Lucy Wilmot
Helm, 49erFX
Lucy will bring back sailing excellence to the United States as it was the 1990s. This begins by winning Olympic Gold and restoring Glory to American Sailing.
Sean Mahoney
Catamaran Foiler
Sean Mahoney is a hydrofoiling catamaran racer from San Francisco in the Nacra and A-Class
Evan Heffernan
Kite Foiler
Evan Heffernan is campaigning for the Olympics in the new Kite Foiling class.
Jonny Goldsberry
Moth Sailor
Jonny Goldsberry is looking forward to competing in the next Moth World Championships. He races in many one design classes worldwide.
Dan Morris
Moth Sailor
Dan Morris is one of America's most well rounded fast boat sailors. Recently competing in everything from the GC32 to the Sail GP circuit to The America's Cup. He races moths to keep building skills and hopes to attend the next worlds.
Ravi Parent
Skipper, Nacra 17
I started sailing at the age of 8. After progressing through Optis and Lasers I focused in multihulls. After much success in the youth multihull circuits I moved on to College Sailing at Boston University. After earning my degree in Mechanical Engineering with an Aerospace concentration I began a full time Olympic Campaign in the Nacra 17 with Caroline Atwood.
Michael Radziejowski
Foiling A-Class Catamaran
Michael is a former Internatiinoal Canoe World Champion and recently placed 10th in the International 14 Worlds Championship. His goal is to compete in the upcoming A Class World Championship in St Pete Florida.
Chris Manson-Hing
Crew, Etchells 22
Jeremy Wilmot
A Class Catamaran
Jeremy is campaigning for the Hydrofoiling A-Class World Championships in St. Petersburg Fl, 2022.
Aiden Mobley
49er, Skipper
Aidan started sailing at age 6 and never looked back, moving from sabots to optis, then into the i420 and 29er class. At 16 aidan joined the I-14 class, and currently enjoys offshore sailing, high performance cats, skiffs, and kite foils.
Thomas Loughborough
Skipper, M32 Catamaran
Tommy races in many classes including Moths. He is campaigning for a victory at the M32 World Championship in Portugal.
Sam White
Skipper, Etchells
Sam is a recent Alumnus the George Washington University Sailing Team. He grew up sailing in Boston on the Charles River, moved on to junior and High School sailing in Marblehead. He coached at Balboa Yacht Club and San Francisco Yacht club while at GW, where he focused on team racing. He has since begun to shift focus to keelboats for an Etchells campaign with the US Etchells Youth Team.
Sean Cornell
Helm, US Etchells Youth Team
Sean grew up racing Optimists, c420s and small keelboats on Long Island Sound out of Centerport, NY. He competed in college sailing at the University of South Florida as a skipper and team captain. Sean looks forward to racing more Etchells events as a returning member to the USEYT while attending law school in Saint Petersburg, FL.
Lars Osell
Team Captain, US Etchells Youth Team
Lars grew up sailing on Lake Michigan in the Lightning, Laser, and Flying Scot. He then moved to Florida where he continued racing in all of those classes, sailed at Riverview High School, and joined the Sarasota High performance Catamaran Team. He is currently US Etchells Youth Team Captain and most recently won the Lightning Junior North American Championships and Etchells Nationals (Corinthian)
Rachel Ellie Glenn
49er, Skipper
Ellie has sailed and coached out of the Encinal Yacht Club. She recently started sailing in the 49er FX Olympic class and attended Canadian Olympic Regatta Kingston (CORK).
William Bedford
Skipper, Etchells
William and his UK Youth team just completed the Etchells Worlds in Texas, winning the Corinthian Division. He has also won the 2018 Gertrude Cup, 2018 Cowes Classic week, the 2018 Youth and Corinthian European championships and the 2018 Youth North American Championships.
Joe Morris
Skipper, J-70
Joe Morris, an Olympian in the 49er Class is campaigning for the J-70 World Championship
Zack Maxam
Coach
Zack Maxam is an avid moth sailor and former world class 49er sailor. He recently coached the 49er Fx World Championship in Auckland, NZL
David Larson
Skipper, Etchells
David grew up sailing in San Diego in the naples sabot, moving on to FJs and keelboats/match racing in high school. He switched coasts to attend MIT for college, where he sailed for 4 years, as a starting skipper for 3, skippered the keelboat team, and was captain his junior and senior years. He is now a graduate student at MIT in mechanical engineering and naval architecture, where he is active in the Marblehead Etchells and IOD fleets, and Corinthian Yacht Club’s racing team, MIT Bluewater and team racing programs and continues to match race with college teammates.
Sarah + David qualify the country for the 2024 Olympic Games!
2023 has been an epic year for our team. We have sailed in 6 major championships, and in 4 of them secured a top 10 finish. Whoa! Best year ever for USA 50. Four days ago, at the Pan American Games, we secured a berth for the USA in the Nacra 17 at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games!! This is a massive step for our team, and we are beyond...
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Wind + Waves in Lanzarote for USA 50 Racing!
Happy New Year! We are thrilled to start 2023 off with a bang: spending 6 weeks training hard with the international Nacra fleet in Lanzarote, Canary Islands (Spain) in big wind and waves! The training here has been incredible, and we are proud to say that we have made an immense amount of progress on downwind speed (as was our goal after...
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Wilmot Reineke - From Fort Lauderdale
Training in Fort Lauderdale this past month brought a whirlwind of chaos. However, preparation and thinking quick on our feet gave us the opportunity to maximize each day to the fullest.We started off March testing our boathandling skills in short course racing. The pressure was on to execute maneuvers we had been working to perfect since...
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Nacra 17 Long Beach Training Routine
Summer 2019 training in Long Beach, California was one of the highlights of the 2020 quad. Lots of improvements with great coaching by Sally Barkow, Jay Glaser, and Phil Muller. 3 hours or more a day in the consistent conditions of Long Beach was champagne sailing. After Euros ended we were excited to get out to the west coast and start...
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Sarah Newberry and David Liebenberg Announce Campaign for 2024
After an extremely successful 2 year stint together during the 2020 quadrennium, finishing as the top American team and in their best performance ever at their final World Championship, Sarah and David have announced their intention to continue to take their program toward the Paris Games In their own words: “Dear Supporters, Family,...
More...
On the Road in Europe
Road Tripping with After Sarah being responsible for the first logistical leg of our trip I was responsible for both the trip from Palma to Genoa and Genoa to Weymouth. Thank you to the Skiff Sailing Foundation for making it possible for us to have the boat and trailer to drive around Europe with! Here’s a little on the trip... The pack up in...
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Parent Atwood- 21st at worlds
We finished the 2020 world championship in 21st place. This is our best finish at a worlds together and a huge accomplishment. Of course though, we have mixed feelings about the regatta. While we sailed one of our strongest events we did not win the Olympic trials and will not be your American representative in Tokyo this summer. Everyone...
More...
Nacra 17 Worlds 2019
We spent 4 weeks training in Auckland before the 2019 Worlds started. There were many international teams who had the same idea. Because of this, there was no shortage of top notch athletes to race against each day. We would spend an hour each day on speed and individual skills before joining in with other countries on a race course. Four weeks is a...
More...
Top Americans at 2019 Nacra 17 European Championship
What a week at the Nacra 17 Europeans! 24th overall. Four days in conditions that showed our weaknesses and we still ground our way into Gold fleet. Tough racing with the best Nacra sailors in the world followed. We found our speed again in the moderate, flatter conditions of the last two days and raced a Gold fleet series that we are so...
More...
Heading to Tokyo, Japan...
It’s been a great summer for USA 50 Racing. We have been training in Long Beach, California and have gotten a little faster and stronger every day. Since we left Europe at the end of May we have sailed almost every day, and been fortunate to have some excellent coaching. From the hours in the gym, to logistics, R&D, and work on the course, we...
More...
Long Beach Training
We’ve been out training in Long Beach, California, for the last two months. Lots of improvements with great coaching by Sally Barkow, Jay Glaser, and Phil Muller. 3 hours or more a day in the consistent conditions of Long Beach has been champagne sailing. After Euros ended we were excited to get out to the west coast and start training...
More...
USA 50 Video Round-up
Here are some awesome video clips from the last few months that we wanted to share with you. Video round up time! Let’s get this rodeo started… Getting around the top mark on the foils... When you want to give your skipper a taste of their own medicine... After 30 foiling bearaways in a row, sometimes your skipper needs a little...
More...
Sarah + David qualify the country for the 2024 Olympic Games!
2023 has been an epic year for our team. We have sailed in 6 major championships, and in 4 of them secured a top 10 finish. Whoa! Best year ever for USA 50. Four days ago, at the Pan American Games, we secured a berth for the USA in the Nacra 17 at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games!! This is a massive step for our team, and we are beyond...
More...
Wind + Waves in Lanzarote for USA 50 Racing!
Happy New Year! We are thrilled to start 2023 off with a bang: spending 6 weeks training hard with the international Nacra fleet in Lanzarote, Canary Islands (Spain) in big wind and waves! The training here has been incredible, and we are proud to say that we have made an immense amount of progress on downwind speed (as was our goal after...
More...
Wilmot Reineke - From Fort Lauderdale
Training in Fort Lauderdale this past month brought a whirlwind of chaos. However, preparation and thinking quick on our feet gave us the opportunity to maximize each day to the fullest.We started off March testing our boathandling skills in short course racing. The pressure was on to execute maneuvers we had been working to perfect since...
More...
Nacra 17 Long Beach Training Routine
Summer 2019 training in Long Beach, California was one of the highlights of the 2020 quad. Lots of improvements with great coaching by Sally Barkow, Jay Glaser, and Phil Muller. 3 hours or more a day in the consistent conditions of Long Beach was champagne sailing. After Euros ended we were excited to get out to the west coast and start...
More...
Sarah Newberry and David Liebenberg Announce Campaign for 2024
After an extremely successful 2 year stint together during the 2020 quadrennium, finishing as the top American team and in their best performance ever at their final World Championship, Sarah and David have announced their intention to continue to take their program toward the Paris Games In their own words: “Dear Supporters, Family,...
More...
On the Road in Europe
Road Tripping with After Sarah being responsible for the first logistical leg of our trip I was responsible for both the trip from Palma to Genoa and Genoa to Weymouth. Thank you to the Skiff Sailing Foundation for making it possible for us to have the boat and trailer to drive around Europe with! Here’s a little on the trip... The pack up in...
More...
Parent Atwood- 21st at worlds
We finished the 2020 world championship in 21st place. This is our best finish at a worlds together and a huge accomplishment. Of course though, we have mixed feelings about the regatta. While we sailed one of our strongest events we did not win the Olympic trials and will not be your American representative in Tokyo this summer. Everyone...
More...
Nacra 17 Worlds 2019
We spent 4 weeks training in Auckland before the 2019 Worlds started. There were many international teams who had the same idea. Because of this, there was no shortage of top notch athletes to race against each day. We would spend an hour each day on speed and individual skills before joining in with other countries on a race course. Four weeks is a...
More...
Top Americans at 2019 Nacra 17 European Championship
What a week at the Nacra 17 Europeans! 24th overall. Four days in conditions that showed our weaknesses and we still ground our way into Gold fleet. Tough racing with the best Nacra sailors in the world followed. We found our speed again in the moderate, flatter conditions of the last two days and raced a Gold fleet series that we are so...
More...
Heading to Tokyo, Japan...
It’s been a great summer for USA 50 Racing. We have been training in Long Beach, California and have gotten a little faster and stronger every day. Since we left Europe at the end of May we have sailed almost every day, and been fortunate to have some excellent coaching. From the hours in the gym, to logistics, R&D, and work on the course, we...
More...
Long Beach Training
We’ve been out training in Long Beach, California, for the last two months. Lots of improvements with great coaching by Sally Barkow, Jay Glaser, and Phil Muller. 3 hours or more a day in the consistent conditions of Long Beach has been champagne sailing. After Euros ended we were excited to get out to the west coast and start training...
More...
USA 50 Video Round-up
Here are some awesome video clips from the last few months that we wanted to share with you. Video round up time! Let’s get this rodeo started… Getting around the top mark on the foils... When you want to give your skipper a taste of their own medicine... After 30 foiling bearaways in a row, sometimes your skipper needs a little...
More...