ENCOURAGING PARTICIPATION AND PROMOTING EXCELLENCE IN SAILING
January 31, 2007

US SAILING's ROLEX MIAMI OCR:
U.S. SAILORS WIN THREE GOLD, ONE SILVER, TWO BRONZE MEDALS

It was a tooth-and-nail day as sailors competing in the finals of US SAILING's 2007 Rolex Miami OCR fought it out on Biscayne Bay for medals in 11 Olympic classes last Saturday. The sun shone brilliantly and the winds blew 8-10 knots, providing a perfect wrap-up for the competition, which hosted more sailors -- 855 from 49 countries -- than it ever has in its 18 annual runnings. After five days of fleet racing, which concluded on Friday, medalists were determined in three Paralympic classes. The top ten overall finishers in the Olympic classes advanced to today's single medal race, replicating the new Olympic format that will debut in Qingdao, China in 2008. U.S. sailors took home three medals in Olympic classes and three in Paralympic classes. Three of them were gold.
> Read the full story at http://www.ussailing.org/pressreleases/2007/rmocr07preview10.htm.
> Event website with complete results: http://www.rolexmiamiocr.org.
> Daily video reports by Gary Jobson: http://jobsonsailing.com.

WORLD-CLASS SAILORS STICK AROUND IN FLORIDA AFTER ROLEX MIAMI OCR

A lot of the world-class sailors who competed in US SAILING's Rolex Miami OCR last week are sticking around in Florida to compete in their classes' other major events:
- Tornado North Americans: going on now through February 1 in Miami. Event website: http://www.tornado.org/html/event_details.asp?EventID=144.
- Finn Midwinters and Laser Radial Women's North Americans: February 1-4 in Fort Lauderdale, FL, at Lauderdale Yacht Club (http://www.lyc.org).
- Yngling Women's North Americans: February 1-4 in Miami. Event website: http://www.ussailing.org/olympics/rolexmiamiocr/wintercircuit/yngling.
- 49er North Americans: February 1-4 in Miami. Event website: http://www.ussailing.org/olympics/rolexmiamiocr/wintercircuit/49er.

PAIGE RAILEY RECHARGES FOR NEXT REGATTA

Paige Railey, the 19-year-old sailor from Clearwater, FL, was one of several favorites to win the Laser Radial fleet going into US SAILING's Rolex Miami OCR last week. An elite athlete, Paige arrived in Miami prepared to compete against the best in the world. Five days into the regatta, Paige found herself with three yellow flags from the on-the-water judges for rocking her boat too much, a violation of Rule 42. Paige promptly acknowledged the penalty and retired after finishing. "What I’m going to do is learn from this experience, go back to training and work on the mistakes I made,” said Paige.
> Read more about Paige Railey's focus on future events and watch a video interview with her by going to http://www.ussailing.org/News/2007/RMOCRRailey.htm.

GILL INCREASES SUPPORT OF USA JUNIOR OLYMPIC SAILING PROGRAM

Gill North America, a long-time Technical Supplier of US SAILING's USA Junior Olympic Sailing program, has increased its sponsorship of the popular youth development program. Under the new two-year agreement, Gill becomes Official Sponsor and Technical Apparel Sponsor of the program. Through the multi-year partnership, Gill will provide support to the nearly 50 JO events scheduled to take place in 2007 and 2008 combined. Gill's support of the program consists of several aspects, including financial support and the supply of high-quality products for each event. Since US SAILING created the USA Junior Olympic Sailing program in 1997, more than 32,000 youth sailors nationwide have participated in the program.
> Read more about this partnership by going to http://www.ussailing.org/pressreleases/2007/jo_gill.htm. For more information about the USA Junior Olympic Sailing program, visit http://www.ussailing.org/youth/racing/jo.

ONE-DESIGN SURVEY SAYS TIDE IS HIGH

For the third time, US SAILING teamed up with Sailing World magazine to take the pulse of one-design sailing in this country and the news is good. Of the classes that responded to the survey, many more classes are growing (30) than shrinking (8), and many classes are maintaining status quo (30). Sailing World Editor David Reed presented the complete results and his unique analysis at US SAILING's One-Design Symposium last week in New Orleans.
> See how your class is doing and read David Reed's analysis by going to
http://www.ussailing.org/odcc/One-DesignClassSurveys.htm.

US SAILING TO TRAIN NUMEROUS RACE OFFICERS IN FEBRUARY

The month of February will be a busy one for US SAILING's Race Administration Department: a total of 12 Race Management Seminars are currently scheduled to be held at sailing organizations nationwide (11 Basic Seminars and 1 Advanced Seminar). The program is geared towards novice or seasoned Race Committee personnel and provides guidance on how to properly organize and run sailboat races. Whether the organizer is putting together a Wednesday evening club race, a major one-design world championship, or an offshore regatta.
> Find out more about upcoming US SAILING Race Management Seminars by going to http://www.ussailing.org/racemgt/Race_Officer_Prog/seminars.asp.

FIRST '07 US SAILING MOUNT GAY RUM SPEAKER SERIES A SUCCESS

The 2007 season of the US SAILING Mount Gay Rum Speaker Series officially kicked off last weekend with Gary Jobson speaking at a sold-out event at Lake Lanier Sailing Club in Flowery Branch, GA. Gary fascinated the crowd with fun stories about his experiences as a sailor, author, and commentator and answered questions the Olympic Games and America's Cup. He also spoke about the high school-to-college sailing path and how important it is to make that jump into a doublehanded boat to work on team work and communication. The next Speaker Series event will take place this Friday, February 2 when Dave Perry will talk about the racing rules in Charleston, SC.
> Find out more about the US SAILING Mount Gay Rum Speaker Series by going to http://www.ussailing.org/sponsorship/speakerseries.

U.S. YOUTH MULTIHULL CHAMPIONSHIP: ONLINE REGISTRATION NOW OPEN

The 2007 season of US SAILING's National Championships is getting an early start this year with the U.S. Youth Multihull Championship taking place in less than 2 months. Online registration for the event, to be held March 29-April 1 at Alamitos Bay Yacht Club in Long Beach, CA, is now open to young men and women who do not turn 19 in the year of competition. A few weeks ago, US SAILING and Performance Catamaran announced a new partnership to provide Nacra SL16s at the U.S. Youth Multihull Championship in 2007 and 2008. The selection of the SL16 is in line with the International Sailing Federation (ISAF), which has named the SL16 as the multihull boat for its Youth World Championship.
> For more information on the event and to register online, please visit http://www.ussailing.org/championships/youth/multihull. 

IMPROVE YOUR GAME WITH STUART WALKER'S ADVANCED RACING TACTICS

For eight years, Stuart Walker kept a complete record of the factors that determined the outcome of every race in which he competed. The recommendations he offers in Advanced Racing Tactics are based on the analysis of these races—the mistakes and the successes. He sets forth basic principles of starting, beating, reaching, and mark rounding that should be practiced every time, and he underlines what mattered and what consistently provided an advantage.
> Visit http://store.ussailing.org now to order your copy of Advanced Racing Tactics. $18.00 for US SAILING members, $21.95 for non-members.

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? Do 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. To view all past featured US SAILORS of the Week, please visit http://www.ussailing.org/News/sailoroftheweek.

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