LBS Young Guns win in Lanzarote

9 February 2013

556533_457670474298348_2059683902_nLondon Business School entered five teams in the MBA Winter Regatta, held at Marina Rubicon in Lanzarote on 1 & 2 February, and one of them came out on top.   The Regatta was sailed in a fleet of J80 Sportsboats, crewed by 3 or 4 persons each. The “LBS Red” team, helmed by Nikolaas Van Der Loock won four out of the eight races and came second in the other four. Theirs was the youngest crew in the fleet, with two out of the four on the boat aged in their early twenties as students on LBS’s postgraduate “Masters in Management” course.  Cranfield’s crew, helmed by Jeremy Renwick came second, with two first places, and the podium was rounded out by Rob Cotterill’s “LBS White” team, with one first place.  The remaining race was won by “LBS Black”, helmed by Tony Ellingham.  There were nine boats in all, with crews from Warwick, Rotterdam and IE as well as those from LBS and Cranfield.

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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 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”