|
|
Leading the sport of sailing for 110 years
 |
|
|
|
|
 U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Team Trials – Sailing: 21 Athletes Win Team Trials and Prepare for Road Ahead to China
After a nine-day regatta that took place October 6-14 off Rhode Island's Aquidneck Island and in Southern Californian waters, winners in 11 classes were named to the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Teams. US SAILING coordinated with six host organizations to hold these contests concurrently on East and West coasts, to select the sailors who will represent the United States at the 2008 Games.
The range of wind conditions during the Trials was wide: from East Coast weather that transitioned from summer temperatures to fall during the regatta, bringing light, fluky air balanced by blows of 18 knots and surfable seas; to West Coast weather that mixed days of little wind and battles in wet and wild conditions.
The diversity of new team members is also wide: from Tornado Olympic veterans John Lovell and Charlie Ogletree, who will sail their fourth Olympic Games; to 19-year-old Nancy Rios in the RS:X, making her first bid for Olympic glory. But for the 21 sailors who triumphed at the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Team Trials – Sailing, this competition had a singular impact: winners earned their gateway to Olympic and Paralympic dreams; for all others, this regatta brought their medal aspirations for 2008 to an end.
>> Event Website
>> Complete Results
>> Photo Gallery
Throughout the nine-day regatta, renowned sailing commentator and author Gary Jobson has produced exciting action video along with athlete and coach interviews. Today, Gary Jobson has put together a video recap of the event with interviews with the Trials winners and Olympic Sailing Committee Chairman Dean Brenner. Check it out at
www.NBCOlympics.com. | |
US SAILORS of the Week - Trials Winners
|
|
|
After three years - or more for some - the winners of the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Team Trials have earned their spot on the starting lines of the Olympic and Paralympic Regattas in China next year. A tremendous amount of effort has gone into each of these sailors' campaigns: spending lots of time on the water and in the gym, working the phones for fundraising, and traveling the globe competing in regattas against other world-class competitors. And now, for the next year or so, their efforts will only increase in order to beat the best of the best in Qingdao, China, next summer...
>> Read more about the Trials Winners |
|
|
|
|
|
U.S. Championship of Champions Preview
When racing starts at the U.S. Championship of Champions tomorrow (Thursday) at Mission Bay Yacht Club in San Diego, CA, the starting line will be packed with familiar names from across the country's one-design sailing community. This should be no surprise, the event - which wraps up on Saturday, October 20 - is known as one of the toughest one-design competitions since it brings together the country's top 19 one-design sailors of all ages who have won major events in their respective one-design classes in the last year.
This year's event is sailed in Snipes, which could make Augie Diaz, the 2003 US SAILING Rolex Yachtsman of the Year who has countless Snipe titles to his name, the odds-on favorite. But a win by Diaz is by no means guaranteed...
>> More
|
|
Yacht Club Survey Offers Unique Insight
What’s the average number of juniors in a Yacht Club sailing program? Read on. Results of a survey US SAILING conducted among yacht clubs has revealed interesting results. Gary Jobson called this study ‘historical’ when he first saw it and said that it was just good common sense to share this information among clubs. We hope that these survey results help similar organizations understand how common challenges are approached since the results offer a unique insight into “what the other clubs are doing” for their members.
Some of the answers won’t surprise anyone – Laser and Optimist fleets show up most frequently among the surveyed clubs’ one-design fleets, with the J/24 as the most popular keelboat fleet. But it might be interesting to know that club members are three times more likely to have access to a beach than to have access to rental/charter boats. Answer to juniors question above: 90.
>> More
|
U.S. Team Racing Championship Preview
This Friday, October 19, racing starts at the U.S. Team Racing Championship hosted by Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club in Oyster Bay, NY. With 22 teams facing off for US SAILING's Hinman Trophy, this will be one of the deepest fleets since the event was first held in 1981. Racing promises to be extremely close, with reigning world champion New York Yacht Club (NYYC) Silver Panda
returning to defend its national championship title. It won't be easy for them: the list of 132 competitors total for this event includes numerous familiar names, from past College Sailors of the Year to current US Sailing Team members.
>> More
|
|
Elections for Board of Directors Close this Friday
US SAILING members have until this coming Friday, October 19 at 11:59 p.m. Eastern, to cast their vote for the organization's annual election of Board of Directors. There are three open seats on the Board. This is the second time in the organization's 110-year history that the membership has elected Board members and played a direct role in selecting the sport's leadership in the United States.
>> More
|
 Improve Your Racing Skills
Whether you're looking to improve your racing skills for Wednesday-night club racing or for a national championship, Gary Jobson's Championship Sailing is the definitive guide for skippers, tacticians, and crew. Jobson
shares more than 30 years of racing and sailing expertise at the highest levels of competition, covering every aspect of racing in one-design or handicap fleets from high-performance dinghies to big keelboats. Readers will learn Jobson’s secrets for organizing a crew, reading the wind, simplifying sail trim and rig tuning, improving boat speed, and much more. US SAILING members: $19.50; non-members $24.95.
>> More
|
|
Headliners and Legends to Speak at One-Design Symposium
When the US SAILING One-Design Sailing Symposium (ODSS) kicks off on Friday evening, November 16, in Columbus, Ohio, sailors better be ready for a weekend filled with numerous educational sessions led by such sailing legends as one-design and racing rules expert Dave Perry, multiple one-design champion Greg Fisher, and sailing author Stuart Walker, to name a few. The Symposium, which runs through Sunday, November 18, is geared towards one-design sailors who are interested in keeping the one-design sector of the sport healthy and thriving and in improving their own sailing skills.
Participants can look forward to several special events, including a US SAILING Mount Gay Rum Speaker Series on Saturday evening (November 17) featuring Dave Perry.
>> More
|
|
US SAILING Holiday Cards Available
Don’t wait until the last minute to get your Holiday cards to mail to friends and family. US SAILING’s line of Holiday cards is now available – 11 different designs selected specifically for sailors. Proceeds from each purchase will benefit US SAILING programs. Support the sport and order your cards now.
>> More
|
|
Last Week's Quick Poll Results
An overwhelming number of readers participated in last week's quick poll in which we asked you how many days you sailed over the summer. Here's what you told us:
- 74% of you had a blast on the water this summer, sailing 21 days or more,
- 16% sailed 11-20 days this summer,
- 6% sailed 4-10 days this summer and
- 4% missed out on some great sailing by only being able to sail 0 to 3 days.
Make sure to participate in this week's quick poll. Now that you've told us how many days you sailed last summer, we'd like to know how often you think about sailing. Quick poll is in the right-hand column, towards the top. | |
UPCOMING
US SAILING EVENTS:
Oct. 17-20
U.S. Championship of Champions
San Diego, CA
Oct. 19-21
U.S. Team Racing Championship
Oyster Bay, NY
Oct. 24-28
US SAILING Annual Meeting
Phoenix, AZ
Oct. 26-28
U.S. Offshore Championship
Annapolis, MD
Nov. 12-17
US SAILING's Rolex International Women's Keelboat Championship
LaPorte, TX
Nov. 16-18
One-Design Sailing Symposium
Columbus, OH
US SAILING COURSES:
October 18-22
Cruising Instructor/Coastal Navigation Instructor Course
Seattle, WA
October 20-21
Judges Workshop
San Francisco, CA
October 23-25
Basic Keelboat Instructor Course
Berkeley, CA
Oct. 27-28
Judges Roundtable Workshop and Exam
Fort Lauderdale, FL
November 2-3
Cruising Powerboat Instructor Course
Seattle, WA
CALENDAR
View all upcoming events and
submit your own
ARCHIVED NEWS
2008 US SAILING Rolex Miami OCR: Half the Classes, Double the Intensity
US SAILING's Rolex International Women's Keelboat Championship: Online Crew Finder Now Available
Radar Reflector Study
Nominations Accepted for US SAILING Rolex Yachtsman & Yachtswoman of the Year Awards
Online Elections Open For US SAILING'S Board Of Directors
Last Week's Sailor of the Week - Fred Meno | |
|
|
|
|
US SAILING Mission - Providing leadership for the sport of sailing in the United States.
Copyright - If you would like to use information included in e-USSAILING for a newsletter or other publication, please credit US SAILING as the source. US SAILING copyright information can be found at http://www.ussailing.org/copyright.asp
Subscribe - To subscribe to e-USSAILING, go to http://www.ussailing.org/e-ussailing and enter your e-mail address.
|
|
|
|
