Clubs and Sailing Centers dedicated to running Match Racing events in North America
(in sort of a geographic order)
NOTE : there are undoubtedly more; if you know of any, please pass along their name and contact information to Dave Perry at: davperry@optonline.net. Also let Dave know your club/center’s preferred contact person, any corrections needed to this list, and if you wish to be removed from this list.
US Sailing Center Sheboygan (Sheboygan, WI) (Sonar)
Jason Bemis (jason.bemis@gmail.com)
Juliana Senfft (julianasenfft@gmail.com)
Chicago Yacht Club (Chicago, Illinois) (Sonar)
Skip Dieball (dieball@chicagoyachtclub.org)
Ray Groble (groble@daleymohan.com)
Bayview Yacht Club (Detroit, MI) (Ultimate 20)
Lance Smotherman (lance.smotherman@comcast.net)
National Yacht Club (Toronto, Canada) (J/22)
Magnus Sandberg (magnus1magnus@gmail.com)
Chris Clarke (cclarkecsd@gmail.com)
Royal Canadian Yacht Club (Toronto, Canada) (Sonar)
Lance Fraser (lancefraser89@gmail.com)
Jenny Farrand (Jennifer.Farrand@rcyc.ca)
Royal Nova Scotia Yacht Squadron (Halifax, Canada) (J/22)
Peter Wickwire (pwickwire@hotmail.com)
Royal Vancouver Yacht Club (Vancouver, Canada)
Rick Hatch (rfh_yachting@shaw.ca)
Pacific Northwest (Seattle, WA)
Beck Henderer-Pena (theotherbeck@gmail.com)
Rochester Yacht Club (Rochester, NY) (Sonar)
Doc Sullivan (rsulliv1@rochester.rr.com)
New York Yacht Club (Newport, RI) (Sonar)
Beth Duggan (dugganb@nyyc.org)
Lynn Lynch (lynchl@nyyc.org)
Sail Newport (Newport, RI) (J/22)
Brad Read (brad.read@sailnewport.org)
Kim Hapgood (kim.hapgood@sailnewport.org)
Larchmont Yacht Club (Larchmont, NY) (Ideal 18)
Cynthia Parthemos (cparthemos@gmail.com)
Oakcliff Sailing (Oyster Bay, NY) (Match 40)
Dawn Riley (driley@dawnriley.com)
Patrick Burks (regatta@oakcliffsailing.org)
Pequot Yacht Club (Southport, CT) (Ideal 18)
Peter Bailey (peter_bailey@alumni.brown.edu)
Seawanhaka Yacht Club (Oyster Bay, NY) (Sonar)
Bruce Cook (bacook@optonline.net)
Eric Johnson (eejohnso@optonline.net)
JP Blaise (jblaise@me.com)
Annapolis Match Race Center (Annapolis, MD) (J/80 & J/22)
Jeff Borland (jborland@systematicsolutns.com)
Linda Ambrose (LAmbrose@annapolisyc.org)
Bill Simon (BSimon@oakcliffsailing.org)
Annapolis Yacht Club (Annapolis, MD) (J/22)
(see Annapolis Match Race Center)
Downtown Sailing Center (Baltimore, MD) (J/22)
Stuart Proctor (stuart@downtownsailing.org)
John O'Riordan (john@downtownsailing.org)
Royal Bermuda Yacht Club (Bermuda) (IOD)
Peter Shrubb (pshrubb@ibl.bm)
College of Charleston (Charleston, SC) (J/22)
Ward Cromwell (cromwellh@cofc.edu)
St. Petersburg Yacht Club (St. Petersburg, FL) (J/70)
Shawn Macking (waterfront-director@spyc.org)
St. Thomas Yacht Club (St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands) (IC 24)
Bill Canfield (visailing@gmail.com)
Henry Menin (hl.menin@gmail.com)
Southern Yacht Club (New Orleans, LA) (J/22 & Flying Scots)
Katy Pilley-Lovell (katypl@aol.com)
Ft Worth Boat Club (Fort Worth, TX) (J/22)
Kim Chaumont (Kim@sbc-ltd.com)
Scott Lindley (scott@fwbc.com)
Texas Corinthian Yacht Club (Houston, TX) (Sonar)
Coco Solsvig (coco.tcyc@gmail.com)
Galveston Community Sailing Center (Galveston, TX) (Sonar)
Gerard Coleman (colemang@tamug.edu)
Mike Janota (mjanota@ssbgalveston.org)
San Diego Yacht Club (San Diego, CA) (J/22)
John Reiter (johnreiter5@gmail.com)
Summer Greene (summer@1011i.com)
Balboa Yacht Club (Corona Del Mar, CA) (Governor’s Cup 22)
Mike Pinckney (mjpinckney@att.net)
Andy Rose (RoseLaw7@aol.com)
Don Becker (ayedoc@att.net)
Becky Lenhart (sailing@balboayachtclub.com)
Long Beach Yacht Club (Long Beach, CA) (Catalina 37 & Soling)
Kirk Brown (stmci@ix.netcom.com)
David Stotler (dstotler1@outlook.com)
Randy Smith (randy@smithREgroup.com)
Wally Gordon (gordon540@yahoo.com)
King Harbor Yacht Club (Redondo Beach, CA) (Martin 242)
Brian Angel (brianangelracing@gmail.com)
Steve Natvig (steven@cbyc.org)
St Francis Yacht Club (San Francisco, CA) (J/22)
Bruce Stone (bruce@brucestone.com)
Race Office (racing@stfyc.com)
Nicole Breault (nbsailor@gmail.com)
San Francisco Yacht Club
Abby Featherstone (youth@sfyc.org)
Forrest Gay (forrest@sfycsailing.org)
Additional names of friends of match racing…
CYA – Paddy Boyd, Andrew Alberti
ICSA – Mitch Brindley, Alice Manard Leonard, Janel Zarkowsky
US SAILING – Betsy Alison
USVI – Bill Canfield- and race management support
WIMRA – Liz Baylis
Peter Bailey - US Event Grading Coordinator
Taylor Canfield – world class competitor
Bruce Cook – Umpire Support
Dobbs Davis – Media Support
Bill Gladstone – North U
Bridget Groble - Women's Match Racing Support
Dave Perry – US Youth Match Racing Championship & The Dial Up point person
Pearson Potts -winner 2018 USMRC and 2019 USMRC, Chair US Match Racing Committee
Kris Scheppe - Disabled Sailor Match Racing Support
Bill Simon - US Match Racing Championship Committee Chairman, race management support point person
Scott Spaeth - YRUGL
Ted Weisberg - MRA
