This Caribbean island is gearing up to host over 750 sailors for International Rolex Regatta, March 26-28. Will you join us? We welcome all press to cover the oldest uninterrupted sporting event in Rolex’s global portfolio and one of the most professionally managed of the spring circuit regattas in the Caribbean. We have begun making plans for your arrival. Full [...]
Junior sailors from Narragansett Bay and the surrounding region will be able to extend their summer sailing season this year by 150 miles. The Organizing Committee of the Ida Lewis Distance Race has announced the introduction of its Youth Challenge–aimed specifically at introducing junior sailors to offshore sailing–for this year’s sixth edition of the race, [...]
It just arrived on a yacht carrier in St. Thomas: Austin and Gwen Fragomen’s Judel/Vrolik 52′ Interlodge, a newcomer to the International Rolex Regatta, which this year is scheduled for Friday, March 26 through Sunday, March 28. The three-day event, hosted by St. Thomas Yacht Club, has a track record – spanning 37 years – for delivering [...]
YACHTSMAN & YACHTSWOMAN OF THE YEAR AWARDS Neither rain nor sleet nor snow, all of which had combined to cancel flights and delay trains in the Northeast, could deter Anna Tunnicliffe (Plantation, Fla.) and Bora Gulari (Detroit, Mich.) from getting to Manhattan today for their moment in the spotlight at US SAILING’s Rolex Yachtsman and Yachtswoman of [...]
Over 100 sailors have already registered for the 102nd Chicago Yacht Club Race to Mackinac, presented by Veuve Clicquot, which starts on July 23-24, 2010 in Chicago. Over 550 invitations were issued to past competitors on February 1, and with such a tremendous response in just days, Chicago Yacht Club anticipates another big fleet. Last [...]
It was “one race, one chance” today at US SAILING’s 2010 Rolex Miami OCR, the second of seven stops of the International Sailing Federation (ISAF) Sailing World Cup 2009-2010.. After gold, silver and bronze medalists were determined yesterday in three Paralympic classes, it was now the turn for sailors in ten Olympic classes to claim podium positions, [...]
After five days of racing on Biscayne Bay, gold, silver and bronze medalists were determined today in three Paralympic classes at US SAILING’s 2010 Rolex Miami OCR, the second of seven stops of the International Sailing Federation (ISAF) Sailing World Cup 2009-2010. USA racked up the most medals with four, followed by Canada with two and one [...]