Old News for Your Review:
2010
12/19/10
Båtnytt, the largest yachting magazine in Scandinavia, published an article on Team Paradise today. The story is in Swedish, so only about 10,000,000 of you will be able to read it. It talks about sailing on Biscayne Bay and opportunities for internship with Team Paradise. Philip Carlson from Sweden was our first intern last year and David Jensik form the Czech Republic is currently in Miami learning more about sailboat racing and helping out Team Paradise. Win-win!
11/23/10
"Green Team" kicked butt in the first ever Calle8Regatta on Biscayne Bay. Alll five Sonars where racing at the same time. The 8-12 knots of wind speed was perfect for a crew of three. "Green Team" was adapted for Patrick LoDuca who trimmed the jib from forward position. David Jensik was on the main and balanced their boat mid ships. Ezra sailed fast and they won with a core of 2-1-2.
Check images by Marco from the event.
Grand Avenue News
Miami's Community Newspapers
11/16/10
Team Paradise has partnered with Shake-A-Leg Miami to help enable those with physical and developmental challenges to empower themselves through sailing. The Calle Ocho Regatta is a series of short-course races that take place each week on beautiful Biscayne Bay in Miami, Florida, with the final race coinciding with the annual Calle Ocho Festival. Each team must have at least one disabled crew member.
2009
12/31/09
The Orange Bowl Regatta, hosted by Coral Reef Yacht Club in Miami, is a very popular junior sailing event. 700 plus people raced in it this year. I was helping fellow Olympians Anna Tunnicliffe, Zack Railey, Jim Barton handing out the awards. The Sportsmanship Award bearing my name was won by Carolina Manitilla for never giving up, finishing all the races even though sometimes in last.
12/19/09
Not many days left of the year 2009. What has not yet been accomplished might have to wait for 2010. I have no regrets, at least not many. As head coach and founder of Team Paradise I feel as if our motto of " being the best that we can possibly be" has been met.
Sailing in Miami is in "full bloom". Reports have been field, our year end mailing completed and our Seasons Greeting were send out. In short, it is all good.
A BIG "thank you" for donations received. It is always exciting to go to our mailbox and find envelopes from our supporters.
2010 looks good. Most of our boats are chartered for the next few events and people are arriving from far away.
9/16/08 - 11/24/07
9/16/08
This is not the time to be bashful! Team Paradise earned a piece of each of the three Gold medals handed out at the Paralympic Regatta in Qingdao last week. That is right, we are talking about a clean sweep here! Please click on Reports (above) for the full article.
8/29/08
The 2008 Clagett Memorial Regatta was the final tune-up for several Canadian and US team, before heading off to the Paralympic Regatta, in China. Team Paradise were represented by two boats, Team Team Odysse in the Sonar class and John McRoberts and Stacie Louttit in the Skud18. It was the first time that the Canadian Skud Team used #004 and they seemed to like it. They finished runner-up to Scott Whitman/Julia Dorsett.
Team Odysese must like our Sonar, because Ricky,Tim and Bill keep their winning ways. Team Raven from Canada tied for first, but lost the tiebreaker.
Paul Tingley and John Ruf finished first and second in the 2.4s. Next time these teams meet, it will be for the real Gold.
I was very happy to see that Tamara Vermette could climb up from the basement in the 2.4. We spend a week at the end of July sailing in Miami, sailing together, and improvements were made. Nice job!