2026
Youth Sailing Club Info
2026 Lake Lotawana Youth Sailing
EARLY Registration will open in April 2026
http://lotawanasailing.weebly.com/

Mondays
Youth Sailing Programs (2026 Dates) 
"Learn to Sail the Club 420" Ages 12 and up.
​Time: we arrive at 9:30am to get the boats set up.
Start Date: June 1st, 2026 End Date: July 27th, 2026
​We have added this day to our sailing program to help our youth sailors transition from the Opti program to the 420 program.
We will start the day with a lesson and then get on the water to play and practice. 

Tuesdays 
"Learn to Race the Club 420 and Optimist Dinghy. Ages: 10-18*
Time: we arrive at 9:30am to get the boats set up. Races start at 10:00am. Start Date: June 2nd, 2026 End Date: July 28th, 2026
We sail two fleets of boats, the Club 420 and the Optimist Dinghy. The Club 420 sailors will participate in weekly races. The goal for the Optimist sailors is to become independent sailors.
* - some younger sailors are invited to join us if they have the appropriate motor and listening skills, they are expected to be able to sail a course without switching sides.​

Thursdays
Optimist Program - "Learn to Sail the Optimist Dinghy" Ages: 4-9* 
Time: 9:30 - 11:30am​
Start Date: June 4th, 2026 End Date: July 23rd, 2026
Our students learn to sail the Optimist Dinghy.  No Sailing July 11th due to a "Big Air" ski jump competition. Bring the family it should be very fun!
* - older sailors are allowed to join us if families want to keep their kids together.

Summer Skills Extravaganza: TBD
End of Season Regatta: TBD

2025
Sailing Season Results

2025 Saturday Series
We raced a total of 21 Saturday Series races this year.

Top 5 finishers were:
1st 2420 Scott Griffiths (19 points)
2nd 2502 Rob Reid (21 points)
3rd 2582 Robert Harris (47 points)
4th 1801 Gordon McBride (48 points)
5th 2359 Jim Goetz (51 points)

2025 Sunday Series
Despite challenging racing conditions where 8 races were cancelled for either too little wind, too much wind, or stormy conditions,
we raced a total of 9 Sunday Series races.

Top 5 finishers were:
1st 2420 Scott Griffiths (5 points)
2nd 2502 Rob Reid (12 points)
3rd 2359 Jim Goetz
(18 points – 3rd and 4th place sailors both had first place races in the series, so tie breaker was best score on last race)
4th 1661 Bob Cantrell (18 points)
5th 2582 Robert Harris (22 points)

2025 Overall Series
This series includes Saturday Series, Sunday Series, Memorial Day Regatta, July 4th Regatta, and Labor Day Regatta.

Top 5 finishers were:
1st 2420 Scott Griffiths (28 points)
2nd 2502 Rob Reid (60 points)
3rd 1661 Bob Cantrell (71 points)
4th 2582 Robert Harris (83 points)
5th 1801 Gordon McBride (91 points)

2025 Memorial Day Regatta
We managed to race two out of the three scheduled races for the Memorial Day Regatta.

Top 5 finishers were:
1st 2763 Gary Schroeder (3 points)
2nd 1024 Scott Tillema (5 points)
3rd 2420 Scott Griffiths (6 points)
4th 2502 Rob Reid (10 points)
5th 2582 Robert Harris (15 points)

2025 July 4th Regatta
We raced all three scheduled races for the July 4th Regatta, but the conditions were light and challenging.

Top 5 finishers were:
1st 2420 Scott Griffiths (3 points)
2nd 1787 Glenn Foulke (11 points)
3rd 2359 Jim Goetz (14 points – Tie breaker best finishing position in Regatta)
4th 2502 Rob Reid (14 points)
5th 1801 Gordon McBride (15 points – Tie breaker top finisher in last race since both sailors had 2nd place finishes in the Regatta)

2025 Labor Day Regatta
We raced two of three scheduled races for the Labor Day Regatta.

Top finishers were:
1st 1661 Bob Cantrell (2 points)
2nd 2763 Gary Schroeder (5 points)
3rd 2420 Scott Griffiths (7 points)
4th 2502 Rob Reid (11 points – Tie breaker best finisher in last race since both sailors had 5th place finishes in the Regatta)
5th 2582 Robert Harris (11 points)

Consistent Captain Award
This award goes to the sailor
who sailed the most fleet races
in the season & entire series: 37 races: 
Saturday Series, Sunday Series, Memorial Day Regatta, July 4th Regatta, & Labor Day Regatta.

2582 Robert Harris (32 races)
The runner ups had 29 races each.

First Place Finishers
We also have an award for each sailor who had at least one first place finish in fleet racing. Award is etched on a stemless wine glass that will be delivered to each sailor.

2420 Scott Griffiths
2763 Gary Schroeder
2642 Jeff Harriman
1661 Bob Cantrell
2502 Rob Reid
1024 Scott Tillema
2359 Jim Goetz
1801 Gordon McBride

In Memoriam
We tragically lost two fantastic sailors this year,
and they will be sorely missed.

1723 David VanRaden
2420 Scott Griffiths


Look forward to seeing everyone
on the race course in 2026!