Chairman’s Message Welcome, BSI supporters and sailors: Wind and tide is ever changing, as are the activities of Blind Sailing International. We are reaching out to new sailors, visually-impaired sailing programmes and other opportunities. We are progressing and improving our media and communication links through twitter, Facebook and the ongoing development of our new web […]
Author Archive | Ivan Sheen
2017 Blind World Sailing photos
Hello all, Hope you are all well. Congratulations to everyone for a great week of racing. I am so glad to be part of this and to have met you. Hope to see you back in Sheboygan. Here are the links to each days photos: Only 2170 of them! Enjoy!!! Practice day & Opening: https://flic.kr/s/aHsm4Dudp8 […]
2017 Boston Open Blind Sailing Regatta
Please find attached the Notice of Race (NOR) for the 2017 Boston Open Blind Sailing Regatta. The regatta will take place on Saturday, October 14 with a rain date of Sunday, October 15. The regatta will be held at Community Boating, Inc. (CBI) in Boston and racing in Sonars will take place in the Charles […]
2017 World Championship – USA defends gold in B1 Division
After six intense days of racing at the 2017 Blind Sailing World Championship culminated by having the best blind sailors in the world show off their skills. Each day presented the sailors with different conditions, but in the end 52 races were sailed by the 51 sailors. “When you combine the high quality sailboats, […]
2017 Blind Sailing World Championships – Message from Chairman BSI
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Blind Sailing International (BSI) July 2017 Bulletin
Blind Sailing International (BSI) July 2017 Bulletin To all Blind Sailing competitors and supporters. The 2017 Blind Fleet Racing World Sailing Championships SheboyganUSA , Wisconsin. Cheboygan has long been a great supporter of Blind sailing. Sheboygan has an excellent worldwide reputation as a Racing venue. Alongside their other busy international events, They ran the very […]
Canadian Invitational Blind Sailing Regatta 18th to Sunday August 20th, 2017 Oakville, Ontario
I finally have confirmed dates for our Canadian event, to be held Friday August 18th through Sunday August 20th, 2017 in Oakville, Ontario (just outside of Toronto). We have secured a fleet of 7.5 metre Flying Tigers for this event (same boats as for our inaugural event in 2016). Full details will be forthcoming, however […]
Blind Match Racing Explained
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2016 Blind Match Racing World Championship
Sheboygan, USA At the end of an abbreviated, jam-packed two-day regatta, Great Britain took the gold in the 2016 Blind Match Racing World Championship. The British team (Skipper Vicki Sheen, Liam Cattermole and Lucy Hodges) won all but one match over the two days. The only team that could best them was Team Canada (Skipper […]
Midway Report on 2016 Blind Match Racing Worlds
Blind Match Racing Worlds Gets Underway Published on September 23rd, 2016 Sheboygan, WI (September 23, 2016) – After several days waiting for the wind to pick up and the fog to clear out, five teams of blind sailors from the United States, Canada, Great Britain and Israel were finally able to commence the Blind Match […]