# 421 SOUTHERN BAY RACING NEWS YOU CAN USE
on Monday November 24, 2008 08:15AM
US SAILING RACE MANAGEMENT SEMINAR at Hampton Yacht Club February 14-15, 2009, in Hampton, VA OPEN TO ALL. The seminar is designed for people who have some race committee experience and newcomers are also welcome. Topics include: RC objectives, RC responsibilities, RC jobs, RC equipment, starting system, setting the course, mark boat operations, before the start, during the race, finishing and scoring. There is a wealth of information that will be extremely helpful anyone serving on a race committee. The seminar fee is $50 for US SAILING members and $60 for non-members. Lunch, both days, is included in the fee. If you wish additional details concerning the seminar, you may go to the Hampton Yacht Club website at http://www.hamptonyc.com and click on the seminar icon, or call Lin McCarthy at (757) 850-4225 or email mcbear@earthlink.net
US SAILING Announces New Olympic Training Pipeline
Applications for
New 2009 US Sailing Team – U18, US Sailing Team – U23 Now Being
Accepted
Portsmouth,
R.I. (November 18, 2008) –
US SAILING’s Olympic
Sailing Committee (OSC) is proud to announce a new Olympic sailing
training pipeline, which will help guide talented sailors from youth
programs to the U.S. Olympic Sailing Program. As part of the new pipeline, the
OSC will launch two new teams in 2009: The US Sailing Team – U18 (Under
18) and US Sailing Team – U23 (Under 23). As a long-time supporter of
youth racing, LaserPerformance has signed on as the official sponsor of both
teams. US SAILING will provide the teams with elite-level coaching, as well as
educational, administrative and logistical support throughout the year. The
country’s top youth sailors will gain invaluable experience by competing at
major national and international regattas, learn how to campaign for the U.S.
Olympic Sailing Team AlphaGraphics and choose, prepare and maintain equipment.
Formerly known as the Elite Youth Development Team, the US Sailing Team – U18 and US Sailing Team – U23 were created for athletes who have been identified as future Olympic prospects. The US Sailing Team – U18 will include the top sailors in the Laser Radial (boys), Laser Radial (girls), 29er (open) and I420 (boys or girls) classes, who were born after 1991. The OSC will accept up to five boats in each class for the U18 team. The US Sailing Team – U23 will consist of the top two sailors born after 1986 in each of the Laser (men) and Laser Radial (women) classes. Members of the U23 team may also compete concurrently at the college level.
Sailors interested in being considered for the team should e-mail a cover letter, sailing resume, training and regatta plan and headshot to US SAILING’s High Performance Director Kenneth Andreasen and US SAILING’s Olympic Director Katie Kelly at Olympics@ussailing.org. The deadline for applications is Sunday, December 7, 2008. Team members will be announced by Friday, December 19, 2008. This entire press release can be found online at: http://olympics.ussailing.org/Current__News/2009_Youth_Pipeline.htm?PageMode=Edit
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MURPHY'S LAW: Speaking of holiday gifts for for racers - have you seen those thingies that look like gloves for the feet? Individual sections for each toe! Laying un-used on the dock they look like The Abominable Snowman's footprint. If your bowman doesn't want a pair of those, you need to revoke his or her Pointy End Certification! Absolutely a "must have"! /S/ Murphy the Racing Beagle, the sailing spirit in us all.