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August 21, 2012

It's Ladies First for the Volvo Ocean Race

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© Courtesy SCA
Sweden-based SCA will enter an all-female team in the 2014-15 Volvo Ocean Race, using the new Volvo 65. Wood veneer on the hull may be optional.

An all-female effort from Sweden is the first to throw its hat in the ring for the 2014 Volvo Ocean Race. Kersti Strandqvist, Senior Vice President, Corporate Communications at SCA, above with project manager Richard Brisius.

 

 

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August 16, 2012

Is Hell Freezing Over? Moondust Might Race

by Tim Zimmermann

Tim Zimmermann's Beneteau 36.7 Moondust was purchased with cruising in mind, but she might just get to the starting line this coming year.

I used to be one of those sailors who believed deeply in racing ... other people’s boats, especially when it came to big boats. Racing your own boat seemed like such a hassle (organizing and provisioning for lots of crew), as well as a potentially voracious, money-sucking, black hole (new sails, bottom jobs, and divers, just to name a few). So the biggest boat I ever owned and raced was a J/22. Even that was downgraded to my current race ride: a Laser. And I was content.

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August 14, 2012

An Olympic (Length) Review, Part II

by Stuart Streuli
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Paige Railey didn't get the medal she'd hoped for in the Laser Radial class, but she still has the Olympic bug and is already looking forward to 2016 in Rio.

Was the move to a different Trials a good one? Is the development pipeline working? Is there hope for 2016? Part II of our Olympic review looks at thes questions. 

Below is part II of a post-regatta review of the U.S. Sailing Team Sperry Top-Sider's performance at the 2012 Olympics. For Part I, please click here. 

What about the Trials, should we go back to the old system?

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August 13, 2012

An Olympic (Length) Review, Part I

by Stuart Streuli
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U.S. Sailing Team Sperry Top-Sider head coach Kenneth Andreasen (left) has a big job ahead of him trying to get the team to rebound from a medal shut out in Weymouth. Convincing talented young sailors like Women's 470 crew Sarah Lihan (right) to continue on the Olympic path will be crucial to the team's future success.

The closing ceremonies of the 2012 Olympics featured a phoenix rising as the Olympic flame was extinguished. Can the U.S. Sailing Team Sperry Top-Sider treat the sailing regatta in a similar way, and pull the keys to a successful future from the ashes of a disaster? Here's a few thoughts.

The first step for anyone looking to find the reason behind the U.S. Sailing Team Sperry Top-Sider’s dismal performance at the 2012 Olympics (no medals, just one top-five finish) is this: take a deep breath.

In fact, that’s probably steps two through 10 as well.

OK, with that out of the way, let’s move forward by looking at some of the most pressing questions hovering around this regatta.

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August 10, 2012

Amanda Clark's Parting Thoughts

by Stuart Streuli
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© Stuart Streuli
Head coach Kenneth Andreasen, Women's 470 crew Sarah Lihan, outgoing chair of US Sailing's Olympic Sailing Committee Dean Brenner, and two-time Olympian Amanda Clark put a close on the US Sailing Team's regatta on Friday when they pulled Clark and Lihan's 470 from the water.

With her Olympic career now in the rearview mirror, this two-time Olympian fires back at some of the team's critics.

Like this Olympic regatta, the medal race didn't go as planned for Amanda Clark and Sarah Lihan. The American 470 team was out of the medals, but in a position to move up a spot or two with a good race. They got caught on the wrong side of the first run (along with the British team that had a 50-50 shot at gold) and could never close the gap, finishing 10th in the race and ninth overall. 

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August 9, 2012

2012 Olympics, Day 12 Live Coverage

by The Editors

A light breeze forecast for today may mean delayed races in the Men's 470 and Women's Match Racing.

If you don't see the grey CoveritLive box below, please refresh your browser.

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August 8, 2012

No Medals and a Lot of Questions

by Stuart Streuli
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Dean Brenner, outgoing chairman of US Sailing's Olympic Sailing Committee.

For the first time since 1936, the U.S. Sailing Team returns from an Olympics with nothing to show for its effort. Dean Brenner, outgoing chairman of US Sailing's Olympic Sailing Committee, talks about the process going forward and puts a cap on his eight-year run at the helm of the team.

In all of my interviews with Dean Brenner, chairman of U.S. Sailing’s Olympic Sailing Committee, I’ve been amazed at his ability to hold a consistent temperament. He has been positive, but never over the top. He has always expected great things of his sailors, he’s not afraid to call it like it is, but he has been unfailingly supportive. Like a proud father who can some how emotionally detach himself from his children’s performance. Were he an actor, everyone would laud him for never breaking character. And that's not to say he was forcing it. 

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August 8, 2012

2012 Olympics, Day 11 Live Coverage

by The Editors

We'll have a sharp eye on the women's match racing and the women's 470, the last remaining U.S. medal hopes for the U.S. Sailing Team Sperry Top-Sider

If you don't see the grey CoveritLive box below, please refresh your browser.

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August 8, 2012

Morning Toast, 2012 Olympics, Day 11

by Stuart Streuli

Is this the last gasp for the U.S. medal hopes in the 2012 Olympics Regatta?

What’s On Tap For Today:

49ers: Medal race, starting at 1300, on the Nothe Course

Women’s 470: Races 9 and 10 on the Portland Harbour course, starting at noon.

Women’s Match Racing: Second day of the quarterfinals, on the Nothe Course, starting no earlier than 1400

Men’s 470 have the day off before their medal race on Thursday

The RS:X, Laser, Laser Radial, Finn, and Star classes have all finished their regattas.

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August 7, 2012

Afternoon Tea, 2012 Olympics, Day 10

by Stuart Streuli
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© Stuart Streuli
Graham Biehl (left) and Stu McNay ended their regatta on a high note, with a seventh and a fourth, but it wasn't enough to get them inside the top 10 and qualified for the medal race. They finished 14th.

The only thing, realistically, standing between the U.S. Sailing Team and a shutout at the 2012 London Olympics, is the match racing team of Anna Tunnicliffe, Molly Vandemoer, and Debbie Capozzi, and they're one win from being eliminated from the medal chase themselves.

Being that this is Britain, it’s no surprise that Queen’s power-rock anthem “We Are the Champions” was playing during yesterday’s medal ceremonies. For the U.S. Sailing Team Sperry Top-Sider, today’s theme music is decidedly less triumphant. Though also by Queen. Try, “Another One Bites the Dust.”

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