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WASZP CLASS USA: Foiling 101 Open House Clinic a HUGE HIT!!

byTom Sitzmann

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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A group of children and teens stand in a parking lot, gathered around a small sailboat on a cart, while an instructor in a red shirt speaks to them. Several cars are parked in the background.

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.

Two people sail side by side on WASZP dinghies with red and yellow sails, each featuring American flags and the numbers 3436 and 3438, on a calm lake with a forested shoreline in the background.

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.

Two people wearing life vests sit on a boat in sunny weather, with one person facing the water. A WASZP sailboat and another sailing vessel are visible on the blue water under a partly cloudy sky.

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

FIND A WASZP!
Sail1Design is the USA Waszp class source for used boats. Check out the WASZP S1D Classifieds!

Three small sailboats with gray sails and red-wheeled trolleys are tightly packed in a wooden-walled trailer, with sailing gear and equipment arranged around them. Sunlight shines in from the open trailer door.
A white enclosed trailer labeled "RICK'S WASZP MOBILE" is parked on a paved lot near docks with several small sailboats and trees in the background, during early evening.
A close-up of a small white WASZP sailboat gliding on green-blue water, with two people on board. The sail is black with yellow and green accents. Trees and another boat are visible in the background.
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A person sails a small, single-handed hydrofoil sailboat labeled "WASZP" with the number 3436 on its sail, gliding above the water on a sunny day with trees and hills in the background.
A person sails a white hydrofoil dinghy with "WASZP" written on the sail and hull across a lake, leaning back and holding the ropes, with water splashing beneath the boat and a cloudy sky overhead.
A person sails a windfoiling board over the water on a cloudy day. Another person in the foreground captures the scene on their phone. A small tree-covered island is visible in the distance.
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