The 2025 Melges 24 North American Championship wrapped up in Miami, Florida after three days of competitive racing at the end of January, delivering a fitting finale to the 2025 season. With nine races completed in a wide range of conditions, this is the type of regatta where consistency and discipline can be rewarded. Day … Read More
Jensen Beach, FL- After a 3-day regatta and 8 total races sailed in this 100-boat fleet (which was divided into Gold/Silver Fleets after qualifying races), the talented team of Cordelia Burn and Sarah Moeder emerged victorious. Their key to success was an impressive consistency, with just one race out of the top 10. Full results … Read More
29ers and i420s Contest Midwinters Champs at Skiff Gen 5 Miami, FL, USA – 2/16/2021 Both the 29er and i420 classes gathered on Biscayne Bay this weekend to contest Midwinters East Championships in conjunction with the Skiff Generation Grand Prix. The US Sailing Center was buzzing with young, talented sailors, incredible coaching, and an enthusiasm … Read More
High Performance Racing takes Biscayne Bay Miami, FL 1/18/2020 – It was a phenomenal weekend of racing for the 72 athletes who competed at the Skiff Generation Grand Prix presented by Kolter. The fourth installment of this event series was highlighted by competitive racing and top-level coaching, with an emphasis on Olympic development. As athletes … Read More
North Sails Win Again at i420 North American Championship 1/18/2021, Coconut Grove, FL – Biscayne Bay threw it all at the i420 teams competing for the 2021 North American Championship, with conditions that ranged from a very brisk 12-22 knot first day, to a drifter second day, followed by a marginal trapping final day filled … Read More
Coconut Grove Sailing Center -01 January 2021 — Happy New Year all! Well the i420 Class doesn’t wait long to crown a National Champion. After a grueling 4-day regatta, with some moderate winds at the beginning and then 3 days of more (and more) wind, congratulations to the 2020 i420 National Championship team of … Read More
29 November 2020, Miami, FL — Although US Sailing formally canceled the 2020 Olympic Development Program (ODP) event this year, 20 i420 teams still met up in Miami for a 3-day, eleven race regatta off the shores of Miami, FL. Weather was mostly light/moderate with some wire work here and there. Teams improved over the … Read More
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
By Airwaves writer Lucas Masiello This weekend, I had the opportunity to sail the Snipe Atlantic Coast Championships at Severn Sailing Association in Annapolis, Maryland. The Snipe class, a 16 foot, doublehanded dinghy, has active fleets all around the world and offers competitive, post-collegiate dinghy racing at the highest levels. The complexity of the boat … Read More
Indian Harbor Yacht Club, CT — October 4 2020 As most clubs on the northeast coast of the US started to ramp back and close down for the long winter months, Indian Harbor YC dialed up one more beautiful weekend of weather for the International 420 Atlantic Coast Championship (and also hosted the … Read More
By guest writer Mariah Rule Norfolk, VA – Ninety boats from the east coast and beyond competed at Norfolk Yacht and Country club for the ILCA Atlantic Coast Championship Regatta 19-20 September. Once each participant cleaned the C-19 screening process, an INTENSE world class regatta was provided. The two day, six race regatta saw a consistent 19 … Read More
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Portland Yacht Club, Falmouth Foreside, Maine. 15 July 2020– Yesterday at the Portland Yacht Club Summer Optimist Regatta on a cool day with the sun peeking out of cumulus clouds every so often, the North MNR-Series Optimist sails finally got a chance to stretch their legs, and wow, what a show. This sail, designed and developed by North Sails Mike … Read More