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Sailing Balboa Yacht Club Starts to Accept Requests for Invitations to 55th Governors Cup began accepting invitation requests for the 55th Governor’s Cup International Youth Match Racing Championship set for July 25-30. The “GovCup” is the world’s oldest junior match racing championship; participants come from all over the world to participate in this week-long event held the last two weeks of July. The event is presented by Disc Sports and Spine Center and is an invitational event open to sailors under 23. The event will be sailed in identical “Governor’s Cup 22” sloops provided by the Newport Balboa Sailing & Seamanship Association and BYC, designed by yacht designer and BYC Staff Commodore Alan Andrews. The boats are suited for racing in wind speeds of as little as 4-5 knots and perform well in 18-20 knot conditions. To procure an invitation, skippers are asked to write a short statement about their experience racing on a three to four-person keelboat and provide their top three match racing accomplishments as well as any other sailing accomplishments from the last two years. The 2022 Governor’s Cup has applied as a Grade 3 regatta with World Sailing. Defending Champion Jeffery Petersen (USA) and World Youth Match Racing Champion David Wood (USA) have committed to attending the event. The club also expects to be joined by teams from New Zealand, Australia, and the United Kingdom, as well as several
Tom Walker, photo provided by Balboa Yacht Club
NEWPORT BEACH — Balboa Yacht Club
2021 Governor’s Cup winner Jeffrey Petersen (USA) leads runner-up Emil Kjaer (DEN) in the finals of the 2021 Cup. other teams from Europe depending on COVID-19 conditions come, July. Participants in the Governor’s Cup have gone on to compete and win the America’s Cup, the Congressional Cup, Olympic medals, and the World Match Racing Tour Championship.
Winners like Sam Gilmour, who came out of the Governor’s Cup with two backto-back wins in 2013 and 2014, went on to compete in the Congressional Cup, where he placed third. He is expected to join alums Taylor Canfield, Campbell, Dennis Durgan, and Gavin Brady as Con-
gressional Cup champions. The deadline to submit a request is April 8 at 5 p.m. To learn more about the event, visit the Governor’s Cup website at https://www.govcupracing.com/. To request an invitation for the cup, visit: https://bit.ly/3o0RS4l.
Ryan Finn Has Set Out to Set Sailing Record CAPE HORN — On Jan. 18, sailor Ryan Finn set out to break a record on a 19th-century clipper-ship route taking him from New York around Cape Horn and up to San Francisco on his 36’ Proa Jzerro. Finn is taking the solo journey after making a promise to himself while fighting cancer. He is attempting to defeat the world record for the fastest single-handed route to San Francisco, which is currently 81 days, by finishing his journey in 70 days; this is Finn’s second attempt at the record. Finn is heading down to South America, following the Atlantic Coast; once he has hit South America, Finn Please see RECORD, PAGE 24
You can follow Finn's journney at www.sharegarmin.com
A screenshot from www.share.garmin.com tracking Finn’s current progress
By: KATHERINE M. CLEMENTS
