420 News
Twenty-two teams competed at the 2021 International 420 Midwinter Championship, hosted by the US Sailing Center in Coconut Grove, FL. While much of the nation suffered through storms, snow, ice,… Read More
In this webinar, North Sails experts Zeke Horowitz and Brian Hayes explain and demonstrate basic rules according to the US Sailing “Racing Rules of Sailing”. Using a whiteboard, Zeke re-creates… Read More
Biscayne Bay threw it all at the i420 teams competing for the 2021 North American Championship, with conditions that ranged from a very brisk 12-22 knot first day, to a… Read More
Sailing dinghies are all unique. It is always fun to go from one one-design class to another and check out what makes them different, what controls they have, and in… Read More
The i420 Class doesn’t wait long to crown a National Champion! After a grueling 4-day regatta, with some moderate winds at the beginning and then 3 days of more (and… Read More
The very first International-420 Mid-Atlantic Championship was held on 17-18 October at a new, community sailing venue called The Chesapeake Experience which lies E/NE of Baltimore on the Gunpowder River; … Read More
Webinar presented in Portuguese featuring guest speakers and 420 Champions Diogo Costa and Pedro Costa moderated by North experts Lollo de Felice e Hugo Rocha.
The ten-race 420 World Championships 2019 concluded with two North Sails powered teams claiming gold medals in Vilamoura, Portugal. Wizner/Ameneiro of Spain won the Open class and the Greek team… Read More
North Sails and Nautivela are joining forces for the 420 Youth Sailing World Championship in Corpus Christi, Texas this summer. Over 50 nations will be represented at the regatta…. Read More
420 Class Experts
Jackson Benvenutti
New Orleans, Louisiana
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Kei Takakuwa
Yokohama, Japan
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Hugo Rocha
Barcelona, Spain
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Tim Rush
Gosport, United Kingdom
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Will Welles
Portsmouth, Rhode Island
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Giulio Desiderato
Carasco, Italy
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Kicker Schäfer
Bayern, Germany
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Torkel Borgstrom
Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Riccardo de Felice
Carasco, Italy
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Derek Scott
Auckland, New Zealand – Sales Office
Auckland, New Zealand – Sail Loft
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Billy Sykes
Sydney, Australia
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Zeke Horowitz
Annapolis, Maryland
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Gaetan Aunette
Vannes, France
gaetan.aunette@northsails.com
Jeremy O’Connell
Melbourne, Australia
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