Isler (4th), and Halea Holasek, just a few points out of first!
In the C1 fleet we enjoyed solid top-ten performances from Ryan Frazee (7th), Cole Harris (5th), and Molly Pleskus, who won the ultra-tight division on the tie breaker and makes the long awaited and well deserved trip up to B fleet. Way to go Molly!
Our small but potent B fleet squad (just 2 boats) really got the job done. Grace McCarthy took 3rd place, just one point out of 2nd. Taking the regatta and moving up to the A fleet big leagues was Charles Lindsay! Charles is just 11 years old, so he’ll be one to watch during the upcoming Sabot II regatta, and for years to come!
Several of our active A fleeters were up the road sailing the C420 Nationals, but Team SDYC still had plenty of firepower on the big course. Congrats to top-ten performers Jack Ryan (9th), Will La Dow (5th), and Summer Gold Cup Champion, Patrick Snow!
To get this done took a lot of effort. Big thanks go out to towing families the La Dows, McElvains, Augustines, Dorgans, Lindsays and Pleski. Finally, I’d like to give a big shout out to our hard working coaching staff of Jake Reynolds, John Renehan, and Michael Kelly, led by SDYC Head Coach Brian Stanford. You guys rock!
Look out Sabot Nationals!!!
Fall
After School Sailing
September 15 - November 5, 2010
VOTING
Each 2010 San Diego Yacht Club Junior Summer Program participant may vote once.
This perpetual trophy is presented to the San Diego Yacht Club on behalf of the participants of the Junior Program. It is in memory of Tailleur McGreevy, a junior program participant for five years who was also a Junior Board member. Tailleur was an outstanding role model for junior sailors as she was not ever solely concerned with winning a race, but sought to encourage and assist friends and enjoy their companionship.
CONDITIONS
This perpetual trophy will be awarded annually to the member of the Junior Program who exhibits a true sense of camaraderie and guidance to fellow sailors on and off the water. The recipient will be decided upon as a result of a vote taken of the participants of the summer program at its close and will be recognized at the Junior Program Award Dinner in the fall. Thus, members of the Junior Program will be acknowledging the contributions of one of their peers to the positive environment of junior sailing at the San Diego Yacht Club.
SDYC Junior Sailing
1011 Anchorage Lane
San Diego, CA 92106
September 4-5, 2010
SCYYRA SHADDEN SERIES 1/4 
September 18, 2010
Cabrillo Beach Yacht Club 
October 16, 2010