South Atlantic Yacht Racing Association

Ultimate 20

The Ultimate 20 provides fast, fun, friendly, and fair racing competition. The boat provides the fast part; the Class Association makes it friendly and fair. The fun comes naturally.

The U20 is a 20' 10" high-performance keelboat. Its high-aspect-ratio keel is fully retractable so it can be trailered like a centerboarder. It carries 306 square feet of fully battened mainsail and roller furling jib, and flies a 452 square foot asymmetrical spinnaker.

The Ultimate 20 was the result of a team of sailors with impressive credentials. Jeff Canepa headed a team that included Jim Antrim of Antrim Associates-Naval Architects, sail maker and Olympic medalist Jay Glaser, and 505 builder and foil specialist Larry Tuttle.

Their idea was simple. Create a monohull with multihull performance. They wanted a dry and stable platform with safe interior space for kids or crew. They also wanted a lightweight boat that could be easily trailed with responsive dinghy-like handling, all with the cockpit comfort of a 30 footer.

After years of prototype testing, the U20 team achieved the perfect blend of size and simplicity, creating the ideal boat for racing ONE DESIGN, PHRF or any weekend sail about. The U20’s design offers exceptional craftsmanship that is reliable, safe, economical, and fun to sail.

The Class Association is divided into five Districts within the US – Northeast, Southeast, Midwest, Northwest and Southwest. Locally, we organize into fleets, which consist of U20s that race regularly together. We have close to 20 U20’s in the SAYRA region. Lake Norman Yacht Club, home of U20 Fleet #2, hosts 2 annual keelboat regattas with U20’s attending from as far away as Canada, Wisconsin and Florida. Columbia Sailing Club just hosted the East Coast Championship at Lake Murray in early November and will have a late winter regatta March 19-21. Our North American Championship rotates each year. The 2010 NA’s were at Lake Dillon in Colorado and 2011 will be in Holland, Michigan.

If you are interested in going for a ride on a U20, want to crew, or are looking to purchase a boat, please contact Don Corey at 704-892-5513 or at antics@bellsouth.net

Ultimate 20

The Ultimate 20 provides fast, fun, friendly, and fair racing competition. The boat provides the fast part; the Class Association makes it friendly and fair. The fun comes naturally. The U20 is a 20' 10" high-performance keelboat. Its high-aspect-ratio keel is fully retractable so it can be trailered like a centerboarder. It carries 306 square feet of fully battened mainsail and roller furling jib, and flies a 452 square foot asymmetrical spinnaker. The Ultimate 20 was the result of a team of sailors with impressive credentials. Jeff Canepa headed a team that included Jim Antrim of Antrim Associates-Naval Architects, sail maker and Olympic medalist Jay Glaser, and 505 builder and foil specialist Larry Tuttle. Their idea was simple. Create a monohull with multihull performance. They wanted a dry and stable platform with safe interior space for kids or crew. They also wanted a lightweight boat that could be easily trailed with responsive dinghy-like handling, all with the cockpit comfort of a 30 footer. After years of prototype testing, the U20 team achieved the perfect blend of size and simplicity, creating the ideal boat for racing ONE DESIGN, PHRF or any weekend sail about. The U20’s design offers exceptional craftsmanship that is reliable, safe, economical, and fun to sail. The Class Association is divided into five Districts within the US – Northeast, Southeast, Midwest, Northwest and Southwest. Locally, we organize into fleets, which consist of U20s that race regularly together. We have close to 20 U20’s in the SAYRA region. Lake Norman Yacht Club, home of U20 Fleet #2, hosts 2 annual keelboat regattas with U20’s attending from as far away as Canada, Wisconsin and Florida. Columbia Sailing Club just hosted the East Coast Championship at Lake Murray in early November and will have a late winter regatta March 19-21. Our North American Championship rotates each year. The 2010 NA’s were at Lake Dillon in Colorado and 2011 will be in Holland, Michigan. If you are interested in going for a ride on a U20, want to crew, or are looking to purchase a boat, please contact Don Corey at 704-892-5513 or at antics@bellsouth.net

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