At 10 a.m. on Thursday, June 7, the day before the racing starts, Roy E. Disney's Morning Light boat and team will be docked at the Balboa Yacht Club, 1801 Bayside Drive, Corona del Mar (949- 673- 3515).

The sailors will be available for photos, interviews and casual conversation in an informal setting.

The 15 young sailors were selected from 538 applicants to race their Transpac 52 in the Transpacific Yacht race to Hawaii in July. The First Team Regatta will be their first serious competition since they completed a four- month training program in Hawaii. The skipper is Jeremy Wilmot of Australia, and the crew includes Graham Brant-Zawadzki of Newport Beach, who will graduate from Stanford this month.

Disney will not be present Thursday but will be on site during the regatta.

Press/photo boat for the racing
For the three days of racing a boat will be provided for reporters and photographers representing print

publications or the Internet. The boat will be departing from Newport Harbor Yacht Club at 11 a.m. each day. NHYC (949- 673- 7730) is located on Balboa Island at 720 W. Bay Ave. Lunch will be provided, and there will be free parking in the club lot for those who identify themselves to the attendant.

For assistance with any of these arrangements, please contact me.

Rich Roberts

Press Officer

First Team Real Estate Invitational Regatta

for the Hoag Cup

(310) 835-2526

cell (310) 766-6547

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