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USA wins USVI Optimist Team Race

June 16th, 2017

Staying focused, putting new start tactics into practice and accurately sizing up the shifty wind conditions were the skills junior

May 21st, 2017

Sixteen international teams competed for the Marco Rizzotti Trophy on May 19-21, the XXXI edition of this Optimist team racing

May 17th, 2017

A University of Plymouth student is using his final year degree project to try to bring the joy of sailing

May 14th, 2017

Two hundred twenty three sailors competed in the US Optimist Team Trials which is used to qualify sailors for the

April 16th, 2017

The Optimist has introduced more kids to sailing than other boat, and is the dominant international class for youth competition.

April 5th, 2017

Students and researchers at Chalmers University of Technology and SSPA Sweden have designed and developed an Optimist dinghy with foiling

January 4th, 2017

Here are some moments in sailing history stored in the Scuttlebutt archives… 5 years ago: Three and a half years

January 3rd, 2017

The Optimist Sailor of the Year award, announced each January, is selected by the judge panel from nominated sailors based

December 30th, 2016

The harbor start of the Optimist fleet during the 2016 Orange Bowl Regatta at Coral Reef Yacht Club. Video published

November 22nd, 2016

Testing the boundaries of the Optimist’s seaworthiness