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.


Saturday, April 17, 2010

Stuck in LA

While the majority of the team has successfully made it to France, one quarter of the team is still grounded in LA. Richard and Eric showed up for their flight on Friday at 12:30pm, and have since then had their flight rescheduled and canceled 3 more times. They have just been sent back home from the airport with instructions to return again "tomorrow," and to find a more specific time of departure either online or by calling the headquarters. For updates on their flights, they have been checking the Air Tahiti Nui website at  the link below.

Air Tahiti Flight Statuses (...stati?)

The original flight number was TN8, and has now been updated to TN408 (departing LAX, arriving CDG). As of now it is showing their departure at 2:00pm on Sunday, and so Richard and Eric will show up at LAX again tomorrow at 11:00 hoping that this flight is the one that will leave the ground.

They are remaining optimistic about getting to France, and are looking forward to joining up with the rest of the team to do some serious sailing! Also, a big thank you to everyone who has called or showed support regarding our flight trouble. More updates tomorrow from LAX!
Posted by Bruin CCE at 11:03 AM