Portsmouth, R.I. - US SAILING’s U.S. Men’s Sailing Championship for the Mallory Cup and U.S. Women’s Sailing Championship for the for the Adams Trophy will be held concurrently in Rye, N.Y., next week from September 11 to 16, hosted by the American Yacht Club. The competitors will be sailing in Flying Scots, provided by Harry Carpenter of Flying Scot, Inc and the Flying Scot class. The two events are sponsored by Rolex Watch U.S.A., which supports all of US SAILING’s Adult National Championships, Dry Creek Vineyard, Accenture and Heineken Beer.

The aftermath of hurricane Katrina is not going to hold back Zack Fanberg (New Orleans, La.) from returning to take a shot at a hat trick by trying to win the U.S. Men’s Championship for a third consecutive year. Representing Bay-Waveland Yacht Club in Bay St. Louis, Miss., which was reportedly destroyed by the recent hurricane, Fanberg is returning with new crew: his wife Sara Fanberg and Marcus Eagan (Metairie, La.). In addition to Fanberg, three US SAILING Judges who live in the Gulf Coast region are traveling to Rye, N.Y., to officiate at the Championships: Norton Brooker (Mobile, Ala.), Janet Miller-Schmidt and Karen Reisch (both from Mandeville, La.).

The U.S. Men’s and Women’s Sailing Championships are ladder events, meaning that competitors have qualified for the Championship by winning a series of qualifying events at local and regional levels before getting the National Championship level where they will compete against 10 other boats from across the country. Sailors will get to hone their Flying Scot sailing skills at Rolex clinics, led by Harry Carpenter and Greg Fisher before the competition kicks off.

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