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Congratulations to the accepted sailors for the SCYYRA Winter Advanced Training Clinic on December 7-8, 2024. Read the full list of sailors for ILCA 6, C420, CFJ and 29er classes.
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.
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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
