About Us

The 2011 Bruin EDHEC Team is comprised of current undergrads and recent alumni of the UCLA Sailing Team. The UCLA Sailing Team is a small group of active, dedicated, and passionate students who compete in the Intercollegiate Sailing Association on 14ft Flying Juniors and continuously qualify for the Pacific Coast Championship. The team is a club sport; although we come from one of the world’s best public institutions, we do not receive enough funding to exist without member dues and personal donations. Practices are held two to three times per week at the Marina Aquatic Center in Marina del Rey.

This website highlights our participation in the Course Croisière EDHEC (CCE) - the largest student run sporting competition in Europe. The CCE is an annual event organized entirely by students of the EDHEC Business School in Lille, France. The week-long regatta takes place each Spring in the chilly French Atlantic waters.

Check out http://www.bruinsailing.org/ for more information on the team and http://www.ccedhec.com/ for more information on the French regatta.


Monday, May 31, 2010

Another Article! News from France

From News from France. A publication of the French Embassy to the United States in Washington DC.
http://www.info-france-usa.org/IMG/pdf/nff/index.pdf
May 31st 2010

UCLA SAILORS PARTICIPATE IN FRENCH REGATTA

For the third year in a row, the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) sailing team participated in the 42nd annual Course Croisière EDHEC (CCE) in Brest, France. Organized each year by the French business school EDHEC in Lille, the event drew approximately 3,000 participants, 10,000 visitors, and over 165 student sailing crews from all over the world. According to the CCE website, the regatta is Europe's largest student-run sporting event. This year's competition took place between April 17-24. The UCLA crew's participation in the CCE began in 2008 when French exchange student Thibaut Chabrol from Pôle Universitaire Leonard de Vinci in Paris presented the idea to the sailing team. Each year since, the group has worked tirelessly to organize the trip and raise funds for the sailing club."For us, the CCE is more than just a regatta," explained Victor Weisberg, captain of the squad that traveled to Brest. "It's an opportunity to mount an international project — to create a budget, to find sponsors, to organize donation events, and particularly to travel and build relationships with dozens of European students who share our passion for sailing."

For more information on the UCLA sailing team, please visit: http://www.bruincce.blogspot.com/.
Posted by Bruin CCE at 1:59 PM

Friday, May 14, 2010

West Marine Fundraiser and Alumni Regatta!

To all of our sailing friends and family in the Los Angeles area (or elsewhere!):


West Marine is sponsoring a UCLA Sailing Team fundraiser on TUESDAY, MAY 25th in Marina del Rey.  5% of every purchase made during store hours will go toward the team on this day. We're asking that any and all sailors, boaters, water-lovers of any kind come out to the store to support us on the 25th!

If you are not in the area and still want to support us by making a purchase, please contact us at uclasailing(at)gmail.com to arrange something.


Also, for those in the area the following weekend, Friends of The UCLA Sailing Team (FOUST) is hosting the annual UCLA Sailing Team Alumni Regatta on Sunday, May 30th. If any alumni, avid sailors or UCLA supporters are in the area, we encourage you to come out for a great day of sailing!  Please contact us at the email listed above if you'd like to attend.
Posted by Bruin CCE at 11:29 AM

Tuesday, May 11, 2010

PHOTO Installment Five: On land

The organizers with EDHEC Sponsored universities.
Victor and Billy posted on the blog!
At the EDHEC function with the Director and his wife.
Sengal handing out braclets and necklaces.
Michel Sardou singing to the EDHEC participants during the final night.
Morgan and Kassie.
The organizers in love with the USA!
The car ride to the train station. (Drew in the trunk).
Sweatshirt swap with Montreal!
The 2010 UCLA Sailing EDHEC Team for the 42e CCE.
Posted by Bruin CCE at 1:58 PM

PHOTO Installment Four: Still on the Water.

Capitan Jake, always classy.
Always on the rail! Hike, hike, hike!
Victor and Billy posing with the main sail and the EDHEC/UCLA Sailing sticker.
Billy adjusting the spin pole.
Drew on foredeck.
The Brest harbor entrance.
Eyes on the water at all times.
Off the line and a great start.
A view from above.
Back in the harbor.

Dry Drew.
Wet Drew.
Finally a picture with Morgan, the photographer!
Posted by Bruin CCE at 1:41 PM

PHOTO Installment Three: Regattas

Morning before race day.
Kassie using UCLA lip balm - a big hit the whole week!
Jake coaching the team.
English and Swiss flags in the distance!
A mini photo shoot (Billy, Victor, Drew, Flavien)
The EDHEC Business School, a big sponsor, had also printed stickers for our boat and sails!
Jake (Skippering) and Billy (Main Trim).
Scooping out the wind lines.
The Course Croisiere EDHEC brings in big sponsors and universities from around the world! (Our friends from Beligum with Yellow Spinnaker!)
Focused on winning!
Sailing with the fleet!
Posted by Bruin CCE at 1:25 PM
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