(Fort Lauderdale, FL) – Rod Jabin and his Ramrod crew, which included Richard Clarke, beat 20 top Melges 32 teams and won the 2010 Melges 32 Gold Cup Regatta this weekend.  This is the second year in a row that Ramrod has won the title.  Other members of the team included Chris Larson and Curtis Florence, with whom Clarke won the 2009 Melges 24 Worlds, Ray Wulff, Scott Holmgren and Vann Wallke. Read more …

At some point during every sailor’s 27,000-mile Vendee Globe experience, the thought, “Take me home.  I want to go home.  I’ve had enough,” occurs.  The two-minute trailer for Racing Around the World Alone, the story of the 2008/2009 Vendee Globe race, is loaded with rescue footage, waves crashing over bows, cockpits awash and stunning sunrises and sunsets. Read more …

Yale Cordage joins a growing list of sponsors and suppliers as the first new supplier to officially join the Clarke/Bjorn Sailing team since they confirmed their Olympic Star sailing campaign in October.  Read more …

Canadian Olympic Sailing Team member, Tyler Bjorn was awarded the Marin de L’annee, aka Sailor of the Year, trophy by the Quebec Sailing Federation. The award was presented during the Quebec Sailing Federation’s 40th Anniversary Gala at the Montreal Olympic Stadium’s funicular. Read more …

Tommy was our coach for the 2009 Star North Americans. He did a great job working with us before the regatta. It was our first Star regatta together. Once we rigged the boat we focused on teamwork. We did a lot of tacks, gybes and practice mark roundings before the rest of the fleet arrived. It all paid off. We saw a little bit of everything from bright and beautiful summer conditions to that really wet, wavy and windy day when Tommy was the hero and we didn’t even know it. Read more …