I am so grateful for the SDYC Competition Fund. For the past three months or so, I lived in Fort Lauderdale, FL, practicing with the Laser 4.7 team at the Lauderdale Yacht Club. Recently, I wnet to the Midwinters East regatta in Miami, FL, to represent SDYC there. I had a great experience. The conditions were rough, from waiting all day to get almost zero knots of wind to the next day, when we had fifteen knots of wind with chop. The whole SDYC team performed amazingly. This was a great step forward for the SDYC Laser team, and hopefully we will be able to go next year with twice as many people. I was so glad to be there with my sailing friends and family because of the competition fund. Thank you SDYC for supporting my adventure at the Midwinters East.

Recently, I was lucky enough to compete in the Clearwater Olympic Classes Regatta (OCR) from February 4 - 7, 2021. I have been in Florida since mid-December, first training with Key Biscayne Yacht Club (KBYC), and now with Lauderdale Yacht Club (LYC) team, beginning in early January. Clearwater OCR was the third of four regattas I am competing in, after Orange Bowl and Lauderdale OCR, with Mid-Winters East coming up soon in late February.

I am so thankful for the competition fund for making it possible for me to participate in the LOCR! Lauderdale Yacht Club was very accommodating, and put on a great event. This was my first away regatta where I was on my own without my parents, and I learned so much about the nuances of traveling. I trained with the Lauderdale team for a few weeks before the event, and the venue was very different from back home. It took a whole different skill set to sail through large waves and variable, puffy/shifty wind. I met so many people and made a lot of new friends, and it was also cool to spend time with my teammates, Oscar Parzen and Devin Owen.

Last December we attended the 2020 Orange Bowl and Open Orange Bowl regattas in Miami, Florida. Our family drove across the country towing a 29er and two lasers. The drive east was pretty uneventful, but we would get our share of excitement on the way back to San Diego! We arrived in Key Biscayne Thursday afternoon and unloaded our boats. The next day was spent at our hotel doing online school, our last day of school before winter break. 

For the regatta, Calvin raced his laser, Alice and Sammie Gardner sailed a 29er, and Anton raced in an Opti.

US Sailing and host yacht clubs at spectacular sailing venues in Florida and California are thrilled to launch a new domestic racing and training series of Olympic-class regattas in 2021.

Your local Junior Directors are eager to get everyone safely racing as soon as possible, so we've created the 2021 SDAYC Winter Circuit to offer the most reliable local racing schedule possible for Sabots, Open Skiffs, Lasers, and C420s. Better yet, this enabled us to tune Team SDYC's Early Winter/Afterschool training opportunities to complement this regatta schedule, for minimum hassles and maximum sailing and progress! With events like the 2021 Junior Sabot Nationals and othe summer championships on deck, let's get busy on the water! Current SDAYC Jr Winter Circuit Results

Hello Sailors, Parents, and Coaches,

On behalf of our Junior Board of Directors, I’d like to thank each of you for participating in the 2020 Junior Invitational Regatta; and congratulate all of Team SDYC on executing and performing very well at what was certainly a challenging event on the water!

Over 80 single-handed boats sailed in the San Diego Olympic Classes Regatta (SDOCR) this weekend at the San Diego Yacht Club, a regatta that for most was the first opportunity to compete in months. Lasers, Laser Radials, and Finns made way to two separate ocean courses where they “socially distance” sailed in boat lengths for seven races. In an effort to provide sailors with a venue for them to compete in international, high-level classes, the SDOCR was home for sailors of all ages and experience levels.

In the Laser fleet, Ford McCann took first with 7 points, Marshall McCann took second with 10 points, and Paul Didham took third with 19 points. 

In the Finn fleet, legend Finn-sailor Henry Sprague took first with 7 points, Michael Dorgan finished second with 11 points, and Scott Griffiths followed in third with 22 points. 

In the Laser Radial fleet, Nathan Sih won first with 10 points, followed by Morgan Pinckney in second with 14 points and Santiago Quiroga in third with 22 points.