News – GCYSA

News sarahlihan 2018-04-30T02:54:41-05:00

gcysa

High performance youth sailing team. Based in Galveston, Texas

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It was a rather challenging Orange bowl this year with a very competitive fleet. The team performed really well with special mentions going to @mburnsii for finishing 5th overall in the Laser Radial fleet through being extremely consistent and being one of only 4 not to have a race outside the top 10. Also @grace17austin managed 14th overall and was 1st girl. Not a bad way to finish 2019. We look forward to hitting it hard again 2020 👊👊👊

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Yesterday we had our final tune up for Orange bowl 2019. Rather short session on the water in moderate breeze. The team is feeling good and are all ready to attack day 1.

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We are proud to announce that in Spring 2020 we will be holding 2 Laser 4.7 Open Training Weekends. Both weekends will be run by Head Coach Alex Dyet. If you are interested in attending please contact him. Both weekends will be run out of Texas Corinthian Yacht club in Houston, Texas so if you are out of state and would like to fly in let Alex know and he can help you find a charter boat.

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The team had a fun although rather cold weekend in Jacksonville for the 2019 District 13 Laser Championships. The wind was ranging from 8-18 knots. Starting was rather crucial in this event with a long line and shifty wind. Congratulations to @mburnsii who finished up just off the podium in fourth place. The next event for us will be Orange bowl over the Christmas break.

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Thanks for helping us with our training and regatta nutrition planning @melbtag

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Lots of fun working with Laser Sailing over the weekend! Worked with them on race day fueling strategies. Their races are typically a part of a multi-day regatta and take place all over the country and world! Many factors to take into account when planning their nutrition strategy!

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Thanks @crainsailing from @sailingperformancetraining for coming down and working with us on the weekend. The whole team thoroughly enjoyed the session.

An amazing session in the gym wasn't all we received on the weekend. The weather god's were smiling on us also with wind ranging from 5-10 knots over the weekend with the sun shining the whole time.

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Pass Christian turned it on this weekend for the Gulf Coast Laser Championships with winds sitting at 10-15knots and the sun shining all day. With there being a smaller fleet than the team usually races against it proved to be a good chance to check early season speeds. We had 3 GCYSA sailors competing at the event. Michael Burns finished 2nd overall (1st in SEISA qualifier), Grace Austin finished 5th overall (also 1st girl) and Emma McInnis finished 9th overall (2nd SEISA qualifier). Thanks Pass Christian Yacht Club and the Burns family for putting on an amazing event.

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We have an open training weekend coming up next month at @fortworthboatclub for any interested Laser 4.7 sailors. This training weekend will not just be with Head Coach Alex Dyet but will also have special guest Coach and current GCYSA sailor Lucija Ruzevic.
For registration please email Alex at alex.dyet@gcysa.org

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We still have a couple of places available in our open training camp starting Wednesday this week. If you would like to take advantage of this unique opportunity please get in contact with us ASAP.

Please see the post from earlier below.

We are happy to announce the GCYSA open training camp for Laser Radial and Laser 4.7 sailors. This will be taking place in Corpus Christi, TX from the 7th-11th of August. This training camp will give sailors a unique opportunity to train as GCYSA usually do. If you would like more information please go to www.gcysa.org
Or if you would like to sign up for the training camp please do so through the expression of interest form here ==> https://docs.google.com/forms/d/16C9QxwD614SD9nUTC655zR9gQ92XS3Th8MEPsYGUkl8/edit

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The Laser North Americans finished up earlier this week. Thankfully the wind was good to us all week making for some awesome racing. @asher_zittrer managed to finish 3rd overall after a very challenging final day and @mburnsii ended up 8th overall.
The whole team had ups and downs throughout the regatta and managed to learn some important lessons.
Full results can be found here ==>https://www.regattatoolbox.com/eventDetails?eventID=U9hvgIsZwM

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Big CONGRATULATIONS to GCYSA sailor @lucija.ruzevic for winning the 2019 U.S. Junior Woman's Single Handed Championship (Leiter) this week held at Richmond Yacht club, San Francisco. Lucija put on a dominant performance managing to win 6 of the 10 races and dropping a 4th. For full results go to the following link https://theclubspot.com/regatta/lpWGltK1lG/results

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We are happy to announce the GCYSA open training camp for Laser Radial and Laser 4.7 sailors. This will be taking place in Corpus Christi, TX from the 7th-11th of August. This training camp will give sailors a unique opportunity to train as GCYSA usually do. If you would like more information please go to www.gcysa.org
Or if you would like to sign up for the training camp please do so through the expression of interest form here ==> https://docs.google.com/forms/d/16C9QxwD614SD9nUTC655zR9gQ92XS3Th8MEPsYGUkl8/edit

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The US Youth Sailing Championship concluded earlier this week. The team preformed well and most importantly improved every race. Big congratulations to @marcus.huttunen for finishing 2nd overall in the Laser Standard. Also to @mburnsii for finishing 6th overall in the Laser Radial division and @grace17austin for finishing 7th overall and 1st girl also in the Laser Radial division. Next event for the team will be the Laser North American Championships.
For full results go to this site ==> https://theclubspot.com/regatta/7ju1z57EfV/results
@ussailing

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Rather hot weekend in Austin this weekend for the Texas state Laser championships. Was a fun weekend with @bryantrammell taking out the Laser Standard division and @emma_mcinnis taking out the Laser Radial division.
The next event for the team will be the US youth sailing championships in New Jersey later this month.

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Just a little taste of what we have been up to down on the bay.

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Mid Winter's East is done and dusted for another year. It was an event that provided tough competition for the team over 4 days. The team sailed in races with winds ranging from 2-15 knots with the wind very rarely stabilising. Big congratulations to @asher_zittrer for finishing 2nd in the Laser Radial fleet. Next stop for the GCYSA team will be Mid Winter's West in a month's time (this event will serve as the 2nd Youth world's selection event). Finally we would like to throw out a big thank you to @mikebtodd for coming down and being apart of the coaching team.
Final results can be found here==> http://www.regattanetwork.com/event/16725#_newsroom+results

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2019 Laser Nationals provided some fun and challenging conditions this past week in Fort Lauderdale. Winds ranged from 0-15 knots. The team had a good regatta and have come away with a few things to “fine tune” between now and the first Youth Worlds Trials. Congratulations to @mburnsii for coming away 10th overall in a tough fleet! The rest of the results can be found here: https://www.regattanetwork.com/clubmgmt/applet_regatta_results.php?regatta_id=16691

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Last day of Nationals and the team are ready!

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Alex Dyet
GCYSA Head Coach

The Gulf Coast Youth Sailing Association is pleased to announce the addition of Alex Dyet as Head Coach. Alex is from Auckland, New Zealand and has enjoyed a successful youth and adult career in the Laser, competing in national, international and world championships. In addition, Alex was a member of the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron team that finished on the podium in the Harken National and International Youth Match Racing Championships. In 2016 and 2017, Alex handled the main and tactics for Southern Cross Racing which placed first and second, respectively, in the China Cup.
Alex holds senior coaching certifications from both Yachting New Zealand and the Hong Kong Sailing Federation. For the past 3 1/2 years, he has been the Lead Laser Coach at the Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club where he has built a program that is recognized nationally and internationally. He has coached his sailors at international events including multiple Laser World Championships and World Sailing Youth World Championships.
Alex's coaching philosophy regarding youth sailors is very much in line with ours and we look forward to adding him to our team. Please welcome Alex when you see him at practice beginning January 19, 2019.

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Congratulations to the whole team for an epic 2018 orange bowl regatta! Big shout out to @asher_zittrer for taking the win in the radial class!! It was an impressive show down by the whole team!!! With podium finishes also from @will.foox @bryantrammell @pete_mcgriff full results can be found here: https://www.regattatoolbox.com/results?eventID=fRBwog91A6

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