RSM Regatta – The MBA Global Sailing League

2020 RSM and Bocconi Regattas cancelled

10 September 2020

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The RSM Regatta, which was due to take place on 2- 5 July 2020 was cancelled despite the efforts of the organisers. Not enough crews could make the original dates or the proposed new dates in August for the event to go ahead. Quarantine restrictions on travellers returning from Portugal meant that many teams were unable to participate.

The regatta had introduced special rules to deal with the Coronavirus, requiring all participants to have undergone a Covid 19 test in the 72 hours prior to the regatta and to have tested negative.

The Bocconi MBAs conference and regatta, due to take place at the end of September, will also not take place this year due to the impact of Covid 19 on gatherings in Italy, and increased travel restrictions around the world.

The RSM MBA Regatta returns to Portugal in 2020

29 December 2019

The 2020 Rotterdam School of Management MBA Regatta will return to Porto, in Portugal. The dates are announced as Thursday, 2nd July to Sunday July 5th, a move to high summer for the regatta. It will be sailed in Platu 25s.

More details at the regatta page on mbasailing.com: https://mbasailing.com/regattas/rsm-mba-regatta/

Also at the event website: https://www.rsmsailing.com/event/rsm-mba-regatta-2020/

Skolkovo take Porto crown

15 September 2019

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The Rotterdam School of Management regatta in Porto, Portugal, saw Skolkovo bring home their third victory of 2019. It was done emphatically with three first places out of the four races. LBS’s two teams came in second and third. Continue reading “Skolkovo take Porto crown”

MIP win the MBA Global Sailing League for the first time

28 December 2018

Global MBA Trophy 2018 Scoring a second place in the First 36.7 fleet at the MBA’s Cup regatta in Italy, first place at the Global MBA Trophy in Greece and second at the MBA Winter regatta in Lanzarote, MIP advanced to the top of the MBA sailing league as the season ended. This is the first time the team from Milan have won the league. The full league table can be found here.

In a year where there was no ABC regatta, all five results counted, which meant that Skolkovo, who had been leading the standings with three first places in Lanzarote, The Solent and Porto missed out by scoring 20 points by not participating in Sta Margherita. Continue reading “MIP win the MBA Global Sailing League for the first time”

The RSM MBA Regatta returns to Portugal in 2018

18 February 2018

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The 2018 Rotterdam School of Management MBA Regatta will return to Porto, in Portugal. The dates were announced as Thursday, 30th August to Sunday September 2nd, maintaining it’s place at the end of summer. It will be sailed in Platu 25s.

More details at the regatta page on mbasailing.com: https://mbasailing.com/regattas/rsm-mba-regatta/

Also at the event website: https://www.rsmsailing.com/event/rsm-mba-regatta/

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”

RSM Regatta 2015 will be on 28 – 30 August

31 January 2015

The 2015 RSM Regatta returns to Lelystad on 28- 30 August 2015.

This is the fourth regatta in the Sunsail MBA Global Sailing League.

Details of the regatta are available on the regatta page, and on the regatta website.

The venue is the Markermeer, in the middle of the Netherlands, about an hour’s drive from Amsterdam.

Sailing in the A division is on 4-5 person Maxfun 25 boats., in the B division in Bavaria yachts.

The competition is getting stiffer – with LUM and Skolkovo both putting in strong performances in 2014

Racing is on the Saturday and Sunday, with Friday for practice. Dinner is provided on Friday and Saturday, along with Breakfast and Lunch on Sat and Sun. Accommodation aboard a “clipper” sailing ship for division A and on board for division B.

The MBA Sailing League Welcomes Sunsail as Title Sponsor

7 December 2014

The MBA Sailing League is excited and proud to announce that Sunsail, the world’s largest sailing holiday company, has agreed to sponsor the league for the 2015 season.

As part of the sponsorship agreement, Sunsail will provide a weekend’s sailing or racing in the Solent off the South coast of England to the business school team that wins the 2015 league. This prize, is worth over €1,400.

The MBA Sailing league will become known as the Sunsail MBA Global Sailing League.

MBA Sailing league co-ordinator, Rob Cotterill, said: “Sunsail manage one of the biggest and most competitive regattas of the MBA sailing season, the Cranfield Regatta, so we welcome their decision to partner with the league and look forward to a long and mutually beneficial relationship.

The MBA Sailing League brings together five sailing regattas and the teams of MBA students and alumni who race in them, encouraging business school teams to compete throughout the season, and rewarding the most consistent and most successful. The regattas that make up the league are the Global MBA Trophy, held in Athens in April; The Alumni Business Cup, held in different locations Europe in May/June; The Cranfield Regatta held in the Solent on the South coast of England in July; The RSM Regatta, held in the Netherlands in August and the Rolex MBA’s Conference and Regatta held in Santa Margharita Ligure, on the Lugurian coast of Italy in September. Business Schools who have ranked highly in the league include London Business School, INSEAD, Kellogg, HEC, Bocconi and Cranfield.

Founded in 1974, Sunsail is the world’s largest sailing and watersports holiday company, delivering great value sailing holidays with a cutting-edge fleet, in the world’s best cruising grounds worldwide.

Sunsail offers a wide choice of sailing holidays with over 800 yachts in 30 locations worldwide. Alongside Yacht Charter and Flotilla Sailing holidays, Sunsail also offer Sailing Schools, Team Building and Events, Racing and Yacht Ownership.

London Business School Retain the MBA Sailing League Title

23 November 2014

London Business School’s consistent performances in 2014 have delivered them their third MBA Sailing league championship in a row.

LBS didnt finish lower than 5th in any of this year’s five qualifying regattas, winning at the Cranfield regatta, coming second at the Global MBA trophy and third at the RSM regatta.

Full final rankings are available on MBAsailing.com

HEC made a strong showing in second place, despite missing the Global MBA trophy’s A division and the RSM regatta.

INSEAD, 2011 winners and runners- up in 2012 and 2013 could only manage 5th, after missing the Cranfield regatta and finishing 12th at the Rolex MBAs regatta.

Kelloggg/WHU were 3rd and Bocconi 4th.

The MBA Sailing league trophy will be presented to London Business School at the GLobal MBA Trophy regatta in Athens in April. Continue reading “London Business School Retain the MBA Sailing League Title”