BSI DECEMBER 2014 NEWSLETTER CONTENTS (1) BSI Chairman’s Update to Members – Vicki Sheen (2) IFDS & BSI Blind Sailing Feedback Questionnaire — Please Respond! (3) 2014 Homerus Invitational Match Racing Championship for the Blind – La Spezia, Italy – Summary & Results (4) 2014 US Blind Sailing Nationals – Newport, RI – Summary […]
Archive | December, 2014
Blind Sailing International (BSI) December 2014 Chairman’s Report
This has been an exciting year for Blind Sailing International and visually-impaired sailors. There have been well-supported national regattas, sailors demonstrating their skills, experimenting and developing new technologies to advance visually-impaired racing and sailing. There have been two international events for blind sailors from Australia, Canada, Finland, Great Britain, Italy, USA and the US Virgin […]
Homerus Project Background Information
Homerus focuses on encouraging blind sailors around the world to learn unaccompanied sailing. At the same time, the association is involved in different cultural and social areas at the national and international level. Founder Alessandro Gaoso ended his athletic career as a 9-time Italian champion and two-time world champion in the Mini-Ton Cup racing class, […]
2014 US Blind Sailing Nationals — Newport, RI USA Summary & Results
The 2014 US Blind Sailing Nationals were held at Sail Newport on Sept. 6-7. As is often the pattern at these Nationals, one day had heavy air and the following day was light and shifty. There were six boats in the fleet with teams from California, Massachusetts and Texas competing. Sail Newport’s expert race management […]
Great Britain Blind Sailor Lucy Hodges Awarded MBE
Miss Lucy Hodges has been awarded the MBE for services to Blind Sailing in The Queen’s New Year Honours list for 2014. She has been an inspirational sporting figure for many years and amongst numerous awards she was Essex Paralympic Hopeful in 2009 and the Rochford District Sports Personality of the Year in 2010. Lucy’s […]
Great Britain 2014 Blind Sailing Nationals October 3-5 – Cowes
Blind Sailing 2014 Nationals were welcomed back by Cowes Corinthian Yacht Club (CCYC) with 14 visually-impaired sailors and 14 volunteers taking to the water in Sonars chartered by Beds and Bars from Island Sailing Club. The racing was divided into two classes, 3 sonars in Class 1 which is made up of B1 where crews […]
Timers
The Secret To A Great Start by Vicki Sheen Optemum Racing Watch The GBR Blind Match Racing Team was emailed letting us know that Optemum had sponsored us with a watch each. As the totally blind member of the team, I assumed they couldn’t mean me — however large or clear the dial or numbers, […]
Blind Sailing New Zealand Summer 2014
Dick Lancaster, chairman of Blind Sailing New Zealand, provided the following round up on what’s been going on in the world of Blind Sailing. Adapting to Change Our more active Blind Sailors have all reported an enjoyable and busy summer of Sailing at their own local Yacht Clubs around the North Island. Blind Sailing in […]