Eighteen Teams Advance to the ICSA / Gill Dinghy National Championship The completion of the Eastern and Western Dinghy Semifinals sends eighteen schools to Nationals. Long Beach, Calif. (May 1, 2011) – It was another warm sunny day for the sailors at Belmont Veterans Memorial Pier at the U.S. Sailing Center in Long Beach, CA with temperatures in the high 70s. The close racing continued and challenged sailors as the day began with the Southern California Santa Ana winds fighting the sea breeze. This resulted in some shocking p...
Racing Summary – Day 5, April 28: The fifth day of racing’s opening series at French Olympic Sailing Week concluded today in Hyeres, France. US Sailing Team AlphaGraphics athletes advanced to the Olympic fleet racing medal race in Finn, Women’s 470 and Star classes, as well as the final match in Women’s Match Racing. Racing concludes tomorrow in the 2.4mR and Sonar fleets, which do not have a medal race. Results: http://sof.ffvoile.net/index.php Performance highlights on day five include: • In...
Hyeres, France: Racing Summary – Day 4, April 27 - On the fourth day of racing at French Olympic Sailing Week, sailors continued to solidify their standings and move up the leader board. US Sailing Team AlphaGraphics athletes are in good standing throughout and hold top-10 positions in Laser, Finn, Women’s 470, Sonar, 2.4mR and Star. Going into tomorrow, sailors will look to improve overall results. Results: http://sof.ffvoile.net/index.php Performance highlights on day four include: • In Elliott 6m, Women’s Ma...
The Transatlantic Race 2011 will hold a panel discussion today at 5:30 PM EDT to preview the upcoming event, set to start between June 26 and July 3 in Newport, Rhode Island, with a finish at The Lizard, UK. According to the TR2011's press release, the discussion will be moderated by Gary Jobson and "will focus on the history of transatlantic racing, the challenge and appeal of transoceanic racing, as well as the upcoming TR2011 and its entries." Click here for live audio and blog The panel will feature several of the owners...
The rankings are compiled by Sailing World Magazine and determined by the coaches of the ICSA. Every coach gets 1 vote to rank all the teams. Latest Rankings (April 21, 2011) Coed [#] = first-place votes received Total Points 01. Roger Williams [6] 374 11. Yale 201 02. Georgetown [6] 371 12. Tufts 184 03. Charleston [6] 356 13. Rhode Island 121 04. Boston College [1] 353 14. Old Dominion 117 05. Brown [1] 319 15. Connecticut College 108 06. St. Mary's 304 16. Wisconsin 74 07. Harvard 289 17. Mi...
Hyères, France is all set to host the Semaine Olympique Française, the fourth regatta on the ISAF Sailing World Cup series. The ISAF Sailing World Cup has seen some excellent racing in the Olympic and Paralympic Sailing Events at Sail Melbourne in December, US SAILING’S Rolex Miami OCR in January and the Trofeo S.A.R. Princess Sofia MAPFRE at the start of April. The world’s most experienced sailor’s preparations for next year’s Olympic Sailing Competition are well underway and competition in ...
American solo sailor Brad Van Liew today made it an incredible four wins out of four legs in the VELUX 5 OCEANS solo round the world race as he sailed into his hometown of Charleston, South Carolina. The people of Charleston turned out in force to cheer on the 43-year-old as he brought an end to a gruelling 5,900-mile leg from Punta del Este, Uruguay. Photo copyright Ainhoa Sanchez/VELUX 5 OCEANS After a painfully slow and frustrating final few days at sea which saw him battle fluky, light winds on the approach to the finish, Brad steered...
From Jesse Combs, head coach of Eckerd Sailing: SAISA Team Race Championship Report Saturday: Another perfect day for sailing, the air temp and water temp were both around 80 degrees. There was a triple round robin sailed in 10-15 knots of wind out of the SW. Congratulations to the College of Charleston Cougars and the University of South Florida Bulls on qualifying for team racing nationals. Special thanks to Tim King and Arthur Blodgett for umpiring the races. Also a special thank you to Nick Ewenson for helping ...
The dramatic second Act of the 2011 Extreme Sailing Series™ at the Olympic sailing venue in Qingdao, that proved to be the perfect amphitheatre for the stadium format racing, has come to a close. Capsizes, collisions and after 29 races over five days just five points separated the two former America's Cup adversaries, Luna Rossa and Emirates Team New Zealand at the end. The Italian team fought to the finish to claim the Double Star Cup in the very final double-points race! “We are really happy,” said skipper M...
Never in four years of the Extreme Sailing Series has there been so much drama in one day. In almost unprecedented conditions here in Qingdao, the public witnessed some extraordinary adrenalin fueled ‘stadium’ racing, first witnessing a major collision between The Wave, Muscat (OMAN) and Oman Air (OMAN) at the first downwind mark of the first race, and four dramatic capsizes - The Wave, Muscat (OMAN) in Race 2 and Red Bull Sailing Team (AUT), Team GAC Pindar (GBR) and Oman Air (OMAN) all in the final race of the day. Click photos to...
