September 2009 Sailing Articles

Chicago, Illinois, USA (September 30, 2009) – Flash Gordon 5, the Farr 40 owned by Helmut Jahn won the 2009 Rolex Farr 40 North American Championship, held September 24-27 in Chicago, Ill. Nine teams representing the best in North American one-design racing battled on Lake Michigan beneath the skyline that Jahn’s architecture firm Murphy/Jahn has helped to define over the past three decades.   Racing was hosted at the Chicago Yacht Club (CYC), which provided race committee assistance under the leadership of Principal Race Officer Sue Reilly. At the awards ceremony held at the CYC, Jahn was presented with a… more »

Portsmouth, R.I. (September 28, 2009) – The International Sailing Federation (ISAF) has named US Sailing Team AlphaGraphics’ (USSTAG) Anna Tunnicliffe (Plantation, Fla.) a nominee for the 2009 ISAF Rolex World Sailor of the Year Award, the most prestigious recognition in the sport of sailing. Tunnicliffe was chosen based on her outstanding achievement during the qualifying period of September 1, 2008 to August 31, 2009. Tunnicliffe has shown the depth and breadth of her talent by excelling in a variety of boats and multiple disciplines this year. This is the second consecutive year Tunnicliffe has made the shortlist of nominees.  “I’m… more »

See highlights from racing in big breeze courtesy of YCCSWatch Melges 32 Worlds video now at OffshoreRules.com Porto Cervo, Italy. 27th September 2009. Pieter Taselaar’s (Mamaroneck, N.Y.) Bliksem (USA) has taken victory in the Audi Melges 32 World Championship 2009, the first edition of the Worlds for the class, organized by the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda in Porto Cervo. Taselaar’s team included Jeremy Wilmot (Newport, R.I.) as tactician and his brother Nathan (Sydney, Australia), who is a 470 Men’s Olympic Gold medalist (2008). Other crew members were Americans Willem van Waay (San Diego, Calif.), George Peet (Detroit, Mich.), Alex Clegg (East Greenwich, R.I.) and… more »

Check out video from this wild course, as well as interviews at OffshoreRules.com   Porto Cervo, Italy. 24th September 2009. Claudio Recchi’s Team 93 (ITA) remains in first place overall with three races having been run in the Audi Melges 32 World Championsip 2009, organized by the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda. Pieter Taselaar’s (New York, N.Y.) Bliksem (USA) took a bullet in today’s only race and climbed from yesterday’s third place to sit in second place overall ahead of Stefano di Properzio’s Mataran (ITA). Red (GBR), owned by James Woods, slipped from second overall to fourth after taking sixth place in today’s race.  Recchi, who is one of the… more »

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 (Sept. 24, 2009) Coed [#] = first-place votes received Total Points     01. Yale [11] 309 11. Hobart/William Smith 153 02. Georgetown [4] 297 12. Harvard 142 03. Roger Williams 260 13. Stanford 123 04. Brown 248 14. Tufts 100 05. Boston College 246 15. Old Dominion 92 06. St. Mary's [1] 245 16. Washington College 84 07. Charleston 243 17. MIT 69 08. South Florida 182 18. Boston Univ. 59 09. Navy… more »

VIEW LIVE UPDATES FROM THE COURSE NOW Porto Cervo, Italy. 22nd September 2009. The Yacht Club Costa Smeralda’s sailing season in Porto Cervo is about to close in style with the twelfth and final event of the season being an inaugural ISAF World Championship for one of the most exciting and rapidly expanding one-design classes around. The Audi Melges 32 World Championship 2009 began officially on Sunday 20th September with registrations, measurements and official checks on the 30 participating boats and crews, but the tension will truly rise when racing starts tomorrow, Wednesday 23rd at 12 midday. Racing will continue… more »

Interview by Giles Pearman PORTO CERVO, ITALY (12 September 2009) -- After five splendid racing days with stable conditions featuring north to northeasterly winds, sunshine, blue skies and choppy seas, the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup 2009 has drawn to a close.  Organized by the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda in conjunction with the International Maxi Association, the event which is now in its 20th edition, saw 42 maxis competing and between five to seven races held for each of the various divisions over the course of the series. Niklas Zennstrom’s Judel Vrolijk designed 72’ Bermudian sloop Ran (GBR), launched this year and already winner… more »

Photo © Rolex / Daniel Forster AUSTIN, Texas – Even if you can’t make it to San Francisco this weekend, you can still partake in all the boating action Rolex sponsors by watching LIVE coverage of the Rolex Big Boat Series on SailGroove.org. This regatta is held annually in the San Francisco Bay and is considered the most prestigious racing event held on the U.S. West Coast.  It draws spectators and top competitors from around the nation to St. Francis Yacht Club. Rolex has been the title sponsor of this event since 2005 and the regatta includes competitive one-design and handicap… more »