MENU RACE TEAM The RVYC Race Team boasts some of the best sailors in the country. Members of our Race Team are of all ages and experience levels. We therefore race in regional competitions, as well as National and Continental Championships, WS World Cup events, and even in the Olympic Summer Games. See who's actively competing to represent Canada in Tokyo! Our Race Team members are given a great experience through competition, meeting new people, and learning the sport of sailing that can be enjoyed their entire life. Anyone can learn and have fun with this sport. If you are interested in joining, contact the Head Sailing Coach at raceteam@royalvan.com. If you want to see what they get up to over the course of the racing season, visit the Race Team's Facebook page. N.B. In order to be a member of the RoyalVan Race Team, you MUST be (or be in the process of becoming) a member of the Royal Vancouver Yacht Club. If you are training and/or racing with the RoyalVan Race Team and have NOT gone through the membership process, see your coach or the Head Sailing Coach, Al Clark. Funding For Race Team members who travel internationally and have been members of the team for longer than 12 months, you may apply to the Corinthian Fund by carefully completing the appropriate forms and submitting them to the Sailing Director. Contact the Sailing Department (sail_dir@royalvan.com) for information on forms and deadlines. Our Race Team and some of our athletes maintain sailing blogs and/or websites. Check them out! Royal Van Racing's Facebook page Kyle Martin on Facebook - Finn Sailor Fillah Karim on Facebook - Laser Sailor Ryan Wood and Andrew Wood on Facebook - 49er Team If you are a member of the Race Team and a link to your online presences is not listed here, email us and let us know where people can find you! Include us in your Social Media strategy - if you send out newsletters or bulletins of any kind, let us know what you're up to so we can help spread the word! Tag us on Facebook, Insta, Twitter. Your sailing pros: Al Clark - Head Coach: when not winning Masters World Championships in the Laser class, he regularly places in the top 10. He is a 3 x Master World Champion, 3 x Canadian Masters, North American Masters and Open Champion, Canadian Open Champion, Canadian Sailor of the Year. Dedicated and knowledgeable, he knows how to win and considers "finding the personal best for each sailor" one of his core values. Emma Edwards - Optimist Team Development Coach: Emma has been coaching for over 15 years and is a specialist in coaching the Optimist class and sailors ages 6-14. Emma is from Wales and began coaching at her local club as a teenager. She moved to Canada in 2012 and continued her passion for coaching at West Van in the capacity of Sailing Director and Opti Race Team Coach. Emma joined RVYC in 2016 as our Junior Opti Team development coach and our Head Opti instructor. In addition to her sizeable coaching experience, Emma is also a learning facilitator and Evaluator for BC Sailing, which makes her an excellent role model for our instructors. Emma continues to sail her Europe dinghy out of Jericho Sailing Centre. Kyle Martin - Development Coach: past awards include Top Youth Laser Sailor in Canada, 12th U-19 Laser Sailing in The World, 2nd at Laser Canadians, 1st at CORK International, 2nd at 2020 Miami World Cup OCR, and as a member of the Canadian National Sailing Team's Development Squad, he is actively competing to represent Canada at the 2020 Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo in the Finn class. He joined his Club's coaching staff in 2018 upon graduation from Quest University.