We are pleased to announce that Rock Hall Yacht Club along w/ Hobie Div11 will be hosting a US Sailing Junior Olympic Regatta that WILL HAVE a H16 Youth Class on July 10th and 11th competing along w/ Opti's, Optimists, Laser Radials, Lasers, 420's and Sailboards. This will be the very first time that a catamaran class will be included in a US Sailing Junior Olympic event anywhere. We are very excited about hosting this event. The regatta is open to any youth teams that are members of US Sailing and will be run using One-Design rules w/ the H-16 as the boat selected for this event.

This event will be the H16 Youth Atlantic Coast Championship w/ a perpetual trophy awarded


For more information please go to www.rockhallyachtclub.org and selecting Junior Olympics

For US Sailing information please contact Ms Kate Daily/membership director at US Sailing

There will be a sailing clinic on the proceeding Thurs/Fri (July 8th/9th) at no fee, conducted by Div11 members ....

There will be a limited number of "loaner" boats availible from Div11 members for those Youth Teams that travel long distances to compete in this inaugural event.

Mr Matt Bounds/ HCA-NA Race Director will be the PRO for this event this year

For "karma" the race marks to be used will be from the 96' Atlanta Olympics .... the 7' "BIG PINKS"

More "surprises" are in the works and will be posted as finalized .....

Harry Murphey
RHYC Member/Div11-Fleet54
JO Catamaran Class Coordinator