November 2009 Sailing Articles

Adam Roberts and Nick Martin are campaigning to be the US representatives in the 470 class at the 2012 Olypics in Weymouth, England.  Roberts and Martin are no strangers to Sailgroove, as they were both massively competitive in the 2008-2009 College Sailing season, but now they have officially joined the network of websites using Sailgroove's website platform.  Their new site tracks the team's progress through training, travelling and racing on what they hope is the road to the Weymouth.  Now, Sailgroove and Team Roberts/Martin are proud to present: TeamRobertsMartin.com Roberts and Martin join US Sailing Team AlphaGraphics members Erik Storck… more »

Photos © Dean Barnes ST. THOMAS, USVI (November 15, 2009) - Light winds worked to the benefit of US Sailing Team AlphaGraphics (USSTAG) member, Genny Tulloch (San Francisco, Calif.), on the final day of US SAILING's 2009 U.S. Women's Match Racing Championship (USWMRC), hosted by the St. Thomas Yacht Club and sailed in Cowpet Bay. Tulloch was joined by crew Chafee Emory (Newport, R.I.), Elizabeth Hall (Chevy Chase, Md.) and Elizabeth Kratzig (Miami Beach, Fla.).Tulloch upset fellow USSTAG teammate, Anna Tunnicliffe (Plantation, Fla.), and her crew of Molly O'Bryan Vandemoer (Redwood City, Calif.), Liz Bower (Rochester, N.Y.), and Alice Manard… more »

The rankings are compiled by Sailing World Magazine and determined by the coaches of the ICSA. Latest Rankings (Nov. 15, 2009) Coed [#] = first-place votes received Total Points     01. Boston College [13] 354 11. Navy 174 02. Yale [5] 328 12. Hobart/Wm. Smith 155 03. Brown 326 13. Miami 150 04. St. Mary's 309 14. Washington College 119 05. Georgetown 285 15. South Florida 93 06. Charleston 268 16. Salve Regina 76 07. Roger Williams 251 17. Old Dominion 59 08. Vermont 239 18. Boston Univ. 47 09. Harvard 209 19. Stanford 35 10. Tufts 194 20. Rhode Island… more »

November 11, 2009Torben Grael and Anna Tunnicliffe joined the sailing world's most prestigious list of winners last night, 10 November, as they were named winners of the 2009 ISAF Rolex World Sailor of the Year Awards at a spectacular ceremony held in Busan, South Korea. Sailors, officials and special guests from all over the world gather every November for the International Sailing Federation's (ISAF) Annual Conference and the ISAF Rolex World Sailor of the Year Awards. The Awards are recognized as the highest honour a sailor can receive in recognition of his/her outstanding achievements and this year's official award ceremony took place… more »

The rankings are compiled by Sailing World Magazine and determined by the coaches of the ICSA. Latest Rankings (Nov. 4, 2009) Coed [#] = first-place votes received Total Points     01. Yale [18] 378 11. Hobart/Wm. Smith 180 02. Roger Williams [1] 341 12. Tufts 175 03. St. Mary's 309 13. Boston Univ. 100 04. Boston College 303 14. South Florida 97 05. Georgetown 298 15. Old Dominion 87 06. Brown 272 16. Washington College 83 07. Charleston 271 17. Dartmouth 65 08. Harvard 242 18. Stanford 53 09. Navy 218 19. Connecticut College 53 10. Vermont 213 20. Salve Regina… more »