News
Joshua Wenokur of JK Sailing/South Coast Corinthian Yacht Club has won the 2024-2025 Carrie Series, clinching the title with his victory at the final regatta in the series - the SCYYRA Carrie 6/6 & Ken Hoover Memorial hosted April 26-27 by King Harbor YC.
Our additional trophy winners for the 2024-2025 SCYYRA Carrie Series are:
2nd Place: Harper Swezea, Team BYC/Balboa YC/ABYC
3rd Place: Storm Husky Kim, Best Coast Sailing
4th Place: Hayden Zieger, California YC
5th Place: Mason Lim, JK Sailing/South Coast Corinthian YC
Congratulations to our trophy winners, and thank you so much to all of our competitors who participated in the 2024-2025 SCYYRA Carrie Series! We look forward to another great series with you all beginning in the Fall.
Congratulations to Carly Kieding (SBYC/SBYSF) & Julia Getter (NHYC), our 2024-2025 SCYYRA Perry Series Champs! The final event of the series was hosted by San Diego YC, with 40 boats competing. Thank you so much to all of our SCYYRA Perry Series competitors who have participated in the 2024-2025 series, and we look forward to having many of you return for the 2025-2026 SCYYRA Perry Series, which will kick off in September.
Rounding out the 2024-2025 SCYYRA Perry Series Top 5 are:
2nd Place: Katlia Sherman & Leila Landay, Cal YC
3rd Place: Nick Lech & Madison Jones, NHYC / ABYC / LBYC
4th Place: Kingston Keyoung & Fiona Barbeito (not pictured) & Olivia Norton, ABYC / BCYC / NHYC
5th Place: Kevin Cason & Holland Vierling & Braden Ozarski, SDYC
Fenton Wallace of San Diego YC has won the 2024-2025 SCYYRA North Series (for the third year in a row). He clinched his win at Newport Harbor YC's Spring Gold Cup / SCYYRA North 4/4 held March 8-9, 2025.
Congrats as well to the rest of our trophy winners:
SCYYRA Shadden Series Champs - Nevin Elliott & Madison Jo, Newport Harbor YC
A wild and windy SCYYRA Shadden 4 hosted by Alamitos Bay YC rounded out our first SCYYRA Series of the 2024-2025 season! Huge thanks to all of our competitors for taking part over the past six months and we look forward to seeing you again for the 2025-2026 Series!
Congratulations to our top 5:
2nd Place - Will Ramsay & Cash Espinoza (/ Wilbur Smith not pictured), Newport Harbor YC
3rd Place - Reid White & Jasmine Dandler, Bahia Corinthian YC
4th Place - Joaquin DesRochers & Arianna Yiakas, King Harbor YC
5th Place - Autumn Katzer (not pictured) & Maddie Liu (/ Isabelle Hyde not pictured), Newport Sea Base
Congratulations to the accepted sailors for the SCYYRA Winter Advanced Training Clinic on December 7-8, 2024.
ILCA 6
Alex Aggen
Jacob Artof
Charlotte Carmichael
Emma Edwards
Taylor Escola
Daniel Guo
Timothy Liu
Maddie Nichols
Siena Nichols
Zach Peterson
Michael Sentovich
Wilbur Smith
Maggie Ugoretz
Emerson Wadell
29er
Sean Kaseburg (Skipper)
Wesley LaRue (Crew)
Kylie Peterson (Skipper)
Isabella Cason (Crew)
Kevin Cason (Skipper)
Holland Vierling (Crew)
Olympia Barelli (Skipper)
Maribelle Barelli (Crew)
Mark Xu (Skipper)
Ronan Curnyn (Crew)
C420
Cooper Keeves (Skipper)
Matthew Commons (Crew)
Carly Kieding (Skipper)
Julia Getter (Crew)
Noah Stapleton (Skipper)
Hannah Crompton (Crew)
Wyatt Kelly (Skipper)
Fiona Barbeito (Crew)
Katlia Sherman (Skipper)
Leila Landay (Crew)
Walter McFarland (Skipper)
Sophia Corzine (Crew)
Brady Kennedy (Skipper)
Colin Kennedy (Crew)
Anton Schmid (Skipper)
Helena Salas (Crew)
Kingston Keyoung (Skipper)
Olivia Norton (Crew)
Conrad Cook (Skipper)
Cash Espinoza (Crew)
Vesper Gronborg (Skipper)
Vanessa Mellinger (Crew)
Dylan Seawards (Skipper)
Brynn Behrens (Crew)
Benjamin Benahmed (Skipper)
Kyren Shirar (Crew)
Christopher Daher (Skipper)
Charley Stephenson (Crew)
Jack McGhie (Skipper)
Eric Panebianco (Crew)
Gage Christopher (Skipper)
Madison Mansour (Crew)
Nevin Elliott (Skipper)
Madison Jo (Crew)
Lily Yao (Skipper)
Nathan Pibulpanijkarn (Crew)
Vance Khamsi (Skipper)
Samantha Villard (Crew)
CFJ/C420 JV
Vivi Lagutenko (Skipper)
Zoe Lindberg (Crew)
Bennett Simpson (Skipper)
Sean Getty (Crew)
Emmet Hnat (Skipper)
Amber Morris (Crew)
Charlie Kraus (Skipper)
Skylar Ullman (Crew)
Preston Decker (Skipper)
Mesa Uliasz (Crew)
Lincoln Betz (Skipper)
Gavin Lindsey (Crew)
Henry Andrew (Skipper)
Benjamin Shapiro (Crew)
Claire Suplizio (Skipper)
Lilly Boman (Crew)
Mathilde Smith (Skipper)
Abigail Fenholt (Crew)
The SCYYRA Board of Directors is proud to announce the 2025 SCYYRA Racing Team. The hard work and dedication to junior sailing by these sailors has paid off, as they join a long list of junior sailors that have gone on to accomplish great things in the sport of sailing. SCYYRA sailors go on to college sailing, olympic sailing, national and international One Design, US Championships, and much more.
SCYYRA Team members are required to attend the SCYYRA Clinic
Wyatt Kelly (SDYC)
Hannah Crompton (LBYC / BCYC)
Noah Stapleton (ABYC / BCYC)
Holland Vierling (SDYC)
Anton Schmid (SDYC)
Kevin Cason (CorYC / SDYC)
Cooper Keeves (CalYC)
Ronan Curnyn (ABYC / KHYC / SDYC)
Carly Kieding (SBYSF / SBYC)
Katlia Sherman (CalYC)
Julia Getter (NHYC)
Taylor Escola (SBYSF / SBYC)
Fiona Barbeito (ABYC)
Sophia Corzine (LBYC / ABYC / BCYC)
Michael Sentovich (NHYC / ABYC)
Leila Landay (CalYC)
Walter McFarland (LBYC)
Brady Kennedy (NHYC / ABYC)
Apply by November 17 to be considered to attend the December 7-8, 2024 SCYYRA Winter Advanced Training Clinic at the US Sailing Center - Long Beach. Members of the 2023 and 2024 SCYYRA Sailing Teams and other experienced participants in the SCYYRA Shadden, Ullman, Frost, Hamlin and Perry Series’ as well as other SoCal High School sailors that have been involved in serious C420, CFJ, 29er, ILCA 7 or ILCA 6 programs. This is an advanced clinic and we will be accepting applications based on age (must be at least in the 8th grade), experience and skill level. Please complete the application online by November 17. We will publish the list of accepted sailors on the SCYYRA Website by or before Wednesday evening November 20, 2024.
Sailors in Southern California can now apply for the SCYYRA Advanced Racing Team. The SCYYRA Team today will become some of the top sailors of tomorrow in everything from Club Sailing to the America's Cup. Check out the deep history of SCYYRA teams on the team page.
TO DO
Note, one historic requirement of being on the SCYYRA Team is to attend the SCYYRA Clinic to mentor the next generation. Remember how you were inspired by an older sailor when you were just getting your feet wet!
Congratulations to San Diego Yacht Club for winning the Dick Sweet Series this summer. Theo Card, Ronan Servais, Fenton Wallace, and Celeste Stout were the members of the winning team.
Mission Bay Yacht Club's team of Braden Ozarski, Sean Kaseburg, and Santiago Escobar placed second and Newport Harbor Yacht Club's team of Will Ramsay, Colin Kennedy, Cole Silsby, and Piercen Giordani placed third.
Congratulations to Kevin Cason and Holland Vierling, from San Diego Yacht Club, who won the 2023-2024 Hamlin Series! Wills Stratton and Ronan Curnyn from Del Rey Yacht Club and San Diego Yacht Club earned the second place trophy, and Olympia Barelli and Maribelle Barelli of San Diego Yacht Club placed third in the series. Thank you to all of our Hamlin competitors and to Santa Barbara Yacht Club for hosting our final event, and congratulations to our trophy winners!
Miles Gordon of JK Sailing SCCYC is our 2024 SCYYRA Carrie Series champion. This year the final event (Carrie #6 - The Wedge Regatta / Ken Hoover Memorial) was hosted by Balboa YC.
Rounding out the top 5 were:
2nd Place - Hayden Zieger, California YC
3rd Place - Joshua Wenokur, JK Sailing SCCYC
4th Place - Scofield McLean, SBYSF
5th Place - Cassady Lorentzen, JK Sailing SCCYC / Balboa YC / BCYC
Anton Schmid and Wyatt Kelly of San Diego Yacht Club have been crowned the 2023-24 SCYYRA Perry Series Champions. The final Perry event was hosted by their home club, taking place April 6-7, 2024 in San Diego.
Our remaining Series trophy winners were:
Congratulations to Fenton Wallace of San Diego YC for winning the 2023-2024 SCYYRA North Series (for the second year in a row). The final North event was Spring Gold Cup, which took place at Newport Harbor Yacht Club on March 9-10, 2024.
Sean Kaseburg of Mission Bay YC placed 2nd in the series, and Vesper Gronborg of San Diego YC placed 3rd.
Christopher Daher and Alexis Mottl-Long of Balboa YC / Team BYC are the winners of the 2023-2024 SCYYRA Shadden Series, sailed in the CFJ. The final event of the series was sailed at Alamitos Bay Yacht Club on March 3-4, 2024.
Rounding out the top five were:
2nd Place - Jack McGhie and Isabel Lewis / Augie Wise, BCYC
3rd Place - Brady Kennedy and Madison Jones, NHYC / NB4T
4th Place - Joaquin DesRochers and Kayla Spalding, BYC / Team BYC
5th Place - Sam Suddath and Ava Reas, CYC
Congratulations to the accepted sailors for the SCYYRA Advanced Racing Clinic on Dec. 2-3, 2023. Read the full list of sailors for ILCA 6, ILCA 7, C420, CFJ and 29er classes.
29er Ian Nyenhuis
29er Anton Schmid
29er Loki Barrett
29er Sean Kaseburg
29er Braden Ozarski
29er Lauren Simpson
29er Maribelle Barelli
29er Olympia Barelli
29er Kevin Cason
29er holland vierling
29er Zach Peterson
29er Madilyn Anderson
29er Wes LaRue
29er Julia Stewart
C420 Tate Christopher
C420 Taylor Bartell
C420 Gage Christopher
C420 Isabel Lewis
C420 Madison Jones
C420 Adam Mead
C420 Connor Fracisco
C420 Jackson Rushing
C420 Alexis Mottl-Long
C420 christopher Daher
C420 Carsten Zieger
C420 Kaito Le Tenoux
C420 Dylan Sih
C420 Wyatt Kelly
C420 Paige Tillson
C420 Kristin Hawkins
C420 Trey Gregory
C420 Celeste Oder
C420 Oliver Keeves
C420 Harry Bryan
C420 Harrison Szot
C420 Fiona Barbeito
C420 Isabella Clark
C420 Kinston Keyoung
C420 Carly Kieding
C420 Julia Getter
C420 Crue Ziskind
C420 Madison Mansour
C420 Hannah Crompton
C420 Noah Stapleton
C420 Conrad Cook
C420 Olivia Norton
C420 Brady Kennedy
C420 Kathleen Keller
C420 Cooper Keeves
C420 Matthew Commons
CFJ Milo Hostetler
CFJ Cash Espinoza
CFJ Samuel Mohinani
CFJ Jack Snow
CFJ Carlin Fretwell
CFJ Liam Kaseburg
CFJ Abigail Fenholt
CFJ Mathilde Smith
CFJ Enzo Loth
CFJ Bennett Santos
CFJ Chloe Goodman
CFJ Megan Farmer
ILCA 6 Nevin Elliott
ILCA 6 Charlotte Carmichael
ILCA 6 Michael C Sentovich
ILCA 6 Wilbur Smith
ILCA 6 Emily Otto
ILCA 6 Maddie Nichols
ILCA 6 Siena Nichols
ILCA 6 Ryan Downey
ILCA 6 Taylor Escola
ILCA 6 Landon Stahl
ILCA 6 Daniella Cheng-Sun
ILCA 7 Hudson Underhill
ILCA 7 Stewart McCaleb
Check out the schedule for racing throughout 2024
The SCYYRA Board of Directors is proud to announce the 2023 SCYYRA Racing Team. The hard work and dedication to junior sailing by these sailors has paid off, as they join a long list of junior sailors that have gone on to accomplish great things in the sport of sailing. SCYYRA sailors go on the College Sailing, Olympic Sailing, National and International One Design, US Championships, and much more.
SCYYRA Team members are required to attend the SCYYRA Clinic in December as an opportunity to advance personal skills and mentor the next generation of sailors.
Ian Nyenhuis (SDYC(
Taylor Bartell (NB4T / BYC)
Noah Stapleton (ABYC / CBYC / NB4T)
Anton Schmid (SDYC)
Tate Christopher (ABYC / BCYC)
Hannah Crompton (LBYC / BCYC / NB4T)
Carly Kieding (SBYSF / SBYC)
Piper Blackband (NB4T / BCYC)
Thomas Kraak (Lauderdale YC)
Dylan Sih (NHYC / BCYC / ABYC)
Siena Nichols (BYC)
Wyatt Kelly (SDYC)
Apply by November 17 to be considered to attend the December 2-3, 2023 SCYYRA Winter Advanced Training Clinic at the US Sailing Center - Long Beach. Members of the 2022 and 2023 SCYYRA Sailing Teams and other experienced participants in the SCYYRA Shadden, Ullman, Frost, Hamlin and Perry Series’ as well as other SoCal High School sailors that have been involved in serious C420, CFJ, 29er, ILCA 7 or ILCA 6 programs. This is an advanced clinic and we will be accepting applications based on age (must be at least in the 8th grade), experience and skill level. Please complete the application online by November 17, 2023. We will publish the list of accepted sailors on the SCYYRA Website by or before Monday evening November 20, 2023.
Attention SCYYRA Advanced Racing sailors! It's time to start thinking about your SCYYRA team application. Please take some time now to review the selection matrix, talk to your coaches, and collect your results from the past year. Applications will be due October 15, 2023. No late entries will be accepted.
Ryan Satterberg and Ashley Highland are the 2022-2023 SCYYRA Perry Series Champions raced in the C420 Class!
San Diego Yacht Club will host the Area J (Southern California) qualifier for the US Sailing Junior Triplehanded Championship (Sear Trophy) on Monday, July 10th. The top two teams from the qualifier will represent Area J at the Sear Trophy at Lakewood YC, TX.
The qualifier will be raced in J/22s with spinnakers. All three sailors must be in good standing with US Sailing, over 13 years old, and may not have reached their 19th birthday during the calendar year of competition (2023).
Questions, please contact Area J Representative Nick Kaschak: sbysf.director@gmail.com, 619-398-6087
July 12th at Noon.
SCYYRA Board Meeting
Wednesday, July 12 · 12:00 – 1:00pm
Time zone: America/Los_Angeles
Google Meet joining info
Video call link: https://meet.google.com/zsb-gnja-xvz
Or dial: (US) +1 803-672-0777 PIN: 586 493 375#
Join us for the upcoming SCYYRA meeting on January 22nd at ABYC, at Noon
Congratulations to the accepted sailors for the SCYYRA Clinic on Dec. 3-4, 2022.
ILCA 6 - Laser Radial Toby Bookman
ILCA 6 - Laser Radial Thomas Kraak
ILCA 6 - Laser Radial Nicholas Mueller
ILCA 6 - Laser Radial Siena Nichols
ILCA 6 - Laser Radial Michael C Sentovich
ILCA 6 - Laser Radial Maddie Nichols
ILCA 6 - Laser Radial Sarah Ozaki
ILCA 6 - Laser Radial Max Olson
ILCA 6 - Laser Radial Benjamin Conroy
ILCA 6 - Laser Radial Nicole Sighiaratau
ILCA 6 - Laser Radial Harrison Strom
ILCA 6 - Laser Radial Magne Henriques
ILCA 6 - Laser Radial Oscar Parzen
CFJ Crew Kayla Spalding
CFJ Skipper Joaquin DesRochers
CFJ Skipper Mathilde Smith
CFJ Skipper Anielka Schuler
CFJ Crew Ruby Wright
CFJ Skipper Gabriel Hasen
CFJ Crew Elin Cooper
CFJ Crew Samantha Villard
CFJ Crew Clare Eadie
CFJ Skipper Olivia Norto
CFJ Skipper Cash Espinoza
CFJ Crew Luke Espinoza
CFJ Skipper Jack McGhie
CFJ Crew Skyler Elias
C420 Skipper Walter McFarland
C420 Crew Julia Getter
C420 Skipper Paige Tillson
C420 Crew Kristin Hawkins
C420 Crew Piper Blackband
C420 Skipper Noah Stapleton
C420 Crew Harry Bryan
C420 Skipper Oliver Keeves
C420 Skipper conrad cook
C420 Crew Kathleen Keller
C420 Skipper Reade Decker
C420 Crew Cam Spriggs
C420 Skipper Drew Gerlach
C420 Crew Charley Stephenson
C420 Crew Isabella Clark
C420 Skipper Kingston Keyoung
C420 Skipper Allie Shand
C420 Crew Madison Mansour
C420 Skipper Lina Carper
C420 Crew Ryan Nayoski
C420 Skipper Zoey Ziskind
C420 Crew Damien Bocan
C420 Skipper Shane Tillson
C420 Crew Preston Miller
C420 Crew Jack Nuss
C420 Skipper Sean Ozalpasan
C420 Skipper Ethan Simpson
C420 Crew Vera Allen
C420 Skipper Olympia Barelli
C420 Crew Maribelle Barelli
C420 Crew Madilyn Anderson
C420 Skipper Grace Ivancich
C420 Skipper Brady Kenedy
C420 Crew Colin Kennedy
C420 Skipper Tate Christopher
C420 Crew Taylor Bartell
C420 Skipper Tate Oyler
C420 Crew Samantha Hemans
C420 Skipper Blake Behrens
C420 Crew Elizabeth Struve
29er Skipper William Stratton
29er Crew Ronan Curnyn
29er Crew Wyatt Kelly
29er Skipper Anton Schmid
29er Skipper Kevin Cason
29er Crew Holland Vierling
29er Crew Kate Joslin
29er Skipper Carly Kieding
29er Crew Zach Peterson
29er Skipper Wyatt Dalby
The SCYYRA Board of Directors is proud to announce the 2023 SCYYRA Racing Team. The hard work and dedication to junior sailing by these sailors has paid off, as they join a long list of junior sailors that have gone on to accomplish great things in the sport of sailing. SCYYRA sailors go on the College Sailing, Olympic Sailing, National and International One Design, US Championships, and much more.
SCYYRA Team members are required to attend the SCYYRA Clinic in December as an opportunity to advance personal skills and mentor the next generation of sailors.
Blake Behrens (SBYC/SBYSF)
Piper Blackband (BCYC/NB4T)
Lina Carper (CorYC/MBYC)
Tate Christopher (ABYC/BCYC)
Oakley Cunningham (MBYC)
Reade Decker (LIYC/BCYC/NB4T)
Kelly Holthus (SDYC/BCYC/NB4T)
Grace “Gigi” Ivancich (NB4T/CalYC/ABYC)
Thomas Kraak (CalYC/ABYC/CBYC)
Preston Miller (CorYC)
Morgan Pinckney (NHYC/ABYC)
Alice Schmid (SDYC)
Anton Schmid (SDYC)
Allie Shand (MBYC)
Dylan Sih (NHYC/BCYC/NB4T/HPC/ABYC)
Ethan Simpson (NB4T/LIYC/BCYC)
Cam Spriggs (SDYC/NB4T)
Harrison Strom (SDYC)
Zoey Ziskind (SBYSF)
Apply by November 18 to be considered to attend the December 3-4, 2022 SCYYRA Winter Advanced Training Clinic at the US Sailing Center - Long Beach. Members of the 2021 and 2022 SCYYRA Sailing Teams and other experienced participants in the SCYYRA Shadden, Ullman, Frost, Hamlin and Perry Series’ as well as other SoCal High School sailors that have been involved in serious C420, CFJ, 29er, ILCA 7 or ILCA 6 programs. This is an advanced clinic and we will be accepting applications based on age (must be at least in the 8th grade), experience and skill level. Please complete the application online by November 18, 2022. We will publish the list of accepted sailors on the SCYYRA Website by or before Sunday evening November 20, 2022.
Cabrillo Beach Yacht Club will host the first Perry Series event on September 17-18, 2022. Reminder to join the C420 class to be eligible for the series.
Registration is now open for Hamlin #4 and Ullman/Frost #4 at Skiff Fest at SBYC. Note this event will serve as the area qualifier for the Smythe.
The January 22nd SCYYRA Board Meeting is being rescheduled to a date TBD.
Below is the acceptance list for the SCYYRA Clinic on Dec. 4-5, 2021.
C420
Skipper Blake Behrens
Crew Hope Campbell
Skipper Reade Decker
Crew Sophia Mulvania
Skipper Peter Busch
Crew Cam Spriggs
Crew Ashley Highland
Skipper Zoey Ziskind
Skipper Dylan Sih
Crew Piper Blackband
Skipper jett brennan
Crew Damien Bocan
Crew Ryan Nayoski
Skipper Lina Carper
Skipper Chasease Decker
Crew Sophia Pearce
Skipper Wyatt Dalby
Crew Oliver Ernest
Skipper tate christopher
Crew Vera Allen
Skipper Isabella Loiselle
Crew Stella Taherian
Skipper Walter McFarland
Crew Taylor Bartell
Crew Preston Miller
Skipper Tommy Rudowicz
Skipper Wills Stratton
Crew Matthew Commons
Skipper Ethan Simpson
Crew Dillon Garcia
Crew Ashtyn Tierney
Skipper Noah Stapleton
Skipper Crue Ziskind
Crew Teo Lee
Skipper Max Olson
Crew Kristin Hawkins
Crew Kelly Holthus
Crew allie shand
Skipper Jordan Janov
Crew Reddin Kehrli
Skipper Grace (Gigi) Ivancich
Crew Adra Ivancich
Skipper Oliver Keeves
Crew Arielle Candaele
Crew Peter Joslin
Crew Alice Schmid
CFJ
Skipper Joaquin DesRochers
Crew Ronan Curnyn
Skipper Nolan Boesch
Crew Katterina Mehring
Crew JP Panebianco
Skipper Mathilde Smith
Crew Matt McIntyre
Skipper Ty Schwartz
Skipper Emily Rychlik
Crew Sydney Brea
Crew Emma Bradley
Skipper Harry Bryan
Skipper Enzo Loth
Crew Max Kumar
Crew Samantha Corliss
Skipper Tyler Olsen
Skipper Gabriel Hasen
Crew Nick Beggs
Skipper Lili Brennan
Crew Ruby Wright
Crew Charley Stephenson
Skipper Drew Gerlach
Skipper Madison Mansour
Crew Sophia Corzine
Crew Kathi Keller
Skipper Conrad Cook
RADIAL
Liam Andresen
Tommy Kraak
Devon Owen
Morgan Pinckney
Oliver Stokke
Kaden Brown
Tristan Feves
Ava Gustafson
Hudson Mayfield
Harrison Strom
Carsten Zieger
Oakley Cunningham
Nathan Sokolovsky
Oscar Parzen
Jack Hanson
Jack Bradley
Liam Andresen (SBYc, SBYSF, ILCA, CFJ)
Blake Behrens (SBYSF, SBYC)
Peter Busch (SDYC)
Oakley Cunningham (MBYC)
Reade Decker (LIYC, BCYC, NB4T)
Kelly Holthus (SDYC)
Peter Joslin (SDYC)
Thomas Kraak (CalYC)
Sophia Mulvania (BYC, NB4T)
Ian Nyenhuis (SDYC)
Noah Nyenhuis (SDYC)
Devon Owen (SDYC, MBYC, USSA)
Sophia Pearce (BCYC, BYC)
Morgan Pinckney( NHYC, ABYC)
Richard Rychlik Junior (NB4T)
Alice Schmid (SDYC)
Dylan Sih (NHYC, BCYC, HPC, ABYC)
Ethan Simpson (NB4T, LIYC)
Cam Spriggs (SDYC)
Oliver Stokke (SBYSF, SBYC)
Tyler Wood (BCYC, NB4T)
Zoey Ziskind (SBYSF, SBYC)
The 2022 SCYYRA Racing Calendar is posted. View Calendar.
Due to a number of board member conflicts this weekend we are going to postpone our Nov 6th board meeting. There will not be a SCYYRA Board meeting at MBYC Sat Nov 6th. Stay tuned for more info.
Apply by November 18 to be considered to attend the December 4-5, 2021 SCYYRA Winter Advanced Training Clinic at the US Sailing Center - Long Beach. Members of the 2019 and 2020 SCYYRA Sailing Teams, and other experienced participants in the Shadden, Ullman, Frost, and Perry Series', and SoCal High School sailors involved in serious C420, CFJ, Laser or Laser Radial programs are invited to apply. This is an advanced clinic and we will be accepting applications based on age (should be at least in the 8th grade), experience, and skill level. Accepted sailors will be published here by Sunday evening, November 21.
Clinic Fee: $250.00 per person. Includes: Continental breakfast and lunch both days, dinner Saturday evening, top level coaching, safety boats, video, facilities, etc. 2022 SCYYRA Team Members Pay ½ Price.
Charter Boats: Limited numbers of CFJ’s, C420’s, 29ers & Lasers (Laser Hull and Spars Only) may be available for charter for $300 for the clinic. Sails are $100 extra. Contact Mike Segerblom separately, well in advance to arrange charter boats.
Housing: Housing arrangements will need to be made by each sailor. A discount rate at the Ayres Hotel in Seal Beach may be available. For group bookings please contact Lynell DePerio, Director of Sales 562-296-1408. For individual reservations click the booking tool link below or copy/paste it into a web browser to receive the USSC rate. https://reservations.ayreshotels.com/12622?hotelId=12622&rateplanid=755380
This is a very nice hotel with a pool/Jacuzzi and full breakfast is included. The hotel is owned by sailors!
Sailors in Southern California can now apply for the SCYYRA advanced Racing Team. The SCYYRA team today will become some of the top sailors of tomorrow in everything from Club Sailing to the America's Cup. Check out the deep history of SCYYRA teams on the team page.
TO DO
Note, one historic requirement of being on the SCYYRA team is to attend the SCYYRA Clinic to mentor the next generation. Remember how you were inspired by an older sailor when you were just getting your feet wet!
The 2021/2022 Series are now in progress. Check the Series page in Clubspot for details.
Look for Regatta dates for each series on the SCYYRA Calendar.
Santa Barbara Yacht Club is pleased to host the 2021 USA Junior Olympics Festival for Area J in beautiful Santa Barbara, California on July 16-18. Race Documents and Registration are available at https://sbyc.org/junior-olympics.
SCYYRA events are cancelled through March 12th. The next SCYYRA board meeting will be on February 19th, 2021.
We are pleased to announce the 2021 SCYYRA Advanced Racing Team! Southern California has a long history of producing sailors that go on to compete at the highest levels in College, National, and International sailing. Selection to the team is the result of years of dedication, leadership, and a commitment to sailing. These skills will contribute to sailor success on and off the water, long into the future.
We note the criteria for selection to the team is as follows:
2021 Racing Team
The SCYYRA Board has decided to extend our regatta cancellations through November 1st. We will continue to monitor county guidelines and re-evaluate every few weeks.
The 2021 SCYYRA Team Application is now live. Apply today, and note the revised range of event dates that qualify for consideration this year due to COVID.
https://www.scyyra.org/racing-tea
The Southern California Youth Yacht Racing Association (SCYYRA) is postponing and/or canceling (details to be determined as the season unfolds) all Fall Series Events (Shadden, Perry, Ullman/Frost, North, Carrie & Hamlin Series’) through October 15, 2020. We will continually monitor and will announce plans for October 16 forward by September 15th.
Applications for the 2021 SCYYRA Sailing Team will be available in September based on events from September 1, 2019, through March 8, 2020.
A big thank you to Patagonia for donating a Woolyester Fleece Jacket team each member of the 2020 SCYYRA Racing Team. Thanks for your support!
Applicants Accepted to the 2019 SCYYRA Advances Racing Clinic to be held on December 7-8, 2019 at the US Sailing Center in Long Beach, CA.
29er Carter Vachon
29er Calvin Schmid
29er Alice Schmid
29er Samantha Gardner
29er Kelly Holthus
29er Hoel Menard
29er Jordan Janov
29er Grant Janov
29er Jon Seawards
29er Peter Joslin
C420 Emma Tallman
C420 Katharine Doble
C420 Marbella Marlo
C420 Jack Egan
C420 Tessa Farrell
C420 Ted Sherman
C420 Alexandria Stauffer
C420 Sophia Devling
C420 Reade Decker
C420 Madison Bashaw
C420 Natalie McCaffery
C420 Claire Whicker
C420 Sophia Pearce
C420 Jett Brennan
C420 Piper Holthus
C420 Ximena Escobar
C420 Matei Meglic
C420 Adra Ivancich
C420 Jeffrey Petersen
C420 Wynslow Wilmot
C420 Taft Buckley
C420 Tyler Wood
C420 Sam Kipper
C420 Rachel Ward
C420 Aidan Hoogland
C420 kalea woodard
C420 Katie Olsen
C420 Ben Conroy
C420 Shane Tillson
C420 Cole Tillson
C420 Sean Ross
C420 Lina Carper
C420 Mercy Tangredi
C420 Sarah Ozaki
C420 allie shand
C420 Federico Romeo
C420 justin coburn
C420 Jack Roman
C420 Sophia Mulvania
C420 Chase Decker
C420 Arielle Candaele
C420 Dylan Sih
C420 Brooke Bertrand
C420 Kenny Wanlass
C420 Jean Wanlass
C420 Connor Bennett
C420 Theodore McDonough
C420 Peter Busch
C420 Sara Parker
C420 Owen Cuyler
C420 Thomas Kraak
C420 Sophia Burton
C420 Brook Wood
C420 Gretchen Hohenstein
C420 Max Kleha
Laser Andrew Ingham
Laser Daren Sathasivam
Radial William Mueller
Radial Liam Andresen
Radial Marleigh Henehan
Radial Rudy Pominek
Radial Oliver Stokke
Radial Zoey Ziskind
Radial Tristan Feves
Radial Oakley Cunningham
Radial Chris Salas
Radial Max Jacobson
Radial Nathalie Lesser
Radial Nathan Sih
Radial Morgan Pinckney
Radial Hannah Carter
Radial Devon Owen
Radial Dylan Gardner
Radial Davis Winsor
Radial Diego Escobar
Radial Marcus Huttunen
Radial Santiago Quiroga
We are pleased to announce the 2019 SCYYRA Advanced Racing Team. Congratulations to all for your outstanding dedication to and success in the sport of sailing!
Apply by November 18th to be considered to attend the December 7-8, 2019 SCYYRA Winter Advanced Training Clinic at the US Sailing Center - Long Beach. Members of the 2019 and 2020 SCYYRA Sailing Teams, and other experienced participants in the Shadden, Ullman, Frost, and Perry Series', and SoCal High School sailors involved in serious C420, CFJ, Laser or Laser Radial programs are invited to apply. This is an advanced clinic and we will be accepting applications based on age (should be at least in the 8th grade), experience, and skill level. Accepted sailors will be published here by Wednesday evening, November 20th.
Clinic Fee: $200.00 per person. Includes: Continental breakfast and lunch both days, dinner Saturday evening, top level coaching, safety boats, video, facilities, etc. 2019 SCYYRA Team Members Pay ½ Price.
Charter Boats: Limited numbers of CFJ’s, C420’s, 29ers & Lasers (Laser Hull and Spars Only) may be available for charter for $200 for the clinic. Sails are $100 extra. Contact Mike Segerblom separately, well in advance to arrange charter boats.
Housing: Housing arrangements will need to be made by each sailor. A discount rate at the Ayres Hotel in Seal Beach may be available. For group bookings please contact Lynell DePerio, Director of Sales 562-296-1408. For individual reservations click the booking tool link below or copy/paste it into a web browser to receive the USSC rate. https://bookings.ihotelier.com/Ayres-Hotel-Seal-Beach/bookings.jsp?hotelId=12622&rateplanid=755380
This is a very nice hotel with a pool/Jacuzzi and full breakfast is included. The hotel is owned by sailors!
The application for the 2019 SCYYRA Advanced Race Team is now live. Applications are due by 10/20/2019.
Apply for the SCYYRA Advanced Racing Team today!
SBYC/SBYSF will be hosting a US Sailing Level 1 Certification Course on June 13-16th. This is the course needed to coach at most US-based Yacht Clubs.
Applicants must be 16 years of age.
The Area J BEMIS Qualifier is Perry #4 on March 30-31 at San Diego Yacht Club.
Congratulations to all accepted for the SCYYRA Clinic.
| Boat Type | Position | First | Last |
| 29er | Skipper | Peter | Busch |
| 29er | Crew | Dylan | Gardner |
| 29er | Crew | Payne | Donaldson |
| 29er | Skipper | Ryan | Satterberg |
| 29er | Skipper | Samantha | Gardner |
| 29er | Crew | Alice | Schmid |
| 29er | Skipper | Kelly | Holthus |
| 29er | Crew | Calvin | Schmid |
| 29er | Crew | Annabelle | Huyard |
| 29er | Skipper | Pearce | Mendoza |
| 29er | Skipper | Jordan | Janov |
| 29er | Crew | Grant | Janov |
| 29er | Skipper | Svenja | Leonard |
| 29er | Crew | Jonathan | Seawards |
| 29er | Skipper | Peter | Joslin |
| 29er | Crew | Scott | Mais |
| C420 | Crew | Brooke | Bertrand |
| C420 | Skipper | Marbella | Marlo |
| C420 | Skipper | Taft | Buckley |
| C420 | Crew | Lucas | Kennedy |
| C420 | Skipper | Hannah | Carter |
| C420 | Crew | Samantha | Kipper |
| C420 | Skipper | Sophia | Devling |
| C420 | Crew | Alexandria | Stauffer |
| C420 | Skipper | Jack | Egan |
| C420 | Crew | Jonah | Hatt |
| C420 | Crew | Ximena | Escobar |
| C420 | Skipper | Aidan | Hoogland |
| C420 | Crew | Michael | Fineman |
| C420 | Skipper | Micky | Munns |
| C420 | Crew | Reese | Ger-Herscott |
| C420 | Skipper | Mackenzie | Harris |
| C420 | Crew | Beck | Boyea |
| C420 | Skipper | Piper | Holthus |
| C420 | Skipper | Adra | Ivancich |
| C420 | Crew | Matei | Meglic |
| C420 | Skipper | Patrick | Mulcahy |
| C420 | Crew | Wynslow | Wilmot |
| C420 | Skipper | Devon | Owen |
| C420 | Crew | Cam | Spriggs |
| C420 | Skipper | Morgan | Pinckney |
| C420 | Crew | Nathan | Sih |
| C420 | Crew | Caylin | Schnoor |
| C420 | Skipper | Brook | Wood |
| C420 | Skipper | Reade | Decker |
| C420 | Crew | Ken | Sherb |
| C420 | Skipper | Jean | Wanlass |
| C420 | Crew | Kenny | Wanlass |
| C420 | Crew | Tyler | Wood |
| C420 | Skipper | Anthony | Zorayan |
| C420 | Crew | Riley | Foster |
| C420 | Skipper | Arianna | Forelli |
| CFJ | Skipper | Madison | Bashaw |
| CFJ | Crew | Lauren | Simpson |
| CFJ | Crew | Arielle | Candaele |
| CFJ | Skipper | ISABELLE | FISHER |
| CFJ | Crew | Alistair | Coyle |
| CFJ | Crew | Koby | Twist |
| CFJ | Skipper | Jack | Roman |
| CFJ | Crew | Nolan | Schupak |
| CFJ | Crew | Zoe | Storaasli |
| CFJ | Skipper | Emma | Tallman |
| CFJ | Skipper | Ethan | Simpson |
| CFJ | Crew | Samantha | Hemans |
| Laser | Skipper | Taisei | Hatter |
| Laser | Skipper | Lukas | Kraak |
| Laser | Skipper | Gavin Malcolm | McJones |
| Laser | Skipper | Bastien | Rasse |
| Laser | Skipper | Caden | Scheiblauer |
| Laser Radial | Skipper | Liam | Andresen |
| Laser Radial | Skipper | Cameron | Cage |
| Laser Radial | Skipper | Thomas | Dobson |
| Laser Radial | Skipper | Diego | Escobar |
| Laser Radial | Skipper | Annika | Fedde |
| Laser Radial | Skipper | Tristan | Feves |
| Laser Radial | Skipper | Gray | Hemans |
| Laser Radial | Skipper | Marleigh | Henehan |
| Laser Radial | Skipper | Erik | Hou |
| Laser Radial | Skipper | Marcus | Huttunen |
| Laser Radial | Skipper | Andrew | Ingham |
| Laser Radial | Skipper | Christopher | Kayda |
| Laser Radial | Skipper | Cyrus | Khaleeli |
| Laser Radial | Skipper | Nathalie | Lesser |
| Laser Radial | Skipper | Natalie | McCaffery |
| Laser Radial | Skipper | Will | Mueller |
| Laser Radial | Skipper | Ryan | Potter |
| Laser Radial | Skipper | Santiago | Quiroga |
| Laser Radial | Skipper | Adam | Rosales |
| Laser Radial | Skipper | Marianna | Shand |
| Laser Radial | Skipper | Cole | Tillson |
| Laser Radial | Skipper | Davis | Winsor |
We are pleased to announce the 2019 SCYYRA Advanced Racing Team. Congratulations to all for your outstanding dedication to and success in the sport of sailing!
Due to the SoCal in Newport on Saturday conflicting with the Junior Invite at MBYC on Saturday, we are going to move the SCYYRA Board meeting to Sunday morning at 10:00am at MBYC.
The application for the 2018 SCYYRA Advanced Race Team is now live. Applications are due by 10/15/2018.
Apply for the SCYYRA Advanced Racing Team today!
Please join us on the SCYYRA Facebook Group.
SCYYRA was formed in October of 1977, under the Southern California Yachting Association (SCYA). SCYYRA’s purpose is to improve sailing skills of youth yacht racing sailors in Southern California. SCYYRA consists of 25 Southern California Yacht Clubs from Santa Barbara to San Diego who agree to coordinate junior sailing activities for the benefit of all. A healthy junior sailing scene builds future yacht club membership and ensures the future of our sport. The most challenging task is coordinating the junior sailing calendar and running the 7 junior sailing series that SCYYRA hosts each year. The formula has worked. Southern California has produced an impressive number of College All Americans, national champions, and Olympians. This is a direct result of a well organized junior sailing scene that provides a multitude of opportunities for kids to get time on the water.
SCYYRA strives to provide leadership in the complicated world of junior sailing. There is a lot of chatter among sailing “experts” these days about low tech vs high tech boats, high school versus club sailing, and more. The reality is every junior sailor is different with different goals, resources, and opportunities. Some kids sail for fun, some want to sail in college, others want to be Olympians or professional sailors. Everyone can have a meaningful experience in the sport that helps them learn the life lessons needed to be good citizens and productive adults. We strive to help families negotiate the many decisions needed to guide their kids through the junior sailing landscape. One thing is certain, if we want junior sailing to grow we need sailing to be local, accessible, affordable, and social. And regardless of the boat chosen, time on the water builds champions.
The SCYYRA organization offers 7 well coordinated series, in a variety of popular boats, that kids can participate in throughout the year. The calendar is also coordinated so juniors can choose from a variety of options. Kids can move up through fleets and build skills as they also learn the rules of racing. The SCYYRA clinics help sailors build skills with some of the best coaches in the country. The good news for Southern California is we have a healthy, diverse, junior sailing community and can sail all year round. That means the future looks bright for our sport.
The SCYYRA board is a volunteer group consisting of junior sailing leaders from SCYYRA member clubs. It is no simple task to coordinate the activities of 25 separate, highly successful junior programs. But imagine if each club’s regattas were hosted on overlapping weekends. We coordinate events to maximize the fleet size and provide well run regattas within driving distance of everyone. The events are spread out equally over the entire SCYYRA geography.
In many parts of the country kids have to travel long distances to sail frequently. Here in Southern California you can fill your weekends with sailing all year long. High School sailors can choose from High School sailing, CFJ, C420, 29er, or Laser sailing. They can participate in fleet racing, team racing, and match racing. They can mix it up and sail different boats to keep it fresh. Sailing is expensive, but there are plenty of opportunities to sail in large, affordable, competitive fleets, in readily available charter boats. Kids that get the high tech bug can sail the 29er. Savvy sailors and coaches plan an approach that moves kids up through the fleets/series to learn new skills along the way, and keep sailing fresh and interesting. Event planners work hard to keep entry fees low and minimize travel costs. Most importantly, kids develop a group of friends that are moving up through the fleets together, pushing each other, competing, sailing locally, and forming lifelong friendships along the way.
Take a look at the perpetual trophies for each of these series and you will see the who’s who of Southern California sailing. Lots of Olympians, Yacht Club commodores, College All Americans, and more have all earned trophies in the SCYYRA Series.
The junior sailing calendar in Southern California is packed. Many weekends have multiple events on them. Conflicts are inevitable, but the clubs cooperate to minimize conflicts. For example, we may be forced to schedule a regatta for the young kids on the same weekend as a regatta for the High School kids. But we try hard to avoid scheduling two regattas for the upper level High School kids on the same weekend. We also consider the major national events our kids may sail in when planning local regattas. A well coordinated calendar creates a diverse menu of sailing opportunities for kids. The SCYYRA Series, High school Sailing, Sabot Nationals, CFJ Nationals, Junior Olympics, even club specialty events like the Dutch Shoe Marathon, are all teed up in a well coordinated plan. We are grateful to the member clubs for working together to maximize opportunities for Southern California youth sailors.
The Southern California Youth Yacht Racing Association sponsors a team to recognize advanced junior sailors from Southern California who have shown tremendous dedication and accomplishment in youth sailing. Each year a select number of the top junior sailors from San Diego to Santa Barbara are chosen to become members of the annual SCYYRA Racing Team and invited to participate in advanced sailing clinics and otherwise be recognized. Selection of each year’s team is based on regatta results between September 1st and August 31st, as well as age, ability, sportsmanship and geographic location. All Southern California sailors who have placed well in local, regional, national and international regattas are encouraged to complete an application for consideration onto the SCYYRA Racing Team. The Selection Matrix is used to help select the elite team of sailors.
View 2018 SCYYRA Advanced Yacht Racing Team
We are pleased to announce the list of accepted sailors for the 2017 SCYYRA Clinic. The clinic will be held at the US Sailing Center Long Beach on December 2-3.
We have a great group of coaches lined up this year!
See you there!
Next year's racing calendar has been published! Thanks to the SCYYRA Board for their efforts in organizing the calendar.
Clinic Date: December 2-3, 2017 at the United States Sailing Center - Long Beach
Applications Due: November 17, 2017
Advanced Racing sailors in Southern California are invited to apply. Sailors must be in the 8th grade or higher, and have significant racing experience. This includes participants in the SCYYRA Shadden, Ullman, Frost, Perry Series’, and other SoCal High School aged sailors that have been involved in serious C420, CFJ, Laser or Laser Radial programs.
Members of the 2018 SCYYRA Advanced Racing Team are required to attend the clinic. Please complete the application online by November 17, 2017. We will publish the list of accepted sailors on the SCYYRA Website by or before Wednesday evening November 22, 2017.
Boats: C420, CFJ, Lasers / Radials, 29ers Minimum of 8 Boats to form a Class (Lasers/Radials Combined).
Coaches to include: Steve Hunt, Nick Kaschak, Nate Dunham, Kayla McComb, Cameron MacLaren and more to come.
Clinic Fee: $200.00 per person. Includes: Continental breakfast and lunch both days, dinner Saturday evening, top level coaching, safety boats, video, facilities, etc. 2018 SCYYRA Team Members Pay 1⁄2 Price.
Charter Boats: Limited numbers of CFJ’s and C420’s may be available for charter for $200 for the clinic. Sails are $100 extra. Contact Mike Segerblom separately, well in advance to arrange charter boats.
Housing: Housing arrangements will need to be made by each sailor. A discount rate at the Ayres Hotel in Seal Beach may be available. For group bookings please contact Lynell DePerio, Director of Sales 562-296-1408. For individual reservations click the booking tool link below or copy/paste it into a web browser to receive the USSC rate. https://bookings.ihotelier.com/Ayres-Hotel-Seal-Beach/bookings.jsp?hotelId=12622&rateplanid=755380
This is a very nice hotel with a pool/Jacuzzi and full breakfast is included. The hotel is owned by sailors!
RSVP and Reservations: The size of this clinic will be limited in each class. Eligible participants must reserve a spot by completing the Online Registration no later than November 17, 2017.
Congratulations to the following sailors selected for the 2018 SCYYRA Advanced Racing Team. Sailors were chosen based on regatta results between September 1st and August 31st, as well as age, ability, sportsmanship and geographic location. Please note, team members are required to attend the Advanced Racing Clinic.
Coming up on October 21-22 is the BCYC Corinthian Cup! The Corinthian Cup Regatta is unique in that sailors are competing for the Team High-Point Perpetual Trophy in addition to individual low point awards within each class.
How it works: the Team High-Point combines participation as well as performance to determine an overall winning yacht club.
Each registered Newport-area sailor receives 1 point toward their yacht club team score. Travel teams receive 5 points per registered sailor.
Top 5 finishers in each class are awarded points based on their final ranking (1st: 10 points, 2nd: 8 points, 3rd: 6 points, 4th: 4 points, 5th: 2 points) in addition to their participation points.
*LATE FEE APPLIES AFTER 11:59 PM FRIDAY OCTOBER 13, 2017*
Register by this Friday to avoid the price increase
ONLINE REGISTRATION CLOSES AT 5 PM FRIDAY 10/20/17.
Walk-up registration will be accepted in person on Saturday at check-in
OPTIONAL LUNCH MAY BE PURCHASED AT THE ONLINE STOREFRONT
Lunch includes a water bottle, turkey wrap, chips, and fruit
BREAKFAST BURRITOS WILL BE AVAILABLE AT CHECK IN FOR $5.00
Hope to see you at BCYC next weekend!
The first event of the Hamlin Series is the Halloween Regatta, October 28 at ABYC. Because this is a one day regatta the Race Committee has generously offered to continue running races after the other fleets are done - especially if the conditions are good. We plan to have a clinic Sunday, but we need to know if you are interested so we can plan accordingly. Contact me at bmais@maisco.com for more details.
After racing, compare notes and enjoy drinks and dinner with your fellow competitors at the Halloween dinner.
See you on the water,
Bill Mais, Mari Brill
Hamlin Series Co-chairs
The application for the 2018 SCYYRA Team is now live. We have extended the due date for application submission, to midnight on October 22, 2017. The 2018 SCYYRA Team will be announced on November 4th at the SCYYRA board meeting.
Regatta Toolbox is proud to partner with SCYYRA for the 2017 and 2018 sailing season to help deliver a consistent regatta experience for organizers, parents, and fans. Launched in 2015 by a former SCYYRA sailor, Regatta Toolbox is helping to streamline the registration process, specifically when entering any SCYYRA Series. This new platform allows anyone to “double register” at the time of entry for both the standalone event, as well as the Series, making it easier to keep Series scores up to date. Regatta Toolbox also allows parents to register multiple children for a single event under one account, streamlining the registration process. Event entries can be managed all through a single dashboard so updating sail numbers, crew name, or emergency information has never been easier. Regatta Toolbox has also worked with SCYYRA to help build a membership database, which you might be asked to join at specific events. If you haven’t signed up for a free SCYYRA membership, be sure to do so today!
SCYYRA is pleased to announce that we are changing the way we charge Series fees. You will now incur a one time Series entry fee of $5 for a single handed Series, and $20 for a double handed series. And when you enter a regatta, a portion of the regatta entry fee will be sent to SCYYRA to support the Series. Regatta Tool box will send you separate receipts for each of these fees. All you have to do is register for the regatta. The app takes care of it all, the first time you enter a regatta in a SCYYRA Series.
The purpose of this method is to, 1) reduce the cost of entering the series for kids giving the series a try. And, 2) to auto enroll sailors in the Series, when they register for a regatta. The Regatta Toolbox app makes it much easier to register for a regatta, find regatta details, and see results.
Feel free to give your local SCYYRA board member a call if you have any questions.
Congratulations to the 17 sailors selected for the 2017 SCYYRA Advanced Racing Team!
Emma Batcher
Tanner Chapko
Cameron Feves
Cole Harris
Joseph Hou
Soenke Jordan
Jack Joslin
Marley Mais
Amanda Majernik
Maxwell Mayol
Sam Merson
Dot Obel
Andrew Person
Lucas Pierce
Ryan Ratliffe
Jack Reiter
Caden Scheiblauer
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 4, 2015
Contact: Jen Vandemoer Mitchell | Toile à Voile for ICSA | media@collegesailing.org | 763-234-8286 m.
Photo credit: Rob Migliaccio
2015 MARLOW ROPES COLLEGE SAILOR OF THE YEAR AND OTHER HONORS AWARDED
NEWPORT, R.I. (June 4, 2015) – At an awards ceremony following racing for the Gill Coed National Championship at the Sail Newport Waterfront Center at Fort Adams and New York Yacht Club, the honors for the Marlow Ropes College Sailor of the Year, Robert H. Hobbs Sportsmanship Award and the Leonard M. Fowle Trophy for the Best Overall Team were presented. The names of the winners will be added to the ICSA Hall of Fame display located in the Robert Crown Center at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md.
The Everett B. Morris Trophy is awarded annually to the Marlow Ropes College Sailor of the Year for outstanding performance at the highest level of sailing in the collegiate year. The trophy is named in memory of a distinguished journalist who spent more than 30 years, as a yachting writer and editor. This year there were two finalists for the prestigious award: Nevin Snow (San Diego, Calif.), a junior at Georgetown University and Graham Landy (Norfolk, Va.), a senior at Yale University.
Although both sailors have had incredible years, the winner, calculated by the numbers is Nevin Snow. Snow placed first with his team at the Match Race National Championship, fifth at the Men’s Singlehanded National Championship, fifth overall and third in A-division with his team at the 2015 Gill Coed National Championship. He also finished fifth with his team at the 2015 LaserPerformance Team Race National Championship.
Snow was named an All-American for the 2013 season, his freshman year at Georgetown and also for the 2014 season. Snow has already had an impressive collegiate sailing career as a junior.
“I am ecstatic – a little surprised – but relieved,” says Snow of the award. “It [college sailor of the year] is something that I have thought about, after being a finalist last year,” he says. “But it has not been on my mind over the last days of competition,” he continues, “Especially after the other finalist, Graham Landy, has sailed so well.”
Snow credits his coaches, Mike Callahan and Janel Zarkowsky, with being his biggest supporters.
“It’s a long year in college sailing,” says Mike Callahan, “Everyone thinks of the spring championships as the big events, but there are six championships and Nevin has done well in all of them,” says Callahan. “What makes him great is his ability to excel in all types of boats and all types of conditions,” says Callahan.
Georgetown has had numerous College Sailors of the Year over the last few years. “We have done a good job of having our good sailors impart their wisdom and abilities down to the next generation of sailors,” he says.
Snow grew up sailing in San Diego and says that his parents got him into the sport. “My Dad works for North Sails and my Mom did an Olympic campaign in the 470,” he says. It’s in his blood.
Snow is studying physics and math at Georgetown and will graduate next spring. In the meantime he has one more year of college sailing.
“I can’t wait for next year,” Snow says. “We have a lot of new freshman coming in and as sad as we are to lose our seniors, we are excited for what’s new and next,” he says.
The winner of the Leonard M. Fowle Trophy for best overall collegiate team is College of Charleston. Georgetown University was second and Boston College was third in line for the trophy. The team with the most Fowle points, which are compiled results of the ICSA Women’s Singlehanded, Men’s Singlehanded, Match Racing, Coed Semi-Finals, Women’s, Team Racing, and Coed National Championships, determines the Fowle trophy.
Charleston had a successful competitive year including placing 8th place at the Women’s Singlehanded National Championship, first at the Men’s Singlehanded National Championship, fifth at the Match Race Nationals, fifth at the 2015 Sperry Women’s National Championship, fourth at the 2015 LaserPerformance Team Race National Championship, first in the 2015 Eastern Gill Coed Semi-Finals and 4th at the 2015 Gill Coed National Championship.
The Robert H. Hobbs Sportsmanship Award is awarded annually to the Sportsman of the Year. The trophy honors Robert Hobbs (MIT ‘64), past Executive Vice President of ICSA, past President of U.S. Sailing (1992-1994), and former chair of the U.S. Sailing Olympic Committee.
This year’s finalists are Kieran Chung (Newport Beach, Calif.) a senior at Stanford University and Mary Hall (Seminole, Fla.), a senior at the U.S. Naval Academy, both of whom have shown outstanding sportsmanship during their collegiate sailing career. This year’s winner is Kieran Chung.
“This is a huge surprise,” says Chung, “I never thought I would receive it,” he says. “It is humbling to be named with past recipients of this award – especially Adam Roberts who was a coach at Stanford – it is a unique award and I am really proud,” says Chung.
Chung grew up sailing in Newport Beach, Calif. at Newport Harbor Yacht Club after his grandparents suggested he give it a try at age 13.
In addition to Chung’s excellent college sailing record, he was named an All-American in 2014. Chung will graduate on June 14th from Stanford with a major in Biomechanical Engineering and plans to apply to medical school.
“I definitely want to continue to sail,” says Chung. “I will be team racing this summer domestically and in England and hope to pick up another class that will be fun to sail in the future,” he says.
The Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association (ICSA) is the governing authority for sailing competition at colleges and universities throughout the United States and in some parts of Canada. Visit www.collegesailing.org to learn more.
The ICSA sponsors and partners through the 2014-2015 are: LaserPerformance (www.laserperformance.com), title sponsor of “LaserPerformance Men’s and Women’s Singlehanded National Championship”, title sponsor of “LaserPerformance College Sailing Team Race National Championship” and Official Boat Supplier of the ICSA Spring National Championships. Sperry (www.sperry.com), title sponsor of the “Sperry College Sailing Women’s National Championship”. Gill North American (gillna.com), title sponsor of “The Gill College Sailing National Championship”. Quantum Sail Design Group (www.quantumsails.com), official sponsor of the “Quantum Women’s College Sailor of the Year”. Marlow Ropes (www.marlowropes.com), presenting Sponsor of the “Marlow Ropes College Sailor of the Year Award” and “Official Rope of College Sailing”. Beneteau (www.beneteau.com), “Sponsor of the College Sailing Scoreboard”. North Sails (www.northsails.com), “Supporting Sponsor of the ICSA National Championships”. US Sailing (www.ussailing.org), “Supporting Sponsor of the ICSA National Championship Semi-finals”.
2014 SCYYRA Winter Clinic Roster
| Skipper & Crew | ||
| Last Name | First Name | |
| 420 | ||
| 1 | Hou | Joseph |
| 2 | Shannon | Patrick |
| 3 | Hogan | Jack |
| 4 | Jaynes | Julia |
| 5 | Roughneen | Sam |
| 6 | Schafer | Owen |
| 7 | Simon | Nicole |
| 8 | Arnold | Evan |
| 9 | Bubb | Madeline |
| 10 | Overstreet | Emily |
| 11 | Joslin | Jack |
| 12 | Brennan | Max |
| 13 | Dahl | Sean |
| 14 | Thompson | Victoria |
| 15 | Mendiguren | Aitana |
| 16 | Mendiguren | Lorea |
| 17 | Stevens | Roberto |
| 18 | Obel | Dot |
| 19 | Obel | Cassie |
| 20 | Garrett | Annika |
| 21 | Ratliffe | Ryan |
| 22 | Lansdale | Megan |
| 23 | Stephanoff | Emily |
| 24 | Schuman | Sophia |
| 25 | Segerblom | Sean |
| 26 | Scott | Carter |
| 27 | Reiter | Andy |
| 28 | Reynoso | J. Noble |
| 29 | Reiter | Jack |
| 30 | Plavan | Jack |
| 31 | Madigan | Kate |
| 32 | Briggs | Bobby |
| 33 | McGraw | Jack |
| 34 | McElvain | Johannes |
| 35 | McJones | Jessica |
| 36 | McJones | Gavin |
| 29er | ||
| 1 | Person | Andrew |
| 2 | Brill | Max |
| 3 | Merson | Sam |
| 4 | Sabourin | Michael |
| 5 | Pickell | Derek |
| 6 | Mayol | Max |
| 7 | Brill | Ian |
| 8 | Drayton | Wells |
| 9 | Rosenberg | Jacob |
| 10 | Heffernan | Evan |
| Full | ||
| 16 | Klebahn | Parker Dittmore |
| 17 | Shevitz | Carson |
| 18 | Neal | Peter |
| Radial | ||
| 1 | Baker | Cole |
| 2 | Rychlik | Julia |
| 3 | Pierce | Lucas |
| 4 | Wallace | Brittany |
| 5 | Peoples | Alan |
| 6 | Feves | Cameron |
| 7 | Garner | Rhodes |
| 8 | Fedde | Annika |
| 9 | Steward | D’Amy |
| 10 | Doyle | Frankie |
| 11 | Scheiblauer | Caden |
| 14 | Keswater | Drea |
| 15 | Griffitts | David |
| CFJ | ||
| 1 | Hillard | Brad |
| 2 | Rosene | Christian |
| 3 | Snyder | Roxy |
| 4 | Van Dyke | Christina |
| 5 | Gathrid | Sidney |
| 6 | Blair | Zach |
| 7 | Kraus | Maddie |
| 8 | Jacobsen | Skylar |
| 9 | Cates | Megan |
| 10 | Hatter | Taisei |
| 11 | Schafer | Amy |
| 12 | Fritsch | Crew |
| 13 | Line | Marie |
| 14 | Rasse | Bastien |
| 15 | Luttrell | Kerri |
| 16 | Pickell | Sammy |
| 2015 SCYYRA Team | ||
| Brill | Max | |
| D’Eliscu | Campbell | |
| Garner | Rhodes | |
| Garrett | Annika | |
| Gibbs | Riley | |
| Lansdale | Megan | |
| Madigan | Kate | |
| McElvain | Rebecca | |
| McElvain | Johannes | |
| McJones | Jessica | |
| McPhee | Mercedes | |
| Obel | Dot | |
| Obel | Cassie | |
| Reiter | Andy | |
| Scott | Carter | |
| Segerblom | Sean | |
| Stevens | Roberto | |
| Steward | D’amy | |
Qualifying regattas at USCLB, Coronado YC, Ventura YC and California YC have been added to the SCYYRA schedule. Visit http://regattanetwork.com/event/9415 for all the event information.
