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Contact Executive Officer, Jack Madill with questions about our sailing programs.

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Will Crary Wins 2012 Pillsbury Cup!


Will Crary (middle), winner of the Pillsbury Cup for top regatta sailor in 2011 with Bob "The Boober" Schneider from Okoboji new ILYA Hall of Fame Inductee on the left, and America's Cup Champion and Olympic Gold and Silver Medalist Buddy Melges on the right. Congratulations to Will on this remarkable achievement! Check out the News Page for more details. Photo courtesy of Pat Dunsworth www.patdunsworth.com

WBYC Sailing Updates

ILYA Opti Championship Regatta - Click Here for Final ILYA Opti Championship Results

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.

ILYA 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.

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.

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!

NOTE: Older news items have been moved to the News Archive page.

BYM News & Magazine - Click Here for all sorts of yachting news from around the world.

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.

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.

Regatta News and Updates

ILYA Regatta Schedule - The regatta season is underway! 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.

About WBYC
The 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. More...

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