Skolkovo sailing team retained their RSM regatta title at the start of September in Medemblik, the Netherlands.
The crew from Moscow won 14 out of 17 races, never coming lower than 4th in the 6- boat fleet. They won the regatta with 22 points, compared to second place RSM’s 42. Continue reading “Skolkovo win in Medemblik”
Moscow’s Skolkovo sailing team keep the top spot in the 2016 Sunsail MBa Global Sailing League despite their second place in the Cranfield Regatta. Their lead is now down to 4 points. The Russian school has 4 points from three events, while new second place school, LBS has 8.
INSEAD slip a place to third, while Henley, Kellogg/WHU and Cranfield shoot up the table following their high placings at the Cranfield regatta to lie 4th, 5th and 6th. Continue reading “Skolkovo keep the 2016 top spot”
London Business School, the 2014 Sunsail MBA Global Sailing League champions won the Cranfield regatta on the 9-10 of July, in the Solent on the South coast of England, to end a losing streak that’s lasted since they won the same regatta in 2014. LBS won with three first places and two seconds.
For the first time since they have competed with them, they finished ahead of the main Skolkovo crew. The Russian team have dominated the league since The Global MBA Trophy in April 2015. Skolkovo came second on the Solent, winning one race and coming third in two. Continue reading “London Business School Return to Winning Ways”
London Business School’s second place in the Global MBA Trophy in Athens, along with their 7th place at the Rolex regatta in 2015 means that they climb above Skolkovo in the Sunsail MBA Global Sailing rankings, after the ABC regatta in June.
The rankings take into account the previous 12 months’ results in league events.
Bocconi are the other big movers, with their 5th place in Athens this year, compared to not participating in 2015. HEC, meanwhile drop back, achieving only a 7th place in the ABC, compared to 3rd last year. Continue reading “LBS return to the top of the rankings”
Skolkovo’s success at the Global MBA Trophy and the Alumni Business Cup gives them a strong lead in the 2016 Sunsail MBA Global Sailing League. Their two victories give them 2 points, while nearest rivals INSEAD have 5, with a second place in St Petersburg and 3rd in Athens. LBS finish off the podium with 7 points (5th in the ABC and 2nd in the GMT). Continue reading “Skolkovo take an early lead in the 2016 league”
Skolkovo welcomed the ABC regatta to St 
Petersburg, and proceeded to win a very windy regatta, truncated to just the one day’s sailing.
The Russian team, led by Maxim Merzlikin, won two of the five races that day, came second in two more and the onshore games, and discarded a fifth place to win the event with 8 points and the sailing element with 6 points.
Three INSEAD teams won the legs that Skolkovo didn’t, with Spyros Papantoniou’s crew taking two firsts, Marc LeBorgne’s taking one and Maarten deVries’s taking the shore games victory. The three INSEAD teams were level on 13 points, with Spyros coming second with more 1st places, and Marc coming third. Continue reading “Home team wins in Russia”
The MBA Sailing League is proud 
to announce that Sunsail, the world’s largest sailing holiday company, has agreed to continue its sponsorship of the league for the 2016 season.
As part of the sponsorship agreement, Sunsail will provide a weekend’s sailing or racing in the Solent off the South coast of England to the business school team that wins the 2016 league. This prize is worth over €1,400.
The MBA Sailing league will continue to be known as the Sunsail MBA Global Sailing League.
MBA Sailing league co-ordinator, Rob Cotterill, said: “We’re glad that Sunsail saw the benefit of their 2015 sponsorship, and we welcome Sunsail’s decision to renew their partnership with the league. We’re keen to continue to extend this mutually beneficial relationship.”
Sunsail manage one of the MBA league’s biggest and most competitive regattas, the Cranfield Regatta, held every July. The regatta is the longest running in the league, having been held under Sunsail’s auspices since 1992.
The MBA Sailing League brings together five sailing regattas and the teams of MBA students and alumni who race in them, encouraging business school teams to compete throughout the season, and rewarding the most consistent and most successful. The regattas that make up the league are the Global MBA Trophy, held in Athens in April; The Alumni Business Cup, held in different locations Europe in May/June; The Cranfield Regatta held in the Solent on the South coast of England in July; The RSM Regatta, held in the Netherlands in August and the Rolex MBA’s Conference and Regatta held in Santa Margharita Ligure, on the Lugurian coast of Italy in September. Business Schools who have ranked highly in the league include London Business School, INSEAD, Kellogg, HEC, Bocconi and Cranfield.
Founded in 1974, Sunsail is the world’s largest sailing and watersports holiday company, delivering great value sailing holidays with a cutting-edge fleet, in the world’s best cruising grounds worldwide.
Sunsail offers a wide choice of sailing holidays with over 800 yachts in 30 locations worldwide. Alongside Yacht Charter and Flotilla Sailing holidays, Sunsail also offer Sailing Schools, Team Building and Events, Racing and Yacht Ownership.
The 2016 Cranfield Regatta will take place in the Solent, between the South coast of England and the Isle of Wight on 8th – 10th July 2016.
There will be 4 -6 races over two days
This is a vital regatta in the Sunsail MBA Global Sailing League season because of the large number of participating boats – 18 boats in 2015, and up to 36 boats in the past. If a school misses out on the regatta, they are scored one point more than the number of boats involved, which can be very hard to overcome.
The boats are the largest in the league: 42 ft Beneteau F40s, with modifications made for Sunsail, sponsors of the league, and providers of the boats and regatta organisation. Crews are 8 – strong.
The regatta hosts two parties: one on Friday night to welcome the crews to the venue and a gala night on the Saturday. Details of how to sign up will be posted here once they are announced.
The regatta is hosted by Cranfield School of Management’s current MBA class.
The MBA Winter Regatta will hold its fourth editition on 18- 21 February 2016.
In the middle of Northern Europe’s winter, the regatta returns its sailors to warmth and sunshine. The regatta will be based out of Puerto Calero in the Canary Island of Lanzarote. Exciting sailing and racing can be assured in J80 sportsboats.
Included in the €2,300 package price are: Boats from the 18th – 21st, Accomodation at the Marina for 3 nights, Breakfast & lunch on Friday & Sat. Drinks and dinner on Thu, Fri and Sat.
The regatta does not form part of the Sunsail MBA Global Sailing League. It is organised by Instituto de Empresa (IE) Business School. Previous winners were LBS in 2013 and 2015 and Manchester Business School in 2012.
New for 2016 will be a “B” division in 40ft boats for the racers who prefer to be a bit further away from the water…
There’s an “early bird” offer of €2,200 per boat for all teams that sign up before December 25th. Email alexpistulli@yahoo.com for more details and to sign up.
The MBA Sailing League is proud to have successfully concluded its first year with the sponsorship of Sunsail, the world’s largest sailing holiday company.
As part of the sponsorship agreement, Sunsail provides a weekend’s sailing or racing in the Solent off the South coast of England to the business school team that wins the 2015 league. This prize is worth over €1,400. The Skolkovo sailing team from the Moscow- based business school will win that prize, and will get to choose their weekend in 2016
The MBA Sailing league is now known as the Sunsail MBA Global Sailing League.
MBA Sailing league co-ordinator, Rob Cotterill, said: “Sunsail manage one of the biggest and most competitive regattas of the MBA sailing season, the Cranfield Regatta, so we welcome their decision to partner with the league and look forward to a long and mutually beneficial relationship.”
The MBA Sailing League brings together five sailing regattas and the teams of MBA students and alumni who race in them, encouraging business school teams to compete throughout the season, and rewarding the most consistent and most successful. The regattas that make up the league are the Global MBA Trophy, held in Athens in April; The Alumni Business Cup, held in different locations Europe in May/June; The Cranfield Regatta held in the Solent on the South coast of England in July; The RSM Regatta, held in the Netherlands in August and the Rolex MBA’s Conference and Regatta held in Santa Margharita Ligure, on the Lugurian coast of Italy in September. Business Schools who have ranked highly in the league include London Business School, INSEAD, Kellogg, HEC, Bocconi and Cranfield.
Founded in 1974, Sunsail is the world’s largest sailing and watersports holiday company, delivering great value sailing holidays with a cutting-edge fleet, in the world’s best cruising grounds worldwide.
Sunsail offers a wide choice of sailing holidays with over 800 yachts in 30 locations worldwide. Alongside Yacht Charter and Flotilla Sailing holidays, Sunsail also offer Sailing Schools, Team Building and Events, Racing and Yacht Ownership.
The MBA Global Sailing League 
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