Blind Match Racing Worlds Gets Underway Published on September 23rd, 2016 Sheboygan, WI (September 23, 2016) – After several days waiting for the wind to pick up and the fog to clear out, five teams of blind sailors from the United States, Canada, Great Britain and Israel were finally able to commence the Blind Match […]
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Commentary on 2014 Blind Match Racing Worlds from Sheboygan
From Liz Baylis, ISAF Match Racing Committee Chairman: I had the pleasure last week of watching the IFDS Blind Match Racing World Championship in Sheboygan, Wisconsin (Scuttlebutt 4170). My first reaction upon meeting the sailors and watching them compete was “Wow!” These are all truly gifted athletes with a passion for their sport. In this […]
Australians, Brits win World Blind Match Racing Championship
http://cdn.sailingscuttlebutt.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/blinds2014-1024×682.jpg Six teams representing Australia, Italy, Great Britain, Canada, and the United States competed in the IFDS Disabled Sailing World Blind Match Racing Championship, held at the U.S. Sailing Center Sheboygan, Wisconsin on September 10-14. The regatta was raced in Sail Sheboygan’s evenly matched Sonar fleet with sounding systems that indicate which tack the boat […]
Sheboygan Hosts Blind Sailing Championship
For many, the sport of sailing is about getting out there and seeing what the world’s waters have to offer. But that wasn’t exactly the case this weekend in Sheboygan. This weekend, Sheboygan played host to a world championship sailing competition but not one competitor saw the finish line. That’s because the athletes, are all […]
Bright future for blind match racing
When the 2014 IFDS Disabled Sailing World Blind Match Racing Championship was held September 10-14 in Sheboygan, WI, it was the first championship sailed with no sighted observers on board. At the seven minute count down, the team coaches left the racing boats, leaving the visually impaired sailors alone on board to race the boats […]
2014 IFDS Blind Match Race World Championship
The IFDS Blind Match Racing worlds Notice of race documents and letter from Sheboygan Notice of Race, amendments and Schedule in pdf’s format 2014 NOR Blind Match Racing Worlds (BMRW) IFDS BMRW NOR Amendment 1 IFDS BMRW NOR Amendment 2 IFDS BMRW NOR Amendment 3 IFDS BMRW NOR Amendment 4 2014 Schedule Blind Match Racing Worlds […]