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 Winter Series to bring some of the popular winter events together into a point series at three great venues. The regattas counted towards the winter series will be the 2014 Orange Bowl (Dec. 26-30), the 2015 Boomerang Regatta (Late Jan.) and the 2015 c420 Midwinters (Feb. 14-16). The regatta series will move north up the east coast of Florida each event from Miami, to Ft. Lauderdale and finally to Jensen Beach.
The c420 class is not only about providing great regatta opportunities but also about providing great access for our sailors to coaches and quality information for every sailor in the class to improve. As a prelude to the new Winter Series, the c420 class is proud to present the Warm-Up Clinic, hosted by Biscayne Bay Yacht Club. This clinic will be a three day (Dec. 21-23) educational experience where sailors will be exposed to great college coaches like Justin Assad (Dartmouth College), John Mollicone (Brown University), Kevin Reali (Eckerd College). For more information on this great clinic go to www.club420.org
After getting some great coaching at the Warm Up Clinic sailors have three quality regattas to look forward to in three very different venues. “What stands out to me the most about this series is the opportunity to race against the best junior sailors in the country in three very distinct venues” commented class director John Vandemoer. “Club 420 sailors will have a chance to sail in beautiful Biscayne Bay, the home for many top level international regattas; in January the boats move north to Lauderdale to a fantastic ocean venue at Lauderdale Yacht Club with waves and great breeze. To top it all off we head to the home of winter c420 sailing in Jensen Beach at the US Sailing Center of Martin County which can provide a little of everything.”
The Winter Series rules and regatta details will be announced at www.club420.org. Registration has just opened up for the Orange Bowl regatta and there is a limit of 100 boats so register quickly to insure your place. Boomerang and Midwinters will open up their registrations soon.
Orange Bowl: http://www.coralreefyachtclub.org/Waterfront/orange-Bowl-Regatta/COMPETITORS.aspx
Boomerang: http://www.lyc.org/web/guest/regattas
C420 Midwinters: http://www.usscmc.org
About The Club 420 Class Association
The Club 420 Association was established in 1980 to promote, foster, encourage and sponsor one-design sailing. The Association sponsors a class North American Championship, US and Canadian National Championships as well as regional championships for the class across North America while promoting the class to all ability and experience levels of youth sailing. Since 2006, the class membership has more than doubled from 300 to its current 715 members. The class offers many regional, national and North American championships in both fleet and team racing formats as well as clinics across North America. Our Nationals / North Americans have had 175 boats attend, with all levels of sailors competing in some of the finest and socially fun regattas you will attend.
About The Club 420
The Club 420 is a two person dingy which forms the base of many local, high school and collegiate programs in North America. Simple for beginning sailors and yet challenging enough for collegiate champions. The Club 420 offers more learning opportunities than any other double-handed boat you can find. Over 5,000 Club 420s are sailed in youth, high school and collegiate programs all over the United States, Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean.
For more information please visit our website at www.club420.org or visit us on Facebook
Contact:
John Vandemoer, Executive Director
Email – ED@club420.org
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Club 420 Nationals Report & Results
Tight Race to First for C420 Nationals
By Katelyn Montero
San Diego, CA (July 18, 2014) “For the last day of a national championship, it can’t get much better than the tight racing we’ve had going into today and certainly into the last race, John Vandemoer, Executive Director of the Club 420 Class Association said as he watched the competitors gear up for the tenth and final race of the regatta. With one more race left in the regatta, only four points separated the top three teams, and in the words of Vandemoer, it was anyone’s game. Ultimately, it was locals Scott Sinks and Rebecca McElvain from San Diego Yacht Club who were able to nab the title of national champions. In the final race, their third place finish in the final race gave them a score of 43 and secured their overall win of the regatta.
Barely trailing behind them, Max and Ian Brill finished second with a score of 45, separated from the third place team of Romain Screve and Jackson Ritter by only one point. With scores as close as these and the drama of an exciting finale, it’s tough to believe that the regatta had originally gotten off to such a slow start.
The first race took place on Tuesday, July 16, but it wasn’t until two general recalls that the actual racing began. Light winds and poor sailing conditions made for long races and difficult starts. Originally hoping to hold four races each day, PRO Jeff Johnson and the rest of the Race Committee was only able to get in two races for the day. Cassie Obel and Annika Garrett took the early lead as the day one winners, but were unable to keep their fast finishes up throughout the rest of the regatta and ultimately finished in 6th place.
The second day of racing took place in quintessential San Diego conditions, with sunny skies, 75 degrees and 8-12 KTS. The racing was fierce and the day was long with a total of five races taking place on Wednesday alone. By the sixth race of the regatta, competitors were qualified to drop their lowest score. It was the third place overall team Screve and Ritter from San Francisco Yacht Club who won the second day of racing, and the stage was set for a close fight to the finish on the third and final day.
Conditions on Thursday were primed for a great final day, and the regatta was able to get in three races for the day with about 10-12 KTS and clear skies. Sinks and McElvain finished the last race of the day in third place, giving them the win for the regatta. Crew McElvain is no stranger to national championships, having won on the Point Loma team at the high school level. “It feels pretty good,” McElvain said of her new first place championship. “I’m just happy to be able to win with my skipper.” The skipper, Scott Sinks, is also SDYC Commodore’s son, and was happy to be able to win the regatta on home waters.
The 2014 Nationals was not just an exciting regatta to watch, but also one for the history books. With the largest registration for the C420 class on the West Coast, Class Director Vandemoer is hopeful that the class will continue to grow.
Final, full results can be seen here: http://www.club420.org/results/14UL420%20Nationals%202014%20results.pdf
2009 420 World Championship Open and Womens Final Results
The Female and Open 420 World Championship is now concluded, at Lake Garda, Italy. For complete results, go here:
http://www.fragliavelariva.com/public_new/listClassifiche.asp?RegataID=%20202#
Club 420
The club 420 is the essential 2 person training dinghy used my the majority of youth sailing programs across the country. The boat is stable, fast, and this class association is very strong. The Club 420 features a single trapeze and spinnaker rig, while the club/collegiate 420 eliminates both for simplicity.
Fleets and regattas are widespread, especially on the east coast, and the 420 is also the choice of many high school & college sailing programs, including top teams like Boston College, Brown University, Yale, and more.
loa 13’9”
beam 5’5”
sail area 110 ft²
spinnaker area 95 ft²
hull weight 220-230 lbs
crew 2
# of boats built not known
active US fleets New England, FL, CA, MA, CT, RI, VA, NY
For more information please visit this class associations website:
http://club420.org/
