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White Bear Sailing School Awards Night – Nov. 5

wbyc_news October 20, 2015

Please join our White Bear Sailing School Banquet & Awards Night!

WHEN: Thursday, November 5 at 6:00 PM
WHERE: Rudy’s Redeye Grill 4940 U.S. 61 White Bear Lake, MN 55110

The buzz has begun – we’re expecting a sell out!

We invite the entire sailing community (youth sailors, board members, sailing division members, SOS program participants, summer program sailors, family and friends) to share in a fun-filled evening to celebrate our youth sailors!

This year’s focus includes a special fundraising effort to support the needs of the school. Please help us to achieve our goals.

We are THRILLED to announce that Sally Barkow will be our special guest speaker. For those of you who may not know her, Sally is an outstanding ILYA sailor with many worldwide accomplishments, including multiple Olympic campaigns and Rolex Yachtswoman of the Year. She recently completed the Volvo Ocean Race on an all-women’s team and has a great presentation for us!

In addition to our guest speaker, team awards and dinner, we’ll be raffling off an ipad Air 2 (tickets can be purchased through the sailing school and high school students), conducting a silent auction with many great items, playing our traditional “heads and tails” game and offering opportunities for customized apparel.

Please come prepared to partake in fundraising events and enjoy the memories of summer as the November’s winds start to freeze the lake.

Ticket prices: Adults $30, children $18 Please rsvp in advance and plan to pay at the door. Again, we are expecting a full house so don’t wait!!!

If you are unable to attend but wish to make a donation, please visit whitebearsailingschool.org or follow this link https://tinyurl.com/saildonation

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High School Sailing/ Regatta News/ WBYC News

WBYC Sailors headed to 2013 Youth Sailing Championship

wbyc_news May 28, 2013

From ILYA Scowlines Volume 8, Issue 21 May 28, 2013

This summer US Sailing will host the national 2013 Youth Sailing Championship at Corpus Christi Yacht Club in Texas. This is an invitation only event that takes the top youth sailors from around the country in the Laser (full rig), Laser Radial, I420, C420, 29er, F16, and RS:X windsurfer. Beginning this year, this will also be the qualifying event for the ISAF Youth Worlds for the Laser Radials, I420s, F16s, and windsurfers. The following ILYA sailors will be headed down to Texas in August: in 420s – Mary Claire Kiernan (Beulah) with Isabella Loosbrock (Minnetonka), Willy Crary (White Bear) with Andrew Hed (White Bear) – in Laser full rig Mitchell Kiss (Macatawa Bay) – and in Laser Radials Augie Dale (Pewaukee) and Malcolm Lamphere (Geneva).

Congratulations and Good Luck to Will and Andrew!

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Minnesota High School Co-ed Sailing Championship

wbyc_news May 21, 2013

This past weekend White Bear sailors Will Crary / Nick Kuehn and Thor Hsu / Claire Clark sailing for Mahtomedi High School recently won the Minnesota Co-ed High School Sailing Championship held at Wayzata YC on Lake Minnetonka.

There are 18 high schools that have sailing teams in Minnesota. Ten competed in the Championship this year. Each school sends teams to compete in two divisions and their scores are combined to determine the overall winner. Will Crary and crew Nick Kuehn won the A division and Thor Hsu and crew Claire Clark won the B division.

Race conditions were quite stormy and very windy throughout the event. Anneka Ecker participated as an alternate, but ended up sailing for Blake due to a sudden illness on their team.

Will and Nick also won the Minnesota Boys Championship the day before. Thor and Bobby Gelly were 7th and Claire and Anneka also did well in the Girls Division. In other news, Will Crary and Andrew Hed have been invited to the U.S. Sailing National Youth Championships in Corpus Christie Texas this coming August. Thirty teams from throughout the US were invited to the four day event. Congratulations to all!

From Left to Right: Coach Medora Sletten, Claire Clark, Thor Hsu, Nick Kuehn, Will Crary, Coach Nick Hovland.

High School Sailing/ Regatta News

UPDATED: High School Sailing Spring Regatta

wbyc_news May 4, 2013

5/9/13 – UPDATE: Added Several Pictures from Tom Dresen.

Several races were completed on a chilly Saturday May 4th from Bellaire Beach on the south shore of White Bear Lake. Results for the A and B Divisions as well as Overall Team Standings are posted below. Light to medium breeze and just a few scattered rain drops. Thanks to all who worked to organize the event!

Overall Results:

A Division:

B Division: