News Beat

Week of December 19-15, 2011

Charlie Arms Named Educator of the Year

Maybe you remember seeing the yellow 1D-48 Cal Maritime (now the white Bodacious+) racing around San Francisco Bay or in the Rolex Big Boat Series. The college kids kept the mast, and the hard-to-sail boat, right-side up. That program and the other sailing programs at Cal Maritime Academy are possible because of the leadership of Charlie Arms, who has been the Director of Sailing there for 12 years. She's also the coach of the varsity team, which took fifth place in the 2010 Student Yachting World Championships in France.

For her commitment to sailing education, she has won the California Boating Educator of the Year from the National Association of State Boating Law Administrators. She was the only Californian to receive this year's honors. For the complete story, see: www.csum.edu/web/about/sailing-director-charlie-arms-named-boating-educator-of-the-year.

U.S. Olympic Team Members Selected

Zach Railey in at the ISAF Worlds in Perth. ©2011 Mick Anderson/sailingpix.dk

Following the conclusion of the ISAF World Championships in Perth, Australia, the following team members have been selected for the U.S. Olympic Sailing Team (pending approval by the U.S. Olympic Committee):

Paige Railey, Laser Radial
Zach Railey, Finn
Farrah Hall, Women's RSX
Stu McNay and Graham Biehl, Men's 470
Rob Crane, Laser
Bob Willis, Men's RSX
Erik Storck and Trevor Moore, 49er
Mark Mendelblatt and Brian Faith, Star
Amanda Clark and Sarah Lihan, Women's 470

The Women's Match Racing Team will be selected at the U.S. Olympic Team Qualifier, May 4-10, in Weymouth. The Olympics will be held on July 28-August 11, 2012, at Weymouth & Portland National Sailing Academy, Portland, UK.