Nick Van Antwerp

Nicholas is a licensed architect in Montana, where he works primarily on custom single-family homes and ranches. He grew up in the Midwest where he fell in love with sailing at a young age, learning from his dad on the family’s Hobie 16. He participated in a local sailing school where he learned to race in dinghies. He applied his knowledge to one design racing, sailing in the Farr 40, Melges 24 and J 70 classes. Outside of buoy racing, he has competed in offshore races such as a Chicago to Mackinac, Caribbean 600 and has completed a trans-Atlantic delivery. In addition to his personal sailing, Nick has been an instructor for adult keel boat classes and youth learn-to-sail and racing programs.