US Sailing Highlights 2016 Initiatives and Looks Ahead to a Promising 2017

December 30, 2016   Dear Sailors, From all of us at US Sailing, we hope that you and your family are having a wonderful holiday season and that you have had opportunities to remain active in your respective sailing communities in 2016. We are finishing up a productive year, and want to take a moment…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

Best U.S. Sailors of 2016 are Shortlisted

Sailing’s top performers of the year are being heralded by US Sailing with the announcement of the eight men and six women who have been shortlisted for the 2016 Rolex Yachtsman and Yachtswoman of the Year awards.

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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

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

Paralympian Smith Wins U.S. Disabled Sailing Championship

Dee Smith (Annapolis, Md.) captured the 2016 U.S. Disabled Sailing Championship today in Clearwater, Fla. following three days of racing at this US Sailing National Championship, hosted by Clearwater Community Sailing Center.

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Sailors Race in 2.4mR fleet for U.S. Disabled Championship

CLEARWATER, Fla. (November 17, 2016) – Very few sailing events embody the true spirit of sailing quite like the U.S. Disabled Sailing Championship. This year’s championship, hosted by Clearwater Community Sailing Center, will feature 12 2.4mR sailors racing in singlehanded action over four days in Clearwater, Fla. this Thursday, November 17 through Sunday, November 20.…Read More

US Sailing and SAP Partner to Transform and Grow the Sport of Sailing in the United States

SAP developed new online certification platform and live-tracking SAP Sail Insight App PORTSMOUTH, R.I. (November 16, 2016) – Today, US Sailing, national governing body of the sport of sailing, and SAP SE (NYSE: SAP), a market leader in enterprise application software, announced a multi-year partnership that designates SAP as the “Official Technology Partner and Cloud…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