The Chicago Yacht Club Foundation has announced the appointment of two-time Olympian and US Sailing Team Athlete, Maggie Shea, as its first-ever Executive Director. Shea’s appointment follows a period of unprecedented growth for the CYC Foundation, which, under a new strategic plan, has expanded its reach to serve nearly 2,000 Chicagoland youth annually.
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For the first time in US Sailing’s history, the three programs are formally connected through seven tiers, delivering a transparent and well-articulated process. The new pathway illustrates a commitment to putting athletes first by providing them with a clear understanding of selection procedures and entry opportunities for each group.
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Registration is now open for Foiling Week Pensacola, set to take place February 24-March 2, 2025 for the first time on US waters. Beginning in Lake Garda, Italy in 2014, Foiling Week has established itself as a World Sailing Special Event that promotes the growth and development of foiling boats and boards to all skill levels.
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Training efforts are ramping up in the Youth and Olympic Development (ODP) spaces. During the week before Thanksgiving, three training camps ran simultaneously for over 200 athletes, with support from 32 US Sailing coaches, 22 regional program coaches, and seven US Sailing staff members.
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On Friday, November 15, Luke Muller (Fort Pierce, FL) was elected as the next Team USA Athletes’ Commission Representative for US Sailing, the National Governing Body (NGB) for the sport. Chris Barnard (Newport Beach, CA) was elected to serve as the Alternate Representative and will work alongside Luke to support American sailing athletes.
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In the United States, college sailing teams and the Olympic Development Program (ODP) have a long history of pursuing the same group of athletes. The relationship between the two programs has drifted in and out of cooperation, but US Sailing’s newest ODP Director Rosie Chapman aims to bolster cooperation between college sailing and the ODP. US Sailing sat down with Chapman and ICSA President Greg Wilkinson to get the lowdown on what’s ahead in the new era.
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The second-ever Junior Pan American Games is set to take place August 9 through 23, 2025 in Asunción, Paraguay, with automatic entry to the 2027 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru for any athletes that take home gold in the 2025 junior edition.
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Led by Rio 2016 49erFX Olympian, Paris Henken, the clinic was the second of its kind in 2024 focused on building depth in the American 49erFX class and upskilling newer skiff athletes in a highly technical boat.
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On the coattails of the 2024 Paris Paralympic Games, Edward H. Tillinghast III and Dr. Alphonsus “Rick” Doerr (Silver medalist, USA Rio 2016 Sailing Paralympian) penned an Op-Ed in Sports Business Journal drawing attention to the exclusion of sailing from the Paralympics for now the second cycle in a row.
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Just over a month after the Paris Olympics, nine Olympians and a crowd of supporters gathered in Marblehead, MA at Eastern Yacht Club to celebrate the summer Games. Presented by Samsonite and Sextant Wines, the evening featured a panel-style discussion full of stories and lessons learned and allowed athletes time to reconnect with each other and visit with people who’d been cheering them on while they represented the US in France.
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