March 2017 If you’ve been around Lakewood for any period of time, there’s a good chance you’ve met Beau. Beau is a 7 1/2 year old Golden Retriever and LYC member, Sol Zittrer’s certified service dog. Sol has had Beau for 7

Congratulations to two Lakewood teams for outstanding performances throughout the 2021-22 Southern Ocean Racing Conference season. Chris and Karen Lewis on Kenai took 1st for the Series, and Al Goethe on Hamburg II placed 3rd overall giving Lakewood Yacht Club 2 podium finishes. The SORC Series consists of five challenging offshore races along the Florida coast and Bahamian Islands. The [...]

If you are following the sailing 2021 adventures of Noah Zittrer, here is the next installment. In March, Noah traveled to La Ventana, Mexico to train with the other U.S. Formula Kite sailors. He stayed for 3 weeks, kiting and training nearly daily, plus a little spearfishing at the end of the trip. It is a nice group of young men and women who are really working together to share knowledge [...]

While COVID-19 has presented all of us with difficulties, setbacks and losses, it has also opened our eyes to different ways to approach our lives and our work. Noah Zittrer, a Lakewood Seahorse, decided not to attend traditional high school this year (his senior year), which has permitted him to dedicate a significant amount of time to his favorite pursuits – kiting and sailing.

The Kenai crew including LYC Members Chris and Karen Lewis, Bill Zartler and Brian Shores were thrilled to win the SORC 2020-21 Islands In the Stream Series with a 1,1,2 score. The races were varied with light conditions for Races 2 and 3 and then a real blow for most of the 340 nm Eleuthera Race that challenged all the yachts. The team won the series through sheer determination at times and some good decision making.

Once in every 20 years it happens [...]you are beating in the middle of the night for hours and hours towards Key West in a fleet of 30 boats trapped between the reef and the Gulf Stream. This year’s SORC Key West Race was one of those years. The race started off Port Everglades with a great mix of boats in ORC and PHRF plus a few multihulls with a faint NW breeze that tried to become a sea [...]

Annually, several premier youth sailing events occur in Coconut Grove, Miami around Christmas and New Years. There was tremendous uncertainty whether this years planned Orange Bowl and Open Orange Bowl regattas would actually occur, but through careful planning and strong leadership of numerous persons and clubs in Miami, meaningful youth one-design racing resumed. Several Lakewood Seahorses participated in these events. Conditions were light on the first day of the events, but became blustery with an angry sea state over the next 3 days of the event with average breeze between 18-20 knots. Conditions advantaged larger sailors, but made it very difficult for all.

The Lewis Team has begun it’s campaign with Bow 002 in the ground breaking Melges IC37 Class. 20 identical boats crewed by amateur sailors will race to qualify to represent NYYC in the Invitational Cup in September. The first qualifier is the

Several of our members raced in Newport at New York Yacht Club's Race Week September 23-26.

Two weeks ago, the I420/29er Midwinters East were hosted by the Miami Yacht Club, with very variable weather conditions and 8 races completed for each class.

Two weeks ago, Ava Anderson and Ike Schutz traveled to Palamos, Spain to represent the USA at the annual International Palamos Optimist Trophy. This event is the second largest Optimist regatta in the World only behind the Lake Garda Meeting, and attracted 550 sailors from over 34 nations.

This past weekend, six Lakewood sailors went out to brave the harsh Florida winter and race in the annual Valentine's Day Regatta hosted by St. Petersburg Yacht Club. Over the course of two days and 5 races, our sailors battled it out in the fleet of 190 sailors.

This last weekend, Corpus Christi Yacht Club hosted the first TSA regatta of the year to kick off the season for Texas Youth Sailing. The Lakewood Seahorses were represented in 4 different fleets: 2 in Green Fleet, 15 in RWB, 3 in Laser Radial and 4 in Laser 4.7.

This last week, the US Opti National Team sent 4 sailors to race at the prestigious Monaco Optimist Team Race Trophy, an event where competitors race in Team Racing format. Twenty teams were represented at the event, with sailors coming from as far as Uruguay, China, and the mentioned USNT. After the completion of the Round Robin, and 3 days of intense racing, Team USA took the honors home [...]

Last week, 22 sailors traveled to sunny Florida during Christmas to participate at the annual Orange Bowl Youth International Regatta, hosted like every year by the Coral Reef Yacht Club, the US Sailing Center and Shake-a-leg in Miami.

This past Saturday was the third and final day of racing for our Winter? Cold Front Series. Finally, there was some wind for the 29 sailors. This day of racing allowed for us to four races on the RWB/Laser and five races on the Green Fleet Line.

The second edition of this year's Cold Front Regatta was held this past weekend with racing being held on Clear Lake for the Green Fleet and Galveston Bay for the Laser and RWB fleets. We were joined again by sailors from HYC and TCYC to have a total of 32 sailors. Conditions were light and shifty with the wind eventually trailing off, but racing was held, with 3 races for the Lasers, 2 races for RWB, and 5 races for the Green Fleet.

This past week 10 Lakewood sailors traveled to New Orleans to participate at the annual USODA Midwinter Championship, hosted by the Southern Yacht Club during Thanksgiving.

This past Sunday, we ran the first Cold Front Series of this Winter, with the Green Fleet racing in Clear Lake, while Lasers and RWB Fleet raced out on the Bay.

This past weekend, 32 Lakewood sailors traveled to Corpus Christi to participate at the End of the Year regatta, which closes the season for the Texas Sailing Association Youth Circuit.