The story of Clagett Sailing is one of vision, commitment and service, and as its motto suggests, it has encouraged everyone – from its own leadership to the growing adaptive needs sailing community to the many volunteers who make it happen – to “Reach for Success.”
When an athlete participates in a Clagett Sailing program they gain more than a world-class regatta experience. In the most simple terms, the athletes that participate in Clagett Sailing become part of an elite family of competitive adaptive sailors.
Clagett Sailing has had participants enroll from across the USA (at least 26 states and territories) and such foreign countries as Canada (6 Provinces), China, Ireland, Israel, and Norway.
We are immensely proud of all of the athletes that have participated in Clagett Sailing, below are a few highlights through the years.
If you are a Clagett Sailing participant athlete email operations@clagettsailing.org to be included on this page.
The Y-Knot program was the first Clagett grantee. The Sonar boat was granted in 2016 and in 2023 to the Y-Knot Program based in Lake George, NY. The granted Clagett Sonar has raced in Clagett Newport Sonar class. The boat is utilized in Y-Knot's accredited adaptive sailing Program in NY.
The Sonar team has also participated in The Clagett/Oakcliff Match Racing Clinic and Regatta in Oyster Bay, NY.
Delani Hulme-Lawrence, whose campaign is called Life over Limb, was the recipient of a 2.4mR boat in Clagett Sailing's second year of the Boat Grant Program. In 2024 she renewed that grant after a successful cycle of training and competing at the National and World Championship level.
At the 2018 Clagett Newport, Delani placed eighth in the 2.4mR class and won the Larry Gadsby Most Improved Award, nominated by the coaches. In 2022 she attended the 2.4mR Worlds and was the top junior finisher in the fleet. In 2024 she placed third overall at The Clagett Newport Regatta.
Peter has substantial one-design experience including racing in North American Albacore Championship, Sarasota Mid-Winter One Design, Canadian Albacore Championship, to name a few.
Peter is an all around sailor as well with cruising experience in the Strait of Georgia (BC), Northumberland Strait, and The Georgian Bay (Ontario, Canada).
In August of 2022 carcinoma was found in his spine and he walked for the last time in September 2022. He practices at the Nepean Sailing Club in Ottawa Ontario Canada. He attended his first Clagett Newport Clinic and Regatta in 2023.
Peter Eagar, from York, Ontario, Canada, has sailed in five Clagett Newport regattas and won the overall C. Thomas Clagett, Jr. trophy in 2019. Peter started sailing when he was nine years old and racing about a year later in the International Shark 24 class. Between 1985 and 2003 he won the Shark Class World Championship four times.
In 2010 he was completely paralyzed by Guillain Barre Syndrome. After over one year in hospital and a second year in rehab he started sailing again. He resumed racing first in the Martin 16 fleet and then in the 2.4mR.
Siobhan's first competitive sailing experience was at the 2013 Clagett Newport. She won a bronze medal in the 2.4mR class at the 2017 Canada Summer Games.
Siobhan was recently voted to be the Keelboat Captain for the Queen's University Sailing Team. In addition to sailing her 2.4mR competitively, Siobhan is the head instructor at her family's local sailing club, Sail Mabou in Nova Scotia.
Erick Poirier is from Repentigny, Quebec, Canada. Erick has sailed in two Clagett Newport regattas in the 2.4mR.
Erick “learned to sail in a Martin 16 with the Association Québécoise de Voile (AQVA) in Montreal starting in 2007 and was soon an active participant in their race training program. He discovered the 2.4mR when a fellow AQVA member, Scott Lutes, purchased one. He fell in love with the boat and eventually bought my own which I raced in several regattas, including two Clagett Newport regattas.
Julio Reguero has been to two Paralympics Games, Beijing 2008 and London 2012. Julio has won the C. Thomas Clagett, Jr. Memorial Clinic and Regatta (Clagett Newport) three times. In 2019 Julio finished 8th overall in the Open Worlds in Genoa, Italy and 1st in the master division.
Tyler currently lives in San Diego, California but sails with the 2.4mR fleet on the east coast USA. He started skippering at the age of 10 during his summers at Crystal Lake, Frankfort, Michigan. He was the top sailor in the local junior fleet with the Butterfly sailboats, placed 6th in Nationals and crewed on the 1st place E-scow boat. At 16 years old he was involved in an accident which left him a quadriplegic. Now 20 years later he is getting back to competitive sailing with a 2.4mR boat thanks to Clagett Sailing.
Maureen is a 2008 gold medal Olympian. She has competed in 3 Paralympic sailing classes and was a member of the US Disabled Sailing team 9 times. She recently represented the US at the 2022 ParaWorld Sailing Championships in The Hague. Maureen began competing in parasailing after an accident in 1995. She is a competitor in the 2.4mR class and has attended quite a few Clagett Regattas and clinics.
Chuck grew up on Narragansett Bay, sailing Sunfish and International 420's, where he reached three 420 Worlds. In high school he competed in three Mallory Cup Championships and then went on to The University of Rhode Island, studying Political Science and Economics. Sailing was his real major: sloops, offshore and dinghies and becoming an All American. After college he worked for West Marine Products for a few years building new stores and managing The Sausalito, CA location. It was then that he met Gary Weisman from North Sails, where he was recruited to work back in RI as a salesman. Twenty three years later Chuck is still involved with the group. After having a stroke in December of 2022, Chuck has been rehabbing his way back.
Over its 20+ year history Clagett Sailing is honored to have had 44 participant athletes from six different countries represent their respective countries at The Paralympics.
Throughout its history, Clagett Sailing has successfully filled a void in advanced training opportunities for sailors with disabilities, and has been able to do this through the outstanding philanthropic and volunteer contributions of the tightly knit community dedicated to its mission. This training and support has resulted in 19 Paralympic Medals for Clagett sailors: three Gold, seven Silver, nine Bronze. In addition to several World Championship medals.
Silver Medal- Sonar:
Silver Medal - SKUD 18
Bronze Medal - Sonar
Silver Medal- SKUD-18
BRONZE MEDAL - SONAR
Gold Medal- SKUD-18
Bronze Medal- SKUD-18
Gold Medal - 2.4mR
Bronze Medal - 2.4mR
Gold MEDAL - Sonar
Bronze MEDAL - SONAR
