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An invitation I couldn’t refuse

March 13th, 2024

by Ellie Menezes While dreaming of sailing during the depth of winter in southeastern Connecticut, my c420 coach Esteban Forrer

September 12th, 2019

The trend for all youth sports has been to slowly refine the model of age-based instruction and games, which has

April 14th, 2019

Fourteen year old Dylan Flack was competing at 2019 Charleston Race Week in what was his first sportboat regatta, and

March 21st, 2019

The MudRatz youth program continues to go from strength to strength in exposing young people to the sport of sailing,

February 5th, 2019

The Mudratz Offshore 2019 program has officially kicked off the summer season with a call for applicants for the 2019

January 17th, 2019

After winning Class 5 and the Olin J Stephens Brothers Youth Division Trophy in the 2018 Newport to Bermuda Race,

September 11th, 2018

The mission of the MUDRATZ is to offer opportunities for young people beyond what their local sailing programs offer, and

December 20th, 2017

The New England-based MudRatz program seeks to support youth sailors, and they are not afraid of embracing the full girth

May 31st, 2017

The mission of the MudRatz is to complement local youth sailing programs by enabling sailors to practice as a team

March 2nd, 2017

In a society of overly scheduled and structured youth events, a group in Connecticut is pushing back on what an