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ENCOURAGING PARTICIPATION AND PROMOTING EXCELLENCE IN SAILING
May 24, 2006

USA Team Racing Gold Medalists Danny Pletsch, Caleb Silsby, Carrie Howe, and Paige Hannon
Photo courtesy of Annie Nelson

USA SAILORS BRING HOME TWO GOLD, TWO BRONZE MEDALS FROM WORLD SAILING GAMES

Lake Neusiedl, Austria - USA sailors are bringing home two gold medals and two bronze medals from the 2006 International Sailing Federation (ISAF) World Sailing Games, which wrapped up over the weekend in Lake Neusiedl, Austria. Paige Railey (Clearwater, Fla.) solidified her world #1 ranking in the Women’s One-Person Dinghy event, sailed in Laser Radials, by winning another gold medal in a major international event. In addition, demonstrating that the USA is a worldwide leader in team racing, Danny Pletsch (New York, N.Y.), Carrie Howe (Grosse Pointe, Mich.), Caleb Silsby and Paige Hannon (Newport Beach, Calif.) won a gold medal in the Open Team Sailing event, followed by another USA team -- Tim Wadlow (Beverly, Mass.), Ery Largay (Beverly, Mass.), Tim Fallon (North Falmouth, Mass.) and Karen Renzulli (Somerville, Mass.) -- winning the bronze medal in the same event. Annie Nelson (San Diego, Calif.) and Susan Korzeniewski (Liverpool, N.Y.) also won a bronze medal in the Women's Multihull event.
> Read the full story by going to http://www.ussailing.org/pressreleases/2006/wsgresults.htm. For complete results from the World Sailing Games, visit the event website at http://www.worldsailinggames2006.at.

US SAILOR Of The Week
Malin Burnham

Malin Burnham

Malin Burnham is one of "America’s great sailors" in an all-encompassing meaning of the word. He has competed and won at the highest levels of the sport – a Star Class World Champion and the head of the victorious Stars & Stripes America’s Cup campaign bringing the Cup back to the U.S. He organized and managed the successful defense of the Cup in 1992. His involvement and support of the sport at all levels from junior programs at the San Diego Yacht Club to Olympic Classes and the America’s Cup has set great standards of commitment. Having seen so many successful campaigns from start-up to success, Malin knows firsthand how vital early preparation and training is and quickly became one of the first Gold Medalist supporters of our US Sailing Team. He has recently joined the committee to help raise more funds to ensure proper resources to prepare our Team for the 2008 Olympic Games. Thank you Malin!

BUSY MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND FOR SAILING INSTRUCTORS-TO-BE

For many regions across the country, Memorial Day Weekend means the start of a new summer sailing season. This is definitely the case for sailing instructors: 18 Small Boat Level 1 Instructor Courses will take place at sailing organizations nationwide this weekend. By the time the weekend is over, US SAILING will have trained about 250 new sailing instructors.
> Find out if any Small Boat Instructor Courses are being held in your area by checking out the online calendar at http://www.ussailing.org/training/calendar/sb_calendar.asp.

VANGUARD SAILBOATS KICKS OFF NOMAD TEAM RACE TOUR

In last week's issue, we excerpted from an article from the latest issue of US SAILING's member newsletter, fpcusing on the growth of team racing in the U.S. With the USA occupying the top spot in the world in team racing, it is clear that team racing plays a major role in our sport in the U.S. Vanguard Sailboats, Official Sponsor of US SAILING, is also taking a lead in helping to grow that aspect of the sport. Earlier this week, Vanguard announced they're building a Vanguard Nomad Team Race Tour, which will kick off this coming Monday at Beverly Yacht Club in Marion, MA.
> Read more about Vanguard and the Vanguard Nomad Team Race Tour by going to http://www.teamvanguard.com.

US SAILING STORE DISCOUNT - TAKE $25 OFF ANY PURCHASE OF $100 OR MORE

Between now and June 30th, take off $25 when you purchase items through the US SAILING store for $100 or more! Shop at http://store.ussailing.org and enter promotional code 50625 at check-out.

THE TACTICS OF SMALL BOAT RACING - AVAILABLE THROUGH US SAILING

Take advantage of the US SAILING store sale by ordering Stuart Walker's The Tactics of Small Boat Racing. A detailed, technical, and readable study of the tactics of winning for the experienced sailor, The Tactics of Small Boat Racing provides complete coverage of the racing sailor's common problems. The book describes situations in which a racing problem was faced and solved. Each chapter is a narrative based on a particular incident, or a group of related incidents, analyzing the causes of the situation and the techniques required to meet it successfully.
> Stuart Walker's The Tactics of Small Boat Racing is available for US SAILING-members at $16.50 and for non-members at $19.95. Please go to http://store.ussailing.org to order.

WHERE IN THE WORLD IS THE US SAILING TEAM?

Looking at where some of the world's major regattas are happening right now, that's where you'll find the athletes of the US Sailing Team: from Annapolis, MD, to Denmark and the Netherlands, the US Sailing Team is there. After the World Sailing Games wrapped up in Austria, many Team-members packed their bags, loaded up their cars, and headed to Medemblik, the Netherlands, to compete in the Holland Regatta. Ten teams from the USA will compete in the event, which runs from May 24 to 28. While many US Sailing Team-members are in Holland, numerous of the Team's Star sailors are Annapolis, MD, to compete in the Star Western Hemisphere Championship. Meanwhile, in Denmark, Sally Barkow is defending her Women's Match Racing World Champion title. One of the sailors she'll face on the race course is USA's Betsy Alison.
> Get the scoop on the Holland Regatta (results, entry list, etc.) by going to http://hollandregatta.org/2006. Latest results from the Star Western Hemisphere Championship are at http://www.starclass.org/search.cgi?Action=view&Event_id=792, and the event website of the Women's Match Racing World Championship is at http://wwmr06.kdy.dk.

U.S. OLYMPIC COMMITTEE FEATURES NICK SCANDONE FOR ATHLETE SPOTLIGHT

The U.S. Olympic Committee recently selected to highlight Nick Scandone - US Disabled Sailing Team-member and 2005 US SAILING Rolex Yachtsman of the Year - for its weekly Athlete Spotlight. Below is an excerpt with a link to the complete story:
"Sport is consumed on many differing levels. From spectators to participants, first-timers to professionals, the weekend warriors to the casual players, whatever your personal level of involvement with sport contains, for certain individuals sport is a way of life. For Nick Scandone (Fountain Valley, Calif.), the sport of sailing is much more than that, it's a lifeline. In 2002, Scandone's life, and sailing, would begin to take on new meaning after he was diagnosed with Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), or what is more commonly known as Lou Gehrig's Disease."
> Read the complete article on Nick Scandone by visiting http://www.ussailing.org/News/2006/scandoneusoc.htm.

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