North Kingston, RI (January 3, 2016) — The Club 420 Association, as one of the world’s largest youth sailing organizations, strongly embraces and supports the Corinthian values and spirit of our sport. In light of the unacceptable and unfortunate situation that has occurred at the Youth World Championships in Malaysia, the Association’s Board of Directors is extending an open invitation to the Israeli and Malaysian sailing federations for their Youth Sailing Teams to join the youth of North America at the Club 420 US National Championships in July 2016.
President of the Association, John Morgan, says “our Board of Directors has opted to set an example, as well as attempt to lessen the damage this has done to youth sailing and sailing in general. We want to reinforce the belief that all athletic competition should be open and unaffected by politics. Many youth regattas including those sanctioned by the Club 420 Association showcase the values intended for this sport, offering a highly competitive, fun, diverse environment that reflect the true spirit of the sport.”
Details of the Club 420 Association offer will be finalized upon discussion with Israeli and Malaysian Sailing as the Association will work to provide some of the financial support for the sailors and teams who wish to attend.
About The Club 420 Class Association The Club 420 Association was established in 1980 to promote, foster, encourage and sponsor one-design sailing. The Association sponsors a class North American Championship, US and Canadian National Championships as well as regional championships for the class across North America while promoting the class to all ability and experience levels of youth sailing. Since 2006, the class membership has more than doubled from 300 to its current 715 members. The class offers many regional, national and North American championships in both fleet and team racing formats as well as clinics across North America. Our Nationals / North Americans have had 175 boats attend, with all levels of sailors competing in some of the finest and socially fun regattas you will attend.
About The Club 420 The Club 420 is a two person dinghy which forms the base of many local, high school and collegiate programs in North America. Simple for beginning sailors and yet challenging enough for collegiate champions. The Club 420 offers more learning opportunities than any other double-handed boat you can find. Over 5,000 Club 420s are sailed in youth, high school and collegiate programs all over the United States, Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean.
For more information please visit our website at www.club420.org or visit us on Facebook
Contact:
John Vandemoer, Executive Director Email – [email protected]
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The Need
Sailors know instinctually that sailing is a lot more than a sport, especially to a kid. Sailing develops character, self reliance, problem solving skills, confidence and teaches discipline, teamwork and respect for our environment. GBSA‘s mission is to give that experience to as many as possible.
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Club Profile: Hudson River Community Sailing is Hiring!
Hudson River Community Sailing develops leadership and academic success in underserved New York City youth through sailing education and provides maritime education and recreation to the community at large.
Hudson River Community Sailing is hiring a Sailing Instructor
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Founded in 2007 to serve the urban community, we partner with public schools to offer credit-bearing academic programs, internships, mentoring, and college readiness. Our youth development platform uses sailing, boat operation, and boat building to further academic skills and instill the qualities of character necessary for college and career success. We also serve the broader community through affordable marine education and recreation for individuals, groups, schools, businesses, and families.
“Although I have learned so much about sailing, this program also greatly improved my social skills. I have become much more open, I have become a better leader, and most importantly I learned how to teach others the skills I have acquired. I did not immediately notice the changes occurring until the people around me commented on how much of a positive impact sailing and being part of this program had on me.” -Anthony, Youth Program Graduate (Oakcliff Scholarship Winner)
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Sail Stronger, Part I: The Core
By Airwaves writer Rachel Bennung
Editor’s Note: Sail1Design is thrilled to introduce Rachel Bennung, our newest Airwaves writer and member of the Sail1Design team. Rachel is not only an experienced sailor, but she’s also a fitness expert; someone who practices what she preaches! We hope you find these articles helpful, and we also hope they inspire you to improve your sailing by making fitness an integral part of your sailing regimen. Sail1Design now has a new main menu bar category, Sailing Fitness, dedicated to helping sailors reach their athletic potential.
See Part II: The Legs here
Part III: The Arms here
In every sport different muscle groups are more important then others to help maximize your performance in that specific sport. You want strength in your total body, however, you want to focus a little more on strengthening specific muscle groups you will be using more often. In sailing three main muscles groups you are always working are your core, legs, and arms. In this three parts series we will talk about the importance of strength in these areas for sailing, and different exercises to help strengthen these areas.
In this article we will be talking about the importance of the core. The core is defined by the structures that make up the lumbo-pelvic hip complex. Some people get confused with thinking that the core is just your ab muscles, however, the core encompasses not just your abdominal muscles, but muscles located in your torso. All these muscles in the core are essential to keeping your body stable and balanced. Having a strong core is the base of your overall fitness and will lead to improved performance. A strong core will not only help you with sailing, but in everyday life.So how does a strong core help while sailing? As we just stated a strong core is the base of your overall fitness. A strong core is essential to helping you while out on water on long windy days. Having strength in your core will help you hike longer without becoming fatigued quickly. Not only will you be able to hike longer a strong core can help reduce the chance of injury. Have you ever gotten off the water and had some back pain? This could be caused by having a weak core. Having a weak core leads to lack of balance throughout your body which can cause lower back pain. Having a strong core will help you sail longer and stronger!So now you understand why you need a strong core. How do you accomplish it? The great thing about strengthening your core is you don’t need any fancy equipment. All you need is your body weight. The list of different core exercises out there is endless. So I have picked four core exercises that I think are great for strengthening your core for sailing.
- Planks – These are one of the best exercises out there to strengthen your core. This exercise you begin on your forearms and toes on the floor. You want to keep your body in a straight line. Start with holding this position for 30 seconds and work up to 1 minute. As your core becomes stronger you will be able to hold this position for longer.
- Spider Plank – A spider plank is another great exercise adding movement to help strengthen your core. You start in plank position with you hands and toes on the floor. While in plank you bring your knee up to you elbow and alternate sides. Start with 30 seconds and work your way up to 1 minute.
- Superman – With this exercise you will lie on your stomach with your arms and legs full extended. At the same time raise your arms, legs, and chest off the floor and hold the contraction for 2-5 seconds. After the contraction lower to the ground and repeat. Start with doing this move for 30 seconds then getting up to 1 minute.
- Russian Twist – This move can also be know as mason twist, or oblique twist. Sit on the floor with your knees bent and raise your feet off the floor. Clasp your hands together and turn your body all the way to the right side then over to the left side. Start with doing this move for 30 seconds and working up to 1 minute. You can hold a medicine ball to add resistance.
(You can easily make these exercises into a core workout. Do 3 sets of each exercise for 30 seconds to 1 minute with a 15-30 second break between each set.)
-Check out the video of these exercises below
Having a strong core is the base of sailing stronger. Without the core your body will move inefficiently and can eventually lead to injury. A strong core is the first step to helping to improve and maximize your performance on the water. These four exercises will help to start you on your way to getting that strong core you need and want! Part two of the three part series we will talk about strengthening your legs.
For more information on fitness for sailing contact [email protected]. Also check out Sailorcise on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram for daily tips on fitness, nutrition, and sailing.
Check out Sail Stronger, Part II: The Legs
Introducing S1D Sailing Fitness, Brought to You by Sailorcise
Editor’s Note: Sail1Design is thrilled to introduce Rachel Bennung, our newest Airwaves writer and member of the Sail1Design team. Rachel is not only an experienced sailor, but she’s also a fitness expert; someone who practices what she preaches! We hope you find these articles helpful, and we also hope they inspire you to improve your sailing by making fitness an integral part of your sailing regimen. Sail1Design now has a new main menu bar category, Sailing Fitness, dedicated to helping sailors reach their athletic potential.
Check out our 3-part series, “Sail Stronger, complete with video tutorials!:”
- Part I: The Core
- Part II: The Legs
- Part III: Upper Body/Arms
Sail1Design is excited to announce its addition of Fitness to the website. This section will be covered by Rachel Bennung, Co-Owner of Sailorcise LLC. Rachel is a National Academy of Sports Medicine personal trainer as well as an AASDN nutrition specialist. Rachel has a huge passion for fitness; she has ran several half marathons and two full marathons. Along with fitness, sailing is Rachel’s other passion. She is a US Sailing Level 3 instructor. Rachel decided to combine her two loves together and create the business Sailorcise with her boyfriend Matt Goetting. Fitness in sailing is something the top sailors are doing, but not really talking about. Rachel hopes to share how everyone can maximize their performance with their physical fitness.
Fitness in sailing is something that is very important, but not talked about enough. Some people still see sailing as not being a real sport, basically because we don’t run around on a field to play, but more because they don’t understand it. However, sailing not only challenges your body physically, but mentally which may make it one of the most challenging sports out there. For sailors to be at their best, they need to implement fitness into their daily living. Fitness other then just sailing will help to maximize your performance while out on the water helping you sail longer, stronger, and smarter.
We will be bringing you all the latest in fitness and sports nutrition to help you feel better and sail faster. We will feature fitness videos of different workouts that are sailing specific. This section will help make working out fun and give you the tools to help you to maximize your performance on the water with your physical fitness.
Check out our first Sail Stronger article, focusing on the core.
Sailorcise LLC is a new business based in New Jersey that combines fitness, nutrition, and coaching to improve sailors performance on the water.
Sailorcise’s Mission Statement:
Sailorcise is a unique fitness and coaching program tailored towards young active sailors. At Sailorcise we combine nutrition, a sailor focused fitness routine, and high end coaching to overall enhance the sailors performance. With a fitness professional and sailing coach we make getting results fun and exciting while maximizing performance.
We look forward to sharing this new section with you. For more information on Sailorcise check out www.sailorcise.com. If you have any questions regarding this new section email [email protected]. Get ready for some great information to help maximize your results and help you better executer your skills on the water!
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Club 420 Class Launches Informational Video
PRESS RELEASE – FOR IMMEDIATE DISTRIBUTION
North Kingston, Rhode Island, December 21, 2015
As the largest North American youth-oriented, double handed class the Club 420 is a key entry point to a lifetime sailing for many juniors. The boat offers more learning opportunities than any other doublehanded boat. Over 5,000 Club 420s are sailed in youth, high school and collegiate programs all over the United States, Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean.
In addition to organizing national level and regional events, the class invests in its community through the creation of on-line learning videos which are freely available. We encourage sailing schools, high school teams and all others use these valuable resources are encouraged to utilize these training vehicles.
The class also invests in high caliber coaches for regional regattas and other events throughout the year to help bring the expertise of those coaches to hundreds of youth across North America.
We would like to show you what it’s like to sail a Club 420 in a new video produced for the class by Chris Love Productions. Filmed at our National Championship at Sail Newport earlier this year, we believe it shows the excitement and scale of the class and of the community behind the class. We hope you enjoy it:
For a listing of our 2016 events go to our calendar here.
About the Club 420 Association – The Club 420 Association was established in 1980 to promote, foster, encourage and sponsor one-design sailing for youth sailors. The Association annually sponsors a North American Championship, US and Canadian National Championships as well as regional and team racing championships across North America while promoting the class to all ability and experience levels of youth sailing.
For additional information please contact the C420 class at www.C420.org or John Vandemoer, Class Executive Director, [email protected]
