KYC Junior Sailing

Yesterday was our first Bronze Regatta of the season! Our CanSail 3/4’s raced with BYC Sailing School and completed in 4 races, with wind from 15-25 knots! The Opti and 420 race teams helped run the races from the Race Committee, Jury boat and Mark boats. Bronze Regatta is a learning regatta to give our 3/4’s an opportunity to start getting into racing, and our sailors did incredible!

Last week our race teams competed at Steers and Four Sisters, hosted by Port Credit Yacht Club. Our Opti Development team participated in Steers over Thursday and Friday in the green fleet division. For most of our Opti racers it was their first away regatta, and they had such a great performance. After 4 races, Erwin placed 6th, James 9th and George in 26th, out of 58 boats!
Our 420 Race Team had 2 races at Steers and used them as training for Four Sisters. In the C420 spinnaker division, Georgia and Nikola placed 9th, Jackson and Xander 22nd, and Annabel and Colin in 73rd, out of 88 boats! At Four sisters Nikola and Georgia placed 1st, Jackson and Xander in 2nd, and Annabel and Colin in 17th, out of 31 boats!
Our race teams had so much fun, sailing, learning and even bonding over team dinner with coach Owen!

Our race team is packed up and headed to PCYC! Wishing them good luck for Steers and Four Sisters 🎉🥳⛵️

Our first Cedar Island day way yesterday! 💕🥳 From sailing ⛵️ , capture the flag, swimming, barbecue and more we had a blast! What a fun classic Junior Sailing tradition, can’t wait for the next one🎉🏝️

Our WetFeet and Adventure Sail program had their sail past and awards today🏆! Congratulations to everyone, we hope to see you back at Junior Sailing soon!

Lauren is excited to be joining the coaching team this
summer and sharing her love of sailing. She has been
part of the KYC sailing community since starting in Opti’s herself and progressed all the way through CanSail 5 last season. Growing up in Florida, she has always loved being on the water and is passionate about helping others build confidence and skills through sailing. Outside of sailing Lauren hopes to pursue a degree in Social Work after she graduating from high school next year. She is looking forward to meeting everyone this summer!

This is Jack’s first year coaching with the KYC Team, but he has been on the water as long as he can remember, from open water swimming with friends to racing i420’s. He can’t wait to see what the summer has in store for the club and is looking forward to seeing everyone on the lake!

This is Zan’s second year coaching, and he has been
sailing for almost a decade, including racing 420s and
exploring WASZPs. Last year, he taught WetFeet,
Adventure Sailing, and CanSail 1 and 2. This fall, Zan will be starting Commerce at Queen’s University! He is
excited to be back at KYC and is looking forward to
another great summer on the water.

Mark started sailing Optis at 6 and went on to represent New Zealand at the Optimist World Championships. He sailed across the Atlantic with his family and has raced in three wingfoil events in the Caribbean. He has also taught windsurfing to 8–13-year-olds in Curaçao. Mark is excited to join the KYC coaching team this summer and is looking forward to helping young sailors progress on the water.

This is Audrey’s first year as a coach, she has been sailing ever since she moved to Kingston 10 years ago. This fall, she will be starting her final year of high school at Frontenac. She is beyond excited to be joining such a fun and experienced group of sailing coaches this summer, and can’t wait to meet all of the young athletes!