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420

The 420 is a two-man single-trapeze planing dinghy with conventional kite and is sailed in over 60 nations. The 420 has been selected for use in the ISAF Youth World Championships in 2003 and 2004. (There is also a version called the Club 420 used in colleges in the USA.)

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Show news Strong NZ team named for Youth Worlds
13 sailors have been announced as the NZL Sailing Foundation Youth team 2025 Worlds
Posted today at 7:41 am Endeavour Trophy 2025 Event Video
Action from on the water, interviews with the sailors!
Posted on 6 Oct Itchenor SC Transit Committee
Teen sailors step up to take on leadership roles within the club
Posted on 6 Oct 505 champs win Endeavour Trophy 2025
UK's Champion of Champions event sees gusts over 30 knots at Burnham-on-Crouch
Posted on 6 Oct Big winds stop play at Endeavour Trophy
Champion of champions' big event blasted by 50kt + winds
Posted on 4 Oct 64th Endeavour Trophy Welcomes New Melges 15
New chapter for dinghy champion of champions event at Burnham-on-Crouch
Posted on 3 Oct Itchenor 420 Open
A superb opening day of racing
Posted on 2 Oct Notts County Junior and Youth open
The improvement in standard since last year was noticeable
Posted on 24 Sep Predictwind NZ Youth Champs - Final
80 of NZ's youth sailors contested the Predictwind NZ Youth Champs/Trialsat Manly SC
Posted on 24 Sep Introducing the Youth Sailing Worlds GBR Team
The countdown to Portugal begins as this year's talented squad is announced
Posted on 18 Sep Lymington Town's Harry George Selected
For Prestigious Youth Sailing World Championships
Posted on 17 Sep 420 British Nationals at Felixstowe Ferry
Competitive racing, challenging tidal conditions, and a strong social programme in Suffolk
Posted on 1 Sep Itchenor SC's Junior Fortnight week 1
Against a dramatic backdrop, an impressive 72 races were run across 8 fleets
Posted on 5 Aug Sail Canada's Youth Fest preview
More than 260 sailors in Kingston for the comeback event
Posted on 30 Jul Sail Canada Regional Championships Preview
More than 300 young Canadian sailors in action this weekend across the country
Posted on 16 Jul KSSA Mid Season Training Camp & Regatta at Downs
Testing conditions and top talent in Kent
Posted on 14 Jul Bosham Sailing Club Junior Regatta
A gob-smacking 90+ entries take part
Posted on 3 Jun Banger Racing, Back Racing and No Racing
Racing on the cheap, a return to racing for young Aussies, and ILCA struggles
Posted on 14 May It's So Easy to Shop for Winning Sails Online
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Posted on 28 Apr 2025 RYA Youth National Championships
A week of varied and challenging race conditions at Pwllheli
Posted on 24 Apr First Ever US Sailing Youth National Team
Made up of 66 athletes spanning the United States from Hawaii to the east coast
Posted on 22 Apr Draycote Academy update
Winter program really does support sailors' development
Posted on 3 Apr The most important job in sailing
How Nick Scott is delivering radical change to competitive sailing pathways in the UK
Posted on 31 Mar Gill Xtremity 420 Inland Championships
Talent shines at Rutland
Posted on 17 Mar 420 fleet rebuild - 9 crews contest Nationals
The rebuilding of the domestic 420 fleet gathered momentum over the weekend with the NZ Nationals
Posted on 11 Mar US Sailing Youth Team qualification update
Over half of the 72 sailors who will qualify have now earned their spot on the team
Posted on 7 Mar Oceanbridge Sail Auckland 2025 Day 3
A new top 49er crew give masterclass on Day 3 of Oceanbridge Sail Auckland
Posted on 2 Mar Oceanbridge Sail Auckland 2025 Day 2
Set for a thrilling conclusion at Torbay Sailing Club
Posted on 1 Mar Gill Xtremity 420 and 470 Winter Championships
Weymouth delivers a true test of skill and endurance
Posted on 14 Feb The engine room
Without them we are lost. This is about the things aloft both ahead and behind the stick.
Posted on 9 Feb
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Itchenor 420 Open
© James Self Itchenor 420 Open
© James Self Itchenor 420 Open
© James Self Itchenor 420 Open
© James Self Notts County Junior and Youth open
© David Eberlin Notts County Junior and Youth open
© David Eberlin Boys 420 - Predictwind Youth NZ Nationals - Manly SC - September 2025
© Insight Media Boys 420 medalists - Predictwind Youth NZ Nationals - Manly SC - September 2025
© Insight Media 420 - Predictwind Youth NZ Nationals - Manly SC - September 2025
© Insight Media 420 Girls medalists - Predictwind Youth NZ Nationals - Manly SC - September 2025
© Insight Media Harry George and Ralph Cawthorne at the 420 Europeans
© Gonçalo Melo Harry George and Ralph Cawthorne at the 420 Europeans
© Gonçalo Melo Blackwater SC Cadet Week
© Alan Adkins 420 British Nationals at Felixstowe Ferry
© Jon Cawthorne 420 British Nationals at Felixstowe Ferry
© Jon Cawthorne Winners in the 420 British Nationals at Felixstowe Ferry
© Tim Garrett-Moore 420 British Nationals at Felixstowe Ferry
© Jon Cawthorne Itchenor SC's Junior Fortnight week 1
© Kate Fox KSSA Mid Season Training Camp & Regatta at Downs SC
© Anna Candy Windward mark - North Region Youth & Junior Championship 2025 at Ullswater
© Toby Wilson Strong wind sailing - North Region Youth & Junior Championship 2025 at Ullswater
© Toby Wilson Inaugural FM Sailing Colander Cup at Northampton Sailing Club
© Sue Warne 2025 New Zealand Secondary Schools Teams Racing Nationals - New Plymouth Yacht Club - April 2025
© Photo/Supplied Westlake Girls High School - 2025 New Zealand Secondary Schools Teams Racing Nationals - New Plymouth Yacht Club - April 2025
© Photo/Supplied 2025 RYA Youth National Championships
© RYA / PKC Media 2025 RYA Youth National Championships
© RYA / PKC Media Draycote Academy training
© Malcolm Lewin / malcolmlewinphotography.zenfolio.com Gill Xtremity 420 Inland Championships at Rutland
© 420 GBR class Cam Brown and Oli Stone (57544) - 420 - Day 3 - Oceanbridge Sail Auckland 2025 - March 2, 2025
© Jacob Fewtrell Media Cam Brown and Oli Stone (57544) - 420 - Day 3 - Oceanbridge Sail Auckland 2025 - March 2, 2025
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