We did it!!!! We won!!!! We finished 4th in the medal race today, securing our position as 2008 470 World Champions! Below are some photos, the last of which has our gold medals from the World Championships and from Sail Melbourne.

Many thanks to the Stonington Harbor Champions Fund, and all the individuals who have made […]

Update from 470 Team USA’s web staff - Erin and Isabelle appear to have placed 4th in the final medal race of the Sail Melbourn 470 World Championships.   If this score becomes official they will still be in first place overall at the end of the regatta.    More news to come….

Dear Friends,

With only the medal race to go, we are still WINNING THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS! After a great day on the water placing 3rd and 5th, our lead has stretched from 6 to 16 points. The Italians are in 2nd, 16 points behind us, and the Dutch are in 3rd, 23 points behind […]

Dear Friends,
Well, to make a long story short, we’re WINNING THE 470 WORL CHAMPIONSHIPS! We got a 1st and an 8th in the two races today, moving us into 1st by five points. Points remain close at the top. The Dutch in 2nd are five points behind, the Australians in 3rd are 8 points behind, […]

Dear Friends,
We had another good day today. We sailed three races: the last qualifying race, and the first two races for Gold Fleet. We finished 2nd in the qualifying race, moving up to 3rd overall in the standings. In the Gold Fleet racing this afternoon, we finished 8th and 3rd, and remain 3rd overall. Nice! […]

Dear Friends,
Happy Australia Day!  Today is Australia’s National Holiday, celebrating the day in 1788 when Captain Arthur Phillip, commander of the First Fleet of eleven convict ships from Great Britain, arrived in Sydney Harbor.  
The weather forecast today, Saturday, January 26th, was not favorable for racing.  It was a bright and sunny day with two […]

Dear Friends,
Well, we had a good day in really tough conditions!  We sailed three races today and finished 3rd, 7th, and 4th.  We hung tough upwind, sailing smart in conditions where we are not the fastest.  Downwind we motored!  Overall, we moved up to 5th but are tied for 4th with our Japanese friends from […]

Dear Friends,  
Five days after winning Sail Melbourne we are back on the racecourse for the 470 World Championships.  The Worlds are being sailed out of Mordialloc Sailing Club, approximately seven miles south of
Sandringham.  The wind and waves are essentially the same, so the races we sailed during Sail Melbourne should be directly applicable.  The […]

Dear Friends,
We did it! We won the Sail Melbourne Asia Pacific Regatta handily, coming out on top of the 48 boat women’s 470 fleet, 16 points ahead of 2nd place! We finished XX in the medal race, in front of our Japanese competitors in XX.  This is our first international regatta win as a team, […]