VisuALs | Allison Chenard

Physically back to real life, mentally here 🤙 Some favorite shots from this weekend’s C420 Association Team Race Midwinter Championship for the Liam O’Keefe Trophy 💥 🎥 @al.chenard

“nard nation” is a funny phrase my brothers coined 2ish years ago (“nard” like “Chenard”), and it’s stuck with me as a design idea ever since. I finally executed some hats this year for Christmas by way of patches so they could both have the specific hat styles they prefer. This is a Patagonia-esque font as a nod to the founder of Patagonia, Yvon Chouinard (the original French spelling of our name but not related as far as we know), and I wanted a classic, vintage color palette that worked with both hats. Only ball caps were available for embroidery in small batches so patches allowed further customization, and I chose hats that fit their personalities. A five-panel hat for Evan and a hybrid trucker/vintage ball cap style for Matthew. (+ Motherbird had a blank LLBean tote so of course we decorated it too) If you’re looking for the perfect gift, keep designers in mind for custom commissions!

Take us back 😩 Don’t worry, the season’s not over yet – we’ve got the Southeast and Pacific Coast Champs on deck September 13-14 🤙🏼

2025 Regatta (by the numbers) 28 teams 84 boats 170+ sailors (from 13 states + the Antilles!) 200+ races Thank you to the competitors who sailed hard and the countless volunteers who made this event possible! For more event photos from @chenardvisuals , head to the link in our bio! 📸: @chenardvisuals

West Coast Best Coast are your 2025 CJ Buckley Regatta Champions 💥🏆 Hannah Crompton, Avery Peterson, Tate Christopher, Gilman Hackel, Noah Stapleton, and Madison Mansour went undefeated the entire event, winning all 18 races they sailed to claim the C420 National Junior Team Race Championship 🤯 🥇West Coast Best Coast 🥈Suns Out Guns Out/Clarkfleet 🥉Leis’nds 28 teams from across the country completed over 200 races, run by the amazing Greenwich Bay Sailing Association and East Greenwich Yacht Club RC lead by PRO Justin Assad. All in all, competitors were treated to great conditions, an amazing Italian feast following day one of racing, and informative college night where competitors spoke with coaches of over 10 different college sailing programs. Started in 2003, the regatta was named in honor of CJ Buckley, a talented Rhode Island sailor and a fierce competitor at GBSA and Tabor Academy who lost his battle with brain cancer at 17. CJ was partial to team racing – the challenge, the strategy and the excitement-like a game of chess on the water. So each year for the last 22 years, the Club 420 class has come together with the help of volunteers, parents, and sailors to team race our hearts out, all in the spirit of our friend CJ 🫶🏻 HUGE Thank you to all the competitors, parents and volunteers for their effort! More amazing photos from @chenardvisuals coming soon 📸

C420 Nationals: 148 boats, 3 days of racing, and tons of fun! The largest event on the 2025 calendar is in the books📚 Sailors got a range of conditions over three days at @hyannisyc_sailing – the first two days started light, with a long postponement in the morning on day one. On the final day, the fleet was split into silver and gold just in time for some true Hyannis weather – an epic seabreeze 🌊 Three races were sailed in gold and two were sailed in silver. Event winners Caleb Everett and JP Panebianco remained consistent despite the varying conditions, winning three of the eight races with only two races outside the top five. Gold Fleet Top 5 🥇Caleb Everett & JP Panebianco 🥈Gilman Hackel & Avery Peterson 🥉Jude Ryon & Liam Marcell 4️⃣ Sam & Finn Sperry 5️⃣ Cooper & Oliver Keeves We couldn’t do it without the support of race committee, event hosts, parents, and volunteers – thank you! You help make each event a success, but especially one of this magnitude. Up next: the CJ Buckley team race regatta @cjbuckleyteamrace ✨ 📸 Racing photos: @chenardvisuals

Not for the faint of heart 😅 ft. the gnarliest day of Olympic Trials

shots from starboard tack 📸 POV 🎥 @chapmanrosie ⛵️ @t.saundersnzl @leo_boucher @marshall_mccann #miami #sailing #sportsphotography

Before we leave March🍀, here’s a poster design I created for my Guinness-loving brother for Christmas, “Split G” and all. If you struggle with gift giving for birthdays or holidays or just-because, don’t forget designers can help you create the perfect customized product 🎁 #guinness #graphicdesign #framedart #giftgivingideas

POV: you’re my robot bird at Olympic Trials 🚁🦜📸 Couple months late on this one oops @teamusa @ussailingteam

Board, no board, board, no board @teamusa @nbcolympics #andotherdutiesnotdescribed

Discarded designs 👀 This set was drafted early 2020 for college nationals that were set to take place that year in New Orleans at Tulane. I still really dig the tipped fleur de lis serving as a wave for the 420/FJ. Tulane finally hosted the postponed championship in 2022 but by then their art department decided to produce the logo in-house and incorporate their mascot. So this got scrapped but I’ll always like it. #logo #sailinglogo #collegesailing #nationalchampionship #design #logodesign