Long Beach Yacht Club Team Skippered by 2001 Schock 35 National Champion Claudia Wainer to compete for the first time in the Rolex International Women’s Keelboat Championships September 27-October 3 at Annapolis Yacht Club

For the first time in the event’s history, Long Beach Yacht Club will be represented at the prestigious Rolex International Women’s Keelboat Championships. Team Long Beach Yacht Club led by skipper Claudia Wainer with crew Molly McCloud, Liz Tran, and Carrie Dair, will compete against 65 teams in the 11-race series on Chesapeake Bay September 27-October 3.

Team Long Beach Yacht Club.

Hosted this year by Annapolis Yacht Club and US Sailing, the 10th biennial event will see US and International teams made up of past and present Rolex Yachtswoman of the Year recipients, Olympic medallists, and veteran class and collegiate champions sail over five days on competitor-supplied J 22s.

Support for Team LBYC has come from the Long Beach Yacht Club and individual donors through the Long Beach Sailing Foundation. High Gear Outwear of Oregon, Laurie Gaylord Sportswear of Newport Beach, and the Sailing Pro Shop of Long Beach will be outfitting the competitors.

In addition to her national champion title skipper Claudia Wainer is the 2002 US Offshore Champion runner-up (tied for 1st), and three-time winner of the Long Beach/ LA Women’s Sailing Association sponsored Women’s One Design Championship. Trimmer Molly McCloud is the Long Beach Yacht Club Waterfront Director and a veteran inshore and offshore crew and match racer. Liz Tran, coach for the California Yacht Club Youth sailing program, brings her expertise running bow to Team LBYC. Tactician Carrie Dair is Director of the California Yacht Club Junior and Adult sailing programs and a veteran one design and big boat sailor. Team LBYC Project Administrator Camille Daniels, who will provide shore side support at Rolex, is the 1997 recipient of the US Sailing One Design Leadership Award and chair of the 2000 Congressional Cup, a grade 1 matching racing event. Advising the team are International Umpire Pete Ives for rules and local pro Scotty Dixon for tactics. The Team has been training on the water over the past five months and is ready for the Rolex challenge.

Team LBYC has chartered a one-year old J 22 that has already racked up an impressive win record.

Sponsors:
Long Beach Yacht Club,. High Gear Outwear,
Laurie Gaylord Sportswear of Newport Beach,
Sailing Pro Shop of Long Beach

Organizers are using the Internet to promote the regatta and provide
information: www.race.annapolisyc.com/rolexkeelboats is focusing on Annapolis details; www.ussailing.org/riwkc has the official Notice of Race and Entry Form in PDF format, event history and news releases. There is a web server list to get direct information by email.