Rolex US Sailing awards

Swiss watches for 470 sailors and Lightning North Americans winner

Paul Foerster and Kevin Burnham and Jody Swanson have garnered plenty of media attention for their sailing accomplishments over the past decade, but today the athletes glowed in the national spotlight as US Sailing’s Rolex Yachtsman and Yachtswoman of the Year. Honoured with the sport’s highest accolade at a luncheon in Manhattan at the New York Yacht Club, Foerster, Burnham and Swanson accepted engraved Rolex timepieces, symbols of outstanding on-water achievement in the calendar year just concluded.

Foerster and Burnham were recognized for their gold medal performance at last summer’s Olympic Games in Athens in the Men’ 470 event, Swanson for her impressive win of the Lightning North American Championship where she topped a fleet of 103 boats.