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WBYC
Sailing Updates |
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 WB High School Sailors Compete at MN HIgh School Champs - The White Bear Area High School Sailing Team competed this past weekend in the Minnesota High School Championship at Wayzata. The White Bear Team is made up of students from area schools including Mahtomedi, St. Thomas Academy, and White Bear. The Team practiced under the direction of Coach Mark Dunsworth three days a week since the day the ice went out. White Bear had 10 boats in the event, a testament to the recent success of High School Sailing here. Co-ed competition for the state title was held in 420's in very breezy conditions. Eddie Cox with crew Cole Lee took second place overall, with Wheeler Morris and crew Tim O'Brien finishing fourth. Wheeler and Tim won two of the seven races. Congratulations to the Team on a fine Spring Season! Click Here for full results. |
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| WBYC Sailors on the Regatta Circuit - White Bear Sailing School and WBYC sailors are participating in the ICSA National Championship events. Sailing from White Bear are Andrew Keane (senior skipper - Eckerd College), Lara Dallman-Weiss (sophomore crew - Eckerd College), David Thompson (sophomore crew - Hobart and William Smith), and Kristin Paul (senior skipper - University of Wisconsin). Daniel Thompson (Hobart and William Smith) is participating as an assistant coach. Also sailing from other Twin Cities clubs are Wayzata sailor Kaye Siemers (freshman skipper - Eckerd College) and Minnetonka sailor Derek Packard (senior skipper - Washington College). You can follow the event online from May 25 to June 3. Good Luck to All! |
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| 2009 Inter-Lake Regatta - Mark your calendars now - the annual Inter-Lake Regatta will be held at WBYC July 31 through August 2, 2009, with launching and registration on Thursday July 30 from 3 - 8 p.m. This is a great family sailing event with a long tradition of fun and social activities and 2009 is sure to be another wonderful regatta in White Bear Lake style. Details will be forthcoming as we get closer to the 2009 racing season. For NOR and more details Click Here. |
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| Social Schedule - Our 2009 Social Schedule is online with plenty of fun events for all members. Click Here for Details. |
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| Laser Spring Regatta Results - The 2009 Spring Laser Regatta was sailed Saturday May 2 in winds as high as 30 mph! A number of sailors had trouble keeping the shiny side down, particularly on the downwind runs. In the Laser full-rig, Mark Dunsworth from WBYC was first with Peyton Hassinger second and Kurt Holtze third. In the Laser 4.7 rig, WBYC's Eddie Cox was first, Addy Ferguson was second and Willy Crary was third. Full results are online. |
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| Revisions to SI's - We made a couple minor changes to the 2009 Sailing Instructions clarifying use of adult sailors in the X Class and use of "throw-out" races in fleets using the Long Series Scoring. Check it out Here. |
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| Interested in Racing? - The WBYC Sailing Division conducts high quality sailboat racing and regatta events throughout the summer months. If you're interested in joing our racing and social programs just Click Here. |
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| WBSS Registration is Open - Learn to sail this summer at White Bear Sailing School. Click Here to learn more. |
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| High School Sailors on WBL - Sailing is a wildly successful High School sport with racing action in the Spring and Fall. This year the White Bear Team (with sailors from several local schools including White Bear, Mahtomedi, Hill-Murray, Mounds Park Acadamy, etc.) was ranked 5th overall in the Fall Series. Racing is conducted under the auspices of the Midwest InterScholastic Sailing Association (MISSA.net) the regional governing body for high school sailing in the Midwest. Currently, there are 32 member schools. |
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| LYA Scowlines - The inland Lake Yachting Association produces an E-News publication. You can join and get the newsletters by email, or Click Here to read them online. |
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| ScowSlants - Click Here for a link to all the most recent ILYA ScowSlants magazines. Get all the latest regatta announcements, racing tips, classified ads and more. |
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| Racing Rules - Here is a handy web site to help you bone up on your rules. Of course you already know we moved to a new RRS as of January 1, 2009. Simple animations graphically explain the rules situations clearly and concisely. The quiz section lets you test your knowledge. Good Luck! |
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| NOTE:
Older news items have been moved to the News
Archive page. |
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| BYM News & Magazine - Click Here for all sorts of yachting news from around the world. |
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| Sailing
Scuttlebutt News - Scuttlebutt is a digest of major yacht
racing news, commentary, opinions, features and dock talk from
around the world, but with a North American focus. Updated daily!
Click
Here. |
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| Online
Sailing Lessons - US SAILING has online sailing and powerboat
courses designed to present basic and advanced information about
sailboats, powerboats and boat handling. These lessons are not
designed to substitute for a US SAILING certification course or
on-the-water training by a sailing, windsurfing or powerboat instructor,
but may be used as one of the tools in preparation for taking
a certified course or in continuing your sailing and powerboat
education. Click
Here to learn more. |
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Regatta
News and Updates |
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| 2009
ILYA Regatta Schedule - The 2009 regatta season is just around
the corner! Now you can take care of all your registration for
ILYA events online with a secure payment system. Click
Here to see the schedule for summer fun. |
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About
WBYC |
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White Bear Yacht Club formed in 1889 to sponsor yacht racing at
White Bear Lake, MN. We're proud to have been one of the founding
members of the Inland Lake Yachting Association and host to the
first ILYA Championship regatta held in August of 1898. Club races
are scheduled every Saturday and Sunday and Wednesday and Thursday
evenings throughout the summer months. Sailing instruction is
available for adults and children through our Sailing School.
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