Mar 15

Blind Sailing International (BSI) March 2016 Bulletin

To all Blind Sailing competitors and supporters:

In 2016 all eyes are focusing on Blind Match Racing. 2016 World Sailing Blind Match Racing Championships in Sheboygan, USA September 20-25, 2016.

You can now find attached the 2016 World Sailing Blind Match Racing World Championships Notice of Race and entry forms On BSI Website http://www.blindsailinginternational.com/match-racing-worlds or on Sail Sheboygan http://www.sailsheboygan.com/2016-blind-match-racing to be held September 20th (Tuesday) to the 25th (Sunday), 2016, in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, USA. Sailors in all three vision classification categories — B1, B2 and B3 — will compete in one single class. The racing will use Sail Sheboygan’s 3-person Sonar class boats with the Homerus audible racing system.

The September 2016 event will be particularly exciting as the Blind Match Racing World Championships will be hosted alongside the 2016 Women’s Match Racing World Championships.

The Blind and Women competitors will each have their own boats, courses, RC and umpire teams. Once on shore, all competitors and officials will be able to socialize together.

2016 Revisions to Blind Sailing Race Management Manual:

Please note that as of January 2016, there have been revisions to the Blind Sailing sections of the World Sailing’s Race Management Manual. These include changes to the format for Blind Match Racing. The updated Race Management Manual can be found here: http://www.sailing.org/tools/documents/FINALPWSRMM290116-[19981].pdf

If you would like further information on the 2016 Blind Match Racing World Championships and the changes to the Blind Match Racing format, please email BSI Chairman Vicki Sheen: chairman@blindsailinginternational.com

Blind Match Racing Training and Practice Information:

There has been several excellent Match Racing coaching events in the USA, Italy and U.K., with more planned . Please keep sending us your updates and photographs for posting on the BSI web site.

For those new or returning to match racing, if you would like more information, or would benefit from additional support for yourself, a team, or a sailing center, please contact BSI at chairman@blindsailinginternational.com

The Homerus Italian Match Racing Championship Italy planned for April 22-25, 2016 has now been re-scheduled for 2nd to 5th of June. Still time to enter. This event is in Arona on Lake Maggiore, Italy,. The regatta will likely be sailed in 2-person Meteor class sailboats, with two classification categories: B1 and B2.
Time is short, so if you are interested in participating in this regatta, please let Homerus know as soon as possible.

For more details, visit the Homerus site: http://www.homerus.it
Homerus email address: info@homerus.it

You can help us expand and develop Blind Sailing by sharing your sailing biography, experiences, stories, questions and suggestions with other blind sailors and supporters via BSI. Please forward any information you would like posted on the BSI web site, or included in our next BSI Newsletter.

On behalf of all of us at BSI, we wish you a exciting and successful 2016 sailing season

Vicki

Vicki Sheen, Chairman, Blind Sailing International (BSI)
Email: chairman@blindsailinginternational.com
Mobile +44 (0)7841 421111
Skype: vicki sheen (Brixham)
Email: vicki@isit.uk.com
Twitter @vickisheen

Feb 19

On the horizon, Sail Sheboygan’s 2016 Season

The great weather today reminds us that spring and the sailing season are just on the horizon. The first yacht club beer can race is just three months away (May 18th) and our regatta season just after that. Prepare to mark your calendars, as always, these regattas are only possible thanks to the great support of the Sail Sheboygan volunteers!

June 15-19th the Rose Cup

The Rose Cup is the US Sailing Youth Match Racing Championship and Graded as an ISAF Grade 3 event. The regatta is proceeded by a clinic put on by match racing expert Dave Perry.

Further information on this event can be found on the US Sailing Website.

August 19-21st US Sailing Team Racing Championships

Sail Sheboygan will be hosting the 2016 US Sailing Team Racing Championships.

Team racing is a fast-paced form of our sport that combines the allure of sailing with the dynamics of team sports.

The format pits two teams of three boats on a short course, where the combined team score determines the winner. The racing rules are used aggressively, which fosters an event that boasts strong player and spectator appeal.

Team Racing extends far beyond high school, college sailing and the U.S. Team Racing Championship for the Hinman Trophy. Team racing in keelboats may be the fastest growing element of this discipline. On the international level, U.S. team racers  dominated the ISAF World Championships from 2003 to 2009, winning four in a row before the British team broke the trend in 2011.

For more information visit the US Sailing Website.

September 19-25 World Sailing Blind Match Racing Championship

Sail Sheboygan and SEAS (Sailing Education Association of Sheboygan) will once again be teaming up to host the World Sailing Blind Match Racing Championship.  Sheboygan had also hosted the last running of the race in 2014 and looks forward to hosting yet again. This year the event will be run at the same time as the Women’s World Match Racing Championship. The hope is that by hosting the events simultaneously it will help grow and inspire blind sailors internationally.

The local Lions clubs stepped forward in 2014 to help make a great event and they are stepping forward for 2016 as well!

September 19-25 World Sailing Women’s Match Racing Championship

Sailed the same week as the World Sailing Blind Match Racing Championship the 2016 Women’s Match Racing Championship will be held in Sheboygan for the first time. Sail Sheboygan has a long history with women’s match racing and has worked with the Women’s International Match Racing Association (WIMRA) and has been a frequent stop on the Women’s International Match Racing Series (WIM Series) over the years when hosting the Buddy Melges Challenge. Sail Sheboygan also took a leading role in women’s match racing while it was an Olympic event.

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If you would like to help with any of these regattas, or with other events on the lakefront, please contact a Sail Sheboygan representative or complete the VOLUNTEER FORM on the SEAS website.

Feb 18

April 9th One Day Race Management Course, MYC

The US Sailing One Day Race Management Seminar is coming to the Milwaukee Yacht Club April 9th!

The course includes materials, continental breakfast, snacks, and lunch for $65. The course runs from 0800-1700 and will be instructed by John Strassman.

For those interested in attending please visit: http://www.ussailing.org/race-officials/become-a-race-official/race-officer-seminar-calendar/ Untitled

 

Oct 05

Richardson 2015 Sheboygan

Richardson 2015 Sheboygan

 

After the disappointment of not having a regatta in Rochester last year, all eyes were on Sheboygan Yacht Club and their hosting of this year’s Richardson Regatta.  The field was set with eight teams ready to do battle.   This was whittled down to six due to last minute permitted withdrawals.  But these remaining six teams were excited to get things going on the two event only to awake with Saturday morning to a once again persistent five day blow.  Winds had been clocked at 30-35 knots with higher gusts the preceding days that built the seas to four to six feet that were cashing the breakwalls.  With little hope of getting in any races on Saturday, the officials called off all change of racing.  However with Sunday morning dawning with a final relief of wind and waves, the regatta was on.  The goal was to race a double round robin and proceed directly to the finals.

With fantastic work by both umpires and Sheboygan RC, the two round robins were completed. Into the finals of best of three, were one time winner Steve Lowery and Peter Holz. Peter Holz wins 2015 Richardson Trophy by beating Lowery in the first two races.  The Richardson continues to be a testament to highly skilled and competitive sailor of the Great Lakes.
Congratulations to Peter Holz of the Chicago Yacht Club and LMSRF.   Final standings follow:

1 Peter Holz LMSRF
2 Steve Lowery LMSRF
3 David Niemann LMSRF
4 Kurt Taken-Holtze LSYA
5 Landon Gardner LYRA
6 Tim Siemers LSYAimage1 IMG_0350

Submitted by Scott Spaeth, President

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Sep 22

Buddy Melges Challenge Photos September 20, 2015

Courtesy of photographer Christopher Rydblom.

Final and Petit Final.

The Women’s International Match Racing Series (WIM Series) is the first and only professional sailing series for women, hosted by the Women’s International Match Racing Association and joined by the world’s leading women match racing sailors. Match racing is sailed in two identical boats around a short course, providing fast action close to the crowds on shore. The intense racing is just as exciting for the spectators as it is strategically, tactically and physically challenging for the competing crews.
The Buddy Melges Challenge has been an ISAF Grade One match racing event in Sheboygan for a number of years. The event is named after the famous Olympian, America’s Cup sailor, boat builder, and Wisconsinite Buddy Melges, whose contributions to the sport have been long standing. The trophy for the event resides in the Sheboygan Yacht Club and is a replica of the America’s Cup.

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Sep 22

Buddy Melges Challenge Photos September 19, 2015

Courtesy of photographer Christopher Rydblom.

Quarterfinal and semifinal races Saturday September 19, 2015.

 

The Women’s International Match Racing Series (WIM Series) is the first and only professional sailing series for women, hosted by the Women’s International Match Racing Association and joined by the world’s leading women match racing sailors. Match racing is sailed in two identical boats around a short course, providing fast action close to the crowds on shore. The intense racing is just as exciting for the spectators as it is strategically, tactically and physically challenging for the competing crews.
The Buddy Melges Challenge has been an ISAF Grade One match racing event in Sheboygan for a number of years. The event is named after the famous Olympian, America’s Cup sailor, boat builder, and Wisconsinite Buddy Melges, whose contributions to the sport have been long standing. The trophy for the event resides in the Sheboygan Yacht Club and is a replica of the America’s Cup.

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Sep 22

Buddy Melges Challenge Photos September 18, 2015

Courtesy of photographer Christopher Rydblom.

Fog postponed the races on Friday September 18, 2015

The Women’s International Match Racing Series (WIM Series) is the first and only professional sailing series for women, hosted by the Women’s International Match Racing Association and joined by the world’s leading women match racing sailors. Match racing is sailed in two identical boats around a short course, providing fast action close to the crowds on shore. The intense racing is just as exciting for the spectators as it is strategically, tactically and physically challenging for the competing crews.
The Buddy Melges Challenge has been an ISAF Grade One match racing event in Sheboygan for a number of years. The event is named after the famous Olympian, America’s Cup sailor, boat builder, and Wisconsinite Buddy Melges, whose contributions to the sport have been long standing. The trophy for the event resides in the Sheboygan Yacht Club and is a replica of the America’s Cup.

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Sep 22

Buddy Melges Challenge Photos September 17, 2015

Courtesy of photographer Christopher Rydblom.

The Women’s International Match Racing Series (WIM Series) is the first and only professional sailing series for women, hosted by the Women’s International Match Racing Association and joined by the world’s leading women match racing sailors. Match racing is sailed in two identical boats around a short course, providing fast action close to the crowds on shore. The intense racing is just as exciting for the spectators as it is strategically, tactically and physically challenging for the competing crews.
The Buddy Melges Challenge has been an ISAF Grade One match racing event in Sheboygan for a number of years. The event is named after the famous Olympian, America’s Cup sailor, boat builder, and Wisconsinite Buddy Melges, whose contributions to the sport have been long standing. The trophy for the event resides in the Sheboygan Yacht Club and is a replica of the America’s Cup.

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Sep 22

Buddy Melges Challenge Photos September 16, 2015

Courtesy of photographer Christopher Rydblom.

The Women’s International Match Racing Series (WIM Series) is the first and only professional sailing series for women, hosted by the Women’s International Match Racing Association and joined by the world’s leading women match racing sailors. Match racing is sailed in two identical boats around a short course, providing fast action close to the crowds on shore. The intense racing is just as exciting for the spectators as it is strategically, tactically and physically challenging for the competing crews.
The Buddy Melges Challenge has been an ISAF Grade One match racing event in Sheboygan for a number of years. The event is named after the famous Olympian, America’s Cup sailor, boat builder, and Wisconsinite Buddy Melges, whose contributions to the sport have been long standing. The trophy for the event resides in the Sheboygan Yacht Club and is a replica of the America’s Cup.

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Sep 22

Buddy Melges Challenge Photos September 15, 2015

Courtesy of photographer Christopher Rydblom.

The Women’s International Match Racing Series (WIM Series) is the first and only professional sailing series for women, hosted by the Women’s International Match Racing Association and joined by the world’s leading women match racing sailors. Match racing is sailed in two identical boats around a short course, providing fast action close to the crowds on shore. The intense racing is just as exciting for the spectators as it is strategically, tactically and physically challenging for the competing crews.

The Buddy Melges Challenge has been an ISAF Grade One match racing event in Sheboygan for a number of years. The event is named after the famous Olympian, America’s Cup sailor, boat builder, and Wisconsinite Buddy Melges, whose contributions to the sport have been long standing. The trophy for the event resides in the Sheboygan Yacht Club and is a replica of the America’s Cup.

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