The Santa Barbara Youth Sailing Foundation would like to acknowledge some of the generous financial contributions and other support we've received this year from the Santa Barbara Yacht Club, the SBYCW, and individual members of the SBYC.

As you may know, we are a non-profit organization and we do rely on donations to help us with our mission of getting kids out on the water.

This year, the SBYCW provided Summer Sailing Scholarships to more than twenty kids, most of whom would have been unable to participate otherwise. Most of those young sailors have really taken to the sport, and five of them are currently moving up the ladder towards our SBYSF Race Team!

We are also grateful for the SBYCW's contribution towards our new 18' Boston Whaler coach boat, which has been on our wish list for a long time and will be our main work horse for the next decade or two.

In addition, we would like to thank Roger and Sarah Chrisman for their generous support of youth sailing this year. The Commodore and his wife split the cost of the new coach boat with the SBYCW, and also provided most of the funds for twelve new sets of practice sails for our CFJ fleet while rallying a few other members to the cause (thank you, Charles and Margo Browning!).