August 6th, 2013
LaPorte, TX (August 6, 2013) -The 11 teams competing for the Sears Cup in the Triplehanded division started racing Tuesday on Galveston Bay at the Chubb U.S. Junior Championships, hosted by the Houston Yacht Club (HYC) and Texas Corinthian Yacht Club (TCYC). The U.S. Junior Singlehanded and Doublehanded Championships will get underway on Wednesday. The
July 31st, 2013
The 36th annual McNish Classic Yacht Race at Channel Islands Harbor (CA), this year held on July 27, is essentially a 16.5 mile parade of history. Kate Sheahan, who is touring the west coast this summer on behalf of US Sailing, provides this report… “If I spent $15 on plans, I better build a boat,”
July 23rd, 2013
(July 23, 2013) – US Sailing’s Olympic Sailing Committee announced the selection process for the 2014 U.S. Youth Worlds Team. To qualify for the 2014 U.S. Youth Worlds Team, sailors must compete and be scored in two qualification events. The first event is the 2013 U.S. Youth Championships held Aug 12-16 in Corpus Christi, Texas,
July 19th, 2013
Marion, MA. (July 19, 2013) – Hot and humid temperatures settled on Buzzards Bay with gusty winds, as the 42-boat Laser Radial fleet completed three more races on the final day of racing at the 2013 U.S. Junior Women’s Singlehanded Championship (USJWSC), hosted by the Beverly Yacht Club in Marion, Mass. Dana Rohde (Richmond Hill,
July 18th, 2013
Marion, MA (July 18, 2013) – Light and shifty winds on Buzzards Bay limited the 42-boat Laser Radial fleet to two races on Day 2 of competition at the U.S. Junior Women’s Singlehanded Championship. Dana Rohde (Richmond Hill, Ga.) posted a 1-16 today, has now won four of six races, and holds a 14-point lead.
July 17th, 2013
Marion, MA (July 17, 2013) – Dana Rohde (Richmond Hill, GA) wasted no time in surging to an early nine point lead through four races on Day 1 of the U.S. Junior Women’s Singlehanded Championship (USJWSC). Rohde, who finished third at last year’s event in Chicago, won the first three races of the day and
July 16th, 2013
The 2013 U.S. Junior Women’s Singlehanded Championship, hosted by the Beverly Yacht Club in Marion, Mass., kicks off this Wednesday, July 17 for three days of racing on Buzzards Bay. Forty-three sailors from all over the country will be racing in Laser Radials, and five of the top six competitors from last year’s championship in
July 11th, 2013
PORTSMOUTH, R.I. (July 10, 2013) – Sailing is many things to many people and US Sailing is out to highlight the sport through its West Coast Tour. Modeled on the popular Roadshow format, US Sailing will visit sailing organizations throughout the West Coast focusing on signature regattas, junior and adult learn-to-sail clinics, community outreach programs,
July 1st, 2013
Corona del Mar, CA (June 27, 2013) – Carolyn Smith (Newport Beach, Calif.) and Bayley Davidson (Costa Mesa, Calif.) cashed in on their fourth consecutive attempt to win the Ida Lewis Trophy at the 2013 U.S. Junior Women’s Doublehanded Championship, hosted by the Bahia Corinthian Yacht Club. The duo tallied a 3-4-2-4 scoring line in
June 27th, 2013
There has been commentary this week in Scuttlebutt about the costs of competing in various events, among them being US Sailing’s Chubb U.S. Junior Championships, with concern expressed over the entry fee of $600 per person for the singlehanded, doublehanded, and triplehanded events. Providing background on the situation is Frank Ustach, US Sailing’s Volunteer National