Gal Einav
Gal is preparing for a 2027 season of international youth and U21 competition. He is seeking support for travel, coaching and equipment as he progresses in the Laser, racing for Israel.
Athletes
Sarah Newberry Moore
Sarah Newberry Moore is a Paris 2024 Olympian and 2023 Pan American Games silver medalist in the Nacra 17. After representing the United States in Paris with David Liebenberg, she began the Los Angeles 2028 cycle with Hoel Menard through USA 50 Racing. The new team is racing internationally and training in San Pedro, the 2028 Olympic sailing venue.
Carson Crain
Carson Crain is the helm of USA 34 and is campaigning in the Nacra 17 toward the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games. His career includes Team USA windsurfing, the 2015 Pan American Games and helming Next Generation USA in the 2017 Red Bull Youth America’s Cup. He finished second in the U.S. Nacra 17 selection process for Paris 2024 and now races with B Lindsay in the new Olympic cycle.
Ford McCann
Ford McCann is an Etchells helm and longtime ILCA 7 sailor who has been part of the US Sailing Olympic Development Team since 2016. At Georgetown he won the ICSA Men's Singlehanded National Championship and later competed in multiple ILCA 7 World Championships. In 2026 he sailed USA 1465 Triple Threat at the Etchells Worlds, where the all-under-30 team won the Next Generation Trophy.
Mika Sternberg
Mika Sternberg is the skipper of ISR36, Israel's Nacra 17 campaign toward the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games. Born in Tel Aviv and raised in Los Angeles, she began racing Optimists in Israel, won an Israeli national title, and continued through international youth sailing before moving into high-performance and Olympic-class boats. She now races with Yogev Alcalay with the goal of putting Israel on the Olympic starting line in catamaran sailing for the first time.
Yogev Alcalay
Yogev Alcalay is an Israeli sailor from Sdot Yam and a former Laser 4.7 Youth European champion. His singlehanded career includes youth World and European podiums, fifth at the 2024 ILCA 7 Under-21 Europeans, and racing at senior World and European Championships. He now brings that international experience to the foiling Nacra 17 as crew for Mika Sternberg in ISR36’s campaign to make Los Angeles 2028 Israel’s first Olympic appearance in catamaran sailing.
Lauren Wilson
Lauren Wilson is a former U.S. Sailing Team member and lifelong Coronado sailor who returned to Olympic-class racing in the ILCA 6 after nearly two decades away. Sailing under Second Wind Racing, she is campaigning toward Los Angeles 2028. In 2025 she finished as a Top 10 female in the ILCA-NA Grand Prix standings, and in 2026 she has raced the Sailing Grand Slam circuit in Europe and California while preparing for the ILCA 6 Women’s World Championship.
Hoel Menard
Hoel Menard is a Bay Area foiling sailor and the crew for Sarah Newberry Moore’s USA 50 Racing Nacra 17 campaign toward Los Angeles 2028. He came to the Olympic class from Nacra 15 and WASZP racing, including third at the 2025 French WASZP Championship and 12th at the 2025 WASZP Games. In his first season with Sarah, USA 50 finished 25th at the 2026 Nacra 17 World Championship and 13th at Kiel Week.
Adam Keaton
Adam Keaton is a Bay Area Formula Kite racer campaigning toward the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games. He has raced internationally at Formula Kite World and European Championships and won the Formula Kite fleet at 2024 FOILKingston. He also won the 2023 Ronstan Bridge to Bridge across San Francisco Bay.
David Liebenberg
David Liebenberg is a Paris 2024 Olympian and 2023 Pan American Games silver medalist in the Nacra 17. He and Sarah Newberry Moore built USA 50 Racing together from 2018, winning the U.S. selection series and representing the United States in Marseille. Since the Games, David has broadened his high-performance sailing with the Transpacific Yacht Race and is pursuing competition in wing foiling.
Olin Guck
Olin is from Bristol, Rhode Island. He has been campaigning in the Formula 18, while also consistently practicing in the Moth. His dream is to represent the United States in the Nacra 17.
James Golden
James recently won the J-70 World Championship as skipper. He will be campaigning an Etchells this winter.
Freddie Mills
Freddie Mills is sharing his love of fast boats by campaigning a Formula 40 catamaran and Nacra Foiling 20.
Ursula Budd
Ursula has considerable experience and background racing in dinghies. Growing up racing in competitive fleets has given her a competitive edge, she is a top crew at URI and will be campaigning a Nacra 17.
Kate Myler
Kate grew up sailing at Community Boating Inc. Boston, learning to sail in Cape Cod Mercuries, then 420s and lasers. She captained her college sailing team in 420s and FJs. After college, she found a love of high performance cats in Formula 18s. She competes in the NAASA league.
Jake Demos
Jake grew up sailing in Narragansett Bay racing Lasers and 29ers. He now skippers a Formula 18 and races the NAASA circuit.
Nolan Cooper
Nolan learned to sail on Cape Cod Mercuries at Community Boating INC. Boston, then raced 420s, lasers and 29ers. He is now crewing on a Formula 18 in the NAASA league.
Kate Lanzinger
Kate grew up in a sailing family and has been around boats her entire life. She recently got into racing through big boats, and crews on a J/111. She is campaigning for the Tasar Worlds
Lindsay Gimple
Lindsay Gimple campaigned the Nacra 17 for the Olympic Games in Los Angeles
Jonny Goldsberry
Jonny Goldsberry is looking forward to competing in the next Moth World Championships. He races in many one design classes worldwide.
Evan Heffernan
Evan Heffernan is a Santa Barbara–based professional kite racer and software engineer who combined a sailing background with world-class Formula Kite competition. He was ranked fifth in the 2019 Formula Kite world ranking, finished as the top American at the 2019 North American Championship, and teamed with Daniela Moroz to win the mixed relay test event at the 2019 Worlds. He later campaigned for Paris 2024, finishing fourth at the U.S. Olympic Trials.
Ashley Breyer
Ashley sailed Optis and 420s, competed in High School and College and now races Formula 18 Catamarans
Rachel Ellie Glenn
Ellie has sailed and coached out of the Encinal Yacht Club. She races the 49er FX Skiff internationally, campaigning for the 2028 games.
Malcolm Lamphere
Malcolm raced Lasers and is venturing into the big boat racing world. He is a 9 time North American and National Champion in various classes including C420s, Lasers, College Sailing, and A scows.
Jonathan McKee
Jonathan has competed in the Olympics, Volvo Ocean Race, Transpac, America’s Cup, and Mini Transat. He has won many World and National titles and importantly, The Race to Alaska.
Ravi Parent
Ravi Parent is one of America’s leading high-performance catamaran sailors. He won both the A-Class and Formula 18 World Championships in 2022, also taking the F18 European title and earning US Sailing’s 2022 Rolex Yachtsman of the Year. He remained at the front of the international A-Class fleet with second at the 2025 Worlds and won the 2026 North American Championship. His sailing also includes Nacra 17 campaigning, equipment development and professional multihull racing.
Sam Carter
Sam Carter is a Formula 18 catamaran racer who recently completed the Worrell 1000 distance race in One Hundred and Three Hours.
Kaleigh Morgan
Kaleigh is a Formula 18 Skipper racing in the Narragansett Adult Athletic Association. She was formerly a Nacra 17 sailor and sailed on the foiling 69F.
AJ Laurent
AJ is a competitive Laser sailor now racing in the Formula 18 class with NAASA.
Matt Schryver
Matt is a Rhode Island–born sailor with roots in Optis and high-level dinghy racing. He competed for the University of Rhode Island before moving to Newport, where he began racing everything from VX Ones to Superyachts. The Formula 18 is the current chapter in his sailing journey.
Jensen McTighe
Jensen is pursuing a PhD at URI in Ocean Engineering. Sailing since he was 5 years old, he has experience in a wide range of sailing disciplines and competes in a variety of classes on an international level.
Declan Donovan
Born and raised in San Francisco, Declan has spent a lot of time on the wire. Having campaigned a 49er skiff, Declan is moving into the Moth class.
Dan Morris
Dan Morris is one of America’s most accomplished high-performance sailors, with top-level campaigns including the SUPERFOILER, the America’s Cup and major offshore wins such as Transpac and the Middle Sea Race.
Aidan Mobley
Aidan started sailing at age 6 and never looked back, moving from sabots to optis, then into the i420 and 29er class. At 16 Aidan joined the I-14 class, and currently enjoys offshore sailing, high performance cats, skiffs, and kite foils.
Michael Radziejowski
Michael is a former International Canoe World Champion and recently competed in the JJ Giltinan 18-foot Skiff World Championship.
Lucy Wilmot
Lucy Wilmot is a competitive sailor recently campaigning the 49er FX class and match racing.
Jordan Manning
Jordan grew up sailing with his father and became one of the youngest sailors in his fleet to skipper a Hobie 16 at age 12. He currently races a Hobie 20 and is moving into the F18 class, bringing a competitive background shaped by both sailing and hockey.
Jake Sailer
Jake began sailing at age eight and has raced Hobie 16s, Hobie 20s, J/92s, Olson 30s, J/124s, Express 27s and other boats. He was the 2023 Hobie 20 North American Champion and placed second at the Youth Hobie 16 Mega Championship. A certified small-boat instructor, he is now campaigning an F18 with Jordan Manning.
Julian Soto
Julian Soto is chasing a rare home-water dream: representing the United States in the ILCA 7 at Los Angeles 2028, three decades after learning to sail in Marina del Rey. His return to elite singlehanded racing includes the 2022 ILCA 7 Worlds, a fleet win at the 2024 Totally Dinghy regatta, ninth at the 2025 Masters Worlds with a race win, and second overall at the 2026 Masters Pacific Coast Championship. Through Team Soto and MindBodyBoat, he also coaches sailors and builds stronger ILCA training communities.
Jack Phibbs
Jack Phibbs is a Bay Area skiff sailor building a 49er campaign after racing 29ers and attending US Sailing 49er clinics in Miami and Long Beach. A Cal Poly sailor and US Sailing Level 3 coach, he plans to train with other Southern California 49er teams toward Long Beach OCR, Miami events and potentially international competition.
Charlie Welsh
Charlie Welsh is a Newport Beach sailor and skipper of VX One Space Cadet. He won the 2023 U.S. Adult Championship for the Mallory Cup and has raced the 2019, 2023 and 2025 Transpac. He is currently campaigning the 35-foot all-carbon monohull Space Cadet.
Lena Weißkichel
Lena Weißkichel is Team Aurora’s helm for the 2026 NYYC Women’s International Championship. Her background spans Olympic classes, offshore sailing, navigation and high-performance catamarans, alongside leadership coaching and mentoring work with The Magenta Project.
B Lindsay
Catherine “B” Lindsay is a high-performance skipper turned Nacra 17 crew. She made history as skipper of the first U.S. women’s team to reach Gold Fleet at a 29er World Championship, then raced the 49erFX and for Yale before joining Carson Crain’s USA 34 campaign for Los Angeles 2028.
Alina Shapovalova
Alina Shapovalova is a Ukrainian ILCA 6 sailor from Odesa and the 2024 Youth European champion. After displacement forced her to rebuild her campaign in Switzerland, she won silver at the 2025 Youth World Championship and is now training toward Los Angeles 2028.
Efe Derman
Efe Derman is a Southern California sailor developing across the Moth, Snipe and keelboat fleets. In 2026 he won the Snipe Junior Nationals and finished first in the mixed division at the Snipe U22 Worlds. He also finished first under 18 at the 2025 Pensacola Foiling Week/Moth North Americans. His current campaign targets major Moth and Snipe championships in 2027.
Ronan Curnyn
Ronan Curnyn is a skiff sailor from Hermosa Beach, California who began sailing in 2021. Three years later, he won the 29er Nationals and finished 13th of 258 at the 2024 29er Open World Championship in Aarhus. He and Logan Mraz are now moving into the 49er/FX pathway.
Logan Mraz
Logan Mraz is a skiff sailor from Brooklyn who began sailing at six and racing competitively at twelve. He finished ninth at the 2024 29er Open World Championship and later placed second with Ronan Curnyn in their first regatta together. The pair are now moving into the 49er/FX pathway.
Patrick Shanahan
Patrick Shanahan is a Saint Petersburg, Florida-based sailor with extensive experience in IC37s, keelboats and team racing. His recent results include second place at the IC37 North American Championship in each of the past two years, third overall in the 2025 IC37 season, and first at the 2026 Morgan Cup Team Race.