Club News


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.


Madilyn Anderson at the 2023 Sears Cup

By Madilyn Anderson | October 02, 2023

This summer my teammates, Ava Gustafson, Kaya Hancock, and Taylor Ashton, and I went to Lakewood Yacht Club in SeaBrook, Texas to take part in the 2023 Sears Cup Regatta.

Our team was pulled together with the help of our coach, Steve Hunt, and our junior director, Erik Hallback, on the day of a J22 clinic. No other teams signed up so it was an amazing opportunity for us to learn even more about the J22. We practiced for 3 days with our coach and then completed in the US Sailing Area J Sears Cup Triple Handed Qualifier. This local regatta was super fun because we were the only all girls team and coincidentally had a pink spinnaker as well! It was definitely a challenge, but we managed to win first place and qualify for the Sears Cup. On August 9th we flew out to Seabrook, Texas and participated in the one-day clinic held by US Sailing. We were really grateful for this considering our team was only able to practice one time prior to the event. We had some spinnaker issues with raising and dousing it but it was very good practice for the racing to come. We also found out we were the only all girls team again at this event!


2023 San Diego Beneteau Cup at SDYC, Pure Fun!

By Barrett Canfield | September 25, 2023

350+ sailors and 42 Beneteau yachts came to San Diego Yacht Club the weekend of Sept. 16th and 17th from all over Southern California, for what has evolved over 10 years into the largest All Beneteau Regatta in the world, the San Diego Beneteau Cup!

With an instructional, encouraging, and fun format, especially tailored towards new and novice racers, Regatta Co-Chairs Barrett and Lily Canfield of South Coast Yachts are very pleased with how the regatta has grown over the years, and with how many of the sailors introduced to racing at Beneteau Cup have gone on to compete in, and place well in other Southern California and regional regattas such as the Beer Can Series, Hot Rums, CRA Sponsored races, and long distance races, like Newport- Ensenada.


Julia Stewart at the US Women’s Youth

By Julia Stewart | August 30, 2023

This July, I traveled to Bristol, RI with my crew Madi Anderson. The first day we got there it was raining and humid. We got settled into our dorm rooms at Roger Williams University. The first day of the Ida Lewis event was sunny and hot. Madi Anderson, my crew for the event, and I got checked in and then we went to find our charter boat.  There were some minor rigging changes with our charter boat. Madi and I eventually figured it out and got straight to rigging.


Wyatt Kelly and Anton Schmid at the C420 South Shore Champs & North Americans

By Wyatt Kelly | August 30, 2023

At the beginning of August, Anton and I traveled to Sayville, New York, to compete in the C420 South Shore Championship, the final regatta in the Triple Crown series. On our first day of practice, there was a nice sea breeze of about 12-16 knots, which made for a fun day of sailing. On the first day of racing, we were met with a sea breeze of about 12 knots, which slowly built all day. By the last race, the breeze had picked up to around 18-20 knots. We were really happy to take first place in the windiest race of the regatta since we are a relatively small team.


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