“This is my first regatta!” I overheard a junior sailor telling someone excitedly. As the sun peaked over the clubhouse, 195 junior Opti sailors descended on the Larchmont Yacht Club last Thursday, July 17th for the 2014 Opti Day Regatta. Many young Opti sailors were happy to find out that when they ... read more »

by Elizabeth Schinto  On Saturday, July 12thth Riverside Yacht Club hosted it’s Annual Opti Regatta. Seventy-nine sailors representing nine yacht clubs in three states participated. The harbor start began at 10 am with about 5 knots of breeze out of the southeast. The race committee managed to deliver ten ... read more »

Competitors at the 2014 Larchmont Yacht Club Junior Race Week were greeted with rain and windless conditions this past Monday. The 375 sailors came into the club Monday morning looking forward to what is considered the most exciting regatta of the summer. However, it soon became apparent that the storms ... read more »

by Marcy Trenholm, Storm Trysail Club, and Lisa Schinella, Storm Trysail Foundation The Storm Trysail Foundation thanks all the volunteer speakers, boat owners, coaches and the staff of the Storm Trysail Club, Larchmont Yacht Club, and Junior Sailing Association of LIS for making this Seminar a big ... read more »

Hello JSA of LIS Community! My name is Jack Belisle and I am this year’s summer sailing editor for the JibeTalk blog. I’m a rising senior at Mamaroneck High School and I’ve been sailing for eight years at Horseshoe Harbor Yacht Club in Larchmont, New York. Last summer, I was a Junior Instructor at ... read more »

by Brian Clancy, head coach of the Cornell University Sailing Team The McIntyre Team Race was held again this year at SUNY Maritime College in the Bronx, NY. Registered teams arrived on Monday the 6th, following the 4th of July Holiday weekend. The forecast was better than expected for this time of ... read more »

Junior sailors struggle around a mark in low wind Though sailors were up and rigging this past Saturday at Sea Cliff Yacht Club in Sea Cliff, New York, most were weary of what the day could bring. “For the past three years here there has literally been no wind. Sometimes they’ll just cancel the ... read more »

On the top floor of the waterfront center at SUNY Maritime in The Bronx this past Monday morning sailors were looking forward to three days at the 2014 Malcolm McIntyre team racing clinegatta. A major draw of the clinegatta was the coaches who were running the event. The coaching team of three ... read more »

The parking lot at Indian Harbor Yacht Club in Greenwich, CT, was buzzing with activity on Monday, June 30th as junior sailors prepared for the first of two days out on the water. The prestigious Commodore Law Trophy Regatta for Laser Standard, Laser Radial, and Club 420s was hosted by Indian Harbor YC ... read more »

NEW PROCEDURES FOR 2014  The Area B Qualifier for the U.S. Junior Doublehanded and Singlehanded Championships for the Bemis and Smythe trophies will be held on July 10 in Mystic, Conn., with a mandatory clinic for the singlehanded competitors on July 9. The early registration deadline is July 3; late ... read more »