Three Races in the Books in Coronado at Youth Champs
Saturday's Racing Notes: All five classes completed three races on day one of the 2016 U.S. Youth Sailing Championships, hosted by Coronado Yacht Club with support from the San Diego Yacht Club. Racing resumes on Sunday and the championship concludes Tuesday in this four day event. Racing Conditions Sailors raced under clear skies in 12-16…Read More
U.S. Olympic Sailing Team Coverage
The Rio 2016 Olympic Games will feature unprecedented coverage of sailing for fans in the United States. Between NBC’s world-class television and online programming, US Sailing’s multi-channel coverage, and comprehensive daily email reports sent directly to fans, anyone hoping to follow the U.S. Olympic Sailing Team will have a better view than during any previous Olympics. For more details on how to follow the action, check out the US Sailing Team’s viewing guide.
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U.S. Youth Sailing Championships – 2016 Preview
Sailors Compete for a Spot on Youth World Team CORONADO, Calif. (August 4, 2016) - As our country turns its attention to Rio in support of our talented women and men sailors representing Team USA at the Olympic Games, an impressive collection of young sailors, with Olympic dreams and aspirations of their own, will embark…Read More
US Sailing Hires John Pearce as Youth Director
[caption id="attachment_28650" align="alignright" width="300"] John Pearce - Photo courtesy of George Washington University[/caption] PORTSMOUTH, R.I. (August 3, 2016) – US Sailing, the National Governing Body of the sport, has hired John Pearce as the organization’s Youth Director, following an expansive three month search to fill the new position. The former varsity sailing head coach at…Read More
ODP Athletes Score World Championship Podiums at European Regattas
By Stu Streuli, US Sailing Europe hasn’t always been kind to young American sailors. It takes some time to get accustomed to competing on the Continent. But this past July generated substantial optimism for the future of U.S. Olympic sailing, with Olympic Development Program athletes bringing home a pair of podiums and a number of…Read More
Talia Toland Earns Leiter Trophy in Home State
U.S. Junior Women’s Singlehanded Championship – 2016 Final Report SEATTLE, Wash. (July 31, 2016) – On Sunday, the fleet of 28 Laser Radials competing at the U.S. Junior Women’s Singlehanded Championship, hosted by Sail Sand Point, put the finishing touches on a fun and exciting three day regatta on Lake Washington. In the…Read More
USA’s Henry Marshall Wins Laser Radial Youth World Championship
From left: Chase Burwell, ODP Travel Team Coach Brendan Casey, Sophia Reineke, Anna Weiss, Henry Marshall, Christina Sakellaris, and ODP Travel Team Coach Rulo Borojovich. Photo: Cathy Sakellaris/US Sailing. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 30th, 2016 Portsmouth, R.I. - Henry Marshall (Newton, Mass.) has won the 2016 Laser Radial Youth World Championship, held at Royal St George Yacht Club in…Read More
Junior Women Sailors Race for Leiter Trophy in Seattle
U.S. Junior Women’s Singlehanded Championship – 2016 Preview SEATTLE, Wash. (July 28, 2016) – The U.S. Junior Women’s Singlehanded Championship for the Nancy Leiter Clagett Memorial Trophy will be decided on the waters of Lake Washington this weekend. Sail Sand Point in Seattle will host this US Sailing National Championship that features three days of…Read More