Puerto Galera’s Young Sailors Finish in the Top Ranks

Three young sailors from the Puerto Galera Yacht Club’s Small Boat Program (SBP) competed in Manila over the weekend for selection to represent the Philippines at Macau MGM International Dinghy Regatta 2024 that takes place in the Chinese casino capital later this month.

Last year PGYC’s Raya Mithi Samson took first place and went on to compete in Macau, finishing fifth in an International field of young sailors from across China and the rest of Asia. This year Raya and fellow SBP sailors, Genmarck Daenniel Maranan and Acevhen Abanilla, did their best over the ten elimination races, but lost out to the Philippine Sailing Association’s (PSA) Carlstein Jade Dulay who consistently finished in the top three in each race to take 1st place overall and will go on to represent the Philippines in Macau. Congratulations Jade and wishing you all the best in Macau!

The PSA’s Monthly Ranking Trials were also held back-to-back with Macau Llimination Trials.

Day 1 saw Daenniel start well finishing 1st place in Race 1 and finishing in 3rd place overall in the International Optimist Class, while our PGYC Laser sailor, Khim Ashley Albo, also in Manila for the Ranking Trails, finished in 1st place in her heat in the International Laser 4.7 Class. Final placings at the end of the weekend saw Raya improving her overall National ranking in Optimist Class to 5th place overall, while Daenniel finished in 4th place and Ashley also ranked 4th overall in the Laser 4.7 Class.

Manila Bay lived up to its reputation with inconsistent, light to moderate winds, periods of heavy rain and a short, a choppy swell creating challenging sailing conditions for the 24 young sailors taking part in the weekend’s double event races.

Next month the annual PGYC SBP All Souls Regatta 2024 takes place in Puerto Galera on October 26-27, and PSA will be sending a PSA team to join the regatta, along with dinghy crews from other Philippine sailing clubs and associations. The SBP regatta will be followed by the annual Royal Cargo ASR2024 on November 1-3. This year the PGYC All Souls Regatta is celebrating its 20th Anniversary and is the both longest running and largest annual yacht race held in the Philippines and will bring yachts and racing crews from all over the Philippines and overseas to Puerto Galera for this exciting three-day event,

For more information about PGYC Sail Training Courses and the Royal Cargo ASR2024 please call or text 09175205874, or email clubhouse@pgyc.org.

PGYC youth team participating in Manila
Optimist close encounters
start line antics on Manila Bay
out ahead alone on Manila Bay
close encounters
avoiding garbage in Manila Bay