WASZP CLASS USA: Foiling 101 Open House at Portland Yacht Club
From 22-26 July, the Portland Yacht Club in Falmouth, Maine played host to the WASZP Class USA’s Foiling 101 Open House, sponsored by Sail1Design and America One Racing. Special thanks go to Rick Wood of Jensen Beach FL, who supplied us with 3 WASZPs for the event (see below for photos of his WASZP Mobile! (FIND A WASZP!
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Along with the WASZP, PYC had foiling demonstrations on wing foiling, and also from the iFly 15 Catamaran class. Overall, however, the WASZP stole the show, as youth sailors, none of whom had ever foiled before, absolutely loved the waszp and could not get enough!! 4 WASZPS were on hand to allow new foilers to get out on the waters of Casco Bay (an absolutely perfect place to sail) with mostly great weather. The yougest foilers actually went with a coach-expert on the boat, and in some cases they were able to foil really well! The PYC race team sailors went solo, and did an absolutely amazing job of getting up on the foil and learning how the boat works.
Coached by current WASZP North American champions and Sail GP Finalist Tommy Sitzmann, we had kids have a go on the WASZP who were as young as 11 years old, all the way up to 17. PYC coaches also tried the boat and fell immediately in love!
It was incredibly impressive to watch these youth sailors not only have a go at foiling, but in so many cases to get up on the foil and sail the boat like they were born doing it.
This informal event was an incredible success and is a great momentum-builder for USA foiling and USA WASZP training… I can’t wait to be a part of one of these clinics again!!
Interested in having a WASZP USA Foiling Clinic at your organization? Get in touch with us! Email class clinic coordinator Tom, or class President Zaak Beekman
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Sail1Design is the USA Waszp class source for used boats. Check out the WASZP S1D Classifieds!
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