December 2009 Sailing Articles

Olympic SportsWoman of the Year – Anna TunnicliffeOlympic SportsMan of the Year – Zach RaileyOlympic Team of the Year – George Szabo and Rick PetersParalympic SportsWoman of the Year -- Maureen McKinnon-TuckerParalympic SportsMan of the Year – John RufParalympic Team of the Year – Scott Whitman and Julia Dorsett  Portsmouth, R.I. (December 18, 2009) – US SAILING has chosen eight US Sailing Team AlphaGraphics (USSTAG) members as the sport’s 2009 SportsWoman, SportsMan and Team of the Year, in both Olympic and Paralympic classes, for outstanding on-the-water performance, achievement and sportsmanship. US SAILING’s Olympic Sailing Committee (OSC) has named Laser Radial/Elliott6m/Women’s… more »

The Cruising Yacht Club of Australia is pleased to announce that the Seven Network and Yahoo!7, will provide a live 90 minute webcast of the start of the 65th Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race to a global audience. This is the second year that Yahoo!7 has live streamed the race.  In addition to Seven Network's live television broadcast in Australia, anyone, in any country around the world will be able to watch the start of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race provided they have a computer and broadband internet access from 12.30pm AEST until 2:00pm AEST.  With spectator numbers on… more »

Sailig's Best of 2009 Are Shortlisted US SAILING’s Rolex Yachtsman & Yachtswoman of the Year Awards PORTSMOUTH, R.I. (December 16, 2009) – It wouldn’t be December without the annual “year in review” and “best of” lists, and the release of US SAILING’s shortlist of nominees for the 2009 Rolex Yachtsman and Yachtswoman of the Year Awards marks that traditional milestone for the sport of sailing in the United States.  It was an outstanding year of achievement on-the-water during the 2009 calendar year:  American men won nine world championships, while competitive excellence was achieved by American women in both fleet and… more »

Portsmouth, R.I. (December 16, 2009) – US SAILING’s Olympic Sailing Committee (OSC) has chosen three exemplary sailing coaches for the 2009 Coaches of the Year Awards. Based on nominations from the public, the OSC has named Mark Ivey (Tiburon, Calif.) the National Coach of the Year, Ryan Minth (New York, N.Y.) the Developmental Coach of the Year, and Greg Koman (Burlington, Vt.) the Volunteer Coach of the Year. These three winners exhibited extraordinary dedication to the sport of sailing and made an impact on the sailors they coached in 2009.The OSC has also nominated these winners to the United States… more »

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