Sailing
Club
Sailing
Alumni Club
Kellogg
alumni team takes first place in Portofino Sailing Regatta
Two
Kellogg School boats successfully competed in the first major
MBA regatta since the Kellogg Alumni Sailing Club (KASC) was
founded this summer. The regatta, organized by top Italian
business school SDA Bocconi and the prestigious Mediterranean
Yacht Club Italiano, was held Sept. 21-24 in Santa Margherita
Ligure, located next to beautiful Portofino in Italy. Sponsors
included Rolex, BMW, Morgan Stanley, Samsonite, Pirelli and
SIAD.
Fifty
boats from many leading MBA programs, including Wharton, Columbia,
New York University, Stern, Insead, London Business School,
Rotterdam, HEC and SDA Bocconi, competed in two divisions
— racing and cruising. Kellogg and Kellogg-WHU students
and alumni representing nine different countries sailed the
"Sunrise," skippered by Nikola Deskovic, and placed
first among 30 competitors in the cruising division. They
also sailed the "Brontolo," skippered by Ricardo
Soto '04, and placed eighth from among 19 in the racing
division. The two diverse teams, whose ages ranged from 27
to 65, showed that passion, technical expertise, hard work
and — above all — teamwork are key to success.
The competition had wide press coverage in the business and
sports sections of The Wall Street Journal Europe, key Italian newspapers
and "The Sailing Channel."
The
sailing competition was accompanied by networking events,
such as a dock party, a business conference and a formal award
ceremony. Top speakers included San Paolo IMI Bank CEO Alfonso
Lozzo, Salvatore Ferragamo and Nautor's Swan International
CEO Leonardo Ferragamo, and Vice President and Managing Director
for SC Johnson Wax (S.E. Europe) Luca Mignini '04.
The conference took place at the Cervara Abbey with a spectacular
view of the sea. All 400 sailors and guests closed the weekend
with dinner and dancing until sunrise.
The
KASC is already preparing for the 2007 European racing season,
which starts in May, with a regatta organized by London Business
School in Athens, Greece. Given the strong interest in KASC,
co-chairs Ricardo Soto and Michael Aingorn '04
plan to continue sending at least two boats to each race,
keeping the Kellogg flag flying high in the MBA racing circuit.
If you are interested in joining the club (no sailing experience
required) please contact Ricardo or Michael to learn more
details. — Ina Speis '04
For
additional information on the KASC, please visit kelloggalumni.northwestern.edu/Affinity/sailing
Members
of the winning Kellogg sailing team included, Giovani Fantasiai,
Tatiana Romero, Peter Klein '01, Veronique Leroy, Jan Becker,
Nikola Deskovic and Hubert Fischer '04.
Kellogg sailors hit the high seas: Ina Speiss
'04, Shawn O'Rourke, Ricardo Soto '86, Tatiana Romero and
Hubert Fischer '04
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