The MBA Global Sailing League

The final regatta of the Sunsail MBA Global Sailing League, the Rolex MBA’s Conference and Regatta, was as usual the biggest event of the year, featuring 50 boats and 400 sailors.

The “A” division was split into an “Open” class of 10 J70s and an “Offshore” class of 9 Beneteau 36.7s.

INSEAD took their third title of the season to win the Open class, capping off a dominant year with three first places out of five. Second place was 2016’s winner of the MBA’s cup, MIT with IESE third.

Tuck, in their only regatta of the year, won a very competitive Offshore class, with two firsts. HEC and Goethe rounded off the podium, winning a race each.

The MBA’s cup was presented jointly to INSEAD and Tuck along with a joint INSEAD/ Bocconi team in the “Cruising” class of handicapped non- spinnaker boats.

The racing took place off the Ligurian coast of Santa Margherita Ligure, in difficult light wind conditions. The race committe nevertheless got three races away on day one and two on day two.

Open Class

Rank	School	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	Race 4	Race 5	Total	Net
1	INSEAD	1	(3)	1	2	1	8	5
2	MIT	2	1	(11)	1	6	21	10
3	IESE	(3)	2	3	3	2	13	10
4	Bocconi	(4)	4	2	4	4	18	14
5	IE	(8)	5	5	7	3	28	20
6	Columbia	6	8	4	(11)	5	34	23
7	WHU	5	6	(11)	5	9	36	25
8	Cambridge	(10)	10	6	6	7	39	29
9	Manchester	7	7	7	(8)	8	37	29
10	Rotterdam	9	9	8	9	(10)	45	35

Offshore Class

Rank	School	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	Race 4	Race 5	Total	Net
1	Tuck	2	1	1	(5)	3	12	7
2	HEC	(5)	2	4	3	1	15	10
3	Goethe	(6)	4	3	1	2	16	10
4	LBS	1	3	(7)	4	4	19	12
5	IMD	3	6	5	2	(7)	23	16
6	Chicago	(7)	5	2	6	5	25	18
7	Sauder	4	(7)	6	7	6	30	23
8	Harvard	8	8	(9)	8	9	42	33
9	Wharton	9	(10)	8	9	8	44	34

Cruising Class

Rank	School	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	Total
1	INSEAD/ Bocconi	1	3	1	5
2	Manchester	3	1	6	10
3	LBS	6	4	6	16
4	LBS	5	7	8	20
5	WHU	13	6	5	24
6	Mixed	17	8	7	32
7	Bocconi	18	5	11	34
8	HEC	32	2	2	36
9	MIT	10	12	16	38
10	Wharton	9	17	14	40
11	Bocconi	15	13	12	40
12	IE	8	10	24	42
13	Tuck	2	9	32	43
14	Sauder	4	32	7	43
15	IMD	14	18	13	45
16	Columbia	11	19	17	47
17	HKUST/ Tuck	7	32	9	48
18	INSEAD	16	11	21	48
19	Bocconi	22	16	15	53
20	Bocconi	12	32	10	54
21	Wharton	20	14	30	64
22	IESE/ Bocconi	26	15	27	68
23	Mixed	24	20	25	69
24	Tuck	28	22	22	72
25	Bocconi	21	32	20	73
26	MIT	23	32	19	74
27	INSEAD	19	32	23	74
28	INSEAD	27	21	29	77
29	IESE	32	32	18	82
30	IE	25	32	28	85
31	Bocconi	29	32	27	88