The J/24 category championship of North America was conducted recently at Valle de Bravo in Mexico. The final races saw fierce competition between Bruschetta of Will Welles and Bangor Packet of Tony Parker. Will was finally able to secure the winner’s trophy and bring it back to Newport, Rhode Island.
The November issue of OK Dinghy magazine had finally found its place online and the letterbox of the different sailors. The magazine covers the details and results from all the major tournaments held from the April 2017 and the articles are mainly focused towards the health of the different classes in sailing.
Last year, the waterfront of Cardiff bay was surrounded by visitors as some of the greatest sailors took part in sailing series. The sailors competed in both global as well as annual professional series in the UK. Spectators will once again enjoy the same experience as they will see Olympic gold medalists and other sailing legends only a few meters away from the shore. There will be a public zone for fans with live music, food and beverage stalls, and much more. The water action also has teams competing in the double-handed catamarans in flying phantom series. Cardiff will be the deciding factor in the 2018 event tour.
The Hingham Yacht Club would be holding a USA Junior Olympic Sailing Festival on July 13th and 14th this year.
The club expects about 300 sailors in the youth category to compete, coming from regions like New Jersey and New York as well. The event would stay open for experienced sailors as well as beginners. Registration for the event would be possible till July 12th which can be done at a site opened for the event, costing about $90 for each racer. There would be three different sailboat categories that will race during the day, laser radial, 420 and optimist dinghy. The latter would be a ten foot one person boat that can be sailed by beginners. There would not be any results declared in this division. (more…)
The Penn State sailing club has 5 dancing members in THON this year.
Afrodite Zegers is not a stranger anymore as far as the big stage is concerned. There was a tremendous pressure during the final race of World Cup Series Miami 2017 presented by Sunbrella. The Zegers along with teammate Anneloes van Veen showed spectacular poise to win the title of Women’s 470.
The Dutch team made an entry in the final race with Eilidh Mclntyre and Sophie Weguelin for the first time in all standings. The other teams were physically present for every spot on the podium when the van Veen and Zegers marked in the lead with Mclntyre and Weguelin close behind. It was not plain sailing!
The race was indeed stressful as per van Veen. The first upwind was seen initially and thereafter the downwind seemed fine. However, on the 2nd upwind, they could not cover well. Van Veen and Zegers waited with a whole lot of patience to grab an opportunity to win. Finally, they were close enough to successfully grab the wind of the British team rolling on the top to get through the final mark in the 1st position. This was one of the best moments experienced by Zegers and Veen. (more…)
It is being over four months when LMAX Exchange was capped the Clipper 2015-16 Race’s overall winner, the team of him is still celebrating its hard work and success Olivier Cardin skipper.
The recognition and awards of such type do not limit only to the skippers still, along with crew member, Dominique Hausser received the award on 19 November at Swiss Sailing. Dominique’s commitment to sailing has been recognized with this award.
Dominique has dreamt of sailing across the world, however, acting as navigator, coxswain on board and team doctor during the Clipper Race, Dominique played an important role in the team. His effort throughout the historic 40,000 nautical mile journey was commendable. (more…)
Josh Adams held the position of Managing Director of US Olympic Sailing and he has guided the team for the country as they have prepared themselves for several Olympic instances.
He has led the Paralympic as well as the Pan American teams as well, besides the US Sailing and the Youth Worlds team. Adam has provided his leadership for the teams in different instances, but he is vacating the position now.
Having led several teams of the US including the US Sailing Sperry team and the Youth Worlds team, Josh has provided his valuable leadership for about four years or more. Adam has also provided results during his period of leadership. The team at the Rio games this year won the bronze medal as well as a silver medal in the Paralympic games. There have even several wins recorded by Youth Worlds and at the Pan American games as well, whilst he was also the person who bought in Greece yacht charter team getaways to help boost team spirit. (more…)