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Team BYC's ILCA Program is a race focused High Performance program working toward national and international regattas. Sailors move around SoCal and USA to train in a range of condition and events. Our ILCA team is one of the fastest growing teams in the USA. This program is working toward sailors gaining selection to the World Sailing and Class World Championships. Sailors need their own boat to participate in this program.

The information on this page is for Team BYC. For information on Learn to Sail and Social sailing programs that are running visit the Spring, Fall and Summer program pages. 
 

Out of SoCal Regattas

On top of our program our ILCA team has the opportunity to race in regattas around USA and Internationally. These regattas come at an additional cost to the program fees. We have a funding scheme through Team BYC so all sailors representing the team will have standardized coaching fees per day. 
 
 

Regatta

Location

Date
ILCA Mid Winters East Varies in FL February
Garda Opti week Garda Italy  April
US Youth Champs Varies June
North Americans  Varies July
US Women's Champs Varies July
Nationals Varies July/August
US Open  San Fran August
ILCA6 Class Worlds Varies Varies
ILCA4 Class Worlds Varies Varies
Orange Bowl Coconut Grove, Miami December 26th-30th

Through US Sailing, 1 female and 1 male sailor is selected each year to represent USA at the World Sailing Youth Worlds. More information on this can be found here. 



Regattas in SoCal

Regatta

Location

Date
CISA Clinic ABYC March
ILCA Mid Winters West Varies March
Ullman-Frost #4 SBYC May
Memorial Day Regatta ABYC May
US Open San Diego SDYC June
ILCA PCCs Varies Varies
US Open Long Beach ABYC July
Ullman-Frost #1 Labor Day Regatta  ABYC September
Ullman-Frost #2 Junior Commodores MBYC November
Turkey Day Regatta ABYC November
SCYYRA Clinic USSCLB December


Twilights Series

ILCA sailors can join the BYC evening Twilights racing on Wednesdays Mid May until the end of August. Races start/finish in front of the Yacht Club. Start time is 6pm and there are 2 races a night. You can register here and see the results here. Twilights are a great way to improve their tactical skills will lots of wind shifts, wind puffs/lulls and skewed up winds. They will races against our experienced senior sailors. Its best to sail in an ILCA6 or ILCA7. 
 

Ocean Racing Series

ILCA sailors can join the BYC Ocean Racing Series during the Fall and Spring Program. Racing is on a Sunday afternoon. Start time is 2:30pm. For more information on the series and exact dates please visit the Ocean Racing Website.
 

Practices

BYC runs practices year round for our ILCA Program. To see more information on timings look at the Summer, Spring and Fall program pages. 

Extra sessions

When we see good breeze on the forecast we will try to add extra sessions. These normally occur in the winter between November and March. They normally come with short notice. They are added to the app so you can RSVP. We use these sessions to target big breeze, big waves, or offshore shifty winds. Sailors that are 'All In' can join these sessions at no extra cost. Sessions are open to all ocean classes.