🎙️ The second episode of American Sailor is live on YouTube, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts!

This week is a “Notice Board” episode, going over all the latest news in sailing – which is a LOT! Join us in dissecting the June mayhem, including:

🪽U.S. Wingfoil Champs

⛵️The Great Lakes sailing scene

🏅Olympic sailing venue selection

And more! Plus, listen to Lexi, John, and Whitney attempt to figure out who’s who at the Charles River Open team race.

Show Notes 

Great Lakes Mac Races - Whitney is almost an Old Goat! 

Women’s Sailing corner 

• All women’s chi-mac team - santa cruz 52 madcap , Bounder also an all-womens crew – 8 women’s skippers in QC, 3 on podium in sections 

• All women’s A2N team 

• https://www.sail-world.com/news/287184/First-all-women-crew-finish-Annapolis-Newport-Race 

• Mixed Plus J70 Worlds - https://www.j70.it/en/j-70-cup-2025-mixedplus/ 

• Thayer Trophy  - won by Newport Harbor YC https://thayertrophy.com/?page_id=381  

• Ida Lewis- https://www.ussailing.org/competition/championships/2025-u-s-junior-womens-doublehanded-championship/  

JO Shout Out – Marine Debris Clean Ups in Chicago (107 lbs of trash), Ohio (298 lbs of trash in Ohio), and Hawaii!  

June 20-22 regatta mayhem:  

• US Singlehanded National Championship (Waszp)  https://www.ussailing.org/competition/championships/2025-u-s-singlehanded-championship/  

• US Wingfoil National Championship- https://www.ussailing.org/competition/championships/u-s-wingfoil-championship/  

SCHEDULING drops:  

• Sail GP 2026 Schedule –  https://sailgp.com/news/25/2026-season-dates-further-venues-confirmed  

• US Sailing NSPS 2027 and Regional 2026 events - https://www.ussailing.org/news/us-sailing-announces-dates-and-location-for-2027-national-sailing-programs-symposium-nsps/  

• Next National Sailing Programs Symposium (NSPS) will take place January 20–23, 2027, at the Luminary Hotel & Co., Autograph Collection, in Fort Myers, Florida. 

• Regional Symposiums in 2026, coming to a location near you! Don’t miss it 

• LA28 Olympic Venues- Confirmed https://la28.org/en/newsroom/la28-los-angeles-and-long-beach-announce-final-sailing-venue-plan.html  

• Long Beach for Formula Kite and iQFOiL 

• San Pedro for ILCA 6/7, 470, 49er/49erFX, and Nacra17 

MENTIONS 

• ORC North Americans & BI Race Week - https://stormtrysail.org/regattas/blockislandraceweek/  

• Claggett Adaptive regatta - https://clagettsailing.org/Information  

• Rose Cup US Youth Match Racing National Championships - https://www.ussailing.org/competition/championships/2025-u-s-youth-match-racing-championship/  

• Balboa Yacht Club – home of the Governor’s Cup International Youth Match Race. Great livestream available on Youtube and Facebook 

• US Sailing Youth National Team 420, ILCA, and 29er Camps - https://www.ussailing.org/teams/youthteam/  

• Opti Worlds – https://2025worlds.optiworld.org/en/default/races/race-resultsall  

• Transpac Starts July 1, 3, 5 – follow it! https://transpacyc.com/race-info/2025-race-info  

• Good luck to US Sailing’s Charlie Enright and Blaine Pedlow  

• A Scow National Championship in Madison, WI – https://www.yachtscoring.com/event_results_cumulative/50235 

• Marion Bermuda Race – https://marionbermuda.com/  

• Long Beach Race Week - https://www.lbrw.org/  

• Charles River Open team race Lexi 

  
  

  Photo credits to Hannah Lee Knoll for Whitney's headshot!