Jordan and Mulcahy win a wild and windy 2018 Club 420 Association US National Championship Long Beach Island, NJ — The Club 420 Association 2018 US National Championships was held July 17-19 by The Brant Beach Sailing Foundation at Brant Beach Yacht Club in Brant Beach, NJ Club 420 Nationals 2018 kicked off to a … Read More
(photos courtesy of Regatta Central) This year the Pensacola Yacht Club hosted the Optimist National Championship, with nearly 260 sailors competing for the fleet racing championship, and 66 sailors competing for the girls championship (team racing is 7/20-7/22). The Nationals attracted sailors from several countries and territories, including Australia, Great Britain, Denmark, Brazil, Mexico, Puerto … Read More
The Moorings 2018 Laser North American Championship hosted by the Alamitos Bay Yacht Club in Long Beach, California concluded with some fantastic racing by the classes top competitors. 167 sailors, representing 26 countries competed in the Laser, Laser Radial and Laser 4.7 classes. The Laser classes saw competitors ranging in age from 14 to 63, … Read More
By Lauren Elder (published originally HERE) The Youth Championship regatta hosted by the U.S sailing association is an amazing opportunity to compete with passionate, advanced group of sailors. I have many positive things to say about my experience at this regatta starting with the venue. Carolina Yacht Club is a beautiful facility right on the … Read More
The U.S. Youth Match Racing Championship for the Rose Cup was held last weekend by Oakcliff Sailing and Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club, in addition with the support of US Sailing and the event sponsors, Gill North America, Hobie Polarized Sunglasses, NBSSA and North U. The Competitors must have reached their 16th birthday, but not their … Read More
The 2018 El Toro North American Championship Series was held on June 15-17th, at Clear Lake, California. The racing was organized by the El Toro International YRA and was sailed at the Clear Lake Cottages and Marina. The fleet consisted of both Senior and Junior members of the El Toro Class. Race organizer Gordie Nash … Read More
NEWPORT, R.I. (June 24, 2018) – The 16th C. Thomas Clagett, Jr. Memorial Clinic and Regatta and the 2018 U.S. Para Sailing Championships have been run and won. Three days of racing, 10 races and the 46 sailors from across North America are now celebrating with the newly crowned champions. “We’ve just concluded the 16th … Read More
Bellingham Yacht Club hosted the 5O5 Pacific Coast Championships from June 15th to the 17th on Bellingham Bay, Washington. Seven professionally run races occurred in varied conditions over the three days run by PRO John Pedlow. Thirty-two teams attended the event and the pool of talent was deep. Several current and former world champions were … Read More
St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. Speed and tactics proved the winning combination that led 13-year-old Peter Foley to place first overall at the 26th International Optimist Regatta (IOR), presented by Electronic Merchant Systems (EMS) Virgin Islands, and hosted out of the St. Thomas Yacht Club (STYC), June 15 to 17. Yet it was the starts, … Read More
Thursday, June 14 2018, St. Thomas, USVI — Coached by Pilo Rocha, the 2018 USODA Worlds Team of Stephan Baker, Peter Foley, Ryan Satterberg, Thommie Grit, and Tommy Sitzmann just topped 12 other teams and won the Team Race portion of the International Optimist Regatta, held in St. Thomas, USVI. International Optimist team race regattas … Read More
Sail1Design Performance Coaching Back by popular demand, Sail1Design is hosting a Fall Optimist dinghy training session on 14-16 September 2018. We are pleased to announce that Sail1Design’s newest member, Bernat Gali Bou, will be our head coach for this clinic! Bernat is currently a Top National and International Youth Sailing Coach from Barcelona, Spain, and is … Read More
Great job by the Key Biscayne Yacht Club hosting 250 Optimist sailors over a week of varied conditions, 8 Championship races and 7 Silver fleet races. LYC’s Stephan Baker keeps up his incredibly impressive sailing, winning the 2018 Trials, 19 points ahead of the nearest competitor. Full results on the KBYC website. Top 25 below: … Read More
Miami, Florida, March 16-18, 2018– Twenty-three 29er teams raced the 29er Midwinters East Regatta, hosted by the US Sailing Center Miami, last weekend. Even with the pressure of this selection event, the 29er fleet was able to switch off and enjoy the warm, dry mornings under AP socializing with one another and making new friends. … Read More