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Greetings fellow C-15 enthusiasts! Hope you had a great winter and are gearing up for sailing our cool little boats. Here’s a composite schedule of C-15 regattas for 2026: Please let me know if anything is wrong or missing.  As always any regatta reports or pictures are most welcome. Note the 2026 North Americans will […]

A couple announcements: In two weeks on May 1, 2025 the Thu night Sunstroke Series begins! – hosted by SCCYC.  As before there will be great racing on the water and tacos afterward.  Hope to see you all “out there”.  Last year we had 10 C-15s register over the course of the summer, hope to […]

Greetings all – Welcome to C-15 sailing in 2025!  I hope you’ve had a great winter and are gearing up for sailing in our great little boats. Here is a composite schedule of C-15 regattas for 2025: Please let me know if there’s any you would add.  Want to keep this up to date.  As […]

In addition to running an awesome regatta for the 2024 North Americans, the Santa Barbara YC Race Committee also flew a drone, and have posted amazing footage of the racing which you can find on YouTube!

(from Ole Eichhorn, regatta chair) C-15 People having fun Here’s a report on the recently concluded C-15 North Americans in Santa Barbara.  It was a great event; a massive Thank You (!) to the Santa Barbara Yacht Club, who were amazing hosts, and especially to Brad Schaupeter, Sailing Director (and regatta PRO), Kayla Householder, Club […]

The annually awesome High Sierra Regatta took place last weekend and there were six C-15s, who enjoyed the usual awesome wind, great racing, mountain lake vistas, and nice people.  Congrats to Dave Rumbaugh and Steve Fisher for winning all six races and repeating as High Sierra Champions. I had a little GoPro running and have […]

Hi all – Hope you are having a great summer and sailing as often as possible.  Remember “time spent on the water is not subtracted from your total.”  Some notes: The High Sierra regatta is next weekend!  Please plan to attend – always a great regatta and place to sail.  Registration and info here: https://www.fresnoyachtclub.org/high-sierra-regatta […]

Hi all, some C-15 updates… First, if you haven’t registered for the North Americans yet – information and links below – please do so.  It makes it so much easier for me and the regatta team if we know who-all are coming.  Santa Barbara, August 5-11. The qualifier day (Friday), aka the Syd Corp series, […]

Hi all, from the SBYC Race Director: The Santa Barbara Yacht Club is pleased to invite the Cornado 15 class to compete in the North American Championship held in beautiful Santa Barbara, California on August 9-11, 2024.  Competitors can register and find the Notice of Race at https://www.sbyc.org/2024-c15-na-championship.  The event will consist of a qualification […]

Hi all checking in with a quick C-15 update. Last weekend the Marina Del Rey fleet at South Coast Corinthian YC had our first second C-15 regatta of the year, the Shallow Water, with 10 boats three of them C-15s.  We race with Portsmouth handicap, also some Snipes, Lasers, Lido 14s, and I think something […]

Hi everyone, Happy New Year! I wanted to check in with some updates…  here’s the schedule we know about for C-15 racing in 2024: DateClubLocationEvent2/3SMWYCMarina Del ReySuper Bowl Charity Regatta3/16SCCYCMarina Del ReyShallow Water #1 Ice Breaker3/23HMBYCHalf Moon BayLonderville Regatta4/27HMBYCHalf Moon BayCommodore’s Regatta5/2 – 8/29SCCYCMarina Del ReyThu night Sunstroke Series5/11LWSCLake Washington, SacramentoOne Design Regatta #15/25-26ABYCAlamitos BayMemorial […]

Greetings all, checking in with some updates… The Santa Barbara Yacht Club have graciously agreed to host the C-15 Nationals on August 9-11, 2024.  SBYC is a high-end club with a beautiful clubhouse right on the beach, and a professional race committee.  They host all kinds of major regattas and we are honored to be […]

Once again the Coronado 15 NACs traveled to Huntington Lake, one of the mostbeautiful and amazing places to race that I can think of. Although the fleet was smaller than we had hoped for, the action was jammed packed with tight racing all over the fleet. 10 boats ended up making the trip to Huntington, […]

The event will be hosted by Lake Washington Sailing club – Dave RumbaughWe all look forward to a terrific event. Back by popular demand, we are returning this year to Huntington Lake. Here is the Notice of Race . Mark your calendar. Make your travel arrangements. Campsites and lodging are going fast. 2023-C15-NACs-NORsDownload

Coronado 15 National American Championship August 12-14 2022 This years’ Coronado 15 North American Championship (NAC) was dedicated to the designer Frank Butler [photo], who sadly passed away on 15 November 2020. Frank designed the Coronado 15 back in 1968 with the intention of creating a fun, competitive and affordable racing dinghy. 54 years on, the […]

For this edition of the NAC, the wind gods were with us for the first week in August 6,7,8. Following the 2020 COVID hiatus, everyone was delighted to come back to our annual event down in sunny SoCal. With 15 boats registered, we had a quite a competitive group including representation from Half Moon Bay […]

This year’s edition of the famed High Sierra regatta did not disappoint as it celebrated its 68th year. Eleven C15 showed up as we returned in force following the 2018 NAC. Again, Jim Holder, now 89, skippered Ole Eichhorn’s (See image below crossing finish line), “It’s the water too” in a series of breezy races. […]

Welcome to 2021, the year we recover from COVID! This year’s North American Championship will be hosted by the South Coast Corinthian Yacht Club in its brand new facility. Racing will take place in Santa Monica Bay, outside the breakwater. Register here on Regatta Network  – register before July 15 and get 2 commemorative shirts […]

Just a reminder that NAC 2018 is set for July 12-15 in Huntington Lake, CA David Rumbaugh <sailorrumbaugh@att.net> wrote: Hey, I wanted to get the link our to people so that they start registering for High Sierra regatta portion of our NACs as soon as possible.  They currently have us slated to start with the […]

The NOR for next year’s edition of the NAC where we return, after a long absence, to Huntington Lake CA. It is linked here: 2018 C15 NAC NOR V1 Sponsored by This event promises to be an epic event over 4 days, the last 2 coupled with the High Sierra Regatta. For any question, you should […]

Nineteen (19) teams brought their Coronado 15 sailboats to the Half Moon Bay Yacht Club for the 50th Anniversary North American Championship of the C15 racing class. This two-man performance dinghy has been a popular class from its inception in 1967 and has been raced from coast to coast by many colleges and by more […]

In preparation for the 2017 NAC, the HMBYC has scheduled two 2-day regattas: Commodore’s Cup (May 13-14) and Purissima Cup (Jul 8-9).  Both these regattas will be using the same rules and Racing Committee (RC) that will be used at the 2017 C15 NAC.  Thus, these events will give the participants and the RC a […]

By Vincent Paternoster This year was the second time that the C15 North American Championship was held on Lake Washington, hosted by the Beaux Arts Racing Fleet (a.k.a. BARF). Aaron Sharp, our host, weighed all the local boats ahead of time so we had a great head start. The local fleet races every Wednesday evening […]

    Beaux Arts Racing Fleet invitational regatta in conjunction with C15 North American Championship July 1,2,3 2016 Organizing authority: TheSailing Foundation, Redmond, WA The event is open to C15, Thistle, Lasers, CFJ, Etchell, J24 and any one design fleet under 25feet To submit your entry, we have 2 options: Print form attached below, fill […]

Your association has been busy planning this year’s North American Championship for July 1,2,3 in Beaux Arts, WA Aaron Sharp our Commodore from Beaux Arts Racing Fleet a.k.a. B.A.R.F. is lining up some professional race management provided by The venue will be on Lake Washington a few minutes away from downtown Seattle . See circled […]

The Fleet2 championship was held under overcast sky and light breeze on Saturday June 13th. With the upcoming NAC, there was a fair amount of interest in taking advantage of that day to size up the competition. 6 C15 showed up and so did 9 Lidos who were also racing for their fleet championship. We […]

The Notice of Race is posted on the SCCYC Racing calendar (check for latest updates) Please mail paper entry form or email it to info@coronado15.org It will be hosted by South Coast Corinthian YC in the same venue as in 2012.      

By Vincent Paternoster This report comes a bit late but I don’t want to let the 2013 edition of the NAC go without a shout. The last time the nationals took place in Seattle was in 1988. Coming back was long over due. The late August date was chosen to improve the chances of clement […]

2013 North American Championship The races will be staged out of Beaux Arts beach on the Eastside of the lake north of the I-90 bridge. (see draft Notice of Race with a location chart). The Beaux Arts fleet will conduct a qualifying race on Friday.  For the championship regatta the Corinthian Yacht Club of Seattle […]

The 2013 NAC will take place in Beaux Arts, WA from Friday August 23rd through Sunday 25th. Situated 15 minutes from downtown Seattle, the small community of Beaux Arts Village is home to a large fleet of active C15 sailors. Following the entry of Roger Hoesterey, a member of the Beaux Arts Racing Fleet (B.A.R.F.), […]

For those of you that have not received the Mainshseet magazine offered with your C15 association dues, the Winter 2012 issue showed a big spread on the C15 North American Championships with Barret Sprout at the helm with his dad Randy who got his best birthday present when they took the North American championship crown […]

By Kent and Bonnie Arndt A few days before this year’s Londerville Cup Regatta, Kelly Pike began to send out daily emails to the HalfMoon Bay Yacht Club Sailing Committee and Keel Boat Sponsors with the latest weather predictions for race day. The final report on Friday read: Wind speed prediction for Saturday is back […]

By Kent & Bonnie Arndt Six Coronado 15s participated in the Small Boat Midwinter Racing Series hosted by the Richmond Yacht Club, located in Richmond, CA. The Half Moon Bay Yacht Club had four skippers in attendance (Patrick Melley, Charlie Quest, Lucy Gillies, and Adam Quest), and the balance of the fleet was represented by Connor […]

The midwinters took place under clear skies, light breeze and mild temperatures. At the last minute we were able to find a crew (Jessica) for Karyn, who made it to the start lin about 40 seconds before the gun of the first race: way to go! There were 5 boats that made it – all […]

This winter started like summer in Southern California. I should say – even better than summer as the temperatures are mild and we have no overcast. Aside from the first regatta in January (Champagne Series) which started in 30kts wind – the racing was canceled but just about everyone got a chance to swim, even […]

By Vincent Paternoster As I write this article, 2011 is drawing to a close, the morning frost turns the brown hills to a faint white and we get a chance to think about the great sailing season that ended.( Yes, even in SoCal, the mornings can be surprisingly cold as soon as you step over […]

Half Moon Bay, CA The 2011 edition of the North American Championship was held in Half Moon Bay in the friendliest Yacht Club for the Coronado 15 class under near perfect conditions. The participation this year was somewhat a disappointment as only one boat came from Southern California and 3 boats came from the Sacramento […]

These are some of the pictures taken at the Londerville cup in Halfmoon Bay, CA on Feb 13, 2011 Click on the image to move around the wall of images – select full screen and slide show! Photos by Kristi Durazo (Flickr)

We had just about every kind of weather… calm, breezy, stormy, rainy, scary, fun. I did not get the camera rolling when the breeze was in the high 20’s, I regret. Skipper: Vincent Paternoster (SCCYC) Crew Jim Ach (CYC)

HMBYC 2008 C15 North American Championship Class: C15-A. One design (Finish position) Overall Score: Last Race Date:08/17/08 Sail Skipper 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Total 1 2218 Rumbaugh, David 1 1 2* 1 1 1 1 1 1 8 2 3686 Fishman, Alex 3 2 1 3 3 3 2 5* […]

When: August 11 – 14, 2011 Where: Half Moon Bay Yacht Club, California Half Moon Bay Yacht Club and our Coronado 15 Fleet are, once again, proud to sponsor and host the C15 North American Championships. All C15s and all skill levels are invited to race. A goal of 40 competing boats has been set, with […]

  The Model Skipper Provided by Bill Gladstone, North U Director Having Trouble Building a Winning Program? Here are Twenty One Team Building techniques we’ve observed. 1 – When it is time to put the jib up prior to the start on a blustery day, sail a close reach to maximize spray across the foredeck. […]

2008 C15 North Americans at Half Moon Bay by David Rumbaugh   This years NAC’s were scheduled for August 14-16, 2008 in Half Moon Bay, Ca. I was very excited to come back to Half Moon Bay to race the NAC’s. It was the site of my first NAC’s back in 2003 when I crewed […]

The photo wall in this article is a subset of all the pics that were taken on Friday July 19th, 2010 during the Syd Corp Series. Mike Shea from Long Beach was there to get the best shots from his power boat. As a former C15 sailor, not to mention his past as a semi-pro […]

  Rank SailNo Helm Crew Club R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 Total Net  1 2218 David Rumbaugh Anne Jaeschke Lake Washington YC 1 2 1 1 (3) 3 2 13.0 10.0  2 3622 Mike Shea Stephen Casey ABYC (7) 4 4 2 1 1 3 22.0 15.0  3 3686 Alex Fishman Steve Fishman […]

  2006 North American Coronado-15 Championships Rank Fleet Skipper Sail # R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9 Total NetT 1st A SPROUT 3776 -2 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 12 10 2nd A RUMBAUGH 2218 1 2 3 2 2 2 1 1 -4 18 14 3rd A FISHMAN […]

Note: It was with great pleasure that the November issue of the mainsheet magazine came in the mail to show the C15 on the front page. . Volume 28, Number 4, November 2010 Big Changes 2010 Coronado 15 North American Championship C15 by Dave Rumbaugh Well this year’s NAC’s we’re living up to something different, […]

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HMBYC 2008 C15 North American Championship Class: C15-A. One design (Finish position) Overall Score: Last Race Date:08/17/08 Sail Skipper 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Total 1 2218 Rumbaugh, David 1 1 2* 1 1 1 1 1 1 8 2 3686 Fishman, Alex 3 2 1 3 3 3 2 5* […]

HMBYC 2008 C15 SYD CORP Class: C15. One design (Finish position) Overall Score: Last Race Date:08/15/08   Sail Skipper 1 2 3 4 5 Total 1 3686 Fishman, Alex 2 1 1 3 5* 7 2 2938 Vance, Kiersten 3 6* 3 1 1 8 3 3627 Paternoster,Vince 1 2 4* 2 3 8 4 […]

Syd Corp Series at the High Sierra Regatta , Huntington Lake, CA CORONADO 15 R1 R2 R3 PTS FIN 97 David Rumbaugh 1 2 1 4 1 3658 Daniel Gilboa 4 1 3 8 2 2150 Ole Eichhorn 3 4 2 9 3 3776 Barnet Sprout 2 3 7 12 4 3538 Jim Holder 5 […]

2005 North American Championship Huntington Lake, CA   Corinthian Fleet                             Race Race Race Race Race Race Race Race Race Finish Finish Skipper/Crew 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Total Points Barrett and Randy Sprout 2 1 1 1 […]

2004 Coronado 15 North American Championships June 18, 19, &20th By Randy Sprout, Commodore 2004 It’s Friday the 18th and I’m still wondering if Barrett can make it into the Nashville airport in time to race at all. He’s been hung up in Los Angeles for bad weather in Chicago, and now has spent the […]

2004 North American Championship – Tullahoma, Tennessee   Corinthian Fleet                   Race Race Race Race Race Race Finish Finish Skipper/Crew 1 2 3 4 5 6 Total Points Barrett and Randy Sprout 1 2 2 1 1 2 7 1 Jim Claffey and Trish Rutan 4 1 […]

2003 North American Championship – Half Moon Bay, CA     Corinthian Fleet                       Race Race Race Race Race Race Race Finish Finish Skipper/Crew 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Total Points Barrett and Randy Sprout 1 2 1 4* 1 2 1 12 […]

The 2000 C-15 North American Championship was held June 30 through July 2. The event was organized by Fleet Seven from Alamitos Bay Yacht Club, Long Beach, CA, with a helping hand from Horst Weiler from Lake Mission Viejo Yacht Club . Walt Prue was the idea man for the concept for the regatta. Alamitos […]