London Business School win in Capri

30 May 2022

London Business School crews took first and second place at the POLIMI regatta held in Capri, Italy on 27- 29 May. The regatta was raced with cruising yachts with a number of coastal passages: From nearby Procida to Capri on Friday followed by a series of stages around Capri on Saturday. An “inshore” race – in the form of a quiz also formed part of the scoring system.

There were 8 crews at the regatta: 4 from hosts POLIMI (MIP), 3 from LBS and 1 from IE. The podium was: LBS 1, LBS 2, MIP 4.

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Calendar 2022

18 May 2022

The MBA Sailing League Calendar for 2022 is as follows

EventLocationOrganised byDates
Global MBA TrophyPiraeus, GreeceLBS7 – 10 April
IESE Spring GamesBarcelona, SpainIESE22- 24 April
POLIMI RegattaCapri, ItalyPOLIMI26 – 28 May
RSM RegattaPorto, PortugalRSM30 June – 3 July
IE Haloween RegattaLanzarote, SpainIE29 Oct – 1 Nov

Eight teams expected for the POLIMI Capri regatta

13 May 2022

The organisers of the Capri MBA regatta, due to take place on 26- 29 May have announced 8 teams taking part. The regatta is organised by the sailing club of the POLIMI Graduate School of Management, formally known as MIP, from the Politechnico di Milano. Participants from 3 business schools and a mixed crew will take part. POLIMI themselves are fielding 3 crews as are London Business School (LBS), making this a very Anglo – Italian affair. Instituto de Empresa (IE) will compete with one boat.

The regatta is made up of a sequence of coastal races around the beautiful and glamorous Bay of Naples: Starting in Procida and sailing to Capri; circumnavigating Capri, and returning to Procida.

MIP top of the league and rankings

5 May 2022
Global MBA Trophy 2022 ©Nikos Alevromytis/www.alen.gr

MIP’s win in the Global MBA Trophy in Greece puts them top of the 2022 MBA Global Sailing League table. It also means that they climb to the top of the 12- month rankings, pushing Kellogg/WHU down to second place.

The full tables are published here: 2022 league and here: Rankings.

Third place in the rankings goes to Tuck, Imperial are 4th and LBS 5th.

MIP Win the Global MBA Trophy 2022

20 April 2022
Global MBA Trophy 2022 ©Nikos Alevromytis/www.alen.gr

The Global MBA Trophy returned after the Pandemic, back to its long- term home of Piraeus, Greece on the 7-10 April 2022. After a 2 year hiatus due to COVID and a 3 year gap since it was last held in Greece in 2018, normal service was resumed with Ugo Alvazzi del Frate’s MIP team winning the third regatta in a row in these waters.

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RSM announces the 2022 Regatta

9 February 2022

The Rotterdam School of Business sailing club has announced the 12th edition of its annual regatta in Porto, Portugal.

The racing takes place on 1st and 2nd July 2022.

The programme will be:

Friday 22nd oThursday, June 30th, Fly in and Boat Check in with skippers briefing
Friday, July 1st, First day of races
Saturday, July 2nd, Second day of races and boat check out
Sunday, July 3rd Hotel Check Out and Fly out

Racing will use Platu 25 sport boats

Check out the RSM sailing club website here.

IESE announce dates for 2022 Spring Games

3 February 2022

IESE Business School in Barcelona have announced that the 2022 Spring Games will take place on 22- 24 April.

The sailing regatta is planned for Friday 22nd and Saturday 23rd, with boats and host venue/sailing club to be announced. Results from the regatta count for the MBAsailing league.

The programme will be:

Friday 22nd of April 2022 – Training and 1st day of regatta
Saturday 23rd of April 2022 – Regatta 9:00 Open door and free training11:00 –> 15:00 Regattas.

The format will be windward leeward races.

The sailing is just one sport in a multi- sport event.

Sign- up/ more info from iesesailingclub@gmail.com