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Scott Melander jrsail@hawaii.rr.com
The big event for the programs in Hawaii
in July was the US Sailing Association Junior Olympic Festival.
There were over 100 sailors participating in 4 different classes of boats.
The winds were on the light side with the sea breeze sometimes winning out
over the light trades. Congratulations to HYC sailor Morgan Merrill
who won the 420 event as a crew and also won the laser event over-all!
He will be traveling to Chicago for the US Sailing Association Junior
Nationals.
Upcoming events in August include two laser regattas in Kaneohe on Aug 2
and 3. The next adult sailing class will be on Thursday August 21 at
630pm. This is an on land sailing theory course with the on water
portions scheduled on the weekends.
July 1-18
July 21-August 1
August 4-8
The novice and intermediate classes are 9-12 and the racing class is 1-4. For the racing class there will be a single handed race day on Wednesdays and a double handed regatta on Thursdays. Our United States Sailing Association Junior Olympic Festival will be July 7-11. For more information contact Scott at 949-7547x18 or jr.sail@hawaii.rr.com.
The next adult sailing class will be on Tursday June 19 at 6:30pm at the club. This will be an introductory session on-land with the sailing classes to follow.
You may notice the sticker "HYMO" on a couple of our boats and I wanted to take the time to explain what the letters mean. The Hawaii Youth Maritime Outreach is an organization dedicated to helping youth experience maritime activities. Sailing is a part of their outreach and they have provided financial assistance to potential sailors in the Hawaii yacht Club Sailing program for over a decade. Hundreds of children have taken sailing classes over the years due to the help of HYMO. Several sailors have taken intermediate and advanced levels of instruction , competing in local races with area clubs. HYMO also accepts boats that we use in our sailing program. 420's, Toppers, El Toros, Boston Whalers, and Lasers are all items that HYMO has helped out with.
I want to thank the Hawaii Youth Maritime Outreach for their assistance; they have renewed their pledge to fund sailors at HYC for 2008. If you want to see the results, come down on a Saturday morning and see the sailors in action.
If you are interested in furthering HYMO's mission, please contact Scott at Jrsail@hawaii.rr.com or 949-7547x18.
Our high school sailing season has ended for the spring with the following results:
First in Varsity I: Punahou First in Varsity II: Mid Pacific Institute First in JV: Punahou
Congratulations to HYC sailors Jordan Kaneshige and Morgan Merrill who were on the championship teams. Thanks to the coaches of all the teams at HYC:
Kamehameha: Deron Schade Maryknoll: Hank LaPage and Theresa Crighton St Andrews Priory: Alicia Mooradian ASSETS: Todd Wyrick and Nicole Wyrick Sacred Hearts: William Plourde
Several teams also traveled to California for the High School Pacific Coast Championships. William from Sacred Hearts took seven sailors to San Diego and several Punahou parents took eight students to the silver fleet in San Diego.
Our summer program begins on Monday June 2. For more information contact Scott at jrsail@hawaii.rr.com
CHECK THE BULLETIN BOARD ON THIS WEBSITE FOR DETAILS ON THE
U.S. SAILING - JUNIOR OLYMPIC FESTIVAL.
Session II: June 9-20
Session III: June 23-July 3
Session IV: July 7-July 18
Session V: July 21- Aug 1
Session VI: Aug 4-8