Saturday, October 15, 2016

US Adult Sailing Championship Preview

J/22 sailing San Diego (San Diego, CA)- The annual Mallory Cup Trophy, emblematic of the US Adult Sailing Championship, will feature ten teams that have qualified from ten different sailing regions from across the USA.  The crews will be sailing matched J/22 one-design class sailboats supplied by the host- San Diego YC.

Racing takes places from October 12th to 15th. The competition promises to be fierce, especially with a number of top California teams hoping to score some points before sailing in the J/105 Lipton Cup a fortnight hence!  Representing SDYC and the Southern California Yachting Association is the 2015 Lipton Cup winning skipper, Tyler Sinks, with crew of Jake La Dow, Jake Reynolds and Max Hutcheson.  From the Northern California Yachting Association is St Francis YC member Russ Silvestri, with crew of Marlo Yovkov, John Collins and Maggie Bacon.  The only woman skipper in the event is Madeline Kennedy, sailing for the Hawaii Yachting Association with crew of Michael Van Woerkom, Morgan Stephenson, and Patrick Manuel.  For more Mallory Cup/ US Adult Sailing Championship information