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
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 !