EYC Junior Sail - HF Youth Regatta

Last year yielded another successful event with fantastic weather, a significant turnout of participants from all the local clubs and extensive support from a team of committed volunteers.

Click the Links Below for the 2024 HFYR Regatta Final Results

Alpha Course

Bravo Course

The main goal of this regatta, held annually in late August, is to provide an opportunity for budding racers to take part in a friendly less formal introduction to competitive sailing. This event is open to all participants of local sailing schools and yacht clubs who are under the age of 18. The regatta's includes boat classes that are typically used as training boats by many junior sail programs around Lake Ontario including; Laser (ILCA), Club 420 (white sail and spinnaker), RS Feva S/XL, Opti's and Oppi's.

Check out this spectacular drone footage from a previous year's event! https://youtu.be/57UP7nYbCEs

For 2024, the Hans Fogh Youth Regatta (HFYR) was held on August 21th and 22nd. This year we had 149 Main Fleet participants, 33 Opti/Oppi and 27 Coaches for a total of 209 participants, which represents a significant increase from previous years. EYC was pleased and gratified to see that many of the local sailing clubs came out to support this important youth developmental event. Thank you all for your participation !

The following clubs sent participants to the HFYR Regatta;

Ashbridge`s Bay Yacht Club

National Yacht Club

Oakville Yacht Squadron

Outer Harbour Sailing Federation

Port Credit Yacht Club

Queen City Yacht Club

Royal Canadian Yacht Club

Royal Hamilton Yacht Club

The Boulevard Club

Toronto Sailing & Canoe Club

Rondeau Yacht Club

Lake of Bays Sailing Club *

(* Note - Lake of Bays is located in Muskoka)

As always, this event could not be held without the many volunteers who gave freely of their time, all with the goal of creating the best experience possible for the youth participants. This year, we had 26 volunteers who came from EYC, other local clubs and participant's parents. Thank you to all who volunteered ! If you would like to help out both on and off the water, please send us an email to jsp@eyc.ca and let us know if or how you can help out.

Once again, thanks to all for participants, coached and volunteers who made this year's event a unmitigated success and one to remember !

We sincerely hope to see you and your club next year !

If you have any photos from 2024 HFYR regatta or past events that you'd like to share with us or comments/suggestions on how we might improve this event, please email jsp@eyc.ca !

Check out these great images from the event !

Want to Help with this Regatta ?

EYC constantly strives to keep this event one of the most affordable regattas on the youth racing calendar and this is only possible with the help of people who generously donate their time to this event. No sailing or boating experience is required, just a wiliness to help out and have fun. If you are interested in volunteering or helping in any way to make our regatta truly successful, we would love to hear from you at jsp@eyc.ca.

For any further questions, please email us at jsp@eyc.ca

About Hans Fogh :

Hans Fogh was one of the most successful competitive sailors in Canadian history, with dozens of national and international championships in many different classes, including two Olympic medals. As a long-term member of EYC, he was a big supporter of our junior sailing program and developing youth sailing. We are pleased and honored to name our regatta after him.

Hans Fogh first made his Olympic debut representing his native Denmark at Rome 1960, winning the silver medal in the first-ever Flying Dutchman class with Ole Gunner Petersen. At Tokyo 1964, Fogh (with Peterson) just missed the podium in fourth with Miss Denmark 1964, and while representing Canada at Montréal 1976, he finished fourth again with Evert Bastet. Competing in the Soling class at Los Angeles 1984, his sixth and final Olympic Games, Fogh won his second Olympic medal, a bronze, 24 years after his first, an Olympic record at the time. He was also 16th at Mexico City 1968 and seventh at Munich 1972 in the Flying Dutchman.

Along with his Olympic success, between 1962-78, Fogh is a four-time World champion, winning a total of seven medals in the Flying Dutchman and Soling classes: for Denmark (three gold, one bronze) and Canada (one gold, one silver, one bronze). At the 1978 Pan American Games he won the silver medal in the Soling class. Fogh was on the crew of the Don Green at the 1978 Canada’s Cup and sailed on Canada II at the 1987 Louis Vuitton Cup.

Fogh started sailing at the age of 17 bypassing the opportunity to take over the family gardening business. His first international title was winning the Flying Dutchman at the 1960 European Championships. Gifted in spatial geometry, Fogh could envision physical objects like a sail, and worked with Danish sailor and maker, four-time Olympic Finn class champion Paul Elvstrom. Midway through his illustrious sailing career, Fogh was encouraged to move to Canada by Olympic sailor Paul Henderson who knew Canada was in need of an experienced sailmaker. Settling in Toronto in 1969, Fogh opened Elvstrom Canada and later he produced sails under his own label (Fogh Sails and North Sails) and opened a retail store (Fogh Marine) which still exists today. He was married to his wife Kristen for 49 years, became a Canadian citizen in 1975, and had two sons.

Fogh’s sailing career spanned seven decades from his first race in the late 1950s to his last race in 2014. He shared the Los Angeles Olympic Games in 1984 with his oldest son Morten and was able to compete in two subsequent Olympic trials with his youngest son Thomas. Born in Rodovre, Denmark, near Copenhagen, Hans Fogh died from Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease in Toronto in 2014.