Strictly Sail Chicago 2011

Kirsten Corneliussen and Britt Wedenoja man the Michigan Sailing Team booth at the Strictly Sail boat show in Chicago from January 24th-27th.  The executive board came on Thursday to promote the new merchandise and the rest of the team joined them on Friday.  In addition to selling tons of shirts, hats and burgees, the team attended various seminars about running a regatta, match racing, and running effective practices.

New Website!

The Michigan Sailing Team just got a new website!  Check back soon for results and pictures from our spring regattas and other events!

Big Ten Team Race

The first weekend in April the Michigan Sailing Team hosted the annual Big Ten Team Race on Baseline lake. Since it was during spring break for many of the Midwest teams, we were fortunate to have Northwestern and Minnesota bring multiple teams. Saturday was warm and beautiful until a 47 knot squall caused 6 boats (including the race committee) to flip in a matter of seconds. Sailing was canceled for the rest of the day. Sunday 11 races were sailed to finish a second rotation. Three protests were filed, one was heard resulting in a DSQ. Michigan won the regatta with 8 wins and 0 losses. Go Blue!
Also, a huge thanks to Sperry Top Sider for sponsoring the event with prizes for our winners.