Race Officials at a Youth Event Safe, Fair and Fun! US Sailing video

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Race Officials at a Youth Event Safe, Fair and Fun! US Sailing Leadership Forum 2014 video above

Sailing Leadership Awards Ceremony Recap:
" . . . Club Award - San Diego Yacht Club (Calif.) The SDYC is home to 17 one-design fleets from kiteboards to Pacific Cats, and an active PHRF and ocean racing fleets. In 2013, SDYC hosted over 15 regattas at the local, regional, national and international level. They have created several innovate programs to keep one-design racers active and integrated. Monthly One-Design Weekends are held with free entry fee for all. The California Dreamin’ Series was in its third year as a match race circuit between SDYC, St. Francis Yacht Club and Balboa Yacht Club using J22s. . . ."

Luxury at sea highlights Miami boat shows - Outdoors - MiamiHerald.com:
Progressive Insurance Miami International Boat Show & Strictly Sail Miami, Feb 13-17
• When: Thursday through Monday. Hours: 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Thursday; 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Friday through Sunday; 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday.
• Where: Miami Beach Convention Center; Sea Isle Marina & Yachting Center; Miamarina at Bayside.
• Admission: $35 Thursday (Premier Day); $20 all other show days; $85 five-day adult pass; $35 two-day adult pass; free for kids 15 and under accompanied by adult.
• More information: MiamiBoatShow.com.

Yacht & Brokerage Show
• When: Thursday through Monday. Hours: 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Thursday through Sunday; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday.
• Where: Indian Creek Waterway along Collins Avenue from 41st to 52nd Streets, Miami Beach.
• Admission: Free.
• More information: showmanagement.com.

San Diego to submit bid for America's Cup - SFGate: "....The commissioners, two of whom are sailors, spoke enthusiastically Tuesday about the prospect of hosting sailing's marquee regatta, and directed the port's staff to respond to a request for information from America's Cup officials by March 3...."

State sailing commission established
Jamestown Press
State sailing commission established. Gov. Lincoln Chafee signed an executive order establishing the Rhode Island Sailing Events Commission, a board charged with identifying and attracting more internationally recognized sailing events to the Ocean State.

Ashby leads A Class as strong winds wreak havoc
My Sailing
The AP flag flew briefly at Takapuna Beach this afternoon as a series of squalls lifted the wind above the 22 Knot limit for the A Class Worlds. But when racing got underway only a few minutes late, it was exciting and nerve-wracking for sailors and ...

Peninsula Petroleum early leader at RC44 regatta
My Sailing
As the fleet racing got underway at the RC44 Virgin Gorda Cup, it was another perfect Caribbean sailing day for the fleet. 12-17 knots from the east and flat water, allowed the race committee to lay a 1.1 mile course along the North Sound, and slot in ...

Sailing - Double silver medallist Glanfield announces retirement
Yahoo Eurosport UK
"As Luke and I sailed it became quite clear what we felt was required to win a gold in Rio, and I increasingly felt as though it was going to be difficult for me to do exactly what was required," said Glanfield. "For me once I saw a conflict between ...

Haylee Outteridge to sail in Extreme Series
My Sailing
In one week the anticipation that has been building around the first Act of the 2014 Extreme Sailing Series – dubbed by many sailing fans and the media as the sailingseries to watch this season – will come to a head as the first starting gun is fired ...

American Sailing Association partners with P2P boat rental marketplace ...
Boating Industry
LOS ANGELES – The American Sailing Association (ASA), the leading authority on commercial sailing schools in the United States, today launched an exclusive partnership with Boatbound, the nation's fastest growing peer-to-peer boat rental marketplace in ...

EFG Sailing Arabia teams arrive in Abu Dhabi
Oman Daily Observer
Abu Dhabi — Team Delft Challenge — TU Delft, with Kay Heemskerk at the helm, crossed the finish line of Leg 2 of the EFG Sailing Arabia — The Tour 2014 in an exciting finish into Abu Dhabi, beating Frenchman Sidney Gavignet and team on EFG Bank ...

Sailing Italy: a new Sailitalia and Sunsail base to discover the Aeolian ...
DigitalJournal.com
Sailitalia, a lead company in sailing charter in Italy, is pleased to announce that following a partnership with Sunsail, it has been chosen Tropea as base to its expansion into the beautiful Mediterranean cruising area of Italy and Sicily. Tropea, one ...

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