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ENCOURAGING PARTICIPATION AND PROMOTING EXCELLENCE
IN SAILING US SAILING NAMES 2007 US SAILING TEAM US SAILING has just announced the members of the 2007 US Sailing Team. This year, US SAILING recognizes the top-three ranked sailors in each of the 11 classes selected for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China. Those classes are: 49er, 470 (Men and Women), Finn, Laser, Laser Radial, RS:X (Men and Women), Star, Tornado and Yngling. The US Sailing Team was created in 1986 to recruit and develop the top American sailors for the upcoming Olympic Games. The members of the 2007 US Sailing Team, with pictures of the top-ranked sailors in each class, are:
> Read the full story at http://www.ussailing.org/olympics/2007/team.asp. US Sailing Team Sponsors:
SMITH AND RAILEY RECEIVE COUNTRY'S TOP SAILING AWARDS
Jud Smith (Marblehead, MA) and Paige Railey (Clearwater, FL) took center
stage last Friday during a special luncheon at the New York Yacht Club in
Manhattan. The sailors are US SAILING’s Rolex Yachtsman and Yachtswoman of
the Year, this country’s most prestigious honor in the sport. They were
recognized for their outstanding on-the-water performances during the 2006
calendar year and presented with engraved Rolex timepieces. US SAILING RECOGNIZES 2006 COACHES OF THE YEAR
US SAILING’s Olympic Sailing Committee (OSC) has recognized four outstanding
sailing coaches for the 2006 Coaches of the Year Awards. The awards are a
part of the United States Olympic Committee’s (USOC) Coach Recognition
Program, which highlights the accomplishments and contributions of coaches
who train athletes at all levels of sport. The OSC has nominated sailing
coaches to the USOC in four categories: National Coach of the Year - Zachary
Leonard; Developmental Coach of the Year - Ryan Hamm; Volunteer Coach of the
Year - Duffy Markham; and the “Doc” Counsilman Science Award - Roger “Scott”
Ikle. GETTING AN EARLY START: OPTIMIST RACING AVAILABLE THROUGH US SAILING
US SAILING SEEKS OFFSHORE OFFICE TECHNICAL ASSISTANT
US SAILING's Offshore office administers the international IRC and US ORR
(Offshore Racing Rule) and other measurement-based sailboat rating systems.
The Offshore office is currently seeking a Technical Assistant (TA), whose
duties include performing initial review, data entry and proofing and
processing of new applications, revalidations, amendments and trials for
these rules. In addition, the TA will assist the Chief Measurer with his
daily routine, administer the US SAILING Measurer program, maintain US
SAILING boat measurement equipment and perform special projects within the
limits of skill and experience. POWERBOAT INSTRUCTOR COURSE COMING UP IN MIAMI, FL - March 30-April 1
Become a certified US SAILING Powerboat Instructor by participating in this
intensive 3-day course to be held at Shake-A-Leg Miami from March 30 to
April 1. The course is open to US SAILING certified sailing instructors and
other highly qualified candidates who are interested in on-the-water
teaching of safety and powerboat skills. The cost of the course is $275 and
applicants must be current US SAILING members. U.S. TEAM RACING CHAMPIONSHIP APPLICATIONS NOW OPEN
US SAILING is now accepting applications for the 2007 U.S. Team Racing
Championship, which will be held in October at Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht
Club in Oyster Bay, NY. Sponsored by Rolex Watch U.S.A., Nautica, Vanguard
Sailboats and Dry Creek Vineyard, the U.S. Team Racing Championship is
hosted by a different sailing organization every year and raced in Vanguard
15s. Teams interested in competing have until September 7th to apply. Up to
24 teams will be invited by the U.S. Team Racing Championship Committee. ONE MORE WEEK TO APPLY FOR U.S. YOUTH CHAMPIONSHIP
This is the final week to apply for the 2007 U.S. Youth Championship, the
premier youth regatta of the year. The event, sponsored by Vanguard
Sailboats and Nautica, will be held in Lasers, Laser Radials, Club 420s, and
29ers at Southern Yacht Club in New Orleans, LA, from June 22 to 28.
Applications for the event will be accepted until March 15, midnight Eastern. The event will be the qualifier for the doublehanded boys and
girls in the 29er for the 2007 Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championship,
to be held in Kingston, Ontario, Canada in July 2007. Teams must be single
sex and age eligible.
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