Top juniors to compete for international championship

Balboa Yacht Club in Corona del Mar announced recently that yacht

clubs from the U.S. and overseas will be sending their top junior

sailors to this year’s Balboa Yacht Club Governor’s Cup.

The event, which is the premier international junior match racing

championship in the United States, will be held in the waters off

Newport Beach Aug. 13-17.

As host of the Governor’s Cup, Balboa Yacht Club invites 12 yacht

club teams of three junior sailors each to match race identical

yachts for four days of intense round-robin competition.

The “Deed of Gift” for the Governor’s Cup was granted in 1967 by

then Governor and later President Ronald Reagan. From this race

world-class sailors Paul Cayard, John Kostecki, and Gavin Brady, to

name a few, have emerged to dominate the America’s Cup and many other

international competitions.

“This race continues to be the ultimate test of junior sailing

excellence,” BYC Race Director Bill Marting said. “Last year’s

winners from the Royal Yachting Association in the United Kingdom are

not returning, so the field is wide open. With the high caliber of

the teams participating, there promises to be some exciting and close

racing.”

For more details, call Wayne Rodgers at (949) 675-1355.