2013 US Sailing Team Sperry Top-Sider Announced
Portsmouth, R.I. (March 13, 2013) – US Sailing, the national governing body for the sport, announced 34 athletes named to the 2013 US Sailing Team Sperry Top-Sider. The national team is selected annually and comprised of the top sailors competing in the events selected for the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games. American sailors qualified based…Read More
2013 US Sailing Development Team Announced
Portsmouth, R.I. (March 20, 2013) – Thirty-eight talented sailors have been named to the 2013 US Sailing Development Team (USSDT), the pathway team supported by the U.S. Olympic Sailing Program and US Sailing’s Olympic Sailing Committee (OSC). The USSDT was created in 2007 to help young athletes, who have been identified as future Olympic prospects,…Read More
2013 U.S. Youth Championships Serves as Qualifier to 2014 U.S. Youth Worlds Team
Portsmouth, R.I. (February 12, 2012) – US Sailing’s Olympic Sailing Committee (OSC) and Youth Championships Committee announced that the 2013 U.S. Youth Championships will serve as a mandatory qualification event for the 2014 U.S. Youth Worlds Team. Hosted by Corpus Christi Yacht Club (Corpus Christi, Texas) from August 12-16, the regatta will expand to host…Read More
Yale Cordage Selected as Team Supplier
Portsmouth, R.I. (March 5, 2013) – The US Sailing Team Sperry Top-Sider has named Yale Cordage as the official High Performance Line and Rope Supplier through 2016. Yale Cordage is a custom and specialty rope manufacturer, based in Saco, Maine, that designs application-specific ropes for the marine, industrial, arborist and oceanographic industries. The partnership will…Read More
Twelve Skippers Invited to 2014 Rose Cup
May 21, 2014 For immediate release Dave Perry Twelve Skippers Invited to 2014 Rose Cup Twelve skippers have been invited and have accepted their invitations to participate in the 2014 Rose Cup, representing all areas of the U.S! They are: Agustina Barbuto (US Virgin Islands), Dane Byerly (Houston, TX), Will Holz (Wilmette, IL), Colin Kennedy…Read More
US Sailing Selects Snow for Youth Match Racing Worlds
For immediate releaseDave PerryChairman, US Sailing Match Racing CommitteeUS Sailing Selects Snow for Youth Match Racing Worlds US Sailing has selected Nevin Snow (San Diego, CA) to represent the U.S. as skipper at the inaugural ISAF Youth Match Racing World Championship, July 22-27, 2014, in Helsinki, Finland. Snow and his team from Georgetown are the…Read More
Top Ten May 14, 2014
May 21, 2014For immediate releaseDave Perry203.255.8645Roble and Wilson Remain Number One Match Racers in U.S.Stephanie Roble (East Troy, WI) and her Epic Racing team hold onto the number one spot among U.S. women match racers, and number five in the world, on the strength of winning the 2013 Stena Match Cup Sweden Trophy and finishing…Read More
Day 6: ISAF Sailing World Cup Hyères 2014 (Final Report)
Hyères, France (April 21, 2014) - Racing came to a close at ISAF Sailing World Cup Hyères, and smiles were prevalent around the boat parks after a week in which the venue delivered fantastic conditions for six days straight. Over 800 boats and 1000 athletes competed, making the regatta one of the toughest Olympic-level events…Read More