Sail1Design sailors Annie Sitzmann and Anton Schmid (USA) are the 2026 29er Mixed World Champions after finishing first out of 53 mixed teams at the 2026 29er World Championship in Kiel, Germany. Competing in an impressive fleet of 276 boats from 35 nations, the duo delivered a strong regatta to finish 8th overall while claiming … Read More
(St Petersburg, FL)- The second annual U.S. J/70 Youth Championship will take place in St Petersburg, Florida on Tampa Bay from November 16-18, 2018. The event will be hosted by the St Petersburg Yacht Club in its fleet of club-owned matched one-design J/70’s. The U.S. J/70 Youth Championship (USJYC) is open to twelve Youth Teams … Read More
December 11, 2017 (Darien, CT). The International Sonar Class Association and Noroton Yacht Club are pleased to announce that the 2018 Sonar North American Championship will be held at Noroton Yacht club in Darien, CT on Sept 13-16, 2018. Over 40 boats are expected for four days of fun and fast sailing at one … Read More
13 November 2017 -Six teams representing American, Annapolis, Fishing Bay, Florida, Royal Canadian, and South Carolina Yacht Clubs gathered this past weekend to compete for the Optimist Pram Team Invitational Regatta, hosted by South Carolina Yacht Club on beautiful Hilton Head Island. While USODA and IODA Optimist team race events are 4 on 4, this … Read More
It was another fantastic Fall weekend of racing in Annapolis for the 39th J-24 ECC & J/22 Mid Atlantics. Twenty-four J/24 teams raced Friday through Sunday, joined by twenty-five J/22 teams on Saturday & Sunday. Full results HERE Things started on the right foot, with teams arriving to the luxury of Gold Sponsor, The Rigging … Read More
Report from US Sailing, photos by Matt Cohen OYSTER BAY, N.Y. (October 22, 2017) – This weekend’s 2017 U.S. Team Racing Championship for the George R. Hinman Trophy featured a “who’s who” of college sailing’s present and past. Jet Lag, a team composed of Stanford University alumni sailors, had all the right combinations this week, especially on … Read More
Camp Seafarer/Sea Gull in Arapahoe, NC hosted the 2017 Optimist Atlantic Coast Championship this year, and what a host they were. From the moment we arrived to the last hand-shake goodbye, the staff and volunteer regatta personnel worked incredibly hard to make us, and everyone, feel at home, enjoy themselves, and soak in the North … Read More
Over the weekend of September 16th-17th the United States Waszp Nationals was held at Cedar Point Yacht Club in Westport, Connecticut. The Waszp class is a new exciting boat that is gaining attention throughout the country. If you hadn’t had a chance to check out these boats yet, its a must do! Check out the … Read More
From 470.org Spain’s Silvia Mas Depares/Paula Barcelo Martin today successfully defended their Junior World title and France’s Hippolyte Machetti/Sidoine Dantès claimed their first 470 Junior World Championship victory. For Full Results, go HERE The final day of racing at the 2017 470 Junior World Championships enjoyed a superb 15-20 knot northerly breeze, as Typhoon #15 … 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