FOR ILCA 6 and ILCA 7 SAILORS
This ILCA clinic is a fine tuning clinic in preparation for the Cressy Single handed qualifier for high school nationals. The Cressy qualifier will also be hosted at Mission Bay Yacht Club two weeks after this clinic.
Clinic cost is $100/day. Late fee of $25/day starting Aug 15. The clinic organizers have a limited number of charter boats at a cost of $100/day on a first come/first serve basis.
HEAD COACH: STEVE MITCHELL
Born - England, Lives - Toronto, Canada since 2010
Etchells World Champion 1997 and European Champion 1997 & 1998
Member of British Sailing Team from 2001-2007 sailing Star with Iain Percy.
2002 World Champions, 6th at Athens 2004 Olympics, European Champs 2005.
Coach at Beijing 2008 Olympics for RUSSIA (Yngling)
Coach at London 2012 Olympics for CANADA (Star)
Coach at Toronto 2015 Pan-Ams for CANADA (Laser)
Coach at Rio 2016 Olympics for CANADA (Laser)
Coach at Tokyo 2020 Olympics for USA (Radial - Paige Railey)
COACH: PAUL DIDHAM
Born and raised in San Diego, California, Paul grew up in a family of sailing enthusiasts; however, he did not start racing until the 8th grade. Despite a late start, he quickly rose to the top of the junior sailing circuit, ultimately winning the Single-handed High School National Championship in his senior year and becoming a member of the Olympic Development Team. After high school, he pursued an Olympic campaign, working as a training partner for the runner-up at the 2020 US Olympic trials (Paul ultimately finished 6th at the 2020 US Olympic trials). Along the way, he started to do more and more coaching. As a coach, he has successfully qualified multiple sailors for the US Sailing Youth Championship, US Sailing Junior Championship, High School Sailing Single-handed Championship, and has coached sailors to the podium at multiple Olympic Class Regattas. Outside of sailing, he is a running enthusiast and is working towards a master’s degree in Applied Statistics at California State University, Long Beach. In his current role as a high-performance coach at Balboa Yacht Club, he aims to utilize both his technical and non-technical background to help create world-class athletes in the sport of sailing.
SCHEDULE:
Saturday: Be rigged and ready for a 10 AM meeting.
Sunday: Be rigged and ready for a 9 AM meeting.
We’ll be off the water by 6 PM on Saturday and 5 PM on Sunday.
Please bring your own water/lunch/snacks. There will be food provided on Saturday and Sunday during the post-sailing debriefs.
GEAR: Be prepared to be on the water in an ocean venue sailing for 4 to 5 hours. Bring appropriate sailing gear, a dry bag with any extra gear and plenty of water and quick, healthy snacks to keep you going! We will be allowing some ILCA 4 sailors who are in development to join the clinic. If you have any questions, please contact Nicole Downey
