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Leading the sport of sailing for 111 years
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SAILING Announces 2008 Schedule
of U.S. National Championships
US SAILING has determined its
2008 schedule for Adult and
Youth National Championships.
The 17 events, which began in
January and continue through
September, will be hosted by
sailing organizations across the
country and raced in a wide
range of classes of boats. From
fleet, match and team racing to
one design, offshore and
disabled sailing, the
Championships offer fierce
competition for sailors of all
ages. Most of the events also
provide advanced racing clinics
for the competitors. The US
SAILING Championships are
sponsored nationally by Rolex
Watch U.S.A., LaserPerformance,
Chubb Group of Insurance
Companies, Nautica, and Dry
Creek Vineyard.
While some participants are
selected by sailing resume, the
course to the majority of
Championships is either open or
based on a ladder structure that
begins at the local club level
and progresses to regional
finals before reaching the
National Championship.
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Mike Zuteck |
US SAILOR of The Week - Mike
Zuteck
"I didn't know much about racing
but I liked to sail fast," Mike
Zuteck says of his time growing
up in the Detroit area. So when
he got accepted to MIT,
naturally he tried out for the
sailing team. His technical mind
quickly worked out the geometry
of racing and he excelled. He
graduated from MIT and moved to
Texas and discovered the Tornado
on Galveston Bay. He thought,
"this is fast," and bought one
with his first paycheck. That
impulse purchase lead to four
Olympic campaigns, which
produced mixed results and
unbelievable challenges, but
Mike takes it all in stride.
"Adversity tests how much you
really want something," he says,
after recounting each campaign's
havoc ranging from crew
illnesses to equipment
breakdowns to his own
injuries...
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Rolex IWKC Returns to Houston in
2009
Organizers of US SAILING's Rolex
International Women's Keelboat
Championship - one of the
world's first keelboat sailing
competitions created for women -
have announced the dates for the
next biennial event. Houston
Yacht Club (HYC) in La Porte,
Texas will once again host the
regatta, scheduled for October
14-17, 2009. Part of US
SAILING's Championship calendar,
the event's mission is to
provide women sailors of all
ability levels with high-quality
racing and opportunities to
compete against top national and
international sailors.
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Few Tickets Left for
"Morning Light" Preview
Tickets are going fast for the
selected-scene preview of the
yet-to-be-released movie
"Morning Light" this coming
Friday, March 14 at 6 p.m. at
the Jane Pickens Theater in
Newport, RI. Co-producers Roy E.
Disney and Leslie DeMeuse will
introduce members of the Morning
Light crew for a Q&A session
after showing scenes from the
film. Scheduled to be released
later this year, the movie
chronicles one of the youngest
crew ever to compete in the
Transpacific Yacht Race to
Hawaii. The preview is in
conjunction with US SAILING's
Spring Meeting, held March 13-16
in Newport.
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Deadline Near for U.S.
Youth Championship
Applications are pouring in for
the 2008 U.S. Youth
Championship, the premier youth
sailing event of the year.
Applications will be accepted
until midnight Eastern Saturday,
March 15. The event, sponsored
by LaserPerformance and Nautica,
will be held in Lasers, Laser
Radials, Club 420s, and 29ers at
the San Francisco Yacht Club,
Belvedere, CA, from June 26 to
July 1.
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US
Sailing Team AlphaGraphics
Update
U.S. Olympic Team and US Sailing
Team AlphaGraphics
members John Dane and crew
Austin Sperry finished third at
the Star class Bacardi Cup which
wrapped up last Friday in Miami.
More than 110 teams representing
26 countries competed in the
81st
Bacardi Cup . Dane
and Sperry will now prepare for
the Star World Championship
happening next month. While the
Star class is competing close to
home, several of our country's
best Laser Radial sailors are in
Auckland, New Zealand for the
Laser Radial Women's World
Championship , March
13-20. U.S. Olympic Team and US
Sailing Team AlphaGraphics
member Anna Tunnicliffe, along
with Paige Railey, Sarah Lihan
and Emily Billing will compete.
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Burgee
Program Members Receive New
Safety Manual
The Burgee Program, the US
SAILING-endorsed insurance
program for yacht clubs and
non-profit sailing
organizations, has expanded its
services to members. The Yacht
Club & Jr. Sailing Program
Safety Manual CD, endorsed by
the National Safety Council, was
introduced in October by Carter
Gowrie, President of Gowrie
Barden & Brett. All Burgee
Program members should have
received their free copy which
provides general guidelines for
developing a safety management
program tailored to the specific
needs of non-profit sailing
organizations. To learn more
about the Burgee Program or to
request a copy of the Safety CD,
email
insurance@gowrie.com.
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Weather
Wizard CD
Created
by Bill Biewenga and Lou
Roberts, the North
U Weather Routing Wizard CD
links an exclusive Internet
weather portal to your computer.
The Wizard takes you
step-by-step to gather and
analyze weather information in
preparation for and during your
next sailing adventure. Whether
you want to sail faster around
the buoys, around the world, or
simply want a safer, more
enjoyable day on the boat, the
Weather Routing Wizard helps you
handle the weather like a pro. US
SAILING members:
$35; non-members: $40.
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Hot International Competition at
the Acura Miami Grand Prix
There was
no slam dunk choice for the Boat
of the Week honoree at the 2008
Acura Miami Grand Prix,
sanctioned by US SAILING. That's
because all four classes were
hotly contested throughout the
regatta, which finished last
Sunday. Colm Barrington and his
crew aboard Flash Glove
counted all first and second
place finishes and did not need
to sail the final race en route
to winning IRC 1 class in
convincing fashion. Andy Fisher
skippered Bandit to a
hard-earned victory in IRC 2,
which had four different leaders
over the course of the four-day
regatta. Michael Illbruck and
the Pinta team led at
the end of each day in the
Melges 32. Ultimately, the
three-part criteria that
officials with Premiere Racing
used to select the Acura Trophy
winner favored the Farr 40
Barking Mad, owned by Jim
Richardson of Newport, RI.,
which won three of 10 races and
overcame some double-digit
results.
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About the US SAILOR of the Week
Feature
Do you
know a passionate sailor who is
always on the water, taking
every rules quiz or searching
for that perfect cruising lunch
spot? Or do you know someone who
is newly converted to the sport
and soaking up information like
a sponge? Perhaps you know
someone who gives as much time
and energy to building a fleet
or running races as they do to
working at the office? We want
to know about them! E-mail e-USSAILING's
editors at
eussailing@ussailing.org
with a photo of that sailor and
150 words of background info.
Please note that the sailor has
to be a current US SAILING
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UPCOMING US SAILING EVENTS:
March 13-16
US SAILING Spring Meeting
Newport, RI
March 14
Morning Light Preview with Roy E.
Disney
Newport, RI
March 29
Mount Gay Rum Speaker Series
Indianapolis, IN
April 22 - 26
U.S. Multihull Championship
Gulfport, FL
US SAILING COURSES:
March 8-16: Miami, FL
Small Boat Level 1 Instructor Course
View All Small Boat Level 1 Instructor
Courses
March 13-18: Clearwater Beach, FL
Small Boat Level I Course
View All Small Boat Courses
March 17-19: Alameda, CA
Cruising Instructor/Coastal Navigation
View All Keelboat Courses
March 22: Burlington, VT
Basic Race Management Seminar
View All Basic Race Management Seminars
March 29: Newport, RI
Judges Roundtable
View All Judges Roundtables
March 29: Chicago, IL
Safety at Sea Seminar
View All Safety at Sea Seminars
March 29-30: San Francisco, CA
Small Boat Level 2 Instructor Course
View All Small Boat Level 2 Instructor
Courses
March
29-30: San Francisco, CA
Safety, Rescue and Support Boat Course
View All Safety, Rescue and Support Boat
Courses
April 5-6: Point Richmond, CA
Safe Powerboat Handling
View All Powerboat Handling Courses
CALENDAR
View all upcoming events and
submit your own
ARCHIVED NEWS
Making Waves In Manhattan: Linton And
Barkow Receive Top Sailing Awards
Month of March Offers Several Safety at
Sea Seminars
Newly Certified Race Officers, Judges
and Umpires
Applications Now Being Accepted for the
U.S. Disabled Championship
Last Week's Sailor of the Week -
Koby Vicksman
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