Light Winds Prevail for U.S. Para Sailing Championship

  The U.S Para Sailing Championship & Independence Cup came to a close on Sunday after a day of clinic and three days of racing. Competitors contended with hot temperatures and thunderstorms throughout the event but were still able to complete six races for the Independence 20 class and seven races for the Sonar and…Read More

Teams Take to Lake Michigan for U.S. Para Sailing Championship

Starting this Friday, 13 teams will take to the water August 5-7 in Chicago, IL for the US Sailing Para Championship. The US Para Sailing Championship, hosted by the Judd Goldman Adaptive Sailing Foundation and embedded within the Independence Cup (first sailed in 1986), includes three divisions: singlehanded, sailed in 2.4m; doublehanded, sailed in Independence…Read More

U.S. Junior Women’s Doublehanded Championship – 2015 Preview

Columbia, S.C. (June 25, 2015) – US Sailing makes a return to the state of South Carolina this week for the 2015 U.S. Junior Women’s Doublehanded Championship, hosted by the Columbia Sailing Club. Thirty-nine teams will race for the Ida Lewis Trophy in Club 420s on Lake Murray this Sunday, June 28 through Tuesday, June…Read More

U.S. Junior Women’s Doublehanded Championship: Day 1 Report

RYE, N.Y. (June 17, 2014) - The 41 teams racing at the U.S. Junior Women's Doublehanded Championship were welcomed on day one with howling winds on Western Long Island Sound. Teams are racing for the Ida Lewis Trophy in the Club 420 through Friday, June 19. This US Sailing National Championship is hosted by the…Read More

Buckingham Takes Lead at Laser NAs / U.S. Singlehanded Championships

Friday's weather: Wind 8-11k SW; sunny, high temp. 73F. Saturday's forecast: Wind 9k SW; sunny, high temp. 75F. By Rich Roberts LONG BEACH, Calif. (June 13, 2014) - It's not the Olympics, but in a potential preview Charlie Buckingham started the second day of the 2014 Laser North American championships Friday one point behind leader…Read More

U.S. Singlehanded Championship/Laser NA Day 1 Report

Thursday's weather: Wind 11-19k SW; sunny, high temp. 70F. Friday's forecast: Wind 11k SW; sunny, high temp. 73F. Day 1 Results LONG BEACH, Calif. (June 12, 2014) - When some of the world's best Laser sailors launched their 13-foot, 9-inch singlehanded dinghies for the first of four days of the 2014 North American and U.S.…Read More