How your 2015 donations transformed our program at SYS

#GivingChallenge16   #BetheOne   #Dare2BDifferentGoSailing The Giving Challenge is a 24 hour period where donations to local non-profits are matched 1:1 (up to $100) and 2:1 for new donors (up to $100). With this year’s Giving Challenge coming Noon Sept 20-21...

Opti Asians by Dylan Heinz

I recently went on an amazing adventure to Doha, Qatar in Asia. It was a ten-day excursion. It all started about seven months ago when I finished 63rd in the USODA Team Trials and qualified as one of seven sailors to represent Team USA in the IODA Asian Championship....

US Sailing Junior Women’s Singlehanded Championship

During this summer break I traveled to Rochester, New York with several other female Laser sailors from Sarasota to compete in the U.S. Junior Women’s Singlehanded Championship. There was also a clinic held prior to the actual racing event that took place...

Flanders

My trip to Flanders for the Topsport Vlaanderen Regatta was a special experience. Just being in Belgium and seeing buildings older than any in the United States was interesting. Most days after sailing my team and I would go exploring the town of Nieuwport where we...

British Nationals 2015

The 2015 Volvo Gill British Nationals was an amazing experience, possibly the best in my life so far, although I was only 12. I had three marvelous coaches, Tomas Ruiz de Luque, Mitch Hall, and Scott Lindley, and such an incredible team. We had two and a half days of...