e-USSAILING - Weekly Electronic Newsletter from US SAILING

April 9, 2008

Leading the sport of sailing for 111 years

Members Get New Benefit: Two-for-One Discount at Sail America Shows
US SAILING has teamed up with Sail America, the trade association for the U.S. sailing industry, to provide US SAILING members with an exclusive discount to visit Sail America and National Marine Manufacturers Association's (NMMA) popular Strictly Sail sailboat shows and SailFests. Under the new agreement, US SAILING members will enjoy a discount of two tickets for the price of one for all of the upcoming Strictly Sail and SailFest events in the next year.

The new partnership enables US SAILING members to enjoy the best discount offered in the sailing industry: purchase one ticket and get a second ticket free, which applies to all ticket types (including weekday, weekend, two-day and five-day passes) to all upcoming Strictly Sail and SailFest events in the next year:
• Strictly Sail Pacific, Oakland, CA: April 16-20, 2008
• Virginia In-Water Boat Expo and SailFest: Sept 14-16, 2008
• Strictly Sail St. Petersburg: Nov 2008 (exact dates to be confirmed)
• Baltimore Boat Show (featuring SailFest): Jan 21-25, 2009
• Strictly Sail Chicago: Jan 29-Feb 1, 2009
• Strictly Sail Miami: Feb 12-16, 2009

The partnership kicks off with the upcoming Strictly Sail Pacific show, the largest sailboat show on the West Coast, to be held April 16-20 at Jack London Square in Oakland, Calif.

Based on the very successful Morning Light Preview organized by US SAILING last month in Newport, R.I., Sail America will host a similar preview of select scenes from the film at Strictly Sail Pacific on Thursday, April 17. Executive Producers Roy E. Disney and Leslie DeMeuse-Disney, along with Morning Light crew Piet van Os and Graham Brant-Zawadski, will present select clips from the movie and answer questions. The event is open to exhibitors and boat show ticket holders for that day.
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John Vandemoer

US SAILOR of The Week - John Vandemoer
Everything in John Vandemoer's life is all about sailing. At work, as head sailing coach at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, MD, he talks about sailing non-stop. And when he gets home, the sailing talk doesn't stop, since he's married to US Sailing Team AlphaGraphics member Molly O'Bryan. Every day at work, he runs sailing practices and manages the Navy team's huge facility which holds the dinghy fleets used to host massive sailing events. As regatta chairman at these events, John manages 18-20 teams while also coaching his own team of 32 "players"...
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Team Seven Sails to Second Place at Yngling European Championship After a week of extremely tight racing at the Yngling European Championship in Blanes, Spain, US Sailing Team AlphaGraphics members Sally Barkow, Carrie Howe, and Debbie Capozzi stole the medal race by a nose and finished in second place overall last Saturday. Having led on the first day of racing, Team Seven fell after a bad race on day two, but kept chipping away in the close fleet where every point counted. Read More	UPCOMING US SAILING EVENTS: April 22 - 26 U.S. Multihull Championship Gulfport, FL April 25 Mt. Gay Rum Speaker Series Austin, TX US SAILING COURSES: April 18-20: Newport, RI Powerboat Instructor Course View All Powerboat Instructor Courses April 26: Milford, CT Basic Race Management Seminar View All Basic Race Management Seminars April 26-27: Sheboygan, WI Judges Workshop and Exam View All Judges Workshops April 26-27: San Pedro, CA Small Boat Level 2 Coach Course View All Small Boat Courses April 26-May 5: Grapevine, TX Small Boat Level 1 Instructor Course View All Small Boat Courses April 19-20: Orange Park, FL Safety Rescue and Support Boat Course View All Safety Rescue and Support Courses CALENDAR View all upcoming events and submit your own ARCHIVED NEWS Working With Government to Protect the Sport of Sailing USA Junior Olympic Sailing Festival Schedule Announced U.S. Multihull Championship Shaping Up Mt. Gay Rum Speaker Series Season Last Week's Sailor of the Week - Ellie O'Brien
US Sailing Team AlphaGraphics Update John Dane and Austin Sperry will be on the starting line Thursday as the Star World Championship makes its debut in Miami for the first time. Coral Reef Yacht Club is hosting the April 7-18 event. Registration has reached a record-breaking 32 nations with many of the teams representing their respective countries in the Summer Olympics.
New Rule Book Out in December As a member of US SAILING this year you will receive a copy of the new issue of the Racing Rules of Sailing (2009-2012), which comes out at the end of the year. Your rule book will be mailed out to you the first week of December. This is one of the many benefits as a member of US SAILING. Read More
Internship Opportunity US SAILING has an opening this summer for an intern full or part time. Working with both Championships and Junior Olympics, this position provides opportunities to work with some of the nation's top sailors, yacht clubs, coaches and the yachting industry. Read More
Teach Children to Sail in Sarah's Boat Learn to sail from Sarah and her grandfather in Sarah's Boat by Douglas Alvord. Sarah moves up from a Puddleduck to a blue-jay class sloop. A race against the Watkins brothers in their Laser further illustrates different sailing situations. Beautiful color and black and white drawings. Paperback, 48 pages. US SAILING Members: $6.75; Non-members $7.95. Read More
Taking Applications for Women's Match Racing Championship Applications to compete in the U.S. Women's Match Racing Championship are being accepted until July 1st. An ISAF Grade 3 event, the regatta will be September 9-14 and sailed in Sonars at Rochester (NY) Yacht Club. The highest ranked skippers (as determined by the May 14 ISAF Women's Match Race rankings) who have requested invitations will receive them. The remaining skippers will be chosen based on resume. All competitors shall meet the eligibility requirements of ISAF regulation 19.2 and meet the citizenship requirements as stated in the Championship Conditions. Read More
Registration for Junior Women's Singlehanded Championship Registration is now open for the U.S. Junior Women's Singlehanded Championship for the Nancy Leiter Clagett Memorial Trophy. The event will be held August 3-9 at Macatawa Bay Yacht Club in Holland, MI, and will be preceded by a clinic. Sponsored by LaserPerformance and raced in Laser Radials, this Championship is an open event for women sailors between the ages of 13 and 18 who are U.S. citizens. No pre-qualification is required. Charters will be awarded based on date of application and distance of applicants from the event. The top ten competitors will also qualify to attend an Advanced Junior Women's clinic in 29er skiffs held August 22-24. Registration closes June 1st. Read More
US SAILING at St. Barths Bucket Regatta Last week concluded the St. Barths Bucket Regatta where 28 megayachts enjoyed three days of racing in 16-25 knot winds. The Bucket is a pursuit race with staggered starts. The slowest boats have a head start and the first across the finish line wins. Feeding daily forecasts of wind speed and direction into the Offshore Racing Rule's velocity prediction program (VPP), US SAILING's Jim Teeters computed the starting times for a wildly diverse fleet. Many of the boats have highly compromised sail aerodynamics such as stowaway mains with no roach and battens and headsails that need to be furled on every tack. Therefore, the start times often include adjustments based on observation of races. The result: the tightest finishes ever. Read More
Acura Miami Grand Prix on ESPN2 Join host Gary Jobson as the ESPN Sailing Team covers the Acura Miami Grand Prix. The 30-minute program will air Sunday, April 13 at 12:30 p.m. Eastern and focuses on IRC 1, Farr 40s, Melges 32 and IRC 2. Featured sailors include Paul Cayard, Terry Hutchinson, Doug deVos and Jud Smith. See what it's like to sail with these champions. Read More
About the US SAILOR of the Week Feature Do you know a passionate sailor who is always on the water, taking every rules quiz or searching for that perfect cruising lunch spot? Or do you know someone who is newly converted to the sport and soaking up information like a sponge? Perhaps you know someone who gives as much time and energy to building a fleet or running races as they do to working at the office? We want to know about them! E-mail e-USSAILING's editors at eussailing@ussailing.org with a photo of that sailor and 150 words of background info. Please note that the sailor has to be a current US SAILING member.

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