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Robbie King and Marcus Tressler sailed their 420 to victory in the final windy event of the GJW Direct SailJuice Winter Series, the Rutland Challenge for the John Merricks Tiger Trophy.

In July this year, the General Assembly of the International 420 Class Association (held in Karatsu, Japan), announced that the Fremantle Sailing Club had won the bid to host the 2017 International 420 Class World, Ladies World and U17 World Championships.

The International 420 Class has launched the Exercise e-Book, a new online training resource targeted at providing world class training techniques and strategies on Performance Improvement for Coaches and Sailors.

At most major 420 events, and at the 420 Worlds, Junior Europeans and Team Racing World Championships, 420s will be available to charter.
 

The 2015 420 World and Ladies World Championships are heading to Karatsu, Japan from 17-25 July 2015 and the Notice of Race has been published.

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Racing at the 420 and 470 Junior European Championships kicks off on Wednesday 13 August in Gdynia, Poland. The two Junior European Championships are held alongside each other to support the natural transition between the 420 and 470, although the racing format and course areas are separate.

Joe Glanfield is a double Olympic silver medal-winning crew in the 470 – a man who knows how to trapeze. Courtesy of Yachts and Yachting magazine, he gives the lowdown on the 10 most common trapezing mistakes people make…

In a fleet of more than 200 boats, the young sailors of the 420 fleet dominated the leaderboard after three tough races in cold, strong winds gusting up to 30 knots on Saturday at the Tiger Trophy. Taking place on Rutland Water from 2-3 February, the Tiger Trophy is a winter classic.

Race Officer Brett Willcock used his local knowledge to set a course that offered the safe haven of Diamond Harbour (a harbour within a harbour) just 500m from the start. Heavy weather was forcast, and heavy weather we got, so the opportunity to rest up between races in the calm of Diamond Harbour was greatly appreciated by crews and supporters. For those with interested in old buildings, the top mark was off Fort Jervois - built to defend Lyttelton Harbour during the "Russian scare" of the 1890s (Russia had invaded Afghanistan!)

Many in the USA sailing community are aware of the tragic drowning of 14-year old Olivia Constants in a club-supervised practice in Annapolis in June, 2011.

Olivia and her skipper were part of their club’s Club 420 Travelling Team that raced against other clubs in the Chesapeake Bay area. The drowning was caused by Olivia’s trapeze gear becoming “caught on something,” which held her underwater.