Clagett funding for 2.4mR World Champs

Clagett Sailing has selected five sailors to represent the organization at the 2025 2.4mR World Championships in Lake Garda, Italy. The 2025 Team Clagett members are Chuck Allen (North Kingstown, Rhode Island), Peter Eager (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), Delani Hulme Lawrence (Saint Paul, Alberta, Canada), Siobhan MacDonald (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), and Julio Reguero (San Juan, Puerto Rico).

Tim Ripley (Randolph, New Jersey) is the reserve, and should one of the team members be unable to attend, he will attend as a Team Clagett sailor.

All five of the Team Clagett members are Clagett Sailing Boat Grant program recipients, with three members – Peter Eager, Delani Hulme Lawrence, and Julio Reguero – having previously represented Clagett Sailing at the 2022 2.4mR Worlds as part of the inaugural Team Clagett.

“My biggest take away from being on the team when we were in Florida is that even though you are sailing solo on the water, you are part of something bigger on the shore,” said Lawrence. “It was a privilege to train, prepare, and debrief with my teammates leading into the event; they really helped to set the stage for success in competition. It changes the game when you have people that you can count on.”

Team Clagett members will be supported by Clagett Sailing, who will assist the sailors with some of the costs of traveling and competing in Europe.

“Competing at the World Championships in Europe is a goal I’ve long coveted, but it’s also a rare opportunity to challenge myself against the best sailors in the world,” shared MacDonald. “To represent Team Clagett on this stage would be a culmination of my years of hard work, dedication, and the unwavering belief that anyone, regardless of physical ability, can achieve excellence on the water.”

Allen is the most recent recipient of a 2.4mR boat from the Clagett Sailing Boat Grant program. “After my stroke, it has given me some much-needed confidence sailing small boats again. Everyone in the 2.4mR class is welcoming and really helpful; from rigging to sailing tips right from the start. Clagett Sailing Board member Andrew Parish has helped me enormously, he’s always there for a call or boat issues I may have.

“I plan on sailing as much as possible in the lead up to the Worlds in Lake Garda, and with the backing of Team Clagett and their network, this has become a reality. I have met many new friends through Clagett Sailing from coast to coast in the US, as well as Canada, all of which have gone through similar disabilities, this has been life changing.”

In preparation for the 2025 2.4mR World Championships, sailors will be racing in Newport, Rhode Island at the 23rd annual C. Thomas Clagett, Jr. Memorial Clinic and Regatta which will be held at Sail Newport at Fort Adams State Park on June 18-21, 2025.

Details: www.clagettsailing.org