Applications Open for the 2024 Youth Match Racing Championship for the Rose Cup
Are you a young match racer looking to hone your skills? Apply for the U.S. Match Racing Championship for the Rose Cup, June 26-30 at Corinthian Yacht Club in Marblehead, Mass. The Rose Cup is an invitational event open to sailors who have reached their 16th birthday but not their 21st birthday during the calendar…Read More8th for Mollerus / MacDiarmid and Halfway to Paris 2024 49erFX Selection
After six days of racing, the USA is coming away with a Top 10 world ranking in the 49er for Andrew Mollerus and Ian MacDiarmid, and we’ve reached the halfway point of selection for the Paris 2024 49erFX representatives.
Read MoreBob Johnstone Awarded US Sailing’s Herreshoff Trophy
Robert L. Johnstone, lll has been named the 2023 recipient of the Nathanael G. Herreshoff Trophy, US Sailing’s most prestigious annual award, going to an individual who has made an outstanding contribution to the sport of sailing in this country in any associated activity. Presentation of the Trophy is planned during the 2024 US Youth Championship in Bristol, RI June 22-25.
Read MoreCongratulations to Cole Brauer for finishing the Global Solo Challenge!
Early this morning, Cole Brauer became the first american woman to race around the world solo nonstop after 130 days at sea. She finished in second place, setting a new Class40 around-the-world speed record and amassing 450,000 followers on Instagram in the process. At just 29 years old, Brauer was both the youngest skipper and…Read MoreMcNay & Dallman-Weiss Fully Qualified for Paris 2024
Stu McNay and Lara Dallman-Weiss secured “country qualification” on March 3 in Palma De Mallorca, Spain at the 470 World Championship, officially locking in their ticket to Marseille after winning U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Sailing on January 13. This will be McNay’s fifth Olympic Games and Dallman-Weiss’s second.
Read MoreUS Sailing Invites Members for the Next “Crew Meeting” Discussing SLF 2025
BRISTOL, RI. (February 28, 2024) – US Sailing, the sport’s national governing body, is proud to return with another quarterly, virtual office hours session called Crew Meetings, inviting US Sailing members and staff leaders to meet and discuss the latest topics in sailing. On Tuesday, March 26 from 3-4pm ET, the fourth Crew Meeting will be…Read MoreBlack History Month: Meeting with A Long Talk
US Sailing is celebrating Black History Month throughout February. In observation of the month, US Sailing spoke with Kamal Carter, who is President of “A Long Talk about the Uncomfortable Truth.” A Long Talk is an anti-racism activation experience. They travel all around the country to different schools, communities, and organizations educating and spreading awareness.…Read MoreReineke & F. McCann WIN U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Sailing
The final day brought both elation and frustration as the winners were decided in the ILCA 6 and ILCA 7 fleets. Erika Reineke punched her ticket to the Paris 2024 Olympics in the ILCA 6 after seven days of intense racing, while Ford McCann achieved athlete selection and will represent Team USA pending country qualification in the ILCA 7.
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