On Friday, July 22, 2016, the San Diego Yacht Club hosted the 44th Dutch Shoe Marathon, a Sabot race for sailors of all ages, from San Diego Yacht Club to Coronado Yacht Club. This year the Dutch Shoe Marathon partnered with Race for Rady as a fundraiser for The Peckham Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders at Rady Children’s Hospital – San Diego.

We are all very lucky in the Junior Sailing community! This year we are going to show our appreciation for all that we have by giving back. This years Dutch Shoe Marathon will host the RACE FOR RADY, a benefit for the Peckham Center at Rady Children’s Hospital - San Diego. Sign up for the Dutch Shoe Marathon, then create your own Race for Rady fundraising page. Ask friends and neighbors to sponsor you in the race. If we all work together we can sail in the Dutch Shoe Marathon, and do a great thing for our community! Sign up today!

On July 17, Kelly Holthus led a parade of small white sails across the channel for the 43rd installation of SDYC’s iconic Dutch Shoe Marathon. Nearly 150 sabots competed in the seven-mile race from Point Loma to Coronado. The Dutch Shoe Marathon is open to sabot sailors of all ages, but for many Junior Sailing participants, it’s the first time that they sail across the channel or outside of the La Playa practice area.

San Diego Yacht Club will be broadcasting this year's Dutch Shoe live online with the help of Hildreth Media Group, and on-air host Dan Bell. We plan on including sailor interviews, on-water video, and more! Families of sailors will be able to experience this classic San Diego summertime event in a whole new way. www.sdyc.org/dutchshoe/live

On Friday July 17, 2015, SDYC will host the 43rd annual Dutch Shoe Marathon. The tradition of starting at San Diego Yacht Club and racing all the way to Coronado Yacht Club has been a long standing summer event that many sailors and families look forward to every year. Over 150 sailors ages 7 - 77 will compete in this event.

The 42nd annual Dutch Shoe Marathon, which covers the 7.2 nautical miles between SDYC and Coronado Yacht Club, was tackled by 152 junior and senior sailors in near perfect conditions on a sunny July 18th. The favorable current and breeze, in addition to the lack of participation in this year’s race by Navy and commercial traffic, made for one of the fastest and cleanest Dutch Shoe’s in recent memory. This, along with the decision to add a Leukemia Cup component to the race to benefit the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, made 2014 a race to remember.

Dutch Shoe 2013, like it’s larger ocean racing counterpart Transpac 2013, went down as one of the most drama-free in recent memory. Due to some incredible US Navy “inter-fleet communications” by Junior Director John Fretwell and Sailing Director Jeff Johnson during the week, there were absolutely no near misses with Naval traffic, nor thankfully commercial traffic either! Anyone who has raced or watched a DS knows this is no small feat.

The annual Dutch Shoe Marathon - an epic Naples Sabot yacht race from La Playa Cove to Coronado Yacht Club is an incredible race/experience for everyone involved. Sailors, spectators and even those shoreside who are not quite sure what they are watching, are taken in by the sight of 180 - 200 sabots, helmed mostly by 8 - 13 year old sailors, sailing down San Diego Bay on a sunny July afternoon.