Miami, Fla. (July 17, 2006) - Two sisters from Biscayne Park, Fla., have made history at the U.S. Youth Multihull Championship this weekend by becoming the first all female team to win the event, hosted by Miami Yacht Club. Sarah and Elizabeth Newberry established their position early in the competition with three wins on the first day of racing and never looked back. Skipper Sarah and her younger sister Elizabeth had been practicing together for two weeks leading up to the event because they usually do not sail together.

“I thought we were going to be so bad,” said Sarah about how she felt going into the regatta. “We weren’t very coordinated to start with, but Elizabeth turned out to be a very good crew.”

After the Newberry sisters were presented with US SAILING’s Arthur J. Stevens Trophy at the award ceremony, the other competitors dunked the two champions in the yacht club pool. Like true champions, the sisters were all smiles.

The U.S. Youth Multihull Championship was a qualifier for the 2007 Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Sailing Championship, an event open to athletes who do not turn 19 in the year of the World Championship. Because winning skipper Sarah Newberry will be too old next year to compete in that event, the next eligible team will qualify. Eric Raybon and Jason Bilow (both from Shrewsbury, N.J.) who finished second at the U.S. Youth Multihull Championship, will represent the U.S. at the 2007 Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Sailing Championships in Kingston, Canada.

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