Young sailors ready for 2001 US Youth Multihull Championship

by Penny Piva Rego on 31 May 2001 It’s just about time for the 2001 US Youth Multihull Championship for the Hoyt-Jolley Trophy, and eight teams are anxiously waiting to hit the Spray Beach Yacht Club, in Beach Haven, NJ in their Hobie Cat 16s. The event will run May 31-June 3, 2001.

The participating teams are John Keenan and Matthews Keenan (Atlantic
Highlands, MA); Bobby Keller (Ridgefield, CT) and Brian Wilkes (Florham
Park, NJ); Rene Kelly (Huntingtown, MD) and Eric Smith (Annapolis, MD); Marc
Kennedy (Davison, MI) and Lindsay Hall (Macomb, MI); Todd Riccardi (Madison,
CT) and Ross DeMay (Meriden, CT); Anders Straume (Reading, MA) and Hunter
Stunzi (Marblehead, MA); Brett Sullivan and Samantha Simon (Aberdeen, NJ);
Trevor Capps (Shalimar, FL) and Thomas Sukalski (Fort Walton Beach, FL); Sam
Weiksnar and Rebecca Schwartz (Manhattan Beach, CA); and Thomas Tullo
(Staten Island, NY) and Daniel Leone (Toms River, NJ).

The event is open to all youth (girls, boys, or mixed teams); team members
must be less than 19 years old in 2001.

Winners of the 2001 US Youth Multihull Championship will qualify for the
2001 ISAF Youth World Championship in Crozon-Morgat, France on July 2-12.
This is only the third time in history that multihulls have been included at
the World Youth Championship. The winners will become members of the US
Junior Sailing Team. Team members receive advanced coaching prior to the
World Championship.

For more information, visit http://www.ussailing.org/multihull/youth.htm.
The Notice of Race, Sailing Instructions, list of competitors and daily
results will be posted on the US SAILING Multihull Council Website at
http://www.ussailing.org/multihull.

The United States Sailing Association (US SAILING) is the national governing
body for the sport of sailing. The mission of this volunteer organization is
to encourage participation and promote excellence in sailing and racing in
the United States. More information about US SAILING, which is headquartered
in Portsmouth, RI, is available at www.ussailing.org.