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Sailing US Sailing Releases Nominations for Women’s Olympic Sailing Team” VIL AMOURA, PORTUGAL— The third and final stage of the US Saling Team’s Olympic Selection series for the Women’s 470 concluded the weekend of March 11. United States Coast Guard Lieutenant Junior Grade Nicole ‘Nikki’ Barnes (28) and Lara Dallman-Weiss (32) ended with 97 points and a seventh-place standing that guarantees them a nomination from the US Sailing Team as the potential representatives in the Women’s 470 for the Tokyo 2020 Games. The third stage was held at the 2021 470 World Championship in Vilamoura, Portugal hosted by Vilamoura Sailing. The qualifier was followed by a medal race on March 12, with the top ten teams from each division where Barnes and Dallman-Weiss finished in seventh place for the women’s division with 109 net points and 12 points from the medal race alone. Dallman-Weiss is from Hugo, Minnesota and, found her love for competitive sailing at Eckerd College where she graduated in 2011 with a degree in nutrition, according to the US Sailing website. In 2010 Dallman-Wiess took third place
at the Women’s Nationals and earned awards as crew and skipper. She raced on the professional circuit for five years before campaigning full-time for the 470 class. Dallman-Wiess is the crew for the pairing. Barnes is from St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, and started sailing at six-years-old. In 2011 Barnes took third place in the ISAF Youth Worlds, and in 2017 was named Quantum Women’s Sailor of the Year, Sportsman of the Year, and was a three-time All-American Sailor. Barnes is a commissioned officer in the United States Coast Guard graduating from the United States Coast Guard Academy in 2017. She has been granted a Support Allowance Billet which will let her train full-time through the end of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics according to the US Sailing Team website. Barnes is the skipper for the pairing. On March 24, 2020, IOC President Thomas Bach and Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzō pushed the games back to the summer of 2021, with the date set for July 23 to Aug. 8, 2021, according to the Olympics website.
San Diego Yacht Club to Host One Design Weekend in April The yacht club’s April One Design Weekend regatta is set to be held April 24 and 25. By: LINDSEY GLASGOW SAN DIEGO — After taking a break in
March, San Diego Yacht Club will once
again host a One Design Weekend regatta on April 24 and 25. All ODW regattas are open to any one-design fleet and are subject to any county, state, or federal COVID-19 guidelines stipulating specific rules for social distancing and gatherings. A maximum of nine races are scheduled but the race committee reserves the right to add or remove races each day to stay between the time allotted between the first warning signal and the last
warning signal each day. The series is governed by the Racing Rules of Sailing. A boat’s score in individual ODW regattas will be the total of her race scores. There are no awards given for any of the ODW regattas. There is no entry fee but there may be other membership requirements, fleet dues, or entry fees required by a specific class to be eligible for a series comprised of one or more ODW regattas. Refer to the Notice of Race for each respective fleet series for details. Boats interested in racing must complete an online entry form at www.sdyc. org/race. Online registration will close
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Barnes and Dallman-Weiss came in 7th place at 2021 470 World Championship in Vilamoura Portugal.
on the Friday prior to race day. Late registrants may enter after 4 p.m. Friday by submitting their entry information to the Race Chair Signal Vessel for that day prior to leaving the dock. Official Sailing Instructions will be available at the Notice Board no later than 5 p.m. on April 23. The One-Design Weekend regatta series began on Jan. 16 and was scheduled to be held once per month (except for March) throughout the year. For more information, contact regatta manager Jeff Johnson, at 619-758-6310 or by email at sailing@sdyc.org.
