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Airwaves Career Center Spotlight: Biddeford Pool Yacht Club is Hiring!
The BPYC Sailing Program’s mission is to teach kids and adults in Biddeford Pool and greater Southern Maine community the basics of boat handling, seamanship, and sportsmanship. The program strives to develop competence and confidence in a safe and fun environment. The program’s success is measured not in races won but in the legacy of a love of sailing.
Biddeford Pool Yacht Club seeks a Director of Junior Sailing, responsible for the operation and teaching of the BPYC Junior Sailing Program (JSP) in accordance with the policies and directions of the General Manager and Junior Sailing Committee. The program includes classes at several different skill levels and periodic inter-clubs, regattas, and special events. For more information and to apply, please see our job ad HERE.
Skiff Generation Grand Prix Series #4 Results & Report
High Performance Racing takes Biscayne Bay
Miami, FL 1/18/2020 – It was a phenomenal weekend of racing for the 72 athletes who competed at the Skiff Generation Grand Prix presented by Kolter. The fourth installment of this event series was highlighted by competitive racing and top-level coaching, with an emphasis on Olympic development.
As athletes in the 49erand 49erFXused this weekend’s event as a final preparation for the Miami Olympic Classes Regatta, youth athletes in the 29erclass, alongside the next generation transitioning into the49erFX thrived while sharing the race track with Olympic hopefuls and topsailors.
29er: Griffin Gigliotti and Jack Welburn pulled ahead in the final race, against Clark Morris and Noah Zittrer to take the win in the 29er fleet. Third place went to JJ Klempen and Steven Hardee of the USVI.
49erFX: Stephan Baker and Nicholas Hardy won the 49erFXracing with Youth World Champion Isabella Casaretto (29er,2019) and Jana Laurendeau in second. Stephanie Roble and Maggie Shea commanded the first two days of racing while taking the latter days off.
49er: US Olympic Selection winners Nevin Snow and Dane Wilson bested a fleet full of both veteran talent and fiesty newcomers. Barrows and Henken of the US took second while the Belausteguigoitia brothers from Mexico grabbed third place, their first podium as a team.
iQFOil: This weekend’s event expanded to include the emerging fleet iQFOil windsurfers. As part of their US Foiling Tour, sailors competed against each other to cap off a week-long training block led by legend Gonzalo Costa Hoevel and US team coaches. In the 6 race series Noah Lyons took the win, followed closely by Geronimo Nores and Alex Temko in third. The Skiff Generation Grand Prix continues February 13-15 with its fifth regatta in tandem with the 29er Midwinters East. Thanks to event sponsors Kolter, Zig Travel, iUniforms, and 49er.ca.
Results: https://theclubspot.com/regatta/z8LLjWdhtG/results
Series info: https://www.skiffgeneration.com/
Skiff Generation Grand Prix Series
More photos: @2ninerskiff on Instagram
2021 i420 North American Championship Results
North Sails Win Again at i420 North American Championship
1/18/2021, Coconut Grove, FL – Biscayne Bay threw it all at the i420 teams competing for the 2021 North American Championship, with conditions that ranged from a very brisk 12-22 knot first day, to a drifter second day, followed by a marginal trapping final day filled with very fluky shifts and breeze direction changes.
After the dust settled in this eight-race regatta, defending 2020 NA Champions (and brothers) Justin and Mitchell Callahan sailed a very consistent event with no result out of the top ten, and (except for a retirement in race 4 due to a rudder pin failure) pushed the eventual 2021 regatta champions Tommy Sitzmann/Luke Woodworth very hard all weekend, but in the end, Sitzmann/Woodworth sailed an impressively consistent series themselves, with no race finish out of the top 4.
For full results, go here: https://theclubspot.com/regatta/LkXLtg4osF/results
For full results, go here: https://theclubspot.com/regatta/LkXLtg4osF/results
Airwaves Career Center Spotlight: New York Yacht Club is Hiring a Regatta and Cruising Events Coordinator!
The NYYC in Newport, RI is hiring! The Regatta and Cruising Events Coordinator is a full-time position based out the New York Yacht Club Harbour Court in scenic Newport, R.I. This role is perfect for a proactive and personable professional who enjoys working in the private club and/or sailing industry. For more information and to apply, please see your job notice HERE.
NEW YORK YACHT CLUB
The New York Yacht Club, founded in 1844, is one of the world’s leading yacht clubs. The Club was instrumental in the early days of recreational yachting and created the sport’s biggest event, the America’s Cup, a trophy which the Club held for 132 years. In 1988, the Club purchased Harbour Court, the former home of Commodore John Nicholas Brown, to be its waterfront facility. Over the past three decades, New York Yacht Club Harbour Court has become one of the premiere regatta destinations in North America, regularly hosting prestigious national and international championships. Our comprehensive events schedule caters to a wide range of sailing disciplines, including one-design, handicap, classics, team racing, cruising, and more. The season is anchored by signature events such as the Rolex NYYC Invitational Cup, the Annual Regatta, Queen’s Cup, Race Week at Newport presented by Rolex and the annual trio of team races, the Morgan Cup, Hinman Masters and NYYC Grandmasters.
The majestic Harbour Court clubhouse sits atop a hill overlooking Newport Harbor as well as the Club’s docks and vast lawn area. The land-side operations are as impressive as the on-the-water activities, and post-sailing social events are a must-attend for all competitors. Tented events for 500 people or more are regular occurrences, and the skill with which they are executed is unrivaled.
In addition to locally hosted events, NYYC has a vibrant Cruising Committee that executes trips around the world. From fully crewed expeditions in exotic locations to local rendezvous with private or chartered boats with member’s at the helm, the cruising opportunities are ample and cater to all cruising interests.
Cedar Point Yacht Club is Hiring a Club Manager/Waterfront Director!
Cedar Point Yacht Club seeks a full-time Club Manager / Waterfront Director. This position is responsible for overall day-to-day operations, including delivering the Club’s facilities, amenities and services to a standard that ensures maximum member and guest satisfaction in an atmosphere of hospitality, friendliness, and congeniality. The Club Manager works collaboratively with the House Governor / Vice Commodore (these typically are the same person) as well as the various Board committees, including House, Entertainment, Race & Regatta, and Junior Sailing to provide necessary supplies, equipment and staff support for the Club’s volunteers and to ensure “smooth sailing” for all. For more information, and to apply, please see our job ad HERE
ABOUT CPYC
Located in Westport, CT, CPYC is an inclusive club that promotes the enjoyment of sailing for current members and for generations to come. Cedar Point Yacht Club (CPYC) is an inclusive, participatory club with racing, social, cruising, and other sailing-related activities that appeal to sailors of different skills, experience, and interests.
With a 130+ year racing tradition and more than 100 days of racing each season, our members’ commitment to the sport speaks for itself.
CPYC promotes high-quality, friendly competition, good sportsmanship, and camaraderie among sailors.
In addition to our vibrant racing, junior sailing, and women’s sailing programs we host an extensive regatta schedule including numerous regional and national championships.
US Sailing awarded Cedar Point the One Design Club of the Year Award in 2002, 2007, and 2018 and the St. Petersberg YC Trophy for excellence in race management in 1998.
The Fleets at Cedar Point
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Cedar Point offers racing programs in a number of different types of boats. Although membership is required to skipper a boat on a regular basis in many of our programs, crewing on members’ boats is open to non-members and skippering in some programs is open to non-members as noted below. Follow the link for any of the classes of boats below to that fleet’s webpage. Information and the email address of the Fleet Captain is available there to find out more about racing at Cedar Point.
- Atlantic: 30′ one design keel boats with main, jib and spinnakers and sailed by crew of 3 or 4. Racing on Saturday and Sunday afternoons. Non-members are invited to crew.
- Flying Scot: 19′ one design centerboard boats with main, jib and spinnaker and sailed by crew of 2 or 3. Racing on Saturdays. Extensive local regatta schedule. Non-members are invited to crew.
- High School Sailing: Race training in both team racing and fleet racing in Club 420s (boats supplied) on weekday afternoons in spring and fall. Extensive local regatta schedule.
- J/70: 23′ one design sport boat with main, jib and spinnaker and sailed by a crew of 3 or 4. Racing on Saturday and Sunday afternoons. This is CPYC’s newest fleet – come see what all the excitement is about. Get one and join or join in the fun with a member.
- Junior Sailing: Sailing and race training for 8- to 17-year-olds. Boats used are: 8′ Optimist Dinghies, 14′ Pixels, 14′ Lasers and Laser Radials and 14′ 420s. Late June through mid-August. Extensive local junior regatta schedule. Non-members welcome. Charter boats available.
- Laser: 14′ one design single-handed centerboard boat. Hugely popular frostbite racing series on Sundays in fall and spring, and Saturdays of three day weekends in summer. Multiple, short course race format. Extensive local regatta schedule. Reduced-rate Winter Membership available. Fleet boat available for a day or two of guest skippering by members or non-members.
- Lightning: 19′ one design centerboard boats with main, jib and spinnaker and sailed by crew of 3. Racing on Saturdays. Extensive local regatta schedule. Non-members are invited to crew.
- PHRF Racing: 24′ to 44′ racer/cruisers racing on Wednesday nights, Sundays and overnight rendezvous on Holiday weekends. Non-member owner/skippers as well as crews are welcome to race.
- Star: 22′ one design keel boats with main and jib sailed by 2 crew. Racing on Saturdays. Extensive local regatta schedule. Non-members are invited to crew.
- Thistle: 17′ one design centerboard boats with main, jib and spinnaker and sailed by crew of 3. Racing on Saturdays. Extensive local regatta schedule. Non-members are invited to crew.
- Vanguard 15: 15′ one design centerboard boats with main and jib, sailed by crew of 2. Racing on Thursday evenings and Sunday afternoons with multiple, short course race format. Extensive local regatta schedule. Non-members are invited to crew. Fleet boat available for a day or two of guest skippering by members or non-members.
These fleets and programs are supported by an outstanding private harbor and drystall facilities, a large fleet of race committee and support boats, and a delightful clubhouse and property with a beautiful view of Long Island Sound and the Saugatuck River.