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LBS are 2022 MBA SAiling League Champions

13 November 2022

London Business School’s 3rd place at the IE Halloween regatta was enough to clinch the title of MBA Sailing League Champions for 2022. The only school to take part in all four regattas of 2022, London won the POLIMI regatta in Capri and the RSM regatta in Porto, coming 4th in the LBS Global MBA Trophy in Athens.

MIP/POLIMI’s win in Athens and 3rd place in Capri helped them to second place, while Imperial’s second place in Lanzarote sees them leapfrog Tuck into third. Tuck’s second in Athens means they take 4th place and IE’s win in Lanzarote means they round out the top 5.

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Winning IE Crew from Halloween regatta

First time racing skipper wins the IE Halloween Regatta

8 November 2022
Winning IE Crew from Halloween regatta

The IE crew led by Caroline Klass won in style on the second day of the Halloween regatta held in Puerto Calero, Lanzarote. The host team came away with two wins a second and a third, to head the table on 4 points after a discard. It was Caroline’s first regatta as skipper of a keelboat, and she and her crew took full advantage of the light conditions.

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IE Halloween Regatta 2022 launched!

24 July 2022

The IE MBA regatta returns at the end of October in a new spot in the calendar – Halloween. The IE Sailing club has launched the regatta at their website.

  • Saturday 29 October – Tuesday 1 November 2022
  • Lanzarote, Canary Islands.
  • Organised by the IE Sailing Club sailing.club@ie.edu
  • Sailing J80 Sportsboats. Crews of 5
  • Staying at the Hotel Costa Calero
  • €2900 per team
  • “Sailing adventure” and other activities for those new to sailing
  • Students and Alumni of IE and other participating business schools

There are a limited number of boats available, so teams should book early.

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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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.

Skolkovo retain Winter Regatta title

12 September 2019

Moscow’s Skolkovo business school took away the top two places at the IE Winter regatta in Lanzarote. Winning three out of the four points races between them.

INSEAD took the third spot on the podium.

The first day of racing in Puerto Calero was cancelled due to high winds.

The regatta was divided into two classes by the results of the early race positions (Division A the leading boats and Division B the remainder), with both classes starting together but points being awarded based on the position in class. This allowed the race committee to impose different sail plans where appropriate. Continue reading “Skolkovo retain Winter Regatta title”

Skolkovo win MBA Winter Regatta 2018

22 December 2018

Skolkovo’s crew won the IE MBA Winter regatta in March 2018.

MIP came second and IE 3rd in Lanzarote.

Rank School Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Total
1 Skolkovo        1       2       2        5
2 MIP        2       4       1        7
3 IE        3       7       4      14
4 INSEAD        7       3       7      17
5 IESE        4       1     13      18
6 LBS        5       5       8      18
7 MBS/RSM     12       6       3      21
8 Tuck        9     11       5      25
9 LBS        6     13       6      25
10 IE        8       9     11      28
11 Chicago     11       8     10      29
12 IE     10     10       9      29