29 November 2020, Miami, FL — Although US Sailing formally canceled the 2020 Olympic Development Program (ODP) event this year, 20 i420 teams still met up in Miami for a 3-day, eleven race regatta off the shores of Miami, FL. Weather was mostly light/moderate with some wire work here and there. Teams improved over the … Read More
The Life of a High School Racer in COVID-19 17 November 2020, by Airwaves Writer Olivia Hennon — I met Alli at my first ever high school regatta– her and her crew Sarina were the first people to come and talk to me and my skipper. From there, an instant friendship was created. Since that … Read More
18 October 2020, Gunpowder River, MD — The very first i-420 Mid-Atlantic Championship was held on 17-18 October at the new “Chesapeake Experience“, a community sailing venue E/NE of Baltimore on the Gunpowder River. This a fantastic sailing venue! Saturday the fleet had to wait a bit, but the forecasted northerly came in around 1130, … Read More
By Airwaves Senior Writer Taylor Penwell Zeke Horowitz is a familiar name in the sailing world dating back to his junior sailing days, college and now as a member of the North Sails One Design team. Zeke attended The College of Charleston in South Carolina where he was selected as an Honorable Mention All-American twice, … Read More
By Airwaves writer Lucas Masiello This weekend, I had the opportunity to sail the Snipe Atlantic Coast Championships at Severn Sailing Association in Annapolis, Maryland. The Snipe class, a 16 foot, doublehanded dinghy, has active fleets all around the world and offers competitive, post-collegiate dinghy racing at the highest levels. The complexity of the boat … Read More
Indian Harbor Yacht Club, CT — October 4 2020 As most clubs on the northeast coast of the US started to ramp back and close down for the long winter months, Indian Harbor YC dialed up one more beautiful weekend of weather for the International 420 Atlantic Coast Championship (and also hosted the … Read More
Rob Deane and ChesX Want One Thing: To Get Everyone on The Water Interview by Connor Olson “If we don’t fit the sport, we’ll change the sport.” Let’s face it…most people don’t have the opportunity to take a stroll into their back yard, pull out their boat, and hop on the water for an afternoon … Read More
By guest writer Mariah Rule Norfolk, VA – Ninety boats from the east coast and beyond competed at Norfolk Yacht and Country club for the ILCA Atlantic Coast Championship Regatta 19-20 September. Once each participant cleaned the C-19 screening process, an INTENSE world class regatta was provided. The two day, six race regatta saw a consistent 19 … Read More
By NEW Airwaves Writer Lucas Masiello This summer, I was fortunate enough to coach the Stamford Yacht Club c420 team with renowned 29er sailor Griffin Gigliotti in Stamford, CT. A lifelong competitive sailor from Stamford, Griffin grew up racing Optimists in the Long Island Sound and beyond, placing second in both the 2017 and 2018 … Read More
Annapolis Rigging, the premiere rigging shop in the nation’s sailing capital, seeks a full-time person to come aboard. For more information and to apply, please see the full job ad HERE ABOUT ANNAPOLIS RIGGING Annapolis Rigging specializes in Yacht Rigging services for cruising and racing sailboats. Right now many of our customers are sailing around the … Read More
