LYRA Sponsors True North Sailing Team at the World Sailing 2025 Youth Match Racing Invitational World Championships, Gdynia, Poland, July 21st – 27th

Posted by Chris Hogarth in Jul, 2025

July 10, 2025 – Article by Roger Renaud, excerpt taken from Sailing In Canada and continued on their site here.

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LYRA is Proud to be a sponsor of the True North Sailing Team from Canada at the World Sailing 2025 Youth Match Racing Invitational World Championships, Gdynia, Poland, July 21st – 27th

True North Sailing Team

The 2025 Youth Match Racing Worlds will be held at Gdynia, Poland. July 21-27.  Youth Match Racing Worlds is the highest level of youth match racing in the world. At this event the top 14 U23 (youth under 23) match racing teams are invited to compete for the title of Youth Match Racing World Champion, sailing the RS21 class. Canada’s team, led by Richard Rychlik Jr., will not only represent Canada, but also the Yacht Racing Union of the Great Lakes (YRUGL), the Lake Yacht Racing Association (LYRA), the Oakville Yacht Squadron (OYS), and the True North Sailing Team.

The RS21 is the ultimate one-design racing class. These modern boats have revolutionised keelboat racing. Sticking to the Corinthian spirit, sailors compete in identical RS21s, levelling the playing field and intensifying the competition. Success on the racecourse is determined by the skill and strategy of the crew rather than the difference in equipment.

Fresh off his Match 2025 Racing National Collegiate title (his 2nd with the University of Toronto) , and having acted as tactician in the Warren Jones Regatta in Perth, Rychlik Jr is looking to a podium position for his team at this event.

Richard shares with us the team goal: – “After a disappointing finish at the 2023 Youth Worlds, we are more determined than ever to redeem ourselves on the international stage and show that Ontario athletes can compete with the world’s best. Over the past year, we’ve dedicated ourselves to match racing, competing and achieving top results across Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. Now, we’re ready to put all of that experience and hard work to the test in Gdynia, with our sights set on a top finish.”  This will be the second time Richard is representing Canada at the Youth Match Racing Worlds.

True North Sailing Team represents Team Canada, the YRUGL, LYRA, and the Oakville Yacht Squadron.  This team of young sailors bring a tremendous amount to experience to this competition.  Note: CICSA is the Canadian Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association.

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