Details announced for U.S. Youth Sailing Championships
Published on February 18th, 2015
Portsmouth, RI (February 18, 2015) – The U.S. Youth Sailing Championships, a signature US Sailing National Championship regatta, will be hosted by Roger Williams University on July 7-10 at their new, state of the art Richard L. Bready Mount Hope Bay Sailing and Education Center in Bristol, R.I. on Narragansett Bay. Bristol Yacht Club will be providing additional support at this ISAF Youth Worlds Qualifier.
Sailors may be accepted to compete by placing well at Early Acceptance Events and applying online or by submitting a resume and applying online. The remaining Early Acceptance Events on the 2015 calendar are the Laser Midwinters East Regatta in Clearwater, FL and U.S. Junior Women’s Doublehanded Championship in Columbia, SC.
The online application period closes March 15 (Midnight CT). The following disciplines will be sailed at the event:
Laser – Open
Laser Radial – Boys
Laser Radial – Girls
I-420 – Boys
I-420 – Girls
29er – Boys
29er – Girls
F-16 – Open
RS:X 8.5 – Boys
RS:X 8.5 – Girls
Charters will be available for all fleets and information will be provided to accepted sailors.
Additional information: http://www.ussailing.org/racing/championships/youth/youthchamps/
Source: Jake Fish, US Sailing