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
By Airwaves Writer Clinton Hayes For almost 2 decades team racing enthusiasts made the annual pilgrimage to Florida over New Years for Vanguard 15 Midwinters. That event and its host, usually Jensen Beach, were special in so many ways, but for better or for worse, it is no more. The current climate of team racing … Read More
If you are bummed that the V-15 midwinters are dead, or if you never sailed the V-15 midwinters because you don’t have a boat, then come sail the first ever open Team Race hosted by Eckerd College. We are hosting in the hopes of filling in the gap the V-15 Midwinters will leave in its … Read More
44th Hobie 16 Open North American Championships and 2015 Pan Am Games qualifier Lewes Yacht Club, Lewes DE Lewes, DE (September 27, 2014): The 44th Hobie 16 North American championships concluded on Friday with Jason Hess and Irene Abascal from Club Los Sauces, Guatemala taking the title. Mark and Grace Modderman from Long Branch, New … Read More
Final Report (courtesy of US Sailing) MARBLEHEAD, Mass. (September 28, 2014) – The final day of the 2014 U.S. Team Racing Championship ended up being a half day of sailing due to a complete shutdown of the wind. However, the fleet completed enough races to count Gold Round Robin 3 and crown Ladies and Gentlemen … Read More
Series Standing – 5 races scored Information is provisional and subject to modification Regatta results saved: Sunday, September 21, 2014 11:16:55 AM EDT Division: 505 (32 boats) (top) Pos Sail Skipper Crew Club 1 2 3 4 5 Total Points Pos 1 8808 Diaz, Augie Woelfel CRYC/BBYC [12] 1 1 8 1 11.00 1 2 8830 Zagol, … Read More
North Kingston, RI (September 19, 2014) — The Club 420 Association today announced the new c420 Winter Series 2014 which will include the 2014 Orange Bowl Regatta, the 2015 Boomerang Regatta and the 2015 c420 Midwinters. Building on the success of the summer c420 series, The Triple Crown, the c420 Class has designed the 2014-15 … Read More
Lewes Yacht Club, Lewes DE Pre-event Press Release Lewes, DE (September 17, 2014): 50 to 60 teams from all across North America will be descending on Lewes Delaware and the Lewes Yacht Club for the 44th Hobie 16 North American Championships. Racing is scheduled to begin Monday, September 22, 2014 on the classic Hobie 16 … Read More
ne Design Division GOLD Fleet 1. USA 2 Helly Hansen Tim Healy 2 2 2 1 3 2 1 1 13 4 8 2 [13] 28.0 2. USA 187 Catapult Joel Ronning 1 1 1 4 8 1 2 14 10 1 4 6 [14] 39.0 3. USA 96 Savasana Brian Keane 1 3 3 … Read More
Rios steals championship with a single point By Airwaves writer Katelyn Montero When sailors talk about a close competition, it’s hard to imagine one that came closer than the Snipe Western Hemisphere and Orient Championship. Forty-three teams from 12 different countries competed in the biennial event hosted by the San Diego Yacht Club, and in … Read More
Brad Boston (Sarnia, Ont.), sailing with Curtis Florence (Cleveland, OH) and Chad Corning (New Rochelle, NY) sat in third place after 11 races over three days of sailing from Alamitos Bay Yacht Club. That trio executed a classic come-from-behind finish on the fourth and final day to claim the 2014 Viper 640 North American Championship. … Read More
Jeff Grange Takes Control of Viper 640 North Americans After First Day September 3, 2014 Long Beach, CA – Some championship regattas fall into the trope of “it’s never like this here.” In Long Beach, California, this was not true thankfully for the Viper 640 fleet. Despite dire forecasts, several days of light winds during … Read More
Editors Note: Ahh, sailboat racing. No matter how talented, prepared, and invested you are into any particular boat or regatta, this sport, it seems more than most, can offer up bitter and cruel defeats. I personally have had my share of those, losing a major regatta by 1/4 of a point (back when 1st place … Read More