Dozens of athletes took to the waters in Maple Bay this weekend to compete in the 2018 BC Summer Games reggatta in the Optimist and Youth age groups.

BC Summer Games hosts four divisions of sailing: Optimist Dinghy (which is a small pram used worldwide for young sailors to learn racing), Laser Radial and Laser Classes, and the two-person 420 Dinghy.

Representing Zone 2 out of 琉璃神社 included Lyle Wright, 10, Tyler Rubadeau, 12, and 13-year-olds Lauren Gray and Ava Halperin.

The group of four, alongside other Zone 2 athletes compete most of the season on Okanagan Lake 鈥� a body of water that carries enough wind and waves to mirror ocean rapids.

鈥淢y favourite part about sailing is probably the speed because other sports you might not get as much,鈥� Rubadeau told Black Press Media at the Maple Bay Yacht Club.

鈥淚 like getting splashed and having the adrenaline rush before races,鈥� Wright added.

A handful of BC Games alumna have found success on the international stage, including three-time Olympian Nikola Girke and Isabella Bertold 鈥� who first tested the waters along the B.C. coastline.

But for Gray and Halperin, their love for the sport doesn鈥檛 so much depend on medaling as it does simply getting out on the water on weekend鈥檚 as sunny as this one.

鈥淵eah it was really nice out on the water, and I had fun 鈥� I always have fun,鈥� Halperin said.

Results:

Boys/Girls 420

Gold - Ilya Sharikov, Victoria

Silver - Joshua Jeffers, Nanoose Bay

Bronze - Callum McGufffin, Saltspring Island

Boys/Girls Optimist Red Fleet

Gold 鈥� Cruz Custodinho, Vancouver

Silver 鈥� Matthew Young, Vancouver

Bronze 鈥� Bryce Stanger, Vancouver

Boys/Girls Optimist Blue Fleet

Gold 鈥� Rory Walsh, Vancouver

Silver 鈥� Charles Harland, West Vancouver

Bronze 鈥� Andre Deseau, North Vancouver