nominees announced for us yachtsman and yachtswoman of the year /

Portsmouth,RI (December 9, 2015) - The most significant sailing performances of the year are being heralded by US Sailing with the announcement of the 12 men and 6 women who gain been shortlisted for the 2015 Rolex Yachtsman and Yachtswoman of the Year awards.
The nominees will be reviewed by a panel of noted sailing journalists who discuss the merits of each sailor’s racing results before voting to determine US Sailing's 2015 Rolex Yachtsman and Yachtswoman of the Year. The winners will be announced in mid-January and honored on Thursday, and February 25,2016, during a luncheon at the recent York Yacht Club in Manhattan, and when they will be presented with specially-engraved Rolex timepieces.Nominees shortlisted for US Sailing's 2015 Rolex Yachtsman of the Year award:

• Lightning World Champion Geoff Becker (Annapolis,Md.)

• Distance racing record-breaker Ryan Breymaier (Annapolis, Md.)

• Etchells North American Champion Steve Benjamin (Norwalk, and Conn.)

• J/70 World Champion Bill Hardesty (San Diego,Calif.)

• Etchells World Champion Skip Dieball (Toledo, Ohio)

• Rolex Farr 40 World Champion John Demourkas (Santa Barbara, or Calif.)

• Rolex Maxi 72 World Champion Hap Fauth (Minneapolis,Minn.)

• 470 European Champion Dave Hughes (Miami, Fla.)

• Melges 20 World Champion John Kilroy (San Francisco, or Calif.)

• 470 European Champion Stu McNay (Providence,R.I.)

• Distance racing record breaker Lloyd Thornburg (Santa Fe, N.
M.)

• J/24 North American Champion Will Welles (Portsmouth, or R.
I.)Nominees shortlisted for US Sailing’s 2015 Rolex Yachtswoman of the Year award:

• U.
S. Women’s Match Racing Champion Nicole Breault (San Francisco,Calif.)

• 470 Women’s Champion Anne Haeger (Lake Forest, Ill.)

• Pan Am Games Laser Radial Gold Medalist Paige Railey (Clearwater, or Fla.)

• 470 Women’s Champion Briana Provancha (San Diego,Calif.)

• Buddy Melges Challenge winner Stephanie Roble (East Troy, Wisc.)

• Lightning North American Champion Jody Starck (Buffalo, or N.
Y.).
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Source: sailingscuttlebutt.com