We are pleased to announce that Sarasota, FL will be hosting the 2018 F18 World Championship. The event will be hosted out of Sarasota Sailing Squadron, with the help of Sarasota Yacht Club and Sarasota County Sports Commission. This is a do not miss event!
The Sarasota Sailing Squadron was founded as a nonprofit organization by interested residents of the City of Sarasota for the purpose of promoting sailing.
The Squadron actually grew out of the youth sailing program of the Sarasota Yacht Club in the late 1930s. Since 1946, the Squadron has sponsored an annual Labor Day Regatta, which grew in the space of a few years into the largest all-class sailboat regatta in the Southeast. The Squadron has also been host to numerous national and international sailing competitions. One of its first was in 1982, when it hosted the Ynglng World Championship Regatta. Since those times we have hosted numerous Eastern Laser Midwinter Championships, the Mini-12 World Championships, the Sunfish Worlds 2000, several Sunfish regionals, and other regattas for a variety of boats.
The race area may take place in the northern part of Sarasota Bay or, weather permitting, racing may also take place in the Gulf of Mexico off Sarasota.
We already have 44 boats registered and we are expecting more! This is a do not miss event.
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