U.S. Team Racing Championship to serve as Qualifier for ISAF Worlds
by Jake Fish on 25 Sep 2014
U.S. Team Racing Championship Adam Koch
The stakes are high at the U.S. Team Racing Championship this week in Marblehead. Hosted by the Eastern Yacht Club, the U.S. Team Racing Championship serves as the U.S. Qualifier for the 2015 ISAF Team Racing World Championship. This three day championship begins this Friday, September 26 and concludes Sunday, September 28.
Former U.S. Team Racing Champions, college All-Americans, and an impressive pool of sailors who have had success in various disciplines and racing backgrounds will compete over three days on Marblehead Harbor for the esteemed George R. Hinman Trophy. Making a return to defend their 2013 title is the team named, Ladies and Gentlemen. This year’s team includes Tyler Sinks (San Diego, Calif.), Lucy Wallace (Middletown, R.I.), Justin Law (Balboa, Calif.), Adrienne Patterson (Miami, Fla.), Michael Menninger (San Francisco, Calif.) and Ben Lezin (Santa Cruz, Calif.).
Check out the complete roster of sailors and their teams racing this week.
The U.S. Team Racing Championship remains one of the hottest events in the country for the post-collegiate group of sailors. The premier team racing event in the United States is an invitational event. Interested teams applied by resume. The championship will be raced in three-boat/six-person teams. Each competing team consists of three skippers and three crews. Teams will be racing the new Zim 15, a doublehanded, monohull dinghy designed by Steve Clark. The Zim 15 is very maneuverable which will make for some terrific team racing.
Team racing is one of the fastest growing disciplines in sailing. Over 100 races are sailed in just a few days. Races, or flights, are shorter than traditional race courses. Three flights are racing simultaneously with teams swapping out after each
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