
Sailors Locked Out of Olympic Hall of Fame
Despite there being a plethora of qualified candidates, the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame has yet to induct a single sailor.

Despite there being a plethora of qualified candidates, the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame has yet to induct a single sailor.

Members of US Sailing Team AlphaGraphics are among the 500+ sailors competing in Coconut Grove, Fla., through Saturday. Photos by ROLEX/Daniel Forster.

US Sailing Team Alphagraphics member Zach Railey dominated the Finn class in Coconut Grove, Fla.

Amanda Clark has spent nearly 15 years as a member of the U.S. Sailing Team Alphagraphics. But that won’t make winning a berth on the 2012 Olympic team any easier, which is just fine by her. From our November/December 2011 issue.

With the first half of the 2011 U.S. Olympic Trials half over, we check in to see which favorites are living up to their billing and which have some work to do before Saturday.

“This is [the one] our athletes have been working toward all year,” says US Sailing Team AlphaGraphics coach Kenneth Andreasen. Read about the racing in our Finish Line forum.

U.S. sailors won medals in the Finn, Star, and Sonar classes, as well as the Women’s Match Racing event.

More than 700 aspiring Olympians from 53 countries have descended on Coconut Grove, Fla.

More than 700 aspiring Olympians from 53 countries have descended on Coconut Grove, Fla.

His dream of winning the America’s Cup for Great Britain scuttled, Ben Ainslie takes aim at his fourth Olympic gold medal.

More than 200 boats from 40 nations are testing out the venue for the 2011 ISAF Sailing World Championships. Photos by Richard Langdon/Ocean Images Read about the racing in SW‘s Finish Line forum.

More than 200 boats from 40 nations are testing out the venue for the 2011 ISAF Sailing World Championships.

Despite there being a plethora of qualified candidates, the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame has yet to induct a single sailor.

Members of US Sailing Team AlphaGraphics are among the 500+ sailors competing in Coconut Grove, Fla., through Saturday. Photos by ROLEX/Daniel Forster.

US Sailing Team Alphagraphics member Zach Railey dominated the Finn class in Coconut Grove, Fla.

Amanda Clark has spent nearly 15 years as a member of the U.S. Sailing Team Alphagraphics. But that won’t make winning a berth on the 2012 Olympic team any easier, which is just fine by her. From our November/December 2011 issue.

With the first half of the 2011 U.S. Olympic Trials half over, we check in to see which favorites are living up to their billing and which have some work to do before Saturday.

“This is [the one] our athletes have been working toward all year,” says US Sailing Team AlphaGraphics coach Kenneth Andreasen. Read about the racing in our Finish Line forum.

U.S. sailors won medals in the Finn, Star, and Sonar classes, as well as the Women’s Match Racing event.

More than 700 aspiring Olympians from 53 countries have descended on Coconut Grove, Fla.

More than 700 aspiring Olympians from 53 countries have descended on Coconut Grove, Fla.

His dream of winning the America’s Cup for Great Britain scuttled, Ben Ainslie takes aim at his fourth Olympic gold medal.

More than 200 boats from 40 nations are testing out the venue for the 2011 ISAF Sailing World Championships. Photos by Richard Langdon/Ocean Images Read about the racing in SW‘s Finish Line forum.

More than 200 boats from 40 nations are testing out the venue for the 2011 ISAF Sailing World Championships.
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