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Seahawk Women Take Third at Sailing Nationals
The women's team finished in third place (behind Univ. of Rhode island and Connecticut College) in the College Sailing Nationals championship held in Cascade Locks, Oregon May 24-26. Team racing is May 27-29 and coed dinghy championships are May 30-June 1. Follow the racing here

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SMCM Alums Alex Bishop and Val Smith report:

"We are very pleased to announce that we are now officially on the United States Sailing Team AlphaGraphics and are ranked second in the nation. We will be training in Clearwater Florida from the 7th to the 13th of March. We will then be heading to Spain shortly after in order to prepare for the first world cup event on the other side of the Atlantic.Thank you for your continued support."

Alex and Val

Go to www.teameast-west.org to learn more or to donate to Alex and Val's capaign!

Congratulations to Alex and Val from all of us here at SMCM!

Follow Alumni Ryan Breymaier (Annapolis, Md./D.C.) and Boris Hermann as they race 'Neutragena' doublehanded in the Barcelona World race!

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Ryan is the sole U.S. participant in the doublehanded Barcelona World Race, sailing with co-skipper Boris Herrmann (Germany) aboard Team Neutrogena. Breymaier’s is one of 15 doublehanded teams from eight nations competing in the 25,000 nautical mile (46,300 km) race, which includes 2,000 hours of non-stop competition across three vast oceans, two hemispheres and around three famous Capes.

Cape Horn Rounding Despite Major Technical Difficulties

Video Conference with Breymaier from the Rounding of Cape Horn

Wednesday March 9, 2011

Ryan Breymaier, with co-skipper Boris Herrmann (Germany) aboard Team Neutrogena, rounded Cape Horn yesterday but encountered major problems during their approach to the Cape when the keel hydraulic system sustained almost complete failure earlier this week. It was the middle of the night and the auto-pilot was steering when the boat jumped a wave, which caused damage to the keel’s water valves.

 “We tried to diagnose and repair the damage ourselves, but called our shore team and the manufacturer of the system when several hours of our efforts met with no success,” said Breymaier. “We ended up succeeding in fixing the problem, but are now reduced to nursing the boat home.”

 Team Neutrogena still holds a solid fourth place in the rankings out of the 12 doublehanded teams remaining in the 25,000 nautical mile (46,300 km) race, which includes 2,000 hours of non-stop competition across three vast oceans, two hemispheres and around three famous Capes. 

“Our stated objective has been to complete a non-stop circumnavigation, and with careful sailing we still believe this to be possible. We will continue on our way and unless the damage grows worse, we will see everyone in Barcelona at the finish line in a month,” said Breymaier.

How to Follow Team Neutrogena in the Barcelona World Race

http://www.barcelonaworldrace.org/en/

The Website Race Tracker
The Race Tracker allows you to track the boats permanently by following their GPS positions, which are updated every 30 minutes but transmitted to the website every four hours.
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The Race Tracker for iPhone
An iPhone version of the Tracker is also available
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