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, April 19, 2010

First Day of Racing

Hey everyone,

We've been meaning to update but were pretty busy yesterday getting registered, getting the boat all set up and getting practice races in. My battery is about to die so this is going to be quick!

First of all, we're really sorry to say that Richard and Eric's flight has been cancelled yet again. Hopefully they will be able to make it out in the next day or two for the second half of the races!! We are really bummed they can't be here with us right now, and our team feels really incomplete without them.  GET HERE SOON GUYS!!!!!

Today is day one of racing, but there's no wind so we're postponed til around 2ish.  We're just hanging out around the village and watching the day events. Hopefully we'll get out on the water soon...They're going to keep us out late tonight and hope to get a bunch of races in during the afternoon when the wind picks up.

Tomorrow is a LONG race to a nearby island...over 30 miles. We then camp on the island for the night and sail back the next day....going to be a lot of fun, but COLD! The weather has been absolutely awesome though...warm and sunny during the day, way better than expected. We sailed in shorts yesterday! WOO!

Okay no battery left! More updates/pictures soon!!