Ida Lewis Regatta – Madeline Bubb

The U.S. Junior Women’s Double Handed Championship for the Ida Lewis Trophy is a remarkable regatta that brings together sailing girls from coast to coast.  With the help of the BYC Maritime Sciences & Seamanship Foundation, I was able to compete for a total of...

BASC 2013 – Jeffrey Petersen

Day 1 “Good morning Jeffrey, time to get up.” “Whaaaaat? Why?” “It is BASC today!” (BASC stands for Balboa Advanced Sabot Clinic) So that was the start of my day. I got up and didn’t eat any breakfast. Why? Because BYC...

Bilge Bazaar 2013

On Sunday, June 2, parents and friends of Balboa Yacht Club junior sailors gathered well before the crack of dawn in front of Minney’s Yacht Surplus in Newport Beach to offload a giant U-Haul truck full of “yachting treasures” donated by BYC members...

CMRC Spring Invitational – Ryan Davidson

Dear BYC Maritime Sciences & Seamanship Foundation, My team and I would like to thank you for your support towards our recent travels to the Chicago Match Race Center to compete in our first non-youth match race event, the Spring Invitational. Our team consisted...