18 October 2020, Gunpowder River, MD — The very first i-420 Mid-Atlantic Championship was held on 17-18 October at the new “Chesapeake Experience“, a community sailing venue E/NE of Baltimore on the Gunpowder River. This a fantastic sailing venue! Saturday the fleet had to wait a bit, but the forecasted northerly came in around 1130, … Read More
Redwood City, CA, –Friday August 9 By Charles Barclay Race Day 1: For complete results click HERE The US Sailing Chubb Junior National Championships draws sailors from all regions of the country (Area A through Area L). The “Chubbs” refers to the title sponsor Chubb Insurance, which likely handles your home yacht club’s insurance. The … Read More
Gdynia, Poland, 8/3/2019 — The 2019 29er World Championship was held from 26 July to 03 August this year in Gdynia, Poland, and featured 175 teams from around the world. The French team of Aristide Girou and Noah Chauvin won this competitive event. Of the three American entries, 2 teams made it to the Gold … Read More
The 2019 c420 National Championship was held at Sail Newport 22-24 July 2019. Below are the top 12; for a list of full results, you can view them HERE
Gdynia, Poland, 21 JULY 2019 — Team USA finished 3rd overall in the World Youth Sailing Nation’s Cup (same finish position for our World Optimist Team this year too), and earned one Gold Medal in the nine-fleet event, held in Poland this year. Gold came for the USA in the Girls 420 fleet, where Maddie … Read More
Antigua– Chosen by virtue of their top finishes in the USODA Team Trials this past spring, American sailors Tommy Sitzmann, Samara Walshe, Jack Redmond, Gil Hackel, and Thommie Grit traveled to Antigua for the Optimist World Championship with high hopes and energy. Despite a few race wins and some examples of outstanding sailing, this year’s … Read More
Winning 5 of the 10 races, brothers Justin and Mitchell Callahan won the Club 420 North American Championship, 18 points ahead of 2nd place finishers Ansgar Jordan & Patrick Mulcahy. Rounding out the top 3 was Justin Lim and Amir Tadros. Hosted at St. Francis Yacht Club, the 90+ boat fleet experienced big winds every … Read More
From the http://2019worlds.420sailing.org site, the final results are in for the 2019: Congratulations to our new 420 Class World Champions, Martin Wizner/Pedro Ameneiro (ESP) in the Open, Vita Heathcote/Milly Boyle (GBR) in the Women, Odysseas Spanakis/Konstaninos Michalopoulos (GRE) in the U17 Open and Neus Ballester/Andrea Perello (ESP) in the U17 Women. For full results go … Read More
The Club 420 Class concluded the New England Championship this summer for 70 competing teams (but not actually in New England), at the Shelter Island Yacht Club in New York. Top ten results below after 7 races, and click HERE for full results. Congratulations to Liam O’Keefe and Libby Redmond!
In about 1 month when the first signal is set at the Quantum Snipe Nationals, there will be collegiate all Americans, Olympians, world champions and a Rolex Yachtsman of the year, in the fleet. The 36 registered boats are coming the the Jubilee Yacht Club in Beverly, MA for the July 18-21, 2019 event. The … Read More
July 13 – July 14, 2019 Hampton, Virginia NOTICE OF RACE RULES & ANNOUNCEMENTS 1.1 The regatta will be governed by The Racing Rules of Sailing 2017-2020. 1.2 US Sailing Prescriptions to RRS 63.2 and 63.4 will not apply. 1.3 This event is designated a Clean Regatta by the Sailors for the Sea Organization, http://www.sailorsforthesea.org/, … Read More
Story Courtesy of Optiworld St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. Dialing in the right combination of scores proved the secret to success for Team USA Worlds, who won the TOTE Maritime Team Racing Championships on Thursday. The Championships are one of a trio of events sailed this week out of the St. Thomas Yacht Club (STYC) … Read More
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 Tottenham underdog. However, for us sailors who lack such athletic ability, it represents something else. Every year, just a few miles west of Liverpool, the … Read More