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London Business School Win the 2012 MBA Sailing League

14 October 2012

London Business School, despite only managing 11th place in the Rolex MBAs Cup Regatta were only 2 places behind their main rivals, INSEAD, and so retained the lead in the 2012 MBA Sailing League to win the title for the second time.

INSEAD, with 9th place in the Bocconi regatta came second, while Bocconi, who were second in Santa Margharita came third.  Fourth and fifth places were claimed by Cranfield and Rotterdam – both with good showings in Italy. Continue reading “London Business School Win the 2012 MBA Sailing League”

Lausanne win the Rolex Regatta

5 October 2012

EPFL,  Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne’s crew won the 2012 Rolex MBAs Conference and Regatta at Santa Margharita Ligure. It was only the second time the school had competed at the regatta.

EPFL won the Jeanneau 37 fleet, and then went on to win the match racing final against hosts SDA Bocconi, having beaten Cranfield in the semi- finals. This was Cranfield’s second participation in the regatta, and the second time that they’ve made the podium.

The Benneteau Fleet was won by Boconni, with Cranfield second and RSM third, while IE were second in the Jeanneau fleet, their best showing yet at the Rolex Regatta with Tuck in third.

2011’s winning team from Sauder could only manage 10th in the Benneteaus, while MBA Sailing league leaders LBS came one place behind their closest rivals, Insead  in 6th and 5th respectively in the Jeanneaus. Continue reading “Lausanne win the Rolex Regatta”

London Business School Extend their lead

16 September 2012

LBS registered a third place in the RSM Regatta, which together with their 5th place in Athens, 3rd place at Cranfield and 1st place at the ABC puts them 7 points clear of Insead at the top of the 2012 MBA Sailing League. London have 12 points, while Insead have 19 points.

If there are less than 20 teams competing in the Rolex MBA’s Cup, then the 2012 League title will go to one of these two schools:  There’s 20 points separating LBS and third place Leeds. Insead would need to beat LBS by 7 places or more at Santa Margharita to retain their MBA Sailing League title. Continue reading “London Business School Extend their lead”

WHU/Kellogg win in Lemmer

8 September 2012

The team from WHU/Kellogg, with representation on board from Columbia won the 3rd Rotterdam School of Management regatta in Lemmer, the Netherlands on the weekend of 24 – 26th August.

This is the first victory in the MBA sailing league for the WHU/Kellogg team, who’ve been participating in MBA regattas for over 5 years. Local RSM EMBA 2013 team came in second with LBS in third place. Continue reading “WHU/Kellogg win in Lemmer”

London take over the top of the 2012 League

5 August 2012

London Business School’s 3rd place in the Cranfield Regatta, along with their first place at the ABC and 5th in Athens means that they lead the 2012 MBA sailing league with two events still to come.  Insead drop from joint first to second, with their sixth place at Cranfield.

The 2012 league is made up of five events: the Global MBA Trophy, The ABC, The Cranfield Regatta, the RSM Regatta and the Rolex MBA’s Cup.

Cranfield winners Leeds and second place Cranfield take up 3rd and 4th spots in the league respectively, while Bocconi climb to 5th.

School LBS GMT Athens ABC La Trinite Sur Mer Cranfield TOTAL Position Number of Regattas change
LBS 5 1 3 9 1 3 =
Insead 3 3 6 12 2 3 -1
Leeds 7 14 1 22 3 1 +10
Cranfield 7 14 2 23 4 1 +9
Bocconi 1 13 9 23 5 3 +4 Continue reading “London take over the top of the 2012 League”

Insead hold onto top spot in the rankings

5 August 2012

Insead’s 6th place at the Cranfield Regatta was enough for them to hold onto the number 1 position in the MBA sailing rankings.  They are three points ahead of London Business School, whose 3rd place on the Solent brings them above Bocconi into second. Warwick and Leeds round out the top five, climbing as MIP Milano and Manchester drop out.

The MBA Sailing Rankings are based on the past rolling 12 months of MBA sailing, so are currently made up of the 2011 Rolex MBA’s cup, the 2012 Global MBA Trophy, 2012 ABC and 2012 Cranfield regatta.

Continue reading “Insead hold onto top spot in the rankings”

Leeds Win the 2012 Cranfield Regatta

5 August 2012

Leeds Business School won the 21st Cranfield Regatta on 6th- 8th July.  The Leeds team were level on points with the “Cranfield 2” boat, but won on countback after winning the final race of the regatta.  This was Leeds ‘s first showing at the top of the MBA fleet, having come 9th in 2011. Cranfield matched their 2nd place from 2011, missing by the thinnest of margins the chance to win their own regatta.

Both the leading teams were skippered by paid “Sunsail” skippers, provided by the organisers. The first crew home with a skipper from the business school were London Businesss School, in third.  The top five were rounded out by “Cranfield 4” and a crew from Hong Kong Business School in 5th.  Top ranked Insead came 6th.

The Regatta is sailed on matched 42 ft Beneteau F40s, in the Solent, off the south coast of England. The weather was wet.