US Sailing Team Sperry Qualifies For Medal Races, ESPN3 Broadcasting Live On Sunday
Pictured: Charlie Buckingham, Laser Class. Hyères, France - After four days of challenging racing against the best Olympic-class sailors in the world, the US Sailing Team Sperry will compete in front of a worldwide TV audience in medal races on Sunday, April 26th. American athletes qualified for the final round of racing in the Men's Heavyweight Dinghy (Finn), Women's…Read More
USA Top-Ten In Three Classes In Hyères, Medal Races To Be Broadcast Live Sunday
Pictured: Annie Haeger and Briana Provancha, Women's 470 class. Hyères, France - With three days of racing complete at ISAF Sailing World Cup Hyères, the talented assembly of international Olympic hopefuls have one day left to compete for spots in Sunday's medal races. Light air returned to World Cup racecourses on Friday in France, and the US Sailing Team Sperry…Read More
McNay and Hughes Score Bullet, Haeger and Provancha 2nd Overall On Day Two in Hyères
Pictured: Stu McNay and Dave Hughes, Men's 470. Hyères, France - Day Two of ISAF Sailing World Cup Hyères brought much more breeze and beaming sunshine to the waters surrounding this sailing-infused Mediterranean town. The result was nearly perfect racing conditions for the US Sailing Team Sperry and hundreds of international competitors. Heading into the day in…Read More
Haeger and Provancha Consistent In Hyères, Lead After Day 1
Pictured: Annie Haeger (East Troy, Wisc.) and Briana Provancha (San Diego, Calif.), Women's 470. Hyéres, France - US Sailing Team Sperry Women's 470 sailors Annie Haeger (East Troy, Wisc.) and Briana Provancha (San Diego, Calif.) won bronze at ISAF Sailing World Cup Hyères last year, and began their mission to improve on that result by posting scores of…Read More
Ready For The Next Challenge In France
Pictured: McNay and Hughes, Men's 470. Photo: Will Ricketson/ US Sailing. Hyéres, France - The US Sailing Team Sperry returns to ISAF Sailing World Cup action on Wednesday in Hyères, France, with nineteen Americans set to take on many of the best sailors in the world. With the Rio 2016 Olympic Games just over fifteen months away, all competitors at this…Read More
Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games Update
The following is a statement from US Sailing, the national governing body for sailing, on the recent update from the International Sailing Federation (ISAF) regarding the decision by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) to not include sailing at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games. “We are highly disappointed to hear that the IPC has confirmed their decision not…Read More
Racing with Copepods – By Barbara McVeigh
Racing with Copepods documents the adventures of twelve middle school students as they learn how to sail in order to study plankton. Students learn what many adults would not commonly know and find that learning science requires seeing differently. Where does the most of the oxygen we breath come from? What is the fastest…Read More
The Science of Earth Day – Marine Debris Resources
In Reach Module 6 – Marine Debris, students investigate how trash finds its way into our waterways and oceans. By exploring watersheds, tides, and currents students begin to understand how the water moves and where floating debris ends up. They change their behavior as they hunt for marine debris while on the water or participate…Read More