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The O’pen BIC is THE link between the Optimist generation and the new generation of sailing dinghies. The objective of the O'pen BIC Class Association is to provide an exciting format of dinghy racing for young people.
11/17/2025
Register now and reserve your charter boat for the 2026 O’pen Skiff U S. Nationals & Un-Regatta. Boats will be available exclusively onsite at Mission Bay YC. Don’t miss this opportunity to sail with the best and be part of an unforgettable event. Links in the bio!
11/11/2025
Register now for the Regatta and reserve your charter boat for the 2026 O’pen Skiff North American Championship & Un-Regatta. Boats will be available exclusively onsite at Mission Bay YC. Don’t miss this opportunity to sail with the best and be part of an unforgettable event. Links in the bio!
08/21/2025
Two Gold, One Bronze for Team USA at Junior Pan Am Games! 🥇🥇🥉
Both Makani Andrews (Men’s iQFOiL) and Danicka Sailer (Women’s iQFOiL) started their sailing careers in O’pen Skiff. See Danicka in a 2018 O’pen BIC North America “Unregatta” video. Makani won gold, and Danicka earned bronze on the Paraná River in Paraguay. Article link in the bio.
08/06/2025
The Intergalactic Un-regatta was a blast! Sailors in Long Island Sound, don’t miss your chance to try your hand at the Bridge of Doom next Tuesday August 12th at American Yacht Club.
Registration link in the bio
08/05/2025
Check out these awesome sailors!
08/05/2025
What a weekend of serious fun on the water! The 2025 Intergalactic RI Un-Regatta brought out the best of the best.
We had a stellar turnout with 31 sailors:
🌊 16 from American Yacht Club
🌊 11 from East Bay Sailing Foundation
🌊 4 from Tiverton Yacht Club
A huge shoutout to US Sailing’s Youth Racing Director, John Pearce, who took the helm as PRO and ran a top-tier regatta across the galaxy.
🏁 Division Champions:
🥇 U12 Boy: Calvin Levesque
🥇 U12 Girl: Oonagh Gilchrist
🥇 U15 Boy: Jackson Hutchens
🥇 U15 Girl: Kaylee Henchmen
🔥 Top 3 Overall:
1. Jackson Hutchens
2. Calvin Levesque
3. Anton Chen
💛 Sportsmanship Awards:
Van McDonough, Kaylee Henchmen & Coach Kevin Broome — true role models in this universe and beyond.
📸 Swipe through for the highlights, and tap the link for full results in the bio
07/24/2025
⛵️ That’s a wrap on the 2025 O’pen Skiff Worlds!
A massive congrats to our U.S. Team for an incredible week on the water! You showed up, raced hard, and made it an unforgettable event. Here’s to the next adventure! Recap link in the bio!
07/21/2025
Congrats to all of our U.S. Open Skiff sailors! 🇺🇸⛵
Proud of your grit, spirit, and smiles all weekend long 😄
07/18/2025
UPDATED POST: 🌊 O’pen Skiff Sailors Making Waves Around the World 🌎✨
From playful Un-Regattas to podiums on the world stage — our O’pen Skiff graduates are turning heads and making serious waves. 🌬️💥
Swipe through to see where their journey has taken them…
🏆Harry Melges IV – Youngest skipper ever to take the Rolex TP52 World Championship title. Once an O’pen Skiff Un-Regatta champ — now at the top of the sailing world.
⚡Ewan Brazle & Toby Clark – Top U17 finishers at the 29er European Championship in Lake Garda. Both started in O’pen Skiffs, now crushing it on the international scene.
💨Wing Foil Nationals, St. Francis YC
🥇 Sean Herbert (New Zealand) – First Place Overall
🥈 JP Lattanzi (USA) – U.S. Wingfoil Champion, Second Place Overall
6️⃣ Maximo Nores
All proud O’pen Skiff grads showing the foil world what they’re made of.
🥇Gavin Ball – Took top honors at the 2025 US Sailing Singlehanded Championships. Another skiff kid with serious wind in his sails.
🥉Jake Pye 🇳🇿 for taking bronze at the 2025 Moth Worlds
Hawaiian sailors, Makani Andrews (iQFOiL Men) & Danicka Sailer (iQFOiL Women) started in O’pen Skiffs and at Un-Regattas to representing Team USA at the Jr. Pan Am Games in Paraguay this August.
⛵ The next generation of champions isn’t coming — they’re already here. And they got their start in an O’pen Skiff.
07/14/2025
Register for the 2025 INTERGALACTIC Rhode Island Un-Regatta hosted by at Bristol Yacht Club on August 1, 2025. Link in the bio!
https://theclubspot.com/regatta/GQnDqtv0fK
06/06/2025
Eurochallenge – Hungary Highlights! 🌊
From May 30–June 1, 83 young Open Skiff sailors from across Europe, India, and the U.S. gathered on the shores of Lake Balaton for an unforgettable weekend of racing, fun, and international camaraderie. ⛵🔥
The stoke was high, the competition fierce, and the vibes? Pure Open Skiff energy. 💪💙
We’re proud to see U.S. sailors representing on the global stage—and showing the world what this class is all about! 🌍🙌
