The Dinghy Race, formerly known as the Secor Volvo Race, was created in 2015 as a way for local Long Island Sound sailors to participate in their own multi-leg, multi-day distance regatta. It ran continuously from 2015-2019, once in 2023, and now returns for its best year yet from August 11-12. This race, organized by … Read More
Congratulations to Team Lauderdale YC (LYC-1), for winning the 2017 Optimist Team Race National Championship. The event was held at Old Dominion University and also supported by the Norfolk Yacht & Country Club. Over three days of racing the LYC-1 team, I believe, never lost a race. Wow. The team consisted of: Stephan Baker Connor … Read More
Press Report: July 17, 2017 USA Retains Grasp on Team Racing World Title for Second Year Story courtesy of Optiworld Pattaya, Thailand – Team USA beat Team China in a dramatic, hard-won, winner-takes-all ‘Sail Off’ in the team racing portion of the Optimist World Championship 2017, retaining its hold on the IODA Challenge Cup team … Read More
By Airwaves Writer Mac Dickson The Class The Etchells class has maintained a celebrated and decorated reputation since Skip Etchells designed his first twenty-two-foot racing sloop in 1965. Born in 1911, Skip lived through both World Wars and the Great Depression. He spent a much of his life designing Stars and later Lightning’s in New … Read More
By Isak Peterson Block Island Race Week / Storm Trysail Club / Block Island, RI / June 18-23, 2017 This regatta served as the: IRC North American Championship, Three Divisions J44 North American Championship C&C 30 North American Championship J109 North American Championship J88 East Coast Championship J105 East Coast Championship PHRF East Coast Championship, … Read More
By Airwaves Writer Taylor Penwell Photos © C A Hill Photo New Bedford Community Boating Center, Buzzards Bay, MA–June 14-18 The Community Boating Center in New Bedford hosted the 2017 505 North American Championship from June 14-18th. 25 teams sailed out of Fort Taber for the event. The four days of racing held very different … Read More
The 2017 Catalina 22 Nationals held at the Fort Worth Sailing Club from June 11th to the 15th was a success with three different fleets inside the championship. 20 boats competed in the Genoa Gold Fleet, 12 boats in the Genoa Silver Fleet, and boats from both of those fleets made up the 12 boat … Read More
By Airwaves Writer Taylor Penwell Edgewater Yacht Club, Cleveland, Ohio–June 15-18th 138 teams competed in the 37th Cleveland Race Week One-Design Weekend at the Edgewater Yacht Club. Four race circles, comprised of eleven fleets made up the racing. The Cleveland Race Week also included the Star Western Hemisphere Championship that started on Thursday June 15th. … Read More
By Airwaves Writer Taylor Penwell © Matías Capizzano Photos St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands–June 12-18th This past week the St. Thomas Yacht Club hosted its 25th Annual International Optimist Regatta, (IOR), presented by EMS (Electronic Merchant Systems) Virgin Islands along with the TOTE Maritime Clinic and Team Race Championship. 111 optimist sailors competed in the … Read More
By Airwaves writer Taylor Penwell June 10-11 –Susquehanna Yacht Club The 2017 Comet North American Championship was held on June 10 & 11 at the Susquehanna Yacht Club. It was a big success with fourteen Comets coming from Ohio, Pennsylvania, Maryland, New Jersey, Connecticut and Massachusetts. The conditions were challenging with the winds fluctuating between … Read More
This past weekend the J22 World Championship was held at the North Sea Regatta in Scheveningen, The Netherlands. Starting on May 30th and finishing on June 4th, 39 boats competed in the championship. Dutch J22 Class Chairman Rosemarijn Verdoorn had this to say about the World Championship, FIrst of all, it was an honor to … Read More
MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (June 2, 2017) – Today was the last day of the Gill Coed Dinghy National Championship, hosted by the College of Charleston. This is the final of three high caliber spring college sailing national championships that were run on the Cooper River in Charleston Harbor. After four days of intense competition … Read More
J24 North American Championship Recap and Results The Houston Yacht Club hosted the J24 North American Championship this past weekend. 29 boats competed in the three-day event. Will Welles skippering Bogus won the regatta handily with a total of 22 points that included four 1st places in the ten races. Mike Ingham on Nautalytics finished … Read More