The American Youth Sailing Force is challenging to win the Red Bull Youth America’s Cup this September on San Francisco Bay. Many young sailors have grown up visualizing themselves sailing for the Cup. Red Bull is making that dream more possible.

The Force was formed first and foremost with the goal of representing the United States in the Red Bull Youth America’s Cup. Our team represents the highest level of youth sailing in America and aims to prove that with steady determination, hard work and passion young American sailors can be a leading force on the international sailing circuit.

The Red Bull Youth America’s Cup is an international sailing competition between 10 teams, each representing their home country, with all team members being between 19 and 24 years old. The event will take place September 1 to 4, 2013 in San Francisco Bay. The teams will be sailing the same 45 foot, wing sailed catamarans currently being sailed by the elite America’s Cup teams competing in the America’s Cup World Series. Not only does this event represent the pinnacle of high performance youth sailing in the world, but it will also form a clear pathway for the next generation of the world’s top sailors into the America’s Cup.

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LATEST POSTS FROM THE FORCE

• An Afternoon on the Bay with the Afterguard Sailing Academy Last week the two Force members, Ian and Evan, participated in another outreach program with inner city high school students, this time with the Afterguard Sailing Program on Sunsail’s Beneteau First 40s. After leaving the dock, they took over the boat and sailed all the way from Sausalito to Jack London Square in Oakland, making ...
• The Force sails with DTHS students in Aquatic Park!   April 19th, Aquatic Park- This past Friday, three members of The Force were able to go sailing with a group of high school students at their boat building facility in Aquatic Park. Although I have sailed a wide variety of boats, this would be my very first time sailing a Pelican, a 12-foot gaff rigged dory ...
• Check out what Alan Huang from Downtown High School’s “Get Out and Learn Program” said! Here’s what one of the students from Downtown HS (Alan Huang) wrote about our sailing with them: “I think the new experience that I had in Goal is last Friday at the boat shop when we went sailing with the American Youth Sailing Force. It was my second time sailing, it was really exciting but at ...
• Success in the Gym Check out this report from our very own sailors on their time spent in the gym. Expect to hear more great things as the Force keeps working towards the ultimate goal of winning the 2013 RedBull Youth America’s Cup.
• Reasons to support the American Youth Sailing Force While the RedBull Youth America’s Cup is what our team is currently working towards, our long term goal is to create a pathway for other driven youth sailors to follow into the professional sailing world. We strongly feel that our team is on the leading edge of change in the world of high performance youth ...