{"id":42,"date":"2016-06-11T17:54:28","date_gmt":"2016-06-11T17:54:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/westmichiganyouthsailing.org\/?page_id=42"},"modified":"2024-12-20T22:32:24","modified_gmt":"2024-12-20T22:32:24","slug":"other-racing-opportunities","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/westmichiganyouthsailing.org\/index.php\/other-racing-opportunities\/","title":{"rendered":"Other Racing Opportunities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In addition to WMYSA events, below is a list of\u00a0other opportunities for West Michigan youth\u00a0sailors to engage in the sport. If you don&#8217;t see a link for more info, try searching the <a href=\"http:\/\/regattanetwork.com\/\">Regatta Network<\/a>,\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yachtscoring.com\/\">Yacht Scoring<\/a>, <a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/theclubspot.com\/events\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ClubSpot<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ussailing.org\/racing\/youth-sailing\/\">US Sailing<\/a>\u00a0web pages. Facebook is also a good place to search for Class Associations, yacht clubs, sailing programs or specific regattas.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2025 EVENTS <\/strong><em>(2024 dates are in grey text for reference)(more events will be added as dates are announced)<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The <strong>2024 Orange Bowl Regatta<\/strong> will take place at Coral Reef Yacht Club in Miami, FL on December 26-30, 2024. More information can be found\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.orangebowl.org\/orange-bowl-international-youth-regatta\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HERE<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Chicago Junior Race Week<\/strong> will take place on July 1-2, 2024. Hosted by Chicago Yacht Club. Club 420, ILCA 4, ILCA 6, ILCA 7, Optimist RWB, Optimist Green. Click <a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https:\/\/theclubspot.com\/regatta\/ouOaoRp5S9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HERE<\/a> for more information.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808080;\">South Shore Yacht Club in Milwaukee will host its annual <strong>Kaszube Cup Regatta<\/strong> on July 8-9?, 2025. Optis, ILCA Lasers and Club 420s. Click <a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ssycjuniors.org\/kaszube-cup-2024.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HERE<\/a> for more info.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li>The <span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>2025 Butterfly Nationals<\/strong> <\/span>will take place July 15-17, 2025 at White Lake YC in Whitehall, MI. More info can be found <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Butterflysailing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HERE<\/a><\/span>.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The <strong>2025 ILCA Laser No Coasts Championships<\/strong> will take place at Royal Lake of the Woods Yacht Club, Ontario on July 25-27, 2025. ILCA 4, ILCA 6, ILCA 7. Click <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/ilcanasailing.org\/major-regattas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HERE<\/a> <\/span>for more information.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808080;\">The <strong>USODA Optimist Nationals<\/strong> will take place July 23-30, 2024 in Sandusky OH. Click\u00a0<a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https:\/\/usoda.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HERE<\/a> for more information.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The <strong>2025 CORK International Optimist Regatta<\/strong> will take place in Kingston, Ontario, Canada on July 29-31, 2025. Click <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/cork.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HERE<\/a><\/span>\u00a0for more information.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The <strong>2025 West Michigan Yachting Association &#8220;Westerns&#8221;<\/strong> will take place at Torch Lake Yacht Club on July 31-Aug 1, 2025. Optimists, Butterflies, Lasers and nearly all models of Scow. Click <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/wmya.org\/race-information\/upcoming-wmya-regattas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HERE<\/a> <\/span>for more info.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The <strong>2025 LMSRF Youth Championships<\/strong> will take place at Racine Yacht Club in conjunction with its <strong>Andrea T. Regatta<\/strong> on July 31-Aug 1, 2025. Optimist Green, Optimist RWB, ILCA Lasers, Club 420. More information can be found by clicking <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.racineyachtclub.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HERE.<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808080;\">The <strong>2024 USODA Optimist Great Lakes Championships<\/strong> will be hosted by Bayview YC in Detroit on Aug 10-11, 2024. Opti Red\/White\/Blue as well as Green Fleet. Click <a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https:\/\/usoda.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HERE<\/a> for more info.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The <strong>2025 CORK International Olympic Classes Regatta<\/strong> will take place in Kingston, Ontario, Canada on August 21-24, 2024. Classes for ILCA 4, ILCA 6, 29er, 49er, 49er FX. Click <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/cork.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HERE<\/a><\/span>\u00a0for more information.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The <strong>2025 ILCA Laser Great Lakes Championships<\/strong> will take place at the CORK Fall Regatta at Sail Kingston, Ontario on September 13-14, 2025. ILCA 4, ILCA 6, ILCA 7. Click <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/ilcanasailing.org\/major-regattas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HERE<\/a> <\/span>for more information.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The <strong>2025 USODA Optimist Midwest Championships<\/strong> will take place at Lake Geneva YC on October 11-13, 2025. Opti Red\/White\/Blue as well as Green Fleet. Click <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/usoda.org\/regatta\/6A4wtp0URb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HERE<\/a><\/span>\u00a0for more info and to register.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There are also several <strong>CLASS ASSOCIATIONS<\/strong> and\u00a0<strong>OTHER SAILING ORGANIZATIONS<\/strong>\u00a0that support and provide opportunities for youth sailors:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.usoda.com\">US Optimist Dinghy Association (USODA)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.butterflyer.org\">North American Butterfly Class Association<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.d19laser.org\">Laser Class District 19 (Michigan)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.laser.org\">International Laser Class Association<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.club420.org\">Club 420 Class Association<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wmya.org\">West Michigan Yachting Association<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ilya.org\">Inland Lake Yachting Association<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ussailing.org\">US Sailing<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In addition to WMYSA events, below is a list of\u00a0other opportunities for West Michigan youth\u00a0sailors to engage in the sport. If you don&#8217;t see a link for more info, try searching the Regatta Network,\u00a0Yacht Scoring, ClubSpot\u00a0or US Sailing\u00a0web pages. Facebook is also a good place to search for Class Associations, yacht clubs, sailing programs or [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":63,"parent":0,"menu_order":7,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-42","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/westmichiganyouthsailing.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/42","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/westmichiganyouthsailing.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/westmichiganyouthsailing.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westmichiganyouthsailing.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westmichiganyouthsailing.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42"}],"version-history":[{"count":112,"href":"https:\/\/westmichiganyouthsailing.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/42\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1065,"href":"https:\/\/westmichiganyouthsailing.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/42\/revisions\/1065"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westmichiganyouthsailing.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/westmichiganyouthsailing.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}