For the first time in over a decade the International 420 Racing Dinghy has returned to the waters off of Miami to compete in the annual Orange Bowl Regatta held at the prestigious Coral Reef Yacht Club in Coral Gables. 22 boats representing four countries competed for, what the US I-420 Class Association counted as its first North American Championship of the new Millennia. The North American Championship is one of the major qualifier events of the selection criteria for the upcoming US I-420 World Championship Team that is going to be competing in Haifa, Israel this coming summer. Congratulations to Morgan Kiss and Katia DaSilva for their performance in winning this event.
Criteria for Scoring YWQ results in the event the Race Committee chooses to sail men’s and women’s fleets together or separately.
The recently completed Orange Bowl at Coral Reef Yacht Club in Coral Gables Florida is recognized by the US I-420 Class Association as its 2009 North American Championship Event – as one of the qualifying events for the 2010 Championship Team Selection Criteria.
The US Olympic Sailing Program will host two training camps for members of the US Sailing Teams – Under 18 and Under 23 and other talented youth sailors who are on an Olympic track in the Laser, Laser Radial, 29er or International 420. Sailors must be interested in competing at international events and pursuing an Olympic campaign in the future. Both clinics will be held at the US Sailing Center in Miami (Coconut Grove), Fla. The dates for the two clinics are:
November 27-29, 2009
December 19-22, 2009
Sailors interested in attending one of these training clinics should email clinic organizers at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it with their plans for competing and training in 2010. Sailors must bring their own boats to these clinics.
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