BYC Youth Sailing

Seven BYC Laser Team sailors just finished the Europa Cup regatta with 19 countries represented in Portimao, Portugal.

Competition was fierce in the 90 boat ILCA6 fleet across 5 races in the 3 day event. The first and fifth race were relatively light with 8-10 knots and the middle 3 races were held on the second day with winds steady at 22 knots with gusts hitting 25-26 knots. With big ocean waves and breeze, the conditions were challenging for our BYC sailors but they showed grit and determination throughout the day.

Congratulations to Brodie Sorensen and Cameron Laing for qualifying in Gold fleet!

The race committee did a fantastic job and it was one of the most perfectly run events I’ve attended, not to mention a delicious regatta BBQ. Thank you to the Clube Navale de Portimao for their generous hospitality and support.

The team will continue training here until next Saturday and the forecast has big, big breeze on the horizon.

Final BYC Europa Cup results (5 races)
—Gold fleet (45 boats)
24th Brodie Sorensen
42nd Cameron Laing

—Silver fleet (45 boats)
7th Leo Tremblay
13th Vita Faid
17th Benjamin Mason
26th Luca Nelson
36th Zoe Zelaya

Full Results:
https://www.bulsaf.bg/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/ILCA6-Results-3rd-day.pdf

Sail Canada Voile Canada
Clube Naval Portimão

The BYC sailors have finished the ILCA midwinters east in Miami this past weekend with only 1 race in the championship series on Sunday.

Conditions were 16-18 knots with thick chop and a small wave period making conditions quite challenging. Not to mention the offshore breeze just off the windward mark. Needless to say there were quite a few capsizes across all fleets.

Congratulations to Cedrick Dumais with a significant lead throughout the silver fleet race and his 1st place overall finish in his fleet!!

Results below 👇

Next stop for the Britannia Laser team is the Europa Cup in Portugal, followed by a 1 week training camp ⛵️

—Final BYC Results (6 races)—

Gold fleet (53 boats):
28. Brodie Sorensen (2nd Canadian)
40. Eva Doucette (1st Canadian woman, 3rd Canadian)
46. Nicola Gilmour (2nd Canadian woman, 4th Canadian)

Silver fleet (53 boats):
1. Cedrick Dumais
11. Luca Nelson

Full results:
2026 ILCA Midwinters East Championships
https://theclubspot.com/regatta/hqTN3s0lrX/results

The Britannia team has just finished the qualifying series at the competitive Midwinters East ILCA championship in Miami.

Five races were held over three days with the 2nd day having no races. The weather over the two days of racing was hot and sunny, with stable winds of 6-8 knots from the SE, and lots of small waves and turbulence from the high boat traffic in Biscayne bay.

The championship series will start tomorrow on the final day tomorrow, with slightly windier conditions on the forecast.

Three of the 5 Canadians to qualify for Gold fleet are from BYC with team members Luca Nelson and Cedrick Dumais missing the fleet cutoff by 3 and 8 points respectively.

—BYC Results after 5 races (105 boats) —

28. Brodie Sorensen
37. Eva Doucette
45. Nicola Gilmour
56. Luca Nelson
58. Cedrick Dumais

Full results:

2026 ILCA Midwinters East Championships
theclubspot.com


Sail Canada Voile Canada

Congratulations to Brodie Sorensen for winning Ontario Sailing’s Youth Sailor of the Year award!

The Britannia team just finished their last major event of 2025, the CORK OCR.

This regatta hosted the majority of the National team athletes along with the top sailors from BC, NS, QC, and ON, and was a potential carding opportunity to qualify for the National team. The event also introduced the medal race as a final race for the top 10 boats with points doubled.

BYC had five sailors in the ILCA 6 medal race and one in the ILCA 7. Unfortunately the wind shut down before the Radials could start their medal race. Average winds for the event were 6-9 knots from the SW.

Results below 👇

BYC Results:

— ILCA 6 Fleet (23 boats/ 9 races)
4. Brodie Sorensen
5. Evania Lovshin
6. Eva Doucette
8. Keanu McCarthy
9. Cedrick Dumais
17. Ben Mason
20. Luca Nelson
21. Vita Faid
22. Zoe Zelaya

— ILCA 7 Fleet (17 boats/10 races)
9. Cameron Laing
14. Liam Downes

Full results:

https://www.cork.org/past-results/results2025/Results/Sail_Canada_Senior_Champs/Results.html

Britannia sailor Brodie Sorensen has just won his second event in a row with a first place finish at the Fall CORK championship last weekend. Brodie’s win marks the third regatta victory in a row for team BYC after Nicola Gilmour was the Canadian champion at the ILCA Canadians, followed by the podium sweep at the Youth Nationals. The final regatta of the season is the CORK OCR in 3 weeks!

Britannia results :

—- ILCA 6 fleet (45 boats/4 races):

1. Brodie Sorensen
8. Eva Doucette (2nd female)
10. Nicola Gilmour
13. Cedrik Dumais
15. Keanu McCarthy
22. Ben Mason
41. Mia Doucette
43. Zoe Zelaya

—- ILCA 7 fleet (10 boats/4 races):

4. Cameron Laing
5. Liam Downes
9. Vita Faid

Full results:

https://www.cork.org/past-results/results2025/Results/Fall_CORK/Results.html

The Britannia Laser team has just won their second event in a row, with a podium sweep at the Youth National Championships in Kingston!

Congratulations to team members Brodie Sorensen (1st), Keanu McCarthy (2nd), and Evania Lovshin (3rd), who dominated the fleet with a 21 point gap between 3rd and 4th.

It was a true test of skill with 11 races held across the 4 day event and varying winds of 5-15 knots.

With this win, BYC sailors are officially crowned the senior and junior National Champions in the ILCA6!

See full team results below 👇

Next big event is the Great Lakes Championships in 3 weeks in Kingston.

Britannia Results (11 races/60 boats total):

——Gold Fleet
1. Brodie Sorensen
2. Keanu McCarthy
3. Evania Lovshin (top female)
14. Eva Doucette (2nd female)
21. Cedrik Dumais
28. Cameron Laing
29. Benjamin Mason

——Silver Fleet
6. Vita Faid
11. Luca Nelson
19. Arthur Page
20. Zoe Zelaya
22. Margaret McGillivray
23. Mia Doucette

Full results:
https://www.cork.org/past-results/results2025/Results/Youth%20ILCA%204-ILCA6%20~%20Sr.%20Champs%2049er-49erFX%20~%2029er%20Canadians/Results.html

The Britannia team has just finished their first day of the qualifying series at the Youth National Championship in Kingston.

Winds from the east of 5-10 knots with small chop made for tight racing across the 2 fleets. Team BYC had a great day and are excited for more light air racing tomorrow, and the championship series this weekend that looks windy. Stay tuned for more ! (Results below)

Britannia Results (3 races/63 boats)

1. Brodie Sorensen
3. Keanu McCarthy
5. Evania Lovshin
6. Cameron Laing
7. Eva Doucette
26. Cedrik Dumais
28. Luca Nelson
37. Benjamin Mason
41. Margaret MacGillivray
42. Arthur Page
52. Mia Doucette
53. Zoe Zelaya
55. Vita Faid

Full results:

https://www.cork.org/past-results/results2025/Results/Youth%20ILCA%204-ILCA6%20~%20Sr.%20Champs%2049er-49erFX%20~%2029er%20Canadians/Results.html

The BYC Laser team just finished the 2025 ILCA Canadian Championships at the Buffalo Canoe Club in Fort Erie.

In the first photo is team member Nicola Gilmour who was crowned the Radial/ILCA 6 Canadian Champion, with 2 Americans finishing in front of her.

A total of 5 races were held across the 3 day event, with no racing on the first day and only 1 race on the last day. Conditions were relatively light for Saturday and Sunday with average winds of 7-10 knots. See results below 👇

The ILCA Youth Championship Regatta at CORK is next on the agenda, with racing starting Thursday, so stay tuned!!

Britannia results (5 races):

——GOLD FLEET (40 boats)
3. Nicola Gilmour (Canadian champion)
9. Keanu McCarthy (4th Canadian)
17. Cedrik Dumais (7th Canadian)
23. Eva Doucette (2nd Canadian female)
33. Benjamin Mason

——SILVER FLEET (39 boats)
5. Arthur Page
12. Luca Nelson
14. Zoe Zelaya
24. Mia Doucette
29. Margaret MacGillivray

——ILCA7 / Full Rig (55 boats)
19. Cameron Laing
27. Max Rogers
34. Vita Faid

📷 John Doucette

Full results :
https://theclubspot.com/regatta/nC7eVC8EL9/results

Congratulations to BYC sailors Brodie Sorensen who finished 2nd in the men’s fleet and Evania Lovshin who finished 3rd in the women’s fleet at the 2025 Canada Summer Games in St John, Newfoundland!!

The Canada games are a a prestigious event held every 4 years. This year Brodie represented Ontario and Evania represented her home province of Quebec. Conditions were mostly windy at about 15-18 knots.

Check out the photos to see the final results.


Britannia Yacht Club