Sequim Bay Yacht Club organizes and supports a Junior Yacht Club. The goals of the Junior Yacht Club are to provide educational opportunities for safe boating practices, active sailing experience in boat handling on the water, an introduction to sailing as a competitive sport and sailing opportunities for youth in the community.
The current Liaison is Dave Henry, who may be contacted at: Jrfleet@sequimbayyachtclub.org
Junior Club News
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In the Race for Hospice on September 17th, a separate small boat race series started 5 boats – 3 Vanguards, a Lido and a Laser. This was the first time the JRYC had participated. See the photos on the Hospice 2011 Page.
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Over the Labor Day weekend many of the Jrs and their families camped and sailed on Lake Crescent. Dave Henry reported that “we had a fantastic” time. Great turnout and lots of memories were made on the water, on the beach and at the campsites. “Lake Crescent is a remarkably beautiful place to sail and I’m sure we’ll be back before next September”.
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The SBYC JR Club will participate in the 2011 Johnny Adams Memorial Regatta (9/10-9/11), sponsored by the Port Madison Yacht Club on Bainbridge Isd. According to Dave Henry, this is one of the biggest and best youth regattas in the PNW.
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July 30th, We had two guest skippers — Adam DiDomizio (Laser #133953) from Sail Sand Point and Riley Turk (Laser #161908) from the Kitsap Rowing and Sailing Club. We sail with them frequently at high school regattas. Nice kids who are very competitive …
- The Junior’s annual BURGER BASH was a grand success preceding the July meeting. They served 59 paid meals (+ 6 juniors for a total of 65) and raised $281.28 which will be given to SBYC to offset the cost of the Junior YC program. Congradulations to the Juniors and the parents involved for a well done event.
- On June 18, the Juniors held their annual business meeting with outstanding representation from its members and their parents. The following Juniors were elected to office for 2011-2012:
- Commodore: Sarah Henry
- Vice Commodore: Laurie Miller
- Secretaru-Treasurer: Grant Shogren
- The last 30 days have been a time for recruiting new members into the Junior program. Based on our outreach to Sequim HS we were able to introduce seven new students to sailing during an on-the-water open house on June 11. Two of these students – Jessica DeFillipa and Adem DeFillipa – have joined the Junior YC. Jessica will be a senior at SHS this fall and Adem will be starting 7th grade at Sequim Middle School.
For more on the JrYC activities check Dave Henry’s Blog: Sail sequim Bay