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The reigning 420 U17 World Champions, Telis Athanasopoulos Yogo/Dimitrios Tassios of Greece took out an impressive victory on Sunday 25 June against a fleet of 153 teams racing the 420 event at Kiel Week in Germany.

Renowned charter boat supplier, NEWBLUE.EU, has reduced their offer of charter boats for the 2017 420 World Championships in Fremantle, Australia.

The 2017 Csoki Cup in Hungary marked the final qualification event to decide Hungary's representatives who will compete at the upcoming 2017 420 Class Junior European Championship at Fraglia Vela Riva, Italy from 6-13 August.

Thomas Rice/Trevor Bornarth took out the USA Gulf Coast Championship title from a string of race wins, only once dropping to a 2nd place finish which they discarded.

Hosting our international events is something the International 420 Class Association takes very seriously and cares passionately about.

All National Class Associations are reminded that the online entry deadline for the 2017 420 Open European Championships is BEFORE 22 June 2017, as detailed in Notice of Race Clause 7 - Registration.

The popularity of the 420 Class continues to grow in Turkey, with some impressive results. Clubs have bought boats and kickstarted new fleets, and so far in 2017 three national events have taken place along with 5 national training camps.
 

The annual Wickford Regatta was held over the weekend of 10-11 June 2017, with racing for the 420 as well as other junior and keelboat classes.

The partnership of Otto Henry/Xavier Winston Smith (AUS) didn't give the other teams much of a look in at the Australian East Coast Championship hosted at St George's River Sailing Club over the weekend of 10-11 June 2017.

The Opening Ceremony of the 420 Open European Championship will be hosted in the grounds of the prestigious Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC) located by the athletic marina.