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     The Alpena Youth Sailing Team, composed of Val Upham, Julie Mitchell and Joe Jacquemin placed 21st at the Yngling World Championships held in August in Kalmar, Sweden.

     Six Alpena teams traveled to Sakonnet, Rhode Island for the 2009 North American Championships with 4 teams placing in the top ten.  Ches Upham was 4th, Joe Jacquemin, 5th, Tim Rumbles, 6th, and the Alpena Youth Sailing Team (Val Upham, Julie Mitchell and Erin Damery) was 10th.

     The 1st Thunder Bay Youth Championships had 6 youth teams competing with lots of action, and proving that sailing can also be a contact sport!  Erin Wilson inched out Zach Brown by .5 points.

     Alpena set the new world record for "most sailors on a Yngling" with 34 members of the Alpena Youth Sailing Club.