Paralympic Gold Medalist Nick Scandone (Fountain Valley, CA), 42, passed away Friday, after a long battle with ALS, also commonly called Lou Gehrig’s Disease, a debilitating neurodegenerative disease that affects the nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord. Scandone won a coveted gold medal with teammate Maureen McKinnon-Tucker (Marblehead, MA) in the SKUD-18 class at the 2008 Paralympic Sailing Regatta in Qingdao, China, this past summer.

“The sport of sailing has lost a great competitor and the most inspirational person most of us will ever know,” said Dean Brenner, Chairman of US SAILING’s Olympic Sailing Program. “Words can’t describe the pride so many people felt watching Nick take the last few steps towards his dream in China last summer. He was a gold medalist on and off the water, and we’ll miss him dearly.”

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Portsmouth, RI (Dec. 21, 2008) – US Sailing Team AlphaGraphics members Anna Tunnicliffe (Plantation, FL) and Stu McNay (Lincoln, MA)/Graham Biehl (San Diego, CA) won a gold and silver medal, respectively, at the Sail Melbourne Regatta today, the first of seven events in the inaugural International Sailing Federation (ISAF) Sailing World Cup series.

The event brought together 2008 Olympic stars and 2012 hopefuls, as they kicked off the quadrennium with six days of elite competition. Hosted by Sandringham Yacht Club in Melbourne and sailed on Port Phillip Bay, the event was held from Dec. 16-21.

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