Sarah Newberry

Sarah Newberry

Skipper, Nacra 17

Sarah represented the USA in the Nacra 17 class at the Paris Olympic Games. She is campaigning to be a two-time Olympian. 

Carson Crain

Carson Crain

Nacra 17

Carson Crain is campaigning the Nacra 17 for the Olympic Games in Los Angeles

Ford McCann

Ford McCann

Etchells Helm

Thomas Ford McCann is racing Etchells this season after many years of successful laser sailing. 

Lindsay Gimple

Lindsay Gimple

Nacra 17

Lindsay Gimple is campaigning the Nacra 17 for the Olympic Games in Los Angeles


Lauren Wilson

Lauren Wilson

Laser Sailor

Lauren is racing Lasers and campaigning for the LA games.

Hoel Menard

Hoel Menard

Crew, Nacra 17

Hoel has attended many world championships in performance classes. He is now crewing for Sarah Newberry training for the Olympic Games in LA. 

Adam Keaton

Adam Keaton

Kite Foiler

Based in the Bay Area, Adam is a kite foil racer campaigning for the Olympic Games in Los Angeles. 

David Liebenberg

David Liebenberg

Crew, Nacra 17

David represented the USA in the Nacra 17 at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. he recently completed the Transpacific Yacht Race and hopes to compete in wing foiling.


Olin Guck

Olin Guck

Nacra 17

Olin is from Bristol, Rhode Island,He has been campaigning in the Formula 18, while also consistently practicing in the Moth. His dream is to represent the United States in the Nacra 17.

James Golden

James Golden

Etchells Skipper

James has has success in many classes and was the youth world Finn Champion. He will be campaigning an Etchells as the local authority at the Worlds in San Diego.

Freddie Mills

Freddie Mills

Catamaran Racer

Freddie Mills is sharing his love of fast boats by campaigning a Formula 40 catamaran and Nacra Foiling 20.

Ursula Budd

Ursula Budd

Crew, Nacra 17

Ursula has considerable experience and background racing in dinghies. Growing up racing in competitive fleets has given her a competitive edge, she is a top crew at URI and will be campaigning a Nacra 17. 


Kate Myler

Kate Myler

Skipper, Formula 18

Kate grew up sailing at Community Boating Inc. Boston, learning to sail in Cape Cod Mercuries, then 420s and lasers. She captained her college sailing team in 420s and fjs. After college, she found a love of high performance cats in Formula 18's. She competes in the NAASA league. 

Jake Demos

Jake Demos

Skipper, Formula 18

jake grew up sailing in Narragansett Bay racing Lasers and 29ers. He now skippers a Formula 18 and races the NAASA circuit. 

Nolan Cooper

Nolan Cooper

Crew, Formula 18

Nolan learned to sail on cape cod mercuries at Community Boating INC. Boston, then raced 420s, lasers and 29ers. He is now crewing on a Formula 18 in the NAASA league.

Kate Lanzinger

Kate Lanzinger

Skipper, Tazar

Kate grew up in a sailing family and has been around boats her entire life. She recently got into racing through big boats, and crews on a J/111. She is campaigning for the Tazar Worlds


Ivan Shestopalov

Ivan Shestopalov

Skipper, Etchells

Ivan has been active in dinghy and keelboat fleets in San Francisco, Boston, Miami, and Chicago, as well as participating in international events in Italy, Greece, and Croatia. He has started his own Etchells campaign based in Miami. 

Mika Sternberg

Mika Sternberg

Nacra 17 Skipper

Mika had a full youth sailing career winning national titles and attending world championships. She is charting a path to Olympic glory in the Nacra 17 Catamaran Class.

Christophe Chaumont

Christophe Chaumont

Etchells Crew

Christophe is mainly focused on match racing. He aims to qualify for Ficker Cup and ultimately Congressional Cup. He is also campaigning an Etchells. 

Jonny Goldsberry

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. 


Josh Goldberg

Josh Goldberg

Nacra 17

Josh is campaigning for the 2028 Olympics in the Nacra 17.

Evan Heffernan

Evan Heffernan

Kite Foiler

Evan Heffernan is campaigning for the Olympics in the Kite Foiling class. 

Ashley Breyer

Ashley Breyer

Formula 18 Crew

Ashley sailed Optis and 420s, competed in High School and College and now races Formula 18 Catamarans


Rachel Ellie Glenn

Rachel Ellie Glenn

49er, Skipper

Ellie has sailed and coached out of the Encinal Yacht Club. She races the 49er FX Skiff internationally, campaigning for the 2028 games. 

Malcolm Lamphere

Malcolm Lamphere

Etchells Helm

Malcolm raced Lasers and is venturing into the big boat racing world. He is a 9 time North American and National Champion in various classes including C420s, Lasers, College Sailing, and A scows.

Jonatan McKee

Jonatan McKee

Skipper

Jonathan has competed in the Olympics, Volvo Ocean Race, Transpac, Americas Cup, and Mini Transat. He has won many World and National titles and importantly, The Race to Alaska. 

Ravi Parent

Ravi Parent

Skipper, Nacra 17

Ravi is one of America's most accomplished catamaran sailors to be found at the top of the fleet internationally in the A-Class and Formula 18. 


Sam Carter

Sam Carter

Formula 18 Skipper

Sam Carter is a Formula 18 catamaran racer who recently completed the Worrell 1000 distance race in One Hundred and Three Hours.  

Kaleigh Morgan

Kaleigh Morgan

Formula 18 Skipper

Kaleigh is a Formula 18 Skipper racing in the Narraganset Adult Athletic Association. She was formerly a Nacra 17 sailor and sailed on the foiling 69F.

Andre Guaragna

Andre Guaragna

Etchells Crew

Andre is a competitive sailor and Jacksonville University grad. He has competed extensively in the Snipe class, including in two Snipe World Championships. He is currently campaigning a 49er and Etchells

AJ Laurent

AJ Laurent

Formula 18 Skipper

AJ is a competitive Laser sailor now racing in the Formula 18 class with NAASA. 


Alice Schmid

Alice Schmid

49er Skipper

Alice grew up sailing Sabots in San Diego, and moved into C420s before falling in love with the 29er and other skiffs. Now she is at Stanford, college sailing and training in the 49er FX.

Matt Schryver

Matt Schryver

Formula 18 Skipper

Matt is a Rhode Island–born sailor with roots in Optis and high-level dinghy racing. He competed for the University of Rhode Island before moving to Newport, where he began racing everything from VX Ones to Superyachts. The Formula 18 is the current chapter in his sailing journey.

Jensen McTije

Jensen McTije

Formula 18, Skipper

Jensen is pursuing a PhD at URI in Ocean Engineering. Sailing since he was 5 years old, he has experience in a wide range of sailing disciplines and competes in a variety of classes on an international level.

Declan Donnovan

Declan Donnovan

49er Skipper

Born and raised in San Francisco, Declan has spent a lot of time on the wire. Sailing the C420 on the St. Francis YC race team before transitioning to the Nacra 15 sailing out of Richmond YC.


William Bedford

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.

Thomas Loughborough

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.

Dan Morris

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 always hopes to attend the next worlds.

Joe Morris

Joe Morris

Skipper, J-70

Joe Morris, an Olympian in the 49er Class is campaigning for the J-70 World Championship

Aiden Mobley

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.

Josh Goldberg

Josh Goldberg

Nacra 17

Josh is campaigning in the Nacra 17 Catamaran for the LA Olympic Games. 

Sean Mahoney

Sean Mahoney

Catamaran Foiler

Sean Mahoney is a hydrofoiling catamaran racer from San Francisco in the Nacra and A-Class

Zack Maxam

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

Michael Radziejowski

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. 

David Larson

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.

Lucy Wilmot

Lucy Wilmot

Helm, 49erFX

Lucy Wilmot is a competitive sailor recently campaigning the 49er FX class and match racing.

Sean Cornell

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.


Finding Inspiration in Colorado Springs

  We kicked off the LA28 quad with a trip to the Colorado Springs Olympic and Paralympic Training Center as part of a development camp with US Sailing. Over a long weekend, we participated in team building exercises with other Olympic sailing athletes and completed physical fitness testing to establish baseline performance metrics.  It was...

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We Won the Olympic Trials!

  From From Sarah: “I’ve been off instagram since our Olympic Trials started last month. Now I can say we’ve accomplished the goal so I’m back to deliver the good news!Future Olympians. We’ve been working a long time for this and it’s an unreal feeling. Thanks to our team on the ground: Tom Zajac, Angela Popiol, Tim Herzog. Thanks to our...

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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...

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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...


Finding Inspiration in Colorado Springs

  We kicked off the LA28 quad with a trip to the Colorado Springs Olympic and Paralympic Training Center as part of a development camp with US Sailing. Over a long weekend, we participated in team building exercises with other Olympic sailing athletes and completed physical fitness testing to establish baseline performance metrics.  It was...

More...

We Won the Olympic Trials!

  From From Sarah: “I’ve been off instagram since our Olympic Trials started last month. Now I can say we’ve accomplished the goal so I’m back to deliver the good news!Future Olympians. We’ve been working a long time for this and it’s an unreal feeling. Thanks to our team on the ground: Tom Zajac, Angela Popiol, Tim Herzog. Thanks to our...

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...