October 2009 Sailing Articles

Photos © Reneé Athey/SPYC St. Petersburg, Fla., USA (October 25, 2009) – Italy’s Giulia Conti won the 2009 Rolex Osprey Cup – one of only two ISAF Grade 1 women’s match racing events in the U.S. – held at the St. Petersburg Yacht Club (St. Petersburg, Fla.), from October 21-24.  Along with crew Lisa Lardani, Alessandra Angelini and Giovanna Micol, Conti (Toscolano Maderno, Italy) defeated Anna Tunnicliffe (Plantation, Fla.) in the ‘first to win three’ final match format. A total of 111 matches were run by Principal Race Officer Pat Seidenspinner on Tampa Bay for the four-person teams sailing in… more »

The rankings are compiled by Sailing World Magazine and determined by the coaches of the ICSA. Latest Rankings (Oct. 22, 2009) Coed [#] = first-place votes received Total Points     01. Yale [12] 385 11. Vermont  171 02. Roger Williams [5] 368 12. Salve Regina  148 03. Georgetown [1] 349 13. Tufts  135 04. Boston College 323 14. South Florida  132 05. Brown 322 15. Stanford  128 06. Charleston 291 16. Boston Univ.  116 07. St. Mary's 269 (tie) Dartmouth  116 08. Navy 246 18. Washigton College  112 09. Harvard 221 19. Old Dominion  33 10. Hobart/William Smith 199 20. MIT… more »

LAKE CARLYLE, Ill. (October 17, 2009) – Skip Dieball and crew Jody and Tom Starck expanded the four point lead they had through 14 races yesterday by dropping an impressive, 2-1-3, line in today’s three races to win US SAILING’s Championship of Champions by a 13 point margin.“Most national championships are tough enough,” said Dieball. "Coming here to face 19 other national and world champions is incredibly challenging. Winning this regatta is really gratifying. We’ve been sailing for 10 years in Lightnings and I hope we do it for 10 more.”Dieball (Toledo, Ohio) has had an outstanding season. He won… more »

Videos from T2P available below Anna Tunnicliffe (Plantation, Fla.) and her team of Molly O'Bryan Vandemoer (Redwood City, Calif.), Liz Bower (Rochester, N.Y.) and Debbie Capozzi (Bayport, N.Y.) have won US SAILING's 2009 Rolex International Women's Keelboat Championship. Racing took place at the Rochester Yacht Club October 7-10, 2009. At the gala Rolex Awards ceremony held this evening at the RYC, Tunnicliffe and her team were awarded US SAILING's perpetual Bengt Julin Trophy and a Rolex Oyster Perpetual Stainless Steel & Gold Datejust presented by Jaimie Carlsen of Rolex Watch U.S.A.  "We're very excited," said Tunnicliffe, Olympic Gold Medalist and… 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 (Oct. 7, 2009) Coed [#] = first-place votes received Total Points     01. Yale [14] 318 11. Salve Regina 159 02. Boston College [2] 303 12. Harvard 127 03. Georgetown 288 13. Navy 122 04. Brown 261 14. Vermont 121 05. Roger Williams 248 15. Hobart/William Smith 90 06. Charleston 241 16. Dartmouth 78 07. St. Mary's 215 17. Stanford 77 08. Washington College 177 18. MIT 58 09. South Florida 173 19.… more »

Portsmouth, R.I. (October 1, 2009) – US SAILING’s Olympic Sailing Committee (OSC) seeks nominations from the public for the 2009 Coach of the Year Awards in Sailing. The awards are a part of the United States Olympic Committee’s (USOC) Coach Recognition Program which highlights the accomplishments and contributions of coaches who train athletes at all levels of sailing. The OSC will nominate sailing coaches in five categories: National Coach of the Year, Developmental Coach of the Year, Volunteer Coach of the Year, Paralympic Coach of the Year and the “Doc” Counsilman Science Award. The OSC will accept nominations from the… more »