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Acworth, Ga. (November 16, 2008) - More than 100 one-design sailors and class and fleet leaders traveled from across the country to Atlanta Yacht Club in Acworth, Ga., last weekend to attend US SAILING's One-Design Sailing Symposium. read more

LONDON(AP) Olympic champion Ben Ainslie has his eye on winning the America's Cup for Britain and wants the lawyers to get out of the way. read more

GENEVA(AP) America's Cup holder Alinghi and 10 challengers began creating rules for the next regatta Tuesday, again asking BMW Oracle Racing to drop its lawsuit and join them. read more

Rochester, N.Y., USA (November 5, 2008) - Organizers of US SAILING's Rolex International Women's Keelboat Championship (IWKC) have announced a change in venue and dates for the next running of this biennial regatta. read more

Portsmouth, R.I. (November 4, 2008) - Celebrated sailor Nick Scandone (Newport Beach, Calif.), who won a gold medal with teammate Maureen McKinnon-Tucker (Marblehead, Mass.) in the SKUD-18 class at the 2008 Paralympic Sailing Regatta... read more

Miami, Fla. (October 29, 2008) – US SAILING’s Rolex Miami OCR is preparing for its 2009 debut as the second stop on the inaugural International Sailing Federation’s (ISAF) Sailing World Cup 2008-2009 circuit. read more

Portsmouth, R.I. (October 29, 2008) - On the weekend of November 15-16, the nation’s top one-design sailing experts will convene at US SAILING’s One-Design Sailing Symposium (ODSS) at Atlanta Yacht Club in Acworth, Georgia... read more

MADRID, Spain(AP) America's Cup holder Alinghi hopes to relaunch the 33rd edition of the sailing classic with a series of pre-regattas in 2009, followed by a cup match in 2010, before the credit crunch forces teams to abandon the event all together. read more

St. Petersburg, Fla. (October 19, 2008) - During a voting process that took nearly six weeks, US SAILING members voted to fill three positions on the organization's Board of Directors. The voting process was completed earlier today ... read more

St. Petersburg, Fla. (October 17, 2008) - Ruth Creighton of Wilmington, N.C. has received US SAILING's Timothea Larr Award for her lifelong commitment to quality sailing education. The award is the US SAILING Training Committee's... read more

St. Petersburg, Fla. (October 17, 2008) - US SAILING, national governing body for the sport of sailing, has presented Hugh Elliot of Alexandria, Va., with the Gay S. Lynn Memorial Trophy for his outstanding contribution to sailors... read more

St. Petersburg, Fla. (October 18, 2008) – US SAILING, national governing body of the sport, has awarded its prestigious Nathanael G. Herreshoff Trophy to Roy E. Disney (Burbank, Calif.) for his outstanding contributions to the sport... read more

Portsmouth, R.I. (October 15, 2008) – The Notice of Race for the 2009 US SAILING International Sailing Federation (ISAF) Youth World Qualifier and U.S. Youth Multihull Championship Regatta has been posted online, US SAILING announced today. read more

Chicago, Ill. (September 29, 2008) - Racing on the final day of the U.S. Offshore Championship on Tartan 10s out of Chicago's Columbia Yacht Club was tight and exciting in winds of 9 to 14 knots on Sunday afternoon. read more