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   Seal Beach Yacht Club Junior Sailing Coaches
Kevin Bergeron has been coaching for our club for three years. He has been sailing since he was two weeks old. His whole life he grew up sailing on his grandfather's Catalina 42. When he was thirteen he learned how to sail a Capri 14.2 at a Boy Scout camp in Catalina. The next year he joined the Seal Beach Yacht Club Junior Sailing Team and learned how to sail a sabot. His second year of sailing with Seal Beach Y.C. he got First place in the Scuba Duba Cup for sabots and for lasers. In the summer of 2007 he held his title in the club's laser cup and also got 2nd place in Beach to Bay, 2nd in place Sea Festival, and 2nd place in Corinthian Cup in a laser. Aside from racing, he is a student at Cerritos College and he enjoys playing music with his band Syndicated Noise.





Taylor Leach Taylor Leach is returning for his 4th year of coaching here at SLBYC. He has been part of the Juniors program since 2002, and is on the perpetual trophy. Currently he is studying film at Cal State Long Beach. Outside of sailing, he enjoys working on his Volkswagen bus, Skateboarding, collecting vinyl records and making films, one of which featured our Juniors program. He has won over a dozen awards for his films. Taylor, throughout his life has been an active member in his community and through Boy Scouts of America he has proudly earned the rank of Eagle Scout. Now in college he is continuing and is an active member of Venture Crew 120.


Eric Hanna is joining us for his second year of coaching. He is a senior at Los Alamitos High School and is looking forward to graduating. Eric enjoys racing with his father and grandfather on Nancy J. He also enjoys racing his Laser. The past three years he has won the Tuesday Night Twilight Series and last year he placed 2nd in Beach to Bay. Eric hopes to attend the Coast Guard Academy next year and continue his racing there. When Eric isn’t out on the water he can be found with the award winning Marching Band and Drumline. He holds the title of Assistant Drum Major in the Marching Band and the cymbal section leader in the Drumline.



 
   
 
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