NICE INK -- "... and More?"

This from the Detroit (Michigan, USA) Free Press over the weekend about CC member Dawn Riley (K-Challenge) who is originally from the Detroit area but now resides in San Francisco. Might she move be moving from the Challenger Commission to the U.S. Congress?

AMERICA'S CUP SAILOR -- AND MORE?
Adventure on the high seas
Multitalented Harrison Twp. woman to race again in '07

BY PEGGY WALSH-SARNECKI, FREE PRESS
EDUCATION WRITER
December 17, 2005

A boatload of accomplishments

Dawn Riley's sailing resumé is stunning. Among her accomplishments:

+ First woman on an America's Cup crew, America3, 1992 winner.
+ Leader of a cup crew of all women (with one exception) on America3 in 1995.
+ Yachtswoman of the Year in 1999.
+ Manager of America True syndicate in the 2003 cup competition.
+ One of the top 25 on the women's match racing circuit for the last 10 years.
+ First two-time winner of the Santa Maria Cup

She's also president of the Women's Sports Foundation, on the advisory board of the National Women's Sailing Association and a founding member of the International Women's Match Racing Association.

Dawn Riley is about as all-American as they come. With a can-do attitude that got her a berth as the first woman in the world to sail on an America's Cup team, in 1992, she has been at the top of the international sailing elite ever since.

Now she's general manager of the French team for the 2007 America's Cup contest. And she's looking past that -- she might even consider a run for Congress from her hometown of Harrison Township, even though her sailing adventures have kept her living around the globe for the last several years.

"I don't know if I want to do another cup" after the 2007 race, Riley said in a series of e-mails from the America's Cup complex in Spain. "I doubt I would be the best person for the physical job I do at my 'advancing age.' Seriously, I would be approximately 47 trying to hold off 20-year-olds!"

Riley is nowhere near retirement, however. She continues to give motivational speeches across the country, talking to women and men about achieving personal goals. And she and Amy Baltzell, who was part of the 1995 America^3 team -- called America Cubed -- and is a former Olympic rower, are looking for a publisher for a book they've written together.

"The book's working title is: 'On Course: Success Strategies for Life,' " Riley said. "Basically, we are using our collective experiences with a combination of anecdotal stories and analysis to help with life and business problems."

Riley's first book, "Taking the Helm: One of America's Top Sailors Tells Her Story," was published in 1995.A do-it yourselfer for her own homes, Riley is working as a consultant for residential and mixed-use developments, including a project in San Francisco to revitalize an urban waterfront.

And there's that tantalizing run for Congress....

Click here for the complete article, which we note has now been picked up by the Associated Press.



Dawn Riley (center) with fellow CC reps Melinda Erkelens
(BMW ORACLE) and John Cutler (Desafio Espanol), at a
Mayoral VIP reception in Valencia earlier this year. Is
Dawn headed to D.C.?