In the News: Sailing at the Paralympics: A missed opportunity for inclusiveness

On the coattails of the 2024 Paris Paralympic Games, Edward H. Tillinghast III and Dr. Alphonsus “Rick” Doerr (Silver medalist, USA Rio 2016 Sailing Paralympian) penned an Op-Ed in Sports Business Journal drawing attention to the exclusion of sailing from the Paralympics for now the second cycle in a row.

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Paris 2024: Your Questions, Their Stories

Welcome the US Olympic Sailing Team back from Paris and ask them your questions about their time in Marseille! Join nine Paris Olympians September 12 from 4:30 to 5:15 ET live from Eastern Yacht Club in Marblehead, MA.

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LIVESTREAM: 2024 U.S. Youth Match Racing Championship

Be sure to tune into the livestream all weekend from the U.S. Youth Match Racing Championship at Corinthian Yacht Club in Marblehead, Massachusetts. Follow the racing with on-boat cameras and drone footage from GoPro and live commentary from Clinton Hayes and Ansgar Jordan. For more details on the event schedule, rules, and livestream, visit the…Read More

US Sailing Resolves All Legal Matters With America One Racing

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE BRISTOL, RI (22 May, 2024) - US Sailing, the National Governing Body for the sport of sailing, announced today that it has come to a final resolution of terms settling all legal and other matters between US Sailing and America One Racing.  US Sailing is pleased that this matter is resolved so that the greater sailing community…Read More

Making Accessibility a Reality at HRCS

By Jay Baum, Educator and Secretary of the US Sailing's DEI Committee.  If you have expectations as to whom you might see getting ready to sail off the dock at Manhattan’s Dyckman Marina, you might want to take a step back and reset your expectations. You might want to take a step back anyway, just…Read More

Nacra 17 Worlds: Regatta 2 of 2 for Paris 2024 Selection

Racing begins May 7th and continues through May 12th for the Nacra 17 World Championship, the second event of the two regatta process to select the Nacra 17 representatives for Paris 2024.

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The Team Behind the Team

It’s not just coaching. The US Sailing Team supports our athletes throughout the pre-training period and six days of intense racing with logistical and operational support, physical therapy and recovery work, nutrition consulting, sports psychology, meteorology, rules advice, and more. It takes a village, and we’re taking you behind the scenes for a look into what it makes it happen.

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US Sailing Awards Rescue Medal for 2023 Soling Nationals Rescue

[caption id="attachment_41603" align="alignleft" width="387"] From left: Kent Smith, John Kiener, Richard Traub, John Kennedy, Robert Nickel[/caption] BRISTOL, RI (March 25, 2024) – The US Sailing Safety at Sea Committee has awarded the Arthur B. Hanson Rescue Medal to five Chicago-area sailors for saving the life of a skipper who had fallen overboard. The medals were…Read More

8th for Mollerus / MacDiarmid and Halfway to Paris 2024 49erFX Selection

After six days of racing, the USA is coming away with a Top 10 world ranking in the 49er for Andrew Mollerus and Ian MacDiarmid, and we’ve reached the halfway point of selection for the Paris 2024 49erFX representatives.

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SILVER for Roe & Mertz at Youth Worlds, Five Top-10 Finishes for USA

After five days of racing just east of Rio de Janeiro, the US brought home a silver medal in Nacra 15 at the 2023 Youth Sailing World Championship in Búzios, Brazil. Overall, the US Youth Team saw five top-ten finishes across 10 disciplines in one of the most competitive youth regattas in the world with 61 nations represented and 400+ athletes. 

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