470 Team USA

Schedule

tyler.cheung — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 00:04:19 +0000

Upcoming Regattas

March 29 – April 2 Princess Sofia Regatta, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
July 12 – 18 470 World Championships, The Hague, Netherlands
August 9 – 14 Skandia Sail for Gold Regatta, Weymouth, United Kingdom

July 27 – August 12 2012 Summer Olympics!

Past Results

2010

US Sailing’s Rolex Miami Olympic Classes Regatta

7th / 26

2009

470 World Championships

10th / 57

May: Delta Lloyd Regatta, Medemblik, Netherlands, 3rd / 32
January: US Sailing’s Rolex Miami Olympic Classes Regatta, 2nd / 9

2008

2008 World Championships

1st / 58

Click here for a video of the medal race!

Sail Melbourne Regatta, Melbourne, Australia, 1st / 48

Affiliates

tyler.cheung — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 22:23:16 +0000

US Sailing Team Alphagraphics

Yacht Clubs
Stonington Harbor Yacht Club
Fishers Island Yacht Club
New York Yacht Club
Ram Island Yacht Club

Other Links
International 470 Class Association
Mudhead Sailing Association

Support 470 Team USA

tyler.cheung — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 22:21:28 +0000

All individual contributions to 470 Team USA are tax-deductible. After receiving your donation, we will send you a receipt for tax-reporting purposes.

Checks should be made out to Sailing Foundation of New York (note “Maxwell/Kinsolving Campaign” in the memo line) and mailed to:

470 Team USA
c/o Isabelle Kinsolving
150 East 73rd St., Apt. 6D
New York, NY 10021

FUNDRAISING

tyler.cheung — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 22:19:39 +0000

Unlike some other sports and many of our foreign competitors, U.S. sailors are not fully funded by a national sports organization. U.S. Sailing’s Olympic Sailing Committee is currently taking steps to rectify this imbalance over the coming decades. But, for the next several years, sailors will continue to bear the responsibility for raising the majority of the funds necessary to finance their efforts.

470 Team USA relies almost entirely on private donations and corporate sponsorship to finance our training and competition. Individual supporters can be part of the quest for Olympic gold through tax-deductible campaign contributions, per the instructions to the right on this page. These funds are used for equipment, travel to training camps, boat transportation, and competition-related expenses, among other items. A more detailed breakdown of our expenses and fundraising targets can be found by clicking here. For more information on corporate sponsorship opportunities, please visit our Sponsorship section.

THANK YOU!

tyler.cheung — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 22:17:28 +0000

The success of our campaign depends heavily on both monetary and non-monetary contributions, and we are incredibly grateful to all of our sponsors and donors for their financial support of our efforts. We also wanted to take a moment to recognize several individuals and groups who have made substantial contributions to our campaign by providing organizational, logistical and emotional support throughout our campaign. We couldn’t have done it without all of you – Thank You!

The Maxwell & Kinsolving Families
The Bischoff Family
Skip Whyte
Pease Glaser
Paul Foerster
Joe Walsh, Polly Barry & the rest of our Greenwich Capital supporters

Jay & Amy Kehoe
Peter & Stu Egeli
Craig Westlin & Brandon Flack from Samson Rope
Bruce Lockwood
Don Jesberg
Bill Goggins from Harkin

Miami Boatwork Weekend

tyler.cheung — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:11:29 +0000

Our boat, “The Corner Office,” ships out to Europe today, Monday, February 7th, and we spent the weekend in Miami getting it ready to go.

Olympic Class Sailing | 470 class

tyler.cheung — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 20:54:00 +0000

World Champions, 2008

470 Team USA is the partnership of Erin Maxwell and Isabelle Kinsolving Farrar, campaigning to represent the United States at the 2012 Summer Olympic Games. They first joined forces in 2006. Their talent, fierce competitive drive, and determined training has won three medals at World Cup events over the last two years, Gold at 2008 World Championships, and a first place ranking on the US Sailing Team Alphagraphics two years in a row. With your support, they are eager to take on the best teams in the world and bring home gold in London 2012!

Support the team! All donations are tax deductible. Checks can be sent to:
470 Team USA / Sailing Foundation of New York
326 East 82nd Street, Apartment 5C
New York, New York 10028
Team@470teamusa.com

OLYMPIC SAILING IN THE 470 CLASS

tyler.cheung — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 17:48:10 +0000

The 470 is one of nine one-design boats used in the Olympics. It was designed in 1963 in France as a modern fiberglass planing dinghy. By 1969 the class was given international status and it has been an Olympic class since 1976. In 1988 the first Olympic women’s event was sailed in the 470. The United States won the first gold medal in the Women’s 470 class.

Key Statistics:

Length Overall 4.7 m
Length Waterline 4.4 m
Beam 1.68 m
Draft .5 m
Draft (CB down) 1.5 m
Weight 120 kg
Mast 6.78 m
Jib 3.58 sq.m
Main 9.12 sq.m
Spinnaker 13 sq.m
Total Sail Area 12.7 sq.m

The 470 is equipped with a spinnaker and a trapeze, and is quite fast, especially when the breeze is up. Tactically, the boat is demanding, as speed differences are small and fleets are usually big. The competitive crew weight is 275-320 lbs, which makes it ideal for both women and men. World and Continental Championships are organized every year with separate starts for women and men/mixed teams. In the World Championships there have been more than 30 countries represented. There are 65 member nations in the International Class Association and more than 40,000 boats have been built in 20 countries on all continents.

ISABELLE KINSOLVING

tyler.cheung — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 17:24:02 +0000

Position: Crew

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A 2004 Olympian, Isabelle Kinsolving grew up in New York City, sailing out of Fishers Island Yacht Club right across the sound from Erin Maxwell. Through junior sailing in Optimists, Blue Jays and Club 420’s, Isabelle succeeded on a club and local level. Isabelle graduated high school from Groton School in Massachusetts, where she was co-captain of the Girls’ Ice Hockey Team and a member of the New England Champion rowing team. As an undergraduate at Yale University, Isabelle played Women’s Varsity Ice Hockey for two years before concentrating on sailing. She skippered for both the Women’s and Varsity Sailing Teams, leading the Women’s Team to a New England Championship in 2002, her senior year.

While in college, Isabelle started sailing 470’s in 2001, crewing for Katie McDowell. Together they climbed the US Sailing Team Rankings from 3rd in 2001 to 1st in 2003. Isabelle won the 2004 470 US Olympic Trials, earning the right to represent the United States at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. In 2004, Isabelle finished 3rd in the 2004 European Championships and 8th at the World Championships, before placing 5th at the Olympics. Competing in the 2004 Olympics proved only the beginning of the culmination of a life-long dream, and Isabelle’s desire for Olympic Gold grew in intensity. A six-time member of the US Sailing Team, Isabelle joined Erin and 470 Team USA in Summer 2006.

A Political Science and Economics double-major at Yale University, Isabelle has been working as a paralegal at the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office since May 2005 and plans to attend law school. A member of New York Yacht Club and Fishers Island Yacht Club, Isabelle has also been coaching at elite-level junior sailing clinics.

Isabelle’s Top Sailing Accomplishments:

US Sailing Team Member, 2001-2006

5th, 2004 Summer Olympics, Women’s 470
17th, 2005 470 World Championships
8th, 2004 470 World Championships
7th, 2004 Kiel Week, Women’s 470
3rd, 2004 470 European Championships
1st, 2003 US Women’s 470 Olympic Trials
1st, 2003 US Sailing’s Rolex Miami OCR, 470 Women
5th, 2003 Pre-Olympics, Women’s 470
1st, 2002 US Women’s 470 Pre-Trials
1st, 2002 ICSA Women’s New England College Championships (2nd A Div.)
2000 Captain Yale Sailing Team

ERIN MAXWELL

tyler.cheung — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 17:23:13 +0000

Position: Helm

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Erin Maxwell grew up sailing in Stonington,CT, representing Ram Island Yacht Club, The Mystic River Mudheads, and the Wadawanuck Club. Today she also sails for Stonington Harbor YC. In high school she competed on the Williams School sailing team where she led her team to placing well at several national championships. Erin went on to Dartmouth College where she finished her college sailing career as a four-time Women’s All-American skipper. She was also named a Co-ed All-American skipper in 2001, an honor rarely awarded to women.

After college sailing she transitioned into sailing 470s. She placed a remarkable 14th in her first world championship 2001. This was followed by winning the 470 Nationals in 2002. In the winter of 2003 Erin began sailing full time in 470’s training towards the 2004 Athens Olympic Games. She placed 3rd at the Olympic Trials and did not qualify for the Olympics, but Erin immediately refocused on her Olympic goals for Beijing in 2008. Jumping right back into competition, Erin dominated the 2004 US 470 Nationals with all first place finishes. This was followed by finishing as the top US Women’s Team at the US Nationals in 2005, making it the 4th time Erin finished as the top US women’s team at the 470 US Nationals.

In July 2006, Erin joined forces with Isabelle Kinsolving, 2004 470 Olympian. Their chemistry as a team was obvious. In 2007 they medaled at their first European grade one event, receiving bronze medals at the Princess Sofia Trophy in Palma de Mallorca, Spain. After just one year together, the end of their 2007 European season culminated with a tenth place finish at the World Championships in Cascais, Portugal, qualifying the US for a spot in the Olympic Games. Unfortunately, only a few months later in the fall of 2007, they fell short at the US Olympic Trials, placing 2nd, and missing out on their dream of going to the Beijing Summer Olympic Games.

In January of 2008 the team headed to Melbourne Australia where they bounced back from their Trials loss with style. They won the Sail Melbourne Asia Pacific Regatta and followed it up by winning the World Championships two weeks later. All the top teams in the world were in attendance at the two events, only seven months prior to the start of the Olympic Games. Erin and Isabelle returned home to the US high on their achievements, only to watch the Games on TV in the coming months. Now they are more determined than ever to not only be at the Games in 2012 but be on the podium with Gold around their necks.

In her free time outside of work and sailing she competed in the New York Marathon in 2002. She also has hobbies of skiing and snowboarding, gardening, cooking, painting and drawing. Erin holds a BS in Economics and a BA in Studio Art from Dartmouth College. After graduating from Dartmouth in 2001 she worked at Lehman Brothers, Inc. in their Prime Brokerage Group until the Fall of 2002. Between the 2003 Olympic Trials and 2007 Olympic Trials, Erin worked as an investment banker for 3 years in the Asset-backed Finance division of RBS Greenwich Capital in Greenwich, Connecticut. After finishing the 2007 Trials and 2008 Worlds in January of 2008, Erin began working as a commodities trader for Louis Dreyfus Commodities in Wilton, CT, where she still works full-time today. Erin fits in sailing as often as she can!

Erin’s Top Sailing Accomplishments:

US Sailing Team Member, 2000, 2001, 2003-2010, ranked 1st 2009-10
10th, 2009 Women’s 470 World Championship
1st, 2009 US 470 Atlantic Coast Championship
3rd, 2009 Delta Lloyd Olympic Classes Regatta, Women’s 470
2nd, 2009 US Sailing’s Rolex Miami Olympic Classes Regatta
2008, Shortlisted for the US Rolex Yachtswoman of the Year Award
1st, 2008 Women’s 470 World Championship
1st, 2008 Sail Melbourne Asia Pacific Regatta, Women’s 470
2nd, 2007 US Women’s 470 Olympic Trials
10th, 2007 Women’s 470 World Championship
3rd, 2007 Princess Sofia Trophy, Women’s 470
1st, Silver Fleet 2006 Women’s 470 World Championship
1st, 2005 St. Francis Olympic Classes Regatta (Coed 470)
2nd, 2005 US 470 Women’s Nationals (Top American)
2nd, 2005 Rolex Miami OCR, Women’s 470
1st, 2004 US 470 Nationals (Coed)
3rd, 2003 US Women’s 470 Olympic Trials
1st, 2003 US Women’s 470 Nationals
1st, 2003 Travemunde Race Week (Coed 470)
1st, 2002 US 470 Nationals (Coed)
14th, 2001 Women’s 470 World Championship
1st, 2000 Intercollegiate Women’s Championships
5th, 1999 US Women’s 470 Olympic Trials
2nd, 1998, 1999, and 2001 Intercollegiate Women’s Championship
Intercollegiate All-American, 2001
Intercollegiate Women’s All-American 1998-2001
1st, 1998 and 1999 Club 420 North American Championships
1st, 1996 and 1997 Ida Lewis Trophy (US Jr. Women’s Doublehanded Championship, Club 420’s)