News

The International 420 Class is heading to the Hermanus Yacht Club in South Africa for a Coaches and Sailors Clinic under the expert coaching of Michalis Mileos (GRE).

420 Class alumni and two-tme Olympic medallist in the 470, Hannah Mills, has launched the Big Plastic Pledge, harnessing the reach of sport to inspire millions to reduce their plastic usage.

Two days of racing now completed at the 420 Eastern Europes in Lithuania features a podium 1,2,3 for Polish 420 teams.

There is exciting news for the Australian 420 fleet with high profile international coach Michalis Mileos (GRE) and International 420 Class Association Vice-President José Massapina (POR) coming to the Brighton and Seacliff Yacht Club in Adelaide to run a High Performance clinic for Australian sailors and coaches.

Launched in 2019, the inaugural EUROSAF 420 Race Circuit was a huge success, attracting over 324 teams competing across the three age/gender categories.

The 2019 Croatian 420 National Championships was hosted from 13-15 September at JK Marina Kastela, located just north-west of Split.

The annual Federazione Italiana Vela Campionati Italiani Giovanili 2 was hosted in Bari, Italy with eighty-one 420 teams in the line-up from 6-9 September 2019.

Seven wins from eight races saw complete domination from Ross Mackinnon/Alex Falcon at the opening event of the Southern Charter Classic series hosted at Zeekoe Vlei Yacht Club in South Africa.

The Executive Committee of the International 420 Class Association has taken the decision to increase the quotas for each 420 National Class Association competing at the 2020 420 World Championships in the Men/Mixed, Women and U17 events.

Brighton and Seacliff Yacht Club in Australia will host a 420 Class Coaches and Sailors Clinic from 29 September-3 October 2019.