June 2009 Sailing Articles

2009 ICSA HALL OF FAME   INTER-COLLEGIATE SAILING ASSOCIATION INDUCTS DIAS, KIRK, McDONALD and SEGERBLOM     Newport, Rhode Island (June 26, 2009) – The Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association (ICSA) recently acknowledged the contributions of five individuals to the sport of college sailing by inducting them into the ICSA Hall of Fame.  Austin Dias (San Diego, Calif.) received the Student Leadership Award; Joe Kirk (West Falmouth, Mass.) was honored with the Lifetime Service Award; Bryan McDonald (Monte Sereno, Calif.) received Outstanding Contribution/Volunteer; andMichael Segerblom (Costa Mesa, Calif.) was recognized with the Graham Hall Award for Outstanding Service by a College Sailing Professional.  The ICSA Hall of Fame was established in 1969… more »

Live on-the-water updates, tracking and more: www.farr40worldchampionship.com Geoff Stagg speaks about the Farr 40 Class - June 23, 2009 PORTO CERVO, ITALY (June 23, 2009) – Representing 10 nations (AUS, DEN, FRA, GBR, GER, GRE, ITA, SUI, UKR, USA), 26 Farr 40s are ready and waiting for the start tomorrow of the Rolex Farr 40 World Championship organized by the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda (YCCS).  Racing will take place from June 24-27 with a maximum of 10 races scheduled for this highly competitive class in which victory often hangs on a team’s performance in the final race of the series. Vincenzo Onorato,… more »

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Chris Love, chris@sailgroove.org, 774-217-3394 SAILGROOVE.ORG PRESENTS THE 2009 US SAILING YOUTH CHAMPIONSHIPS Austin, TX – June 23, 2009 — Sailgroove.org is the official media outlet for the 2009 US Sailing Youth Championships hosted by Indian Harbor Yacht Club (Greenwich, CT) June 26 through June 30.  Sailgroove will provide exclusive coverage of the races from Greenwich, CT with photos and video coverage available each day after the events. The US Sailing Youth Championships is an annual event for sailors under 20 years of age.  Elite entrants are selected by résumé only and will be competing in four classes… more »

Race 1 Video Race 2 Video After an extremely disappointing leg nine, which saw second overall in the Volvo Ocean Race 2008-09 slip away when Telefónica Blue ran aground and had to return to Marstrand for emergency repairs, Bouwe Bekking and his men made a remarkable comeback today, to snatch the in-port race in Stockholm from nearest rival PUMA.  Telefónica Black was third. The rocks and islands surrounding the course set today for the final of the in-port race series in the Volvo Ocean Race were black with thousands of spectators, while out on the water, in the Stockholm Archipelago, … more »

  INTER-COLLEGIATE SAILING ASSOCIATION NAMES 2008/2009 ICSA ALL-AMERICA SAILING TEAM Yale University Wins Fowle Trophy NEWPORT, R.I.  (June 17, 2009) – The Intercollegiate Sailing Association of North America (ICSA) has announced the members of its 2008/2009 ICSA All-America Sailing Team, along with the Quantum Female College Sailor of the Year, the College Sailor of the Year, Sportsman of the Year and the winner of the Leonard M. Fowle Memorial Trophy for the all-around best college team.  The ICSA All-American honors are awarded to competitors who demonstrated outstanding performance in competition during the college sailing year (fall and spring seasons) just concluded.… more »

May 29, 2009 For more information on the poll, or on how your team's coach can become a part of it, www.sailingworld.com/rankings.  Coed MAISA 1. Georgetown 2. St. Mary's 3. Navy 4. SUNY Maritime 5. Hobart/Wm. Smith 6. Washington College 7. Old Dominion 8. Pennsylvania 9. USMMA/Kings Point Also receiving votes: Cornell, Fordham MCSA 1. Wisconsin 2. Minnesota 3. Northwestern (tie) Michigan 5. St. Thomas (Minn.) 6. Notre Dame Also receiving votes: Miami (Ohio), Michigan St., Ohio St. NEISA 1. Boston College 2. Yale 3. Roger Williams 4. Harvard 5. Tufts 6. Boston Univ. 7. Brown 8. Connecticut College 9. Vermont… more »

  The Maxi Trimaran Banque Populaire V on a Conquest of the Oceans : The North Atlantic Crossing Record In brief: Banque Populaire V, the largest ocean racing trimaran in the world, was launched in August 2008 in Lorient (Brittany – France). Built at sites in Cherbourg, La Rochelle and Lorient, the construction of the maxi trimaran took 250 000 man hours of work, utilsiing a total workforce of some 170 people. Under the leadership Pascal Bidégorry, skipper of the Banque Populaire trimarans since 2004, the crew of the Maxi Banque Populaire V embarks on an ocean records campaign ready… more »

ERICSSON 4 WINS THE VOLVO OCEAN RACE 2008-09 – PUMA TAKES LEG NINE (More Leg 9 coverage here) A third place finish in leg nine has been enough for Ericsson 4 to provisionally win the Volvo Ocean Race 2008-09.  The team now has a 13-point lead over PUMA, with just 12 points available in the rest of the race. “We made a few errors on the leg, but we got what we wanted so we're pretty happy,” said Ericsson 4 skipper Torben Grael.  “We were very close in Marstrand, but now it's done. It's finished. We can really enjoy it.” It… more »

BRIAN PORTER WINS THREE-WAY, FIRST PLACE TIE-BREAKER TO TAKE THE 2009 AUTONET MOBILE MELGES 24 U.S. NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP, AYRES NAMED TOP CORINTHIAN (Photo by Serge Zavarin) 4 June 2009 In an amazing final day of racing on San Francisco Bay, Brian Porter on USA-749 Full Throttle won a three-way tie for first place to win a record-setting fourth U.S. National Championship title, a first in U.S. Melges 24 Class history. Also, tied for first place was Vince Brun on USA-553 Bailout and in third was Dave Ullman on USA-505 Pegasus 505. Each of the top three teams carried 20 points a piece. Going into today's racing… more »

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