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Bocconi leading the 2024 league

3 August 2024

Bocconi’s close win at the RSM regatta in Valletta, Malta sees them return to the top spot of the 2024 MBA sailing league. They have 2 wins and a 6th, having not competed in Sardinia. LBS, missing the Malta regatta drop to second in the league, just 2 points behind them, while IE are third with their 2nd place, and being an ever- present in the 2024 season.

In the 12 month rankings, LBS stay top, although level on points with IE. Bocconi are third.

The season will see a final showdown in Cascais for the IE regatta in September. All three teams will be there. Bocconi need to finish less than 2 places behind LBS to win the 2024 league.

Bocconi pip IE to the RSM Regatta title

22 July 2024

The crew from SDA Bocconi, won the 8- race RSM Regatta on the 19/20 July 2024 in Malta. They won three of the races in the regatta, placing 2nd in two and 3rd in two more. They pipped the regatta leaders, IE in the final race, when IE scored a 5th place, after having won 4 of teh preceeding races. The remaining race was won by the “Caviar” team, while Imperial filled up the podium.

Six teams were racing SB20 sportsboats in the picturesque waters off Valletta, Malta. The regatta was organised by the RSM sailing club and hosted by the Royal Malta Yacht Club. Participants were hosted at a nearby hotel and enjoyed Maltese hospitality each evening.

The full results are displayed below

London Business School take the lead at the season’s half-way point

4 June 2024

With a first in Italy and a second place in Greece, London Business school are topping the MBA Sailing League after the first two events of 2024’s 4- event series. POLIMI sit in second place with a second and a third place. Athens champions, SDA Bocconi, who didn’t make it to Sardinia sit in third.

LBS also move top in the 12- month rankings, which take into account all the regattas since this time last year. IE sit second and POLIMI third.

London Business School win in Sardinia

1 June 2024

London Business School won the POLIMI regatta held at Cala dei Sardi in Sardinia, Italy, despite being unable to start the final race in the regatta when their rudder fixings snapped. The team scored three race wins in the 6 race series, to come top, level on points with the POLIMI 1 and POLIMI 2 teams. POLIMI 2 scored 2 race wins, and POLIMI 1 won the remaining race.

In Division B, the crew from POLIMI won both races, with IE/POLIMI second and POLIMI/IE third in each.

ABC regatta 2024 cancelled

28 March 2024

Message from the organisers of the Alumni Business Cup 2024:

The IE and LBS Sailing Clubs regret to announce that the 2024 edition of the Alumni Business Cup in Alicante will not be held as scheduled on 13-15 June. Logistical challenges, and the weekend falling during peak season in the Alicante sailing calendar, meant that we would have been unable to deliver the regatta at the advertised price.

While we are disappointed not to be able to host you in Alicante this June, we hope to be able to put together the event at another time in the near future. Thank you for your understanding, and please don’t hesitate to reach out if you have any questions.

ABC Regatta moves to Spain for 2024

6 February 2024

The Alumni Business Cup is the longest running of the MBA regattas, dating back to 1992. The 2024 edition will be sailed in J/22 boats in the Mediterranean Sea off the Spanish sailing venue of Alicante. The dates are 13- 16 June.

Up to 4 crew can sail the J/22s, and the cost per boat is €2,360. A “B” divisionsailing cruising boats is available for teams of up to 8, at €4,720 per boat. More details on the ABC regatta page at mbasailing.com. Also at the ABC web page and the 2024 edition sign up page

Global MBA Trophy announces competitor list

14 January 2024

Global MBA Trophy 2023 ©Nikos Alevromytis

London Business School, organisers of the 18th Global MBA Trophy in Piraeus, Athens, Greece in April 2024 have announced a preliminary list of participants.

The event website is Globalmbatrophy.com

Early Bird sign- up ends on 31 January. Also, after that date, the regatta will accept second entries from individual schools for division A spots.

In the Platu 25 Class, Division A, competing for the Global MBA Trophy and ranking in the MBA Sailing League, the following teams have signed up:

Cambridge Judge
IE
Imperial
London Business School
Oxford Said
POLIMI GSoM
WHU

IE announce Date and venue for 2024 regatta: 26-29 September in Cascais, Portugal

4 January 2024

The team at IE Sailing Club have announced that the 2024 regatta will take place earlier than in the past: on Thu 26 – Sun 29 September. It will also move venues from Lanzarote to Cascais, on the Atlantic coast of Portugal.

Pre- registration is open at the club site: https://e.cglink.me/2kb/r300364443

POLIMI GSoM are the 2023 MBA Sailing League Champions

3 November 2023

The final scores are in, and the league table has been calculated… POLIMI GSoM win the 2023 MBA Sailing League by a single point, with IE in second place and LBS in third. Reichman come in fourth, just 4 points behind POLIMI.

POLIMI win the Global MBA Trophy regatta in Pireaus in April, came second at their own regatta in Garda, then missed the ABC regatta in Kiel and the IE regatta in Lanzarote, but held out to win the league.

The MBA Sailing League trophy will be presented at the Global MBA Trophy prizegiving in April 2024.

POLIMI last won the league in 2018. The league has been competed for since 2011.

IE retain the IE regatta title

28 October 2023

IE retained a very closely fought regatta in Puerto Calero, Lanzarote, on 13-14 October winning three of the six races sailed. They held off LBS, who won 2 of the other races by 1 point. Imperial rounded out the podium and won the other race.

Six teams from four business schools competed in the last MBA regatta of 2023. The first day of racing saw light winds – especially in the second race, which ended with a gentle drift of boats downwind over the line. The second day saw four quick- fire races in slightly stronger conditions. Racing and boats were managed by the team from Codigo Cero.

75 participants joined the wider event, with over half enjoying an “Adventure” programme of touristic and sporting activities on the Friday and a Catamaran cruise on the Sunday. Evening events were hosted at the Costa Calero hotel and the Amura restaurant.