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Lee & Matthew McCoy | Donnie Martinborough
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Nov-9: Donnie Martinborough wins the second edition of the
Terry McCoy Memorial Sunfish regatta with a perfect score of 5
points after 6 races and a drop. PB Wassitsch takes the second
place with 12 points net and Fernando de Cardenas finishes third
with a net of 14 points.
First lady is Lori Lowe with 35 points and top junior Brent
Jerome "BJ" Burrows II with 60 points net.
Results
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Nov-6:
BSA Annual General Meeting will be held on Dec-3 at 1800 at NYC
Agenda/Notice
of Meeting
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Oct-20: The
2008 Bahamas Laser National Championships were sailed in
Montague Bay the weekend of 18-19 October.
The breezes were light and variable to almost nothing giving all
competitors an exercise in keeping their boats moving and
finding and staying in what breeze there was. In addition the
light breezes levelled the playing field by allowing all
competitors, even those normally too light for the class, the
chance to win. The top finishers were those, regardless of
size, who were most successful at finding the breeze and keeping
their boats moving.
First place was won by 15 year old junior sailor Chris Sands,
twice National Champion in the Optimist Class, who dominated the
fleet by not only winning all five races but winning some of
them by a large margin. Second was taken by John Watson
Galloway, a long time sailor who began sailing Lasers while a
junior in the United States. Third was Fernando deCardenas,
undoubtedly the heaviest sailor in the fleet but a testament to
the view that in light air weight, like age, is "nothing but a
number" and good boat handling is the dominant factor for
success. Fourth was Donico Brown. Like Chris, Donico is a
product of the Bahamas National Sailing Association Summer
Sailing Program although he has only been sailing 3 years and
this past summer worked with the BSA as an assistant instructor
as he had aged out of the Optimist Class. These four were head
and shoulders above the rest of the fleet. However, the rest of
the fleet was also highly competitive with a number of ties
amongst the competitors. Two other products of the Bahamas
National Sailing Association, Gerzario Anderson and the youngest
competitor in the fleet, 12 year old Bianca Illing-Wagner, also
proved themselves to be competent competitors and perhaps forces
to be reckoned with in the years to come.
The sailors are now looking forward to the following upcoming
Regattas:-
King's Cup in the Snipe Class the 1st November
Terry McCoy Memorial Regatta the 8th November
and in addition to the above for the Juniors in the Optimist
Class the Green Parrot Regatta 15th November at which point the
sailing competitions but not sailing itself will be finished for
the year.
Results
Photos
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Chris Sand 2008 Laser National
Champion with Jimmie Lowe (Photo Robert Dunkley) |
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Oct-13:
ISAF -
Record
Participation at Bahamas Opti Championships |
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Oct-6:
Danny de Cardenas finishes 15th at the U.S. Southeast
Championship 2008 |
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Sep-29: Daniel de Cardenas wins the Bahamas Optimist
National Championship 2008 with an excellent score of 9 point.
Championship Fleet results
Green Fleet results |
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Sep-26:
Junior Opti Sailing Championships This Weekend
Young Treco looking forward to Opitmist Nationals |
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Sep-19: Adult Learn to Sail Course:
First session in October |
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Aug-26:
NYC publishes online the NOR for the 2009 Miami Nassau Race
Week. |
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Aug-26:
Results of Sunfish Worlds 2008 in Buffalo |
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Aug-18:
Kristian Nergaard,
Petrus Eide och Johan Barne in the norweigian boat NOR-57,
Artemis XIV are the winners of the International 5.5 class
European Championship. (more) |
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Jul-22: Snipe Junior National 2008 | Donico Brown &
Shaquille Dean wins the regatta hosted last weekend by RNSC
Results
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Jul-3:
Donnie Martinborough Sails Away with National Sunfish Honours,
Jimmy Lowe Places 2nd...
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Jul-2: 5.5m - Gavin McKinney and his crew wins the Hanko
Race Week in Norway. Symonette finishes 4th |
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Jun-23: Donnie Martinborough wins the Sunfish Nationals 2008
hosted by the Nassau Yacht Club this weekend. Lori Lowe is top
lady and Michael Gibson top junior. Congratulations to all
sailors.
Results
Photo (Robert Dunkley):
From left to right
Lori Lowe - Top Lady
Michael Gibson - Top Junior
Donnie Martinborough - National Champion
Jimmie Lowe - Second
George Damianos - Third |
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Jun-23: Congratulations to Jimmie Lowe and Chris Sands on
winning the 2008 Snipe National Championships. They won with a
race to spare in the six race series.
Results
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Jun-18:
Sunfish Nationals set for the weekend (The Nassau Guardian |
Dahalia Smith) |
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May-26: This was our first ever Junior Laser Nationals for
the Bahamas, nice piece of history!! Event was well attended, 8
sailors and winds were 15-18kts with gusts some in the low 20s.
kids did awesome and there has been a major improvement with
there sailing, thanks to the clinics by Robert Dunkley!
Results
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May-7: Ana Elisa & Peter Bruce are the new Opti Class
Rep. or Captains | Welcome and thank you for taking over this
responsibility. |
Apr-27: Homer Lowe Memorial Regatta 2008:
Sunfish
results
Opti
results
Photos from Robert |
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Apr-27:
Miami Nassau Race Week 2009 | Feb-6-10, 2009 |
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Apr-22: Saturdays' Junior Sailing sessions to start on May-3
(more) |
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Apr-20:
Results Single handed series
Photos from Robert |
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Apr-19:
Laser Clinic with
Robert Dunkley |
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Apr-12: Snipe Mid-Winter regatta @ RNSC | All the results:
Bacardi
Cup
Dudley
Gamblin
Mid-Winter (Overall) |
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Apr-1: Dates for the Bahamas Opti Nationals 2008 -
Sep-27-28
More information to be posted here soon
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Mar-30:
Results Snipe series |
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Mar-14:
5.5 World Championship 2008 | Results, Photos and more!
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Mar-3: 5.5 First race of the Scandinavian Gold Cup today at
1200 -
Follow the 5.5 Regatta by clicking here... |
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Mar-3:
Star Bacardi
Cup News, daily reports and results |
Feb-21:
Washington Birthday Regatta in Palm Beach
Overall results
Fleet
results |
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Feb-12: Miami Nassau Race Week 2008
Results Ocean Race
Results Buoys Races |
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Feb-5:
5.5m World Championships set (by Dahalia Smith | The Nassau
Guardian) |
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Jan-15:
Star Class - Kelly/Holowesko finishes 14th at the 2008 Levin Cup
in Miami (more) |
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Jan-11:
Junior Winter Sailing
Session starts tomorrow |
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2007
Dec-17:
Junior Opti Sailing
Session and Team Racing Winter 2008
Dec-2: Snipe Nationals | Robert Dunkley & Dylan Christie win
the championship 2007 (results)
Nov-25: Robert Dunkley & Michelle Larkin win the 2007 King's
Cup (results)
Nov-21:
AGM 2007 to be held at RNSC on Dec-5 at 6:00pm
Nov-8:
Pre-registered boats for Miami Nassau Race Week 2008 announced!
Sep-30: Congratulations to all Opti sailors who sailed this
weekend in the third Bahamas Opti National Championship and
congratulations to our new national champion Dylan Christie!
Championship fleet results
Green
fleet results
Pictures (Thank you Robert!)
Sep-21: 5.5 Worlds in
Sanremo, Italy - No wind for the last day of the regatta.
Bahamian Gavin McKinney and his
crew sailing 'John B' finishes third of the championship,
'Silver Fox' finishes in 7th position and 'Absolutely' for its
first international regatta finishes 22nd. An excellent and
promising result overall for the Bahamas!
Results
Sep-16:
Gavin McKinney and his crew (John B) win the Matuzia - Citta di
Sanremo Cup with 3 first positions!
The 5.5 World
Championship 2007 officially starts today with the first two
races scheduled for tomorrow.
more... Washington's Birthday Regatta -
Palm Beach, Feb-17-18
On the picture: Front Row - Bruce Hall,
Christopher Sands, Danny de Cardenas Back Row - Maria Aaboe (BSA
Assistant Coach), Michael Gibson, Gerzario Anderson, Shane Deppe (BSA
Coach), and Scott Lindley (PBSC Sailing Director).
This past weekend (February 17 - 18), 5 of the
top Bahamian junior sailors participated in the The Washington's
Birthday Regatta held at the Palm Beach Sailing Club. The 5 sailors
competed in the Optimist Class Red, White and Blue Fleet (Racing Fleet).
The Bahamas Team did very well, and came home with some hardware. The
Class is divided into 3 different fleets depending on age group and we
placed in all 3 divisions:
Bruce Hall - 2nd in White Fleet (10 & Under)
Danny de Cardenas - 4th in Blue Fleet (11 & 12) Christopher Sands - 1st
in Red Fleet (13 - 15) Special mention to Michael Gibson who performed
extremely well after falling ill on the first day, and Gerzario Anderson
who attended his first International Regatta, and did extremely well
when the winds picked up on Sunday. (Thank you Franny for this report!)
Complete results to be posted here soon...
2006
Dec-11:
6 of our Opti sailors participated to the USA Junior Olympic
Sailing Festival in Florida this past weekend.
Oct-30:
Fall
Harvest results -
Picture of the Team!
Oct-24:
3 of our
best Snipe Teams are participating to the Western Hemisphere &
Orient Championships in Miami
Oct-9
Dunkley, Hope 4th Overall At Masters - By Dahalia Smith
Snipe World Masters -
latest press coverages.
Star Class -
Bahamian sailors Kelly/Holowesko finish 35th at the Star Worlds
in San Francisco
Sunfish Worlds -
Bahamian Sunfish sailor Donnie Martinborough takes the 12th
place at the Sunfish World Championship in Charleston, SC.
5.5m in
Switzerland -
BAH-18 'Silverfox' skipped by Marc Rushall with crew Peter
Vlasov and Marc Covell finishes 5th of a 18-boat fleet
participating to the Thunersee Herbstpreis
Oct-4
High Winds Stop First Day Of World Masters Sailing
Sep-27
Youth Sailing creates excitement - by Dahalia Smith
Sep-25
Sands Faces Up To Challenges At Optimist Jr. Championships - by Dahalia
Smith
Sep-14
World Master Sailing Championships Scheduled For Montagu Bay Oct. 1-8
The
Bahamas Sailing Association (BSA) and Royal Nassau Sailing Club (RNSC)
recently jointly announced plans to host the Snipe Class World Master
Sailing Championships at Montague Bay, October 1-8.
Sep-11
Martinborough Wins National Sunfish Title - By Dahalia Smith
Seven-time National Champion Donnie Martinborough was first overall out
of a field of 25 at the Sunfish National Championship held in Staniel
Cay, Exuma last weekend while Jim Kaighin and Jimmie Lowe placed second
and third respectively.
Aug-29
Donnie
Martinborough wins the 2006 Sunfish Nationals in Staniel Cay
Thierry Huguenin, Gavin McKinney and Michael Hutton - 5.5m Absolutely
(ex-John B Once Again) - finish 3rd of the Memorial Copponex in Geneva.
Aug-4
5.5m World Championship 2006 - Final Results
Craig Symonette, Peter Vlasov and
Mark Covell (Silver Fox) finish 6th and Gavin McKinney, Morgan
McKinney and Peter Hauff (John B Once Again) take the 11th
place. - Well done BAHs!
Jul-15
Volvo Youth
Sailing ISAF World Championship 2006 started with Kai Chaplin
representing the Bahamas in the Laser Class
Jun-2
Hope Town Junior
Sailing - One Year Overview
By: Sue & George Holloway
CAC Games 2006
BSA is pleased to announce the following team for the 2006 CAC Games
that will take place in Cartagena, Colombia in July:
Snipe - 2 boats
Jimmie Lowe and Peter Bruce Wassitsch
Robert Dunkley and Michelle Hope
Laser Radial - 2 boats
Alyson Myers
Lori Lowe
Sunfish - 1 boat
Donnie Martinborough
Team Leader: John Lawrence
Team Coach: William "Peter" Christie
May-25
HARBOUR SAILING REVIVAL
By: Liann Key Kaighin
The venue for this years’ memorial
tribute to Mr. Homer Lowe was sailed on a beautiful sunny day in
Marsh Harbour, with the gracious
use of Snappas as base for pit stops, liquid fuel and carb loading.
This sixteenth annual memorial regatta was also the first in which
two classes of sailboats were raced. Sunfish has long been the boat
of choice for the Marsh Harbour Sailing Club. This year’s event saw
the Optimist class represented by two boats, alongside the larger
sunfish, to everyone’s delight. With the knowledge that the Hope
Town Sailing Club has engaged a vibrant junior sailing program with
the Optimist class, the MHSC looks forward to next year and a much
larger fleet of Optis on the line to compliment the Sunfish.
Sixteen sailors participated in the one
day sail fest, with ages ranging from four years old to the over
65. Sailors traveled from Nassau,
Hope Town, and California, USA, as well as entrants from Marsh
Harbour. The six races were sailed weaving through anchored boats
in the harbour, mostly with well wishes given by the on-lookers.
There were a few worried boaters unfamiliar with the skill and
prowess of world class Bahamian sailors, some of whom were judging
their tacks with fine line precision. The entire six races were
sailed with no protests lodged or brushes with any spectator boats.
All in all, it was a very civilized by the rules day.
The winds remained light and in some
races, almost calm throughout the day. Lunch was enjoyed by all at
Snappas, and the sailors were already asking if the races would be
held in the harbour next year. The Race Committee was skillfully
handled by Mr. Thierry Huguenin of
Nassau, along with the able assistance of
George and Sue Holloway of the Hope Town Sailing Club, Mrs. Lynn Key
of Marsh Harbour, and Shelley Lightbourne and Francisco deCardenas
of Nassau. With the one minute rule in effect for all races, every
start was a clean one, with no boats over the line early. This made
for a very happy race committee.
Races were won by Lori Lowe,
Jim Kaighin, and Donnie Martinborough.
With Donnie having four firsts, he was unbeatable, and he captured
his sixth Homer Lowe Memorial title. The trophy presentation was
held at Snappas during the dinner hour, and was attended by a large
crowd. The trophies were representative of Abaco, with photographs
of the Bahama Parrot by local artist Tuppy Weatherford. All
participants were proud to pose alongside Mr. Homer Lowe’s wife,
Mrs. Sadie Lowe, who was on hand to award the prizes. Also in
attendance at this 16th Annual Homer Lowe Memorial
Regatta were three more generations of the Homer Lowe family, Mr.
Jimmie Lowe, Mr. Jodi Lowe, and Master Ethan Lowe, sure to be an up
and coming Optimist sailor in a few more years, at least when his
teeth come in.
Thanks go to Snappas for allowing the use
of their on the water facility, and also to Island Delight Ltd for
provisions of ice and drinks on the race course for the sailors and
race committee. The next big calendar event for sunfish will be the
Bahamas Sunfish Nationals, scheduled for August 26 and 27, 2006 at
the Staniel Cay Yacht Club in the
Exuma Islands. Any Bahamian sunfish fleet member is eligible to
sail in this regatta which will be the qualifier for the Sunfish
Worlds to be held in Charleston, South Carolina, USA, later in the
year. Any interested persons are welcomed to contact Mr. Jim
Kaighin for more information regarding this sunfish event,
information on how to become a member of the Bahamian sunfish class,
or for information on the RC Laser class also sailed by the Marsh
Harbour Sailing Club. 367-3086(w)
Results
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pictures (by Lynne Key) of the 2006 Homer Lowe Memorial Regatta
Martinborough Sails Away With Sunfish
‘Spring’ Title -
Article of the Bahama Journal of Apr-26 by Dahalia Smith
H.O. Nash's Gibson wins Youth
Valentine Regatta -
Article of the Bahama Journal of Feb-20 by Dahalia Smith
2005
Sep-26
RBC - Optimist National Championship 2005
Article of the Nassau Guardian of Sep-26 (lower right hand corner)
Jul-21
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At The ISAF Youth Worlds (by ISAF) |
| Alyson MYERS |
| Along with Thomas PHILLIPS, Alyson MYERS
is the Bahamas’ first ever representative at the ISAF Youth Worlds. In her first
major Championship the 16 year old has posted some impressive results and is gaining
invaluable experience in the Laser Radial fleet.
more... |
Jul-16
Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championship - Racing underway...
Read Alyson Myers' first feedback from Busan
by clicking here
Results on the event Web site at
www.worldyouthsailingbusan.com
Apr-10
From
cayardsailing.com
by Paul Cayard: "I decided at the last minute to come to Nassau to race the Western
Hemiphere championship because I consider Nassau the best place in the world to
race..." (more...)
Apr-9
Paul CAYARD and Brian SHARP have won the ISAF Grade C1 Star Western Hemisphere
Championship hosted by the Nassau Yacht Club with victory in race five securing them the
title. (more...)
Apr-5
Volvo
Youth Sailing ISAF World Championship 2005
Entries In
More than 200 young sailors from over 35 countries and
all six continents will be in Korea this July to compete in the 35th ISAF Youth Sailing
World Championship.
2004
Dec-25
A SPECIAL Christmas Gift (by IODA)
Many lucky children round the world will be receiving an Optimist for Christmas. But in
the Bahamas they will be getting NINETEEN!
In a deal finalised on Christmas Eve
the Bahamas Sailing Association has ordered nineteen Optimists to help establish a
National Sailing School.
more...
Nov-19
Martinborough's Sunfish King (The Nassau Guardian by Dahalia
Smith NG Sports Reporter)
Sunfish World Championship finalist Donny Martinborough stole the oceanic-show during the
weekend sailing to a first-place finish over 17 other skippers who participated in The
Nassau Yacht Club's 2004 Bahamas National Sunfish Championships.
more...
Nov-4
Optimist - "Minister hails Bahamas' latest sporting heroes" (The
Tribune)
View the article
Oct-28
Optimist - Team Bahamas made a great showing last weekend in Miami during the 2004 Fall
Harvest Regatta hosted by the Miami Yacht Club.
View
more pictures here.
View the results by clicking here.
July-2
The Nassau Guardian reports on the 2004 Snipe National Championship.
Copy of the article here.
May-21
Reported by ISAF Website
New Name And Website Following the trend that many ISAF MNA’s are
taking, the Bahamas Sailing Association (BSA) has changed its name from the Bahamas
Yachting Association.
more...
May-17
Your Association is "Making Waves" in today's ISAF Newsletter!
more...
May-15
The Bahamas Sailing Association launches its Web site. The goal of the executive committee
with this Web site is to bring together all sailors and sailing organisations from all
over The Bahamas and develop a synergy to promote the sport of sailing in the country.
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