The crew from SDA Bocconi won the 2024 Global MBA Trophy over a 4- race day sailed out of Microlimano harbour in Piraeus, Greece on the 13th April. The crew, led by Gianpiero Menza came home in 4th, 2nd, 3rd and 1st, to win the trophy by 3 points. There were 12 teams racing in the “A” division of the regatta, from 9 business schools.
Continue reading “Bocconi stay consistent to lift the Global MBA Trophy 2024”Message from the organisers of the Alumni Business Cup 2024:
The IE and LBS Sailing Clubs regret to announce that the 2024 edition of the Alumni Business Cup in Alicante will not be held as scheduled on 13-15 June. Logistical challenges, and the weekend falling during peak season in the Alicante sailing calendar, meant that we would have been unable to deliver the regatta at the advertised price.
While we are disappointed not to be able to host you in Alicante this June, we hope to be able to put together the event at another time in the near future. Thank you for your understanding, and please don’t hesitate to reach out if you have any questions.
The 2024 MBA sailing season starts on 12 April in Piraeus, Greece, with the Global MBA Trophy. The organisers are expecting 27 teams from 14 business schools at the 2- day regatta. There will be three divisions: Platu 25 sports boats in Division A, competing for the Trophy and spots in the MBA Sailing League. New, high powered First 53 racer- cruisers in Division B+ and a mixed fleet of 40+ft cruisers in Divison B.
183 participants will join 16 local skippers and mates on the water, hosted by London Business School’s Alumni Sailing Club, with racing managed and the gala prize giving hosted by the prestigious Yacht Club of Greece.
The organisers of the RSM MBA Regatta have announced that the 2024 event will be held on the picturesque and historic island of Malta. The dates of the regatta are 18- 21 July.
This will be the 13th edition of the regatta . It will be sailed in 4-person SB20 sports boats, hosted by the Royal Malta Yacht Club. The regatta price is €650 per person. Crews will stay in a local hotel.
For more details, and to sign up, please check the event website and the regatta page on MBS Sailing.
The Alumni Business Cup is the longest running of the MBA regattas, dating back to 1992. The 2024 edition will be sailed in J/22 boats in the Mediterranean Sea off the Spanish sailing venue of Alicante. The dates are 13- 16 June.
Up to 4 crew can sail the J/22s, and the cost per boat is €2,360. A “B” divisionsailing cruising boats is available for teams of up to 8, at €4,720 per boat. More details on the ABC regatta page at mbasailing.com. Also at the ABC web page and the 2024 edition sign up page
The 2024 POLIMI GSoM regatta, taking place in Cala dei Sardi in Sardinia on 9- 12 May has opened its registrations for the event.
Competitors should sign up at the event website here: https://www.polimigsomregatta.it/
London Business School, organisers of the 18th Global MBA Trophy in Piraeus, Athens, Greece in April 2024 have announced a preliminary list of participants.
The event website is Globalmbatrophy.com
Early Bird sign- up ends on 31 January. Also, after that date, the regatta will accept second entries from individual schools for division A spots.
In the Platu 25 Class, Division A, competing for the Global MBA Trophy and ranking in the MBA Sailing League, the following teams have signed up:
Cambridge Judge
IE
Imperial
London Business School
Oxford Said
POLIMI GSoM
WHU
The team at IE Sailing Club have announced that the 2024 regatta will take place earlier than in the past: on Thu 26 – Sun 29 September. It will also move venues from Lanzarote to Cascais, on the Atlantic coast of Portugal.
Pre- registration is open at the club site: https://e.cglink.me/2kb/r300364443
The Sailing Club team from POLIMI GSoM have announced the dates and venue of their 2024 regatta:
9 – 12 May
Cala dei Sardi, in the Mediterranean sailing paradise of Sardinia.
There will be 2 divisions: Division A sailing one- design J/24 sports boats (team of 5) ; Division B sailing cruising boats (team of 8).
More details will be announced in due course.
An event teaser video has been released: https://youtube.com/shorts/vFfgQBKe76s
The final scores are in, and the league table has been calculated… POLIMI GSoM win the 2023 MBA Sailing League by a single point, with IE in second place and LBS in third. Reichman come in fourth, just 4 points behind POLIMI.
POLIMI win the Global MBA Trophy regatta in Pireaus in April, came second at their own regatta in Garda, then missed the ABC regatta in Kiel and the IE regatta in Lanzarote, but held out to win the league.
The MBA Sailing League trophy will be presented at the Global MBA Trophy prizegiving in April 2024.
POLIMI last won the league in 2018. The league has been competed for since 2011.
The MBA Global Sailing League 
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