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2019 Wilson Trophy Team Race Championship Report & Results: The Americans Are Back!!

By Airwaves writer Pearson Potts “Liverpool” is known by many as an elite soccer team who has had a historic run this year in the Champions League final against the […]

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2019 US Optimist Team Trials Report & Results

Marina del Rey, CA (May 5, 2019) —  California Yacht Club played host to the long running show known as the US Optimist Team Trials. (By the way, the CYC […]

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2019 Sunshine State Optimist Championship Results

Jensen Beach, FL  03/03/2019:  Two hundred six boats (206!!) sailed this past Sat/Sun in the Sunshine State Optimist Championship, and most all of the top Optimist sailors in the country […]

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29er 2019 Midwinter Championship Results

24 skiffs competed at the Miami YC Youth Sailing Foundation at the 2019 29er Youth World Qualifier. Stephan Baker, out of the Optimist and teamed up with Oliver Duncan, kept […]

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i420 2019 Midwinter Championship Results

31 boats competed in the 2019 International 420 Midwinter Championship hosted this year by the Miami Yacht Club Youth Sailing Foundation.  10 races were sailed over the 3 day regatta, […]

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2019 Club 420 Midwinter Championship Report & Results

From the c420 Class Association: Jensen Beach, FL – The 103-boat fleet at the 2019 Club 420 Midwinters was treated to an exciting weekend of racing in conditions that certainly kept […]

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2019 505 World Championship Results & Report

American teams take the top 4 spots!! While most of us are still recovering from a gluttonous holiday season, Mike Martin and Adam Lowry were busy winning a world championship. […]

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2018 Trofeo Ciutat de Palma Optimist Regatta Report & Results

With only one American registered out of over 400 entries in the Optimist, Europe Dinghy, 420, and Laser 4.7 classes, the 68th Trofeo Palma was most decidedly a European event. […]

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2018 Optimist Midwinter Championship Report & Results

24 November 2018, New Orleans, LA – They say that back in the early 70’s,  Times-Picayune columnist Betty Guillard coined the term “Big Easy” to contrast life in New Orleans […]

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2018 Etchells World Championships Report

The 2018 Etchell World Championship concluded this past Saturday. 94 teams competed to prove who was the best in the world. The Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron in the Brisbane suburb […]

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2018 Comet International Regatta Report

Lake Hopatcong Yacht Club hosted the 2018 Comet International Championship on September 7-9th. The regatta was well attended with 23 Comets competing. The teams came from six different states along […]

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2018 Express 37 Nationals Report

The Berkeley Yacht Club was host for the 2018 Express 37 Nationals. The three day event kicked off on Friday, September 28th and finished on Sunday, September 30th. The sailing […]

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Ultimate 20 North American Championship Report

Lake Norman Yacht Club in Mooresville, North Carolina hosted the 2018 Ultimate 20 North American Championship this past weekend. Also known as the U20, the Ultimate 20 is a 21 […]

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Nacra 15 North American Championship Regatta Report

The Nacra 15 North American Championship was held at the Southern Yacht Club in New Orleans, Louisiana this past weekend. Twelve races were scheduled over the three day event sailed […]

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49er & 49erFX North American Championships Regatta Report

The 49er and 49er FX North American Championships were hosted by the Richmond Yacht Club in San Francisco this past weekend. The field was comprised of eleven 49er and two […]

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2018 Optimist Atlantic Coast Championship Report & Results

Little Egg Harbor YC, NJ –September 23   Another Optimist Atlantic Coast Championship is in the books; 21 Green Fleet sailors and 149 Championship Fleet sailors enjoyed 9 and 6 races, […]

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2018 Hobie 16 North American Championships Regatta Report

The 2018 Hobie 16 North American Championships came to and end this past weekend at Navarre Beach in Florida. 67 teams from from across North America competed in the five […]

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2018 Optimist World Championship Report & Results: USA Takes 2 of top 5!

Limassol, Cyprus, September 5, 2018 — The curtain has finally closed on a long, grueling, but very successful Optimist World Championship. Straight to the point,  Italian Marco Gradoni, the defending […]

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2018 Optimist Mediterranean Championship (Pre-Worlds) Regatta Results & Report

LIMASSOL, CYPRUS, August 25, 2018 — 120 of the top Optimist sailors in the world converged this week on the southern coast of Cyprus at the Famagusta Nautical Club to […]

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2018 Club 420 North American Championship & Triple Crown Results & Report

August 5, 2018 Arnone and Reynoso best a large field at 2018 Club 420 Association North American Championship and win the Triple Crown Buzzards Bay, MA — The Club 420 […]

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