By Steve Shaw A full moon weekend at one of the most iconic places in the world to sail; this was the recipe for the 2022 Ultimate 20 North American Championships held at Richmond Yacht Club on San Francisco Bay. The heat wave that was cast upon northern California made for a pleasant few days … Read More
Brothers Griggs & Emery Diemar convincingly won the 28-boat 2022 i420 NA Championship held at Coconut Grove Sailing Club in the seven race series, with no finish worse than third. The battle for second was tight, and in the end siblings Cole & Annabel Woodworth took second by one point over Freddie Parkin & Thomas … Read More
See this event on the S1D Calendar! EVENT WEBSITE Online entry is now open and the NoR posted! The Columbia Gorge forms a unique sailing venue creating a wind-tunnel between the beautiful mountains that rise from the waters edge to nearly one mile vertically high in places. The afternoon thermal breeze pipes up against the Columbia River’s … Read More
Tom’s River, NJ — 31 October 2021 64 Optimist sailors competed in a two-day regatta over the Halloween weekend for the USODA Atlantic Coast Championship. Mother nature certainly brought some spooky weather…. flood-stage tides plagued much of the Mid-Atlantic, and in fact altered the schedule of this event, with the TRYC lot partially … Read More
Camp Sea Gull, NC, October 11 2021 — After 3 mostly grueling days of sailing on the Neuse River in North Carolina, the US Youth Sailing Championship concluded on Monday, with the RC doing a fine job getting a bunch of races for all 5 youth classes, the Nacra 15, 29er, Laser Radial, Laser, and … Read More
After four races on Day 1 of the Championship, Grace Howie and Meredith Killion had a solid lead going into the second and final day. Sailing with Cardwell Potts and Ted Ferrarone, after the completion of six races (two on the final day), they reported a scoreline of 1-4-3-1-1-2, by far the most consistent performance … Read More
30 boats from 12 states and 2 countries, including many of the world’s top 505 teams, came to Newport, RI and Sail Newport for the 2021 505 North Americans. We sorely missed our Canadian contingent, most of whom couldn’t come race but who encouraged the running of the event as planned and named. After 12 … Read More
From US Sailing: BRISTOL, RI (September 15, 2021) – US Sailing has named the 16 athletes that will be representing the US at the 2021 Youth Sailing World Championships. The 50th edition of the premier event in international youth sailing will take place December 11-18 in Al-Mussanah, Oman and is open to athletes under age 19. Click … Read More
UPDATE: The Direct Qualification registration and application deadlines have been extended to August 21st at midnight. 2021 YOUTH CHAMPS APPLICATION FOR INVITIATION SEE WHO HAS APPLIED SEE WHO IS REGISTERED 2021 YOUTH CHAMPS NOR UPDATED AUGUST 17 2021 Fleets: 29er, International 420, ILCA 7 (Standard), ILCA 6 (Radial), Nacra 15, iQFoil Competitors shall not reach … Read More
8/17/2021 – Brant Beach YC, NJ– The BBYC once again hosted an impeccable youth regatta, blessed by near perfect weather with light/moderate but consistent E-SE winds, along with ample sunshine, over this two-day event. The seasoned and sharp RC did a fine job managing and herding the 125+ boats out there while keeping courses in … Read More
The 2021 International 420 Class Mid-Atlantic Championship, 18-19 September, registration site is live and open!! Please forward this registration link and email to anyone whom you think might be interested! Questions? Please call Tom @ 443-220-2089 We are excited to continue to build the 420 Class in the Mid-Atlantic region, & look forward to hosting a great … Read More
Well, the Anemoi (Zephyrus, Notus, Eurus, and Boreas, the wind gods) sure seemed to team up to confound the US Optimist National Championship this year. While the Girls National championship (a one-day event at the beginning of the event) had good winds, the 4-day National championship event could only muster 7 races total, and that … Read More
Santo Stefano al Mare, Italy — July 11 2021 Wow. The 2021 420 World Championship, 2-10 July 2021, with over 200 teams in attendance, is now in the books. As a first-hand observer (at this moment flying over the snow-capped Swiss Alps back to New York) the story created here by this American sailing … Read More