Vanguard 15

The Vanguard 15 is a double handed, one-design boat. It is lighter, faster, and easier to transport than many other comparable dinghies. The V-15 is ideal for both high caliber fleet racing and for day sailing with the family. The V-15 has also become the standard for international team racing.

The Vanguard 15 class was founded about 8 years ago and is one of the fastest growing classes in the country. The V15 class has an average of 60 events per year, 38 established fleets, 400 class members, with over 1000 boat owners across the United States. The largest V15 Fleets Nationally are in San Francisco, CA; Galveston Bay Texas; Larchmont, NY; Chicago, Il and all of New England where the boats are built. Colleges and Yacht Clubs have started purchasing V15 fleets as they are becoming the double-handed, high speed, simple, durable, lightweight, transportable, competitive, fun class to sail in. This class is growing rapidly across all ages and sailing levels and offers a fun yet competitive fleet that is easy to get involved in.

Regionally, the SSA V15 fleet is Area C. We currently have 16 V15s at SSA with 5 scheduled events for this season. The Local Fleet Captains are Polly Gibbons-Neff polly@thesailingcompany.com & Alon Finkelstein afinkelstein@oracleac.org There are also active fleets within our region who come and participate in the SSA events in Beaufort, North Carolina – (12 boats); Hampton, VA (10 boats). SSA holds the only active Maryland Fleet. We have hosted the National Mid-Atlantic Championships for the last 5 years and will be hosting it again over Memorial Day Weekend.The local Dealer is Kyle Gross at Annapolis Performance Sailing and one of our own active members is the V-15 Designer Bob Ames.

Come out and try a V15 on our Demo Day July 27! Contact Alon or Polly if you are interested!