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IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:
Marni Lane
617-671-8332
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US SAILING NAMES
SKUD-18 SAILORS TO 2006 US DISABLED TEAM
Portsmouth, R.I. (August 28, 2006) – US
SAILING, the national governing body of the sport, has named the top
three SKUD-18 teams to the 2006 US Disabled Sailing Team (USDST) in the
two- person class. The athletes qualified based on their
results at the C. Thomas Clagett Jr. Memorial
Regatta, held August 17-20 in Newport, R.I.
The SKUD-18 two-person teams are:
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Karen Mitchell (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) and Michael
Grimm (Miami Beach, Fla.)
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Mark Lewis (Hingham, Mass.) and Maureen
McKinnon-Tucker (Marblehead, Mass.)
- Scott Whitman
(Brick, N.J.) and Julia Dorsett (Boca Raton, Fla.)
In
December 2005, the International Foundation for Disabled Sailing
selected the SKUD-18 (Skiff Universal Design) as the new two-person
class for the 2008 Paralympic Games in China. The fast and
highly-technical boats first arrived in the United States in June 2006.
The SKUD-18 is a lead-assisted skiff, similar in hull shape to the 29er
with a big, asymmetrical spinnaker and a bulb keel.
The
2006 US Disabled Sailing Team is coached by Betsy Alison (Newport,
R.I.).
The classes currently selected for the 2008 Paralympic Games are the 2.4
Metre (Open Singlehanded), the SKUD-18 (Open Doublehanded), and the
Sonar (Open Triplehanded). The 2008 Paralympic Games are scheduled for
September 6-17, 2008, in Beijing, China. The Paralympic Regatta will be
held in Qingdao, a coastal city located 430 miles east of Beijing.
Sponsors of the 2006 US Disabled Sailing Team are Rolex Watch U.S.A.,
Vanguard Sailboats, Nautica, Gill, Zodiac of North America, Vineyard
Vines, Sperry Top-Sider, Nikon, Harken, Extrasport, New England Ropes
and Team McLube.
For
more information on the 2006 US Disabled Sailing Team and the ranking
system, please visit
www.ussailing.org/olympics/paralympic.
For results and
photos from the C. Thomas Clagett Jr. Memorial
Regatta, please visit the official web site:
www.ussailing.net/clagett.
About the US Disabled Sailing Team
The US Disabled Sailing Team (USDST) is managed by US SAILING, national
governing body of the sport. Headquartered in Portsmouth, Rhode Island,
US SAILING’s mission is to encourage participation and promote
excellence in sailing in the U.S. US SAILING offers training and
education programs, supports a wide range of sailing organizations and
communities, and provides administration and oversight of competitive
sailing across the country, including the US Sailing Teams and the U.S.
Olympic and Paralympic Sailing Teams. For more information, please visit
www.ussailing.org.
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