UCLA Sailing Team - Course Croisière EDHEC Team 2011: March 2011

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.

Thursday, March 31, 2011

Thanks!

One week to go!! As we’re cramming to get our classes squared away, buying our last pieces of gear, and going over the fundamentals of sailing, we’d like to take a moment to thank those who have helped us get here:

First, a huge thank you to Zhik Sailing Gear, which generously donated shorts and shirts, as well as extending a significant discount on equipment to our team.

Also to SailFast, which has given our team a discount on attire and provided sailing shirts for on the boat.

Finally, our thanks to Sound Boatworks, which donated hats to us. We are extremely excited about this trip, and we thank you all for helping us make it all possible.

Check back next week, we will be updating often from France!

-Jake G

Thursday, March 3, 2011

Introducing Your 43rd Course Croisiére EDHEC Team!

Hello all!

It's been awhile...sorry we haven't kept you updated on the status of this year's EDHEC trip. If you want the short version: WE ARE GOING!!! For a little more detail, read on.

We've put together a team of six sailors this year: Jake Muhleman, Scott Barber, Morgan Glier, Emelia Pelliccio, Nora Brackbill, and Jake Greenberg. We still hold out hope that Billy Edwards may be able to join us, and we are super excited to have Victor Weisberg take a break from his internship in Zurich to come help us out for the week as well!

We are once again lucky enough to have the incredible support of the EDHEC Business School, who will be sponsoring our return for the 43rd CCE! Thank you for your continued support EDHEC!

We've been practicing as much as possible, heading down to San Pedro and Dana Point every weekend we can to get some sailing in. Our team is really coming together and we're falling into some set racing positions. Every member has a skill they're really good at, and we're trying to capitalize on those abilities so we can really do well in France. So far things are looking good!

We are still actively looking for sponsorship--particularly monetary sponsorship--so if you would like to support our team, or know someone who would like to contribute, please contact us at uclasailing(at)gmail.com

Okay, that's about it for now. Keep an eye on the blog for an update with our new t-shirt design (courtesy of veteran Bruin CCE member Megan Sullivan!) and details on our upcoming raffle!!

For now, here are a few photos from our last practice--

~Morgan