Two eighteen meter sailing boats with three crew members will race from New York to Barcelona in early April, 2010, and students from the American School of Barcelona will be involved in educational activities surrounding the race. The NY-BCN race is being dubbed as the first record establishing race between two cities and will feature two boats named after their sponsors, Estrella Damm and W Hotels. The race should last 20 to 25 days.

In addition to making ties between the two cities closer and promoting them internationally, there are a number of educational activities around the event which promote the sport of sailing. For example, Catalan photographer Avelino Pi's works (which focus mainly on sailing) will be on display at an exhibition in New York City. In addition, a number of students from a few schools in New York and Barcelona will have the opportunity to visit the boats before the race begins and then communicate with the crews via the internet during the race. This will allow them to learn about sailing and navigation, as well as a number of closely related fields such as the study of weather and ocean currents. Jennifer Parker's grade eight science classes and Lindsay McBride's grade nine biology classes are participating on behalf of ASB.

Click here to read about and see ASB faculty and students on the race's website.

Click here for the PDF version of an aritcle in "Barcelona World Race Duo" magzine highlighting ASB involvement in the race:PDF

For general iinformation on the race and events related to it, click on www.ny-bcn.org

Photo: ASB grade nine student Marina Cano, an experienced sailor herself, and teacher Lindsay McBride with two members of the Estrella Damm team at the BC-NY race press conference at Barcelona City Hall on January 21, 2010.

Two eighteen meter sailing boats with three crew members will race from New York to Barcelona in early April, 2010, and students from the American School of Barcelona will be involved in educational activities surrounding the race. The NY-BCN race is being dubbed as the first record establishing race between two cities and will feature two boats named after their sponsors, Estrella Damm and W Hotels. The race should last 20 to 25 days.

In addition to making ties between the two cities closer and promoting them internationally, there are a number of educational activities around the event which promote the sport of sailing. For example, Catalan photographer Avelino Pi's works (which focus mainly on sailing) will be on display at an exhibition in New York City. In addition, a number of students from a few schools in New York and Barcelona will have the opportunity to visit the boats before the race begins and then communicate with the crews via the internet during the race. This will allow them to learn about sailing and navigation, as well as a number of closely related fields such as the study of weather and ocean currents. Jennifer Parker's grade eight science classes and Lindsay McBride's grade nine biology classes are participating on behalf of ASB.

Click here to read about and see ASB faculty and students on the race's website.

Click here for the PDF version of an aritcle in "Barcelona World Race Duo" magzine highlighting ASB involvement in the race:PDF

For general iinformation on the race and events related to it, click on www.ny-bcn.org

Photo: ASB grade nine student Marina Cano, an experienced sailor herself, and teacher Lindsay McBride with two members of the Estrella Damm team at the BC-NY race press conference at Barcelona City Hall on January 21, 2010.