San Diego, Calif. (September 15, 2007) – After four days of racing, winners were crowned at US SAILING’s U.S. Men's Sailing Championship for the Clifford D. Mallory Cup and U.S. Women's Sailing Championship for the Mrs. Charles Francis Adams Cup, hosted September 11-15 by the Southwestern Yacht Club (San Diego, Calif.). Competitors from throughout the U.S. raced Etchells at both events, which were sponsored by Rolex Watch U.S.A. and Dry Creek Vineyard.

For Mallory Cup winner Brian Camet, racing with his father and brother as crew, consistency paid, as well as a family ethos to simply, "have fun," said Camet after racing's end. The Camet family, sailing for San Diego Yacht Club, never finished worse than a fourth place in this no-discard series to log a large 15-point edge over the second-place boat in the final standings. The Camets did not need to sail the final race to clinch the title. The Camet family now has four U.S. Champions in its midst as Brian, Alex and Daniel join former three time U.S. Junior Women’s Singlehanded Champion, Giselle.

For 50 years, since Lake Michigan sailor Jane Pegel won this national title in 1957, no Lake Michigan sailor had since followed in her footsteps—until Elizabeth Altman (Chicago, Ill)  and her crew Nancy Heffernan (St. Louis, Mo.), Vickie Matthews (Chicago, Ill.), and Marie Hansson (Chicago, Ill.) logged their victory yesterday. Altman skippered a series that included wins in seven individual races for a 10-point lead in the final standings. This Chicago Yacht Club crew did not have to sail the final race to capture the title, an achievement that Altman attributed to her crew at series’ end.

Francis McElwain Wakeman Sportsmanship Award was awarded to Nicole Didyk and her team from Chicago, Ill.  The team had hit the pin at the finish of the third race and re-rounded, but the Race Committee did not see it and awarded them their original finish of fourth.  In true Corinthian spirit, Didyk approached the Race Committee and had her finish redressed.