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Mixed team win in Porto

6 July 2021

The mixed team (including one crew member from INSEAD, and one from Oxford) came top of the points table at the RSM regatta in Porto, Portugal last weekend. They had a dominant first day, with 3 first places, and managed to hold onto first place with 2 second places on day 2.

The podium was made up of Kellogg/WHU, who found their mojo on day two, finishing the regatta with three bullets to end up second, and RSM who scored consistently to finish third, level on points.

Chicago Booth complete the list of competitors, with Skolkovo scored DNC in all races, after having to pull out due to international travel issues.

School	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	Race 4	Race 5	Race 6	Race 7	Points	Position
Mixed	1	1	2	1	2	(4)	2	9	1
WHU/Kellogg	(3)	3	3	3	1	1	1	12	2
RSM	2	2	1	2	(4)	2	3	12	3
Chicago	(4)	4	4	4	3	3	4	22	4
Skolkovo	DNC(6)	DNC(6)	DNC(6)	DNC(6)	DNC(6)	DNC(6)	DNC(6)	36	5

Countdown to post- COVID MBA racing

29 June 2021

The RSM regatta to be held the weekend of 2-4 July 2021 in Porto, Portugal, marks a return out of COVID restrictions for MBA sailing.

The hosts expect 5 crews in the Atlantic racecourse:

1. Chicago Booth
2. Skolkovo
3. RSM
4. Kellogg-WHU
5. “Mixed Oxford”

The crews will be racing Platu 25 sportsboats and will enjoy the famous Porto/ RSM hospitality.

Warwick, with Kellogg-WHU, claims its first victory in the league

3 October 2017

21272688_764980960351263_5940324226430673323_o A combined Warwick and Kellogg-WHU team claimed first place at the RSM regatta in Porto, Portugal. Warwick have not won a regatta until now in the history of the league and WHU’s last victory dates back to the same event in 2012.

This was the first edition of the RSM regatta in its new roaming format: future editions will take place in various locations across Europe, rather than in the Netherlands. It was sailed in First 7.5 sports boats.

The win was down to consistent racing over the seven race series. The crew scoring first and second places in six races and a third in the seventh. Meanwhile, second place Skolkovo’s three first places were marred by an OCS and a DSQ for missing a gate. MIP and Chicago were level on points with MIP coming home with third, having won a race. Continue reading “Warwick, with Kellogg-WHU, claims its first victory in the league”

Skolkovo Return to Winning Ways in Medemblik

31 August 2015

Skolkovo sent two teams to the RSM Regatta in Medemblik, The Netherlands, and came away with first and second places. Third place was taken by RSM’s Alumni B team.

The regatta was made up of 36 races, each pitting a different combination of six of the 9 teams against eachg other, while rotating the teams among the boats. Each team sailed 24 races across the two and a half days of the regatta.

The winning team, Skolkovo 1, won 16 of the races, coming second in 6 and 3rd in just 2, to post a total of 34. Their compatriots in team Skolkovo 2 won 11 of the remaining races, ending the regatta with 43 points. RSM’s Alumni B team won 4 races, with 60 points. The remaining three races were taken by LBS Blue, who came in 4th.

The regatta was sailed in the 2012 Olympic class of Elliott 6metres boats, with crews of 3 or 4.

Continue reading “Skolkovo Return to Winning Ways in Medemblik”

Final Line – up for Global MBA Trophy: April 17-18

3 April 2015

Twelve teams will be vying to cross the start line first on Friday 17th April off Microlimano port in Pireas, Greece as the 2015 Sunsail MBA Global Sailing League kicks off.

The 2014 league champions, London Business School are hosting the event, and have one team in the A division. Defending regatta champions, Skolkovo have entered two boats. Expect big things from RSM regatta champions LUM, while INSEAD will be looking to do better than last year’s third place.

The regatta takes place over two days in Farr- designed Platu 25 keelboats. A B division, racing 40- ft boats will also take part.

Competitors are welcome in the race village from Thursday 16th. They will be hosted to a dinner on Friday evening and a gala prizegiving at the Yacht Club of Greece on Saturday 18th.

The full list of participating teams is:

A Division:

Chicago
IE -1
IE-2
INSEAD
Kellogg/WHU
LBS
LUM
MIP
RSM
Skolkovo -1
Skolkovo – 2
Warwick

B Division:

IE
LBS
Mixed Team

Insead stay top of the rankings

13 May 2012

INSEAD’s third place at the Global MBA trophy in Piraeus consolidates their position at the top of the MBA Sailing rankings as we begin the 2012 season. Indeed, as they came 4th in 2011, it makes their score one point less than at the end of 2011.

Bocconi and LBS are lying second and third respectively with 22 and 23 points, while Manchester and Cranfield benefit from the smaller number of qualifying boats in Greece and move up to 4th and 6th respectively at the expense of MIP Milano and Warwick who drop to 5th and 7th respectively. Only the 6 boats in the “A” division at Athens could qualify for the trophy, and so only those boats competing in the A division could gain points for the league.

Other big movers are Wharton, Chicago and HEC/Trium who missed Athens this year and so drop 4, 10 and 7 places respectively.

School	ABC Venice	Cranfield Solent	Bocconi Sta Margharita	LBS GMT Athens	Total	Number of Regattas	Position	Change
Insead	3	1	7	3	14	4	1	=
Bocconi	13	3	5	1	22	3	2	=
LBS	1	4	13	5	23	4	3	=
Manchester	13	7	11	7	38	2	4	+2
MIP Milano	7	12	20	2	41	3	5	-1 Continue reading “Insead stay top of the rankings”