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Proteus Yacht Club / Proteus Racing
be a FIGHTER and Sail Fast with us...
Proteus Yacht Club / Proteus Racing
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Introducing the New ‘Fighter' Optimist from Poland:
A proven designer taking the Opti to the next level:
A proven designer taking the Opti to the next level:
Sławomir Baranowski is a proven Opti designer and builder with more than twenty (20) years of experience with the International Optimist!
A proven designer taking the Opti to the next level:
A proven designer taking the Opti to the next level:
A proven designer taking the Opti to the next level:
The Fighter Opti has been proving itself as a leader in the EU circuit and will now be exclusively imported by ZIM Sailing in Bristol, RI.
2023 Proteus High Performance Racing Clinic
IODA / USODA Coach Bernat working with PYC Member Alden Durrell
Proteus Racing (Proteus Yacht Club) sponsored a High Performance Racing Clinic in Annapolis, MD with Severn Sailing Association (SSA), with IODA / USODA Coach Bernat Gali Bou of Coral Reef Yacht Club the week of July 10 - 14, 2023. The clinic had a unique format with four (4) days of intense coaching with IODA / USODA Coach Bernat supported by the SSA RWB Coach Guido Pozzi and a practical application of coaching at the Gibson Island Junior Regatta on Friday, July 14th, where Coach Bernat could further coach the sailors.
For more information and photos of the HP Clinic, please visit our Facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/proteusyc/
2023 Marblehead Junior Race Week, Pleon YC Green Fleet
2023 Marblehead Junior Race Week: Green Fleet
2023 Marblehead Junior Race Week: Green Fleet
2023 Marblehead Junior Race Week: Green Fleet
Proteus member and junior sailor Quinlan Durrell competing for the first time ever in the MJRW Optimist Green Fleet.
2023 Marblehead Junior Race Week: Green Fleet
2023 Marblehead Junior Race Week: Green Fleet
2023 Marblehead Junior Race Week: Green Fleet
Proteus Yacht Club member and junior sailor, Quinlan Durrell sailing out on Marblehead Harbor to check in with Green Fleet Race Committee.
2023 Marblehead Junior Race Week, Pleon YC RWB Fleet
2023 Marblehead Junior Race Week: RWB Fleet
2023 Marblehead Junior Race Week: RWB Fleet
2023 Marblehead Junior Race Week: RWB Fleet
Proteus member and junior sailor Alden Durrell sailing out on Marblehead Harbor to check in with RWB Fleet Race Committee.
2023 Marblehead Junior Race Week: RWB Fleet
2023 Marblehead Junior Race Week: RWB Fleet
2023 Marblehead Junior Race Week: RWB Fleet
2023 Marblehead Junior Race Week day one, race one start of the 56 boat fleet. Could not ask for better conditions!
2021 Orange Bowl, Coral Reef Yacht Club, Miami, FL
PYC & Proteus Racing MJRW Green Fleet
PYC & Proteus Racing MJRW Green Fleet
PYC & Proteus Racing MJRW Green Fleet
PYC & AYC Optimist Team, Orange Bowl International Youth Regatta, Coral Reef Yacht Club, Miami, Florida. December 2021.
PYC & Proteus Racing MJRW RWB Fleet
PYC & Proteus Racing MJRW Green Fleet
PYC & Proteus Racing MJRW Green Fleet
Proteus Yacht Club and Annapolis Yacht Club with Coach Lippencott and Coach Adam on the sand bar...! December 2021.
2022 Buccaneer Blast Regatta
PYC / AYC Optimist Team, 2022 Buccaneer Blast
PYC Members Alden and Quinlan Post Race Sailing
PYC Members Alden and Quinlan Post Race Sailing
(Right to Left) Alden (PYC Jr. Commodore), Will, Charlot, Alex, AYC Coach Bobby, and Quinlan (PYC Jr. Fleet Capt.). February 2022
PYC Members Alden and Quinlan Post Race Sailing
PYC Members Alden and Quinlan Post Race Sailing
PYC Members Alden and Quinlan Post Race Sailing
Proteus Yacht Club's Jr. Commodore, Alden, sails into the Rosewell Park Basin with Jr. Fleet Captain, Quinlan after Racing at the Buccaneer Blast.
PYC / AYC - Fall Optimist Racing Team
PYC / AYC - Fall Optimist Racing Team
PYC / AYC - Fall Optimist Racing Team
PYC / AYC Optimist Fall Race Team at the USODA Atlantic Cost Championships, Toms River Yacht Club. Toms River, NJ
Proteus - Pre-Race Coaching
PYC / AYC - Fall Optimist Racing Team
PYC / AYC - Fall Optimist Racing Team
Coming Soon...
2022 AYC High Performance Racing Clinic
Post-Clinic Flamingo Regatta
Our most junior Opti sailor with Coach Bradly
Our most junior Opti sailor with Coach Bradly
Coach Belen (far left) and Coach Chantel (far right).
Our most junior Opti sailor with Coach Bradly
Our most junior Opti sailor with Coach Bradly
Our most junior Opti sailor with Coach Bradly
Opti Sailor collapsing after tacking and jibing drills with Coach Bradly.
Proteus Yacht Club's Coaching
Coach Bradley Adam, Proteus Yacht Club’s & Proteus Racing's Director of Race Development & Head Coach
Coach Adam recently accepted a position with his alma-mater, St. Mary’s College, as an assistant head sailing coach. Adam finished off an impressive collegiate sailing career at St. Mary's College by skippering the Seahawks to second place in B Division at the ICSA/Gill Co-Ed National Championships as a senior as the team finished 14th overall. That performance came on the heels of him skippering St. Mary's to first place in B Division at the ICSA/Gill Co-Ed Western Semifinal, boosting the Seahawks into the national championships with an eighth-place overall finish. He also skippered the Seahawks to second place in B Division at the America Trophy (the MAISA Spring Co-Ed Championships) as St. Mary's finished second overall in the conference. During his collegiate sailing career, Adam turned in over a dozen top-five divisional finishes.
With more than 16+ years of coaching experience, and as certified US Sailing Dinghy Level 3 Coach, Adam spent this summer serving as the Assistant Program Director at Miles River Yacht Club in St. Michaels, Md. and as the Optimist Race Coach at Annapolis Yacht Club, the Head 420 Race Coach at Beverly Yacht Club in Marion, Mass., and as the Optimist and C420 Coach at Pleon Yacht Club in Marblehead, MA. In addition he was recently the Head Collegiate Sailing Coach at Washington College, Chestertown, MD.
Proteus Yacht Club & Proteus Racing are pleased to have such a talented and highly skilled Coach Adam as a leader with our sailing programs.
Opti Performance Clinic Sponsors
Fleets
Primary Fleets
This is where we, as sailors start...
The Optimist (“Opti”) is sailed in over 120 countries and it is one of only two yachts approved by the International Sailing Federation exclusively for sailors under 16. Optimists sailors can continue to race up to the age of 15. Optimists are single handed boats (See www.usoda.org )
The Laser is an International Single Handed performance boat and may be sailed in 3 classes, including the Full Rig, Radial Rig, and 4.7 Rig. The Laser represents the next level in single handed sailing at the Jr. Sailing, High School and Collegiate levels.
The Club 420 is a 2 person dinghy which is the primary boat for High School and Collegiate programs. The C420 offers more learning opportunities than any other double-handed boat. Over 5,000 C420s are sailed in Jr., high school and collegiate programs all over the US
Introducing the
Melges 15
Proteus Yacht Club is considering introducing and incorporating Sailing World’s 2022 Boat of the Year, the MELGES 15, into our 2022 sailing season.
Membership
Proteus Yacht Club Membership
Membership in Proteus Yacht Club is by invitation only.
Regular Membership*:
Regular Membership in Proteus Yacht Club is open to all sailors via invitation, under the age of 21 and is required for sailors participating in any Proteus or Team Breakwater clinic, class, regatta, or program. To request an invitation, please contact Proteus Yacht Club or a current PYC member.
Sustaining Membership:
Sustaining memberships are offered and encouraged for family, friends, and alumni over the age of 21, interested in supporting Proteus and Team Breakwater, and taking part in other team activities. These include volunteer, social activities, private sailing lessons, sailing events, and committee membership.
Supporting Memberships:
Friends, Family, and Alumni, are encouraged to help support Proteus Yacht Club’s Junior Sailng Programs through generous donations, or gifts. 100% of any donation or gift will be used directly for sailing.
Honorary Memberships:
Honorary memberships are offered to individual sailors and others whom the fleet officers, Board of Directors or a majority of the membership feel have demonstrated a true dedication to our sport and or Junior Sailing.
*Membership required in both US Sailing and the USODA.