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Meet the MBA Fastnet 2013 Team!

11 February 2013

The crew of the MBA Fastnet 2013 team have been busy preparing already for their Fastnet campaign with two successful training weekends at Team Heiner HQ in Lelystad, The Netherlands under the guidance of Roy Heiner and team.

The Team on the First Weekend

The team, in no particular order:

  • Moritz Vielhauer (Columbia)
  • Herman de Knop (Columbia)
  • Ina Spiess (WHU / Kellogg)
  • Grania Holzwarth (WHU / Kellogg)
  • Sascha Hocherl (WHU / Kellogg)
  • Benjamin Grosman (LBS)
  • Christian Hausmann (LBS)
  • Iris Co (Schulich / RSM)
  • Berend Groeneveld (RSM)
  • Erwin van Helden (RSM)
  • Andrei Grigorian (RSM)

 

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Our first training weekend saw the team in Maxfun 35’s and J109’s training in some “fresh” conditions, as well as going through some onshore theory.

The second weekend was on a Maxfun 35 in January 2013, with “fresher” (i.e. colder) conditions providing opportunities for more training.

More details on the crew as well as past and future training to follow soon!

 

 

 

MBA Fastnet 2013 team established

4 February 2013

Fastnet Rock

For 2013 a diverse group of members of the MBA Sailing League have embarked on a new challenge – to compete together as a team in one of the toughest yacht races in the world – the 2013 Fastnet campaign.

 

The 608 nautical mile Fastnet race has been since its founding in 1925 a true test of the marks of a sportsperson – skill, courage, and endurance. Held in August every two years, the race starts from The Royal Yacht Squadron line in Cowes. Yachts then race to the Fastnet Rock, and then to the finish line at the western end of the breakwater in Plymouth Harbour.

Team Heiner Volvo 60

The Fastnet race is a difficult test of both inshore and offshore skills, boats, and teams, with stringent preparation, training, and safety requirements to match. To this end, the crew have joined forces with Roy Heiner and his company Team Heiner to prepare, train, and race in the Fastnet on a Volvo 60 racing yacht.

Here on this page you’ll be able to find out about the progress of the team on our Fastnet journey.

London Business School are 2009 MBA League Champions

1 December 2009

LBS-Sailing-LogoLondon Business School, who along with Warwick were the only school to participate in all four regattas of the 2009 MBA league  finish the year in first place overall.  LBS won the Cranfield regatta and managed second place in both the ABC and the GMT regattas, with only their 11th in Sta. Margharita letting them down.

Insead‘s win in Athens, and fourth places in both France and Italy give them second place, only two points ahead of Warwick,  whose best results were 6th in Greece and Italy.

Position School LBS GMT Athens ABC Port Camargue Cranfield Solent Bocconi Sta Margharita Total Number of Regattas
1 LBS 2 2 1 11 16 4
2 Insead 1 4 24 4 33 3
3 Warwick 6 10 13 6 35 4
4 Columbia 5 3 24 8 40 3
5 Kellogg/WHU 7 11 24 2 44 2
6 Cranfield 18 11 2 15 46 1
7 Smurfit 18 11 3 15 47 1
8 Bath 18 11 4 15 48 1
9 Bocconi 4 11 24 10 49 2
10 Rotterdam 3 11 24 12 50 2 Continue reading “London Business School are 2009 MBA League Champions”

2009 MBA’s Cup Results

30 September 2009
1 HEC
2 Kellogg/WHU
3 Sauder
4 Insead
5 IE
6 Warwick
7 WHU
8 Columbia
9 Chicago
10 Bocconi
11 LBS
12 Rotterdam
13 Wharton
14 Duke
15 Cranfield
15 Smurfit
15 Bath
15 Bradford
15 Judge
15 IMD
15 Cass
15 Tuck
15 MIP Milano
15 Henly
15 Athens
15 WU
15 Kingston
15 Exeter
15 GISMA

MBAs Cup LogoThe MBAs Cup in Santa Margharita Ligure, Italy, took place on Friday 25th and Saturday 26th September 2009. A total of 32 boats and 260 participants enjoyed Bocconi’s hospitality.

The Bocconi website has a report here

The results for the “A Division” Regatta are shown below.  As there were 14 boats participating in this division, all non- participating schools are awarded 15 points towards their league standing.

1 HEC

2 Kellogg/WHU

3 Sauder

4 Insead

5 IE

Continue reading “2009 MBA’s Cup Results”

2009 Cranfield Regatta Results

1 August 2009

London Business School won the Cranfield regatta in emphatic style,  winning four out of the five races, and discarding a second place.

The regatta took place on 25 and 26 July 2009 in the Eastern Solent on the South coast of England.  LBS have been competing at the Cranfield regatta for almost a decade,  but have only won it twice – in 2007 and 2009.  Cranfield’s own “Buccaneers” came in second with a very strong first day’s 2,2,1. Smurfit made up the podium.

The full results and details of the regatta can be found here

Cranfield MBA Regatta 2009

Boat Num Team Name Skipper Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Race 4 Race 5 Total Position
8 LBS Klaus Rasmussen 1 1 2 1 1 4 1st
32 Buccaneers (Cranfield) Jeremy Renwick 2 2 1 4 3 8 2nd
25 Smurfit Steve Hayes 4 6 3 2 19 15 3rd
13 Bath 1 Stuart Horlock 22 4 4 3 8 19 4th
3 Cranfield 1 Simon Rooke 10 3 7 5 4 19 5th
26 Cranfield 5 Richard Tarr 11 24 6 7 2 26 6th
14 Bath 2 Steven Noble 7 5 11 15 6 29 7th
27 Bradford University School of Management Sunsail – Dave Price 3 8 12 10 16 33 8th
7 Judge David Mason 14 13 10 8 5 36 9th
2 Cranfield 4 Robin Annett 5 12 24 9 10 36 10th Continue reading “2009 Cranfield Regatta Results”

2009 Alumni Business Cup (ABC) Results

1 July 2009

IMD sailing teamIMD held onto the Alumni Business Cup for the second year in a row. Held  in Port Camarge, France on the 4th, 5th and 6th of June, the cup was fought out over 12 races and two “onshore games”. The racing was extremely close, with both IMD and LBS managing four first places in the regatta. There were just four points seperating LBS in first and IMD and Columbia after two days, but IMD’s 1, 4,2,2 on the final day brought the title home.

A review of the regatta, pictures and results  can be read here

As there were 10 teams competing at the ABC, non participants are awarded 11 points towards their league placing.

Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 On Shore
M1 M2 M3 M4 M5 M6 M7 M8 M9 M10 M11 M12 Pres Rules
1 IMD 3 1 2 5 1 3 1 5 1 4 2 2 8 5
2 LBS 2 DSQ 1 1 2 1 5 2 3 1 5 5 5 7
3 COLUMBIA 1 2 5 2 5 2 2 1 6 6 4 4 9 3
4 INSEAD MdV 5 7 4 4 5 5 7 DSQ 2 2 1 1 2 7
5 INSEAD GL 8 3 6 3 9 4 3 6 5 7 7 3 4 1
6 INSEAD MLB 7 5 3 7 4 9 4 7 7 3 3 8 1 2
7 WU 4 4 9 5 3 6 6 4 4 8 6 7 10 6
8 KINGSTON 9 6 10 9 8 7 8 3 9 9 10 9 3 7
9 HEC MBA 10 8 7 8 7 8 9 9 8 5 8 6 7 7
10 WARWICK 6 9 8 10 10 10 10 8 10 10 9 10 6 4 Continue reading “2009 Alumni Business Cup (ABC) Results”

2009 Global MBA Trophy Results

5 May 2009

1 Insead
2 LBS
3 Rotterdam
4 Bocconi
5 Columbia
6 Warwick
7 Kellogg/WHU
8 Tuck
9 MIP Milano
10 Athens
11 IE
12 IMD
12 WU
12 Kingston
12 HEC
12 Cranfield
12 Smurfit
12 Bath
12 Bradford
12 Judge
12 Cass
12 Henly
12 Exeter
12 GISMA
12 Sauder
12 WHU
12 Chicago
12 Wharton
12 Duke

The Global MBA Trophy regatta, hosted by London Business School in the waters of the Aegean off Pireus, Greece took place on the 1st and 2nd of May 2009.

Insead, a late sign- up to the event, and so competing in the handicap- based “B” division of the regatta, won by the smallest of margins:  They were level on points with one- design division “A” leaders London Business School after 6 races, but their “discard” race was a better score than London’s.

Rotterdam, also racing in division “B” came in third overall, with Division “A” runners up being Bocconi

London Business School have posted a report on the regatta here.

Full results for both racing divisions are available here

The event website is here

ATHENS, GREECE

Overall

Sailed:6, Discards:1, To count:5, Ratings:Custom, Entries:17, Scoring system:MBA
Rank School Name Skipper Division R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 Total Nett
1 INSEAD 1. Natcho Otero B 1.0 5.0 5.0 1.0 1.0 (6.0) 19.0 13.0
2 London Business School 1. Rob Cotterill. A 4.0 2.0 1.0 2.0 (8.0) 4.0 21.0 13.0
3 Rotterdam Erasmus School of Management. Dimitris Koutsonikas. B 10.0 1.0 3.0 (13.0) 11.0 1.0 39.0 26.0
4 SDA Bocconi Francesco Alessandrini Gentili A (18.0 DNF) 4.0 6.0 8.0 5.5 3.0 44.5 26.5
5 Columbia Business School. Thanos Hassapis. B 7.0 (10.0) 7.0 4.0 2.0 10.0 40.0 30.0
6 Warwick Business School. Panagiotis Anastasiou. A 3.0 (18.0 DSQ) 4.0 3.0 18.0 DSQ 5.0 51.0 33.0
7 Kellogg/WHU. Hubert Fischer. A 14.0 9.0 (18.0 OCS) 5.0 4.0 2.0 52.0 34.0
8 London Business School 4. Dylan Brown A 6.0 3.0 2.0 12.0 12.0 (14.0) 49.0 35.0
9 Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth. Pace Ralli . A 2.0 (14.0) 10.0 7.0 10.0 9.0 52.0 38.0
10 MIP Politecnico di Milano 1. Francesco Lambri. A 8.0 6.0 11.0 (16.0) 3.0 11.0 55.0 39.0
11 INSEAD 2. Stefen Keller B 12.0 11.0 (13.0) 6.0 5.5 8.0 55.5 42.5
12 Athens University of Economics and Busin Jean Robert Malandra. B 9.0 12.0 9.0 9.0 7.0 (15.0) 61.0 46.0
13 IE Business School. Johannes Tinsobin. A 5.0 8.0 (18.0 DNF) 14.0 18.0 DSQ 7.0 70.0 52.0
14 London Business School 3. Miranda Lindsay Fynn B 13.0 7.0 (14.0) 11.0 14.0 12.0 71.0 57.0
15 London Business School 2. Ingrid van Wees. B 11.0 13.0 8.0 (15.0) 13.0 13.0 73.0 58.0
16 MIP Politecnico di Milano. Michele Albertini. B (18.0 DNF) 18.0 DNF 12.0 10.0 9.0 18.0 DNF 85.0 67.0
17 Athens University of Economics and Busin CHRISTOS SMYRNIOS B (18.0 DNF) 18.0 DNF 18.0 DNF 18.0 DNF 18.0 DNF 18.0 DNF 108.0 90.0