To Get to Tokyo, Start In Miami: US Sailing Team Begins 2020 Mission
Pictured: U.S. Olympic sailors Stu McNay (Providence, R.I.) and Dave Hughes (Miami, Fla.) train in advance of the first day of racing in Miami. @Pedro Martinez / Sailing Energy / World Sailing FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 23, 2017 Miami, Fla. - US Sailing Team athletes have joined over 400 competitors from 43 other nations for the…Read More
USA Takes Three Medals At 2016 Youth Sailing Worlds
Pictured: 420 gold medalists Wiley Rogers (Houston, Texas) and Jack Parkin (Riverside, Conn.). FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 20, 2016 Portsmouth, R.I. - US Sailing's 13-member 2016 Youth Sailing World Championship Team (YWT) secured three medals at the world's premier youth regatta, including gold in the boy's 420, silver in the Nacra 15 open multihull, and bronze in the boy's Laser…Read More
Youth Worlds: USA In The Hunt In Final Stages
Pictured: 420 leaders Wiley Rogers (Houston, Texas) and Jack Parkin (Riverside, Conn.). FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 18, 2016 Portsmouth, R.I. - US Sailing's 2016 Youth Sailing World Championship Team (YWT) is competing in the top ten overall in five of nine classes as the world's premier youth regatta enters its final stages. 380 sailors from 65 nations have gathered in Auckland, New Zealand for…Read More
U.S. Youth Worlds Team Set to Compete In Auckland
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 14, 2016 Portsmouth, R.I. - 13 members of US Sailing's 2016 Youth Sailing World Championship Team (YWT) will begin racing on Friday at the premier youth event in international sailing. The 2016 Youth Worlds is expected to include 380 sailors from 65 nations and will be held in Auckland, New Zealand from December 14-20.…Read More
Miami ODP Racing Camp Offers Best of Both Worlds
"Not only are [sailors] telling themselves to keep going, but now they have another voice—that isn’t a small whisper inside their head—telling them to 'hike harder' or 'be more balanced' throughout the entire race. It definitely unlocks a part of your brain and really makes everyone push each other at an entirely different level." —Sophia…Read More
Olympic Champion Malcolm Page Selected To Lead US Sailing Team
Pictured: Malcolm Page (second from left), will lead the US Sailing Team towards Tokyo 2020. Photo: World Sailing FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 28, 2016 [caption id="attachment_31411" align="alignleft" width="275"] Malcolm Page © Getty Images[/caption] Portsmouth, R.I. - US Sailing today announced the selection of two-time Olympic Champion and seven-time World Champion Malcolm Page (Sydney, Australia) as…Read More
Nomination Period Open for US Sailing’s 2016 Coach of the Year Awards
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 15, 2016 Portsmouth, R.I. – US Sailing’s Olympic Sailing Committee (OSC) today announced that the nomination period has opened for the 2016 US Sailing Coach of the Year Awards. The OSC will honor American coaches in five categories who have done outstanding work at the youth, national and international levels. The awards are a…Read More
2017 Schedule Announced For Olympic Development Program (ODP)
Pictured: ODP sailors and 2015 Youth Worlds gold medalists Will Logue (Cos Cob, Conn.) and Bram Brakman (Darien, Conn.), at center. Photo: Christophe Launay/ISAF FOR IMMEDITE RELEASE November 7, 2016 Portsmouth, Rhode Island - US Sailing has released the 2017 schedule for the Olympic Development program (ODP). The schedule outlines 49 training camps and regattas that will play a…Read More