August 2009 Sailing Articles

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 (August 31, 2009) Coed [#] = first-place votes received Total Points     01. St. Mary's [7] 216 11. Tufts 112 02. Georgetown [2] 201 12. Stanford 91 03. Yale [1] 181 13. Brown 89 04. Boston College 173 14. Hobart/William Smith 82 05. Charleston 158 15. Boston Univ. 81 06. Roger Williams 148 16. Connecticut College 38 07. Harvard 128 17. Washington College 37 (tie) Navy 128 18. SUNY Maritime 30 09. Old… more »

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Chris Love, chris@sailgroove.org, 774-217-3394   SAILGROOVE.ORG TO STREAM 2009 18' SKIFF INTERNATIONAL LIVE   Austin, TX – August 28, 2009 — Sailgroove.org will be at St. Francis Yacht Club in San Francisco, Cal. August 31-September 4, 2009 for the 18' Skiff International regatta, including the world famous Ronstan Bridge to Bridge Race on Thursday, September 3.  Sailgroove will provided the daily videos and reports its fans have come to expect as well as live, streaming coverage of the racing from atop the St. Francis Yacht Club, which starts daily at 1:00PM PST. Competitors from around the globe… more »

This article is from the US Sailing Team AlphaGraphics' newly launched newsletter, The Medalist Report. Less than a year after Zach Railey won a silver medal at the 2008 Olympic Games in China, the Finn sailor is already setting his sights on 2012. First up: Zach structured an on- and off-the-water training plan to ensure he peaks, performance-wise, at key events throughout the year. The Medalist caught up with Zach at Indian Harbor Yacht Club in Greenwich, Conn., where he was coaching young Optimist sailors. He shared his elite training plan - and gave advice for every sailor about how to stay… more »

Photo © FRIED ELLIOTT/www.friedbits.com Star World Championships Varberg welcomes Star sailors from all over the world to the 2009 Star Class World Championship. And of course everyone else who enjoys top class racing on the water. Since 1922 the Star class has sailed world championships and only twice before the championship has been sailed in Sweden, 1970 and 1979 in Marstrand. During all those years only two Swedish crews have become World Champions – Pelle Petterson/Ulf Schröder 1969 and Fredrik Lööf/Christian Finnsgård 2001 and Fredrik Lööf/Anders Ekström 2004. We expect around 80 boats from 25 countries to come to Varberg… more »

Photo © FRIED ELLIOTT/www.friedbits.com Star World Championships Varberg welcomes Star sailors from all over the world to the 2009 Star Class World Championship. And of course everyone else who enjoys top class racing on the water. Since 1922 the Star class has sailed world championships and only twice before the championship has been sailed in Sweden, 1970 and 1979 in Marstrand. During all those years only two Swedish crews have become World Champions – Pelle Petterson/Ulf Schröder 1969 and Fredrik Lööf/Christian Finnsgård 2001 and Fredrik Lööf/Anders Ekström 2004. We expect around 80 boats from 25 countries to come to Varberg… more »

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Chris Love, chris@sailgroove.org, 774-217-3394   SAILGROOVE.ORG TO COVER 2009 CHICAGO YACHT CLUB VERVE CUP OFFSHORE REGATTA   Austin, TX – August 3, 2009 — Sailgroove.org will be the main media outlet for the 2009 CYC Verve Cup Offshore Regatta hosted by the Chicago Yacht Club August 13-16.  Sailgroove will  provide exclusive coverage of the Verve Cup Offshore Regatta from Chicago, IL, including all Race Circles, and exclusive Thursday coverage of the J 109 North American Championships.  Photos, race video and interviews will also be available each day after the events.   As one of the major offshore regattas held in the US during the month of August, The Verve Cup has… more »

The North-Atlantic in 3 days 15 hours 25 minutes and 48 seconds* for the Maxi-Trimaran Banque Populaire V Pascal Bidegorry and his crewmen make history They dreamt of it! They made it ! By passing Lizard Point a 16h 13m and 30s (French time) (14:13:30 TU)! Less than a year after the launch of the Maxi Banque Populaire V, Pascal Bidégorry and his crewmen just made history by signing an incredible new benchmark time on the Transatlantic record.  Alarming all the indicators, the world's biggest sailing trimaran has just covered 2 921 miles between New-York and Point-Lizard, in 3 days… more »

Star World Championships Varberg welcomes Star sailors from all over the world to the 2009 Star Class World Championship. And of course everyone else who enjoys top class racing on the water. Since 1922 the Star class has sailed world championships and only twice before the championship has been sailed in Sweden, 1970 and 1979 in Marstrand. During all those years only two Swedish crews have become World Champions – Pelle Petterson/Ulf Schröder 1969 and Fredrik Lööf/Christian Finnsgård 2001 and Fredrik Lööf/Anders Ekström 2004. We expect around 80 boats from 25 countries to come to Varberg to compete in the… more »