Youth Driven Effort Increases Enthusiasm in the Sport of Ocean Racing

The All American Ocean Racing Team, with a mission to create seaworthy, high-performance, offshore training opportunities for the next generation of American ocean racing leaders was launched yesterday. The goal of the team is to empower current and future generations of youth ocean sailors (under 25) with skills of seamanship, safety, leadership, teamwork, competition, environmental stewardship and more!

"The initial event will be a no-excuses campaign aboard the STP 65 Vanquish for the 2011 Trans-Atlantic Race (Newport to the Lizard). Moving forward, the ambition is to generate the necessary funding to support a future racing schedule and provide continuing opportunities for young people to race on this team."

Check out more information about the creation of the All American Ocean Racing Team and future opportunities for young American sailors here: http://www.allamericanoffshoreteam.blogspot.com/