Laura Grondin

Country
United States
Position
Owner/Helmsman
Boat name
Dark Energy
Rank
Overall
Titles

North American Ranking 

2018 - II Corinthian - Dark Energy USA850

Results - Regattas
Year: 2023
Place Event dates Title Results
II Overall - 2023 Melges 24 European Sailing Series & ITA Melges 24 Tour - Malcesine, ITA Results
I Overall - NRS 3: Charleston Race Week 2023 Results
Year: 2022
Place Event dates Title Results
III Overall - The Southernmost Regatta 2022 Results
Year: 2021
Place Event dates Title Results
I Overall - Bacardi Melges 24 Winter Series 2021-2022 Event No. 1 Results
II Overall - Melges 24 Gold Cup 2021 Results
II Overall - Charleston Race Week 2021 Results
II Overall - Bacardi Melges 24 Winter Series 2020-2021 Event No. 2 Results
Year: 2020
Place Event dates Title Results
I Overall - Bacardi Melges 24 Winter Series 2020-2021 Event No. 1 Results
III Overall - 2020 Melges 24 Charleston Open Results
Results - Series
Year: 2021
Year Results Title
2021 II Overall Bacardi Invitational & Winter Series 2020-2021
Year: 2022
Year Results Title
2022 II Overall Bacardi Invitational & Winter Series 2021-2022
22.05.2023 2023 Melges 24 European Sailing Series - War Canoe and Lenny Take the Top Podiums in Malcesine
20.05.2023 Four races sailed in Malcesine for the 2023 Italian Melges 24 Tour and Melges 24 European Sailing Series event
25.04.2023 Grondin and Shockey Capture Melges 24 Charleston Race Week 2023 Titles
20.04.2023 Charleston Race Week - 27th Edition of the "Regatta Unlike Any Other"
14.04.2023 IM24CA Announces 2024 Europeans and 2025 Worlds Venues
22.03.2023 Born in the U.S.A.
12.03.2023 Peter Duncan's Raza Mixta Grabs the Victory of the Bacardi Invitational Regatta in the Final Race
07.03.2023 2023 Melges 24 North Americans will be hosted by National Yacht Club in Toronto, Canada
04.03.2023 Bacardi Cup and Bacardi Invitational Regatta Attract Record Line-Up
01.02.2023 2023 Melges 24 World Championship - Notice of Race Published and Online Entry Now Live
30.01.2023 Pacific Yankee Wins Bacardi Winter Series Event 2
20.01.2023 IM24CA World Council Extraordinary General Meeting - 31 January 2023
12.01.2023 Grondin Named Finalist for 2022 Rolex Yachtswoman of the Year
19.12.2022 Drew Freides Wins Melges 24 Bacardi Winter Series Event No. 1
18.12.2022 Challenging Light Wind Opening Day at Bacardi Winter Series Event One
15.12.2022 Bacardi Winter Series Opens the 2022/2023 Sailing Season Hosted by Bacardi in Miami, USA
11.12.2022 Duncan (Open) and Suddath (Corinthian) Capture 2022 U.S. Melges 24 National Ranking Series Titles
14.11.2022 Porter Claims 9th Melges 24 U.S. Nationals Title, Suddath Wins Corinthian Division
13.11.2022 Porter Maintains U.S. Melges 24 Nationals Lead, Suddath Takes Over Corinthians
08.11.2022 2022 U.S. Melges 24 Nationals Trophy Goes Up for Grabs in Pensacola
15.05.2022 Raza Mixta and Taki 4 are the new Melges 24 World Champions
15.05.2022 Fleet Shuffles at Melges 24 World Championship 2022 - Peter Duncan’s Raza Mixta Takes the Lead
13.05.2022 Challenging day in Fort Lauderdale with Bora Gulari Leading the Pack
12.05.2022 Three Perfect Races at the Melges 24 World Championship in Fort Lauderdale
11.05.2022 Bora Gulari and New England Ropes Lead After First Day in Fort Lauderdale
10.05.2022 Star Studded Fleet Assembles in Fort Lauderdale for 2022 Melges 24 World Championship
22.03.2022 Join us for the 2022 Melges 24 World Championship!
12.03.2022 Gulari and Dyvi win Bacardi Cup Invitational Regatta 2022
04.03.2022 Bacardi Cup Invitational Regatta welcomes a formidable line-up of over 500 sailors to Miami
05.02.2022 2022 Melges 24 Worlds in Fort Lauderdale Open for Entries; Early Entry Deadline is February 7
04.02.2022 Because it's the best! Melges24 sailors shine as nominees for US Sailing's Rolex Yachtsman & Yachtswoman of the year
02.02.2022 Laura Grondin: Winning in multiple one-design classes
27.01.2022 All to play for at Bacardi Winter Series Event 2 in Biscayne Bay, Miami
22.01.2022 Peter Duncan's Raza Mixta wins the inaugural Southernmost Regatta in Key West
20.12.2021 Laura Grondin & Dark Energy win Bacardi Winter Series Event 1
19.12.2021 Tight racing opens Bacardi Winter Series Event 1
17.12.2021 Bacardi Invitational Winter Series 1 in Miami - December 17-19
15.12.2021 Gulari Wins 2021 U.S. Melges 24 National Ranking Series, Pirie Crowned Corinthian Champion
24.11.2021 Message from IM24CA Chair Laura Grondin - Best to you for your health, safety and fast sailing!
15.11.2021 International Melges 24 Class Association on course for 2022
08.11.2021 IM24CA World Council - Annual General Meeting 2021 - summary and voting results
16.10.2021 Revised Agenda for the IM24CA World Council Annual General Meeting 2021 published
19.09.2021 Brian Porter Wins Record-Setting Eighth U.S. National Championship Title, Mike Dow Crowned 2021 U.S. Melges 24 Corinthian National Champion
15.09.2021 2021 Melges 24 U.S. National Championship Ready to Rumble
14.09.2021 An interview with Laura Grondin and Megan Ratliff on the 2021 Melges 24 U.S. Nationals
28.08.2021 IM24CA Announces the Venue and Dates of the Melges 24 Worlds 2022
05.08.2021 Melges 24 European Championship 2021 - 30 days to go
02.07.2021 Grondin Captures Block Island Race Week Presented by Margaritaville Win
21.06.2021 The Melges 24 Family Points to Malcesine for the Opening of the Melges 24 European Sailing Series 2021
16.04.2021 Youth Reigns Supreme at Melges 24 Gold Cup
12.04.2021 Weisleder/Shockey Take Top Honors in Charleston
12.03.2021 Closing in on Glory at the Bacardi Cup Invitational Regatta
11.03.2021 Stunning Conditions and Pure Performance at Bacardi Cup Invitational Regatta 2021
06.03.2021 Ready to go at the 2021 Bacardi Cup Invitational Regatta
05.03.2021 2021 Melges 24 Worlds Cancelled, Melges 24 Gold Cup Now Scheduled
26.02.2021 2021 Melges 24 Worlds Prepared for New Regatta Normal
05.02.2021 2021 Melges 24 World Championship will take place as scheduled in Charleston, SC
26.01.2021 Tied at the top, Melges 24 rally in Miami to close out Bacardi Winter Series event no 2
14.12.2020 Dark Energy of Laura Grondin Wins 1st Event of The Bacardi Winter Series
11.11.2020 Melges 24 class is looking forward to 2021 - A note from the Chair
10.11.2020 IM24CA World Council - Annual General Meeting 2020 - summary and voting results
26.10.2020 John Brown and his Blind Squirrel is 2020 Melges 24 Charleston Open Champion
21.09.2020 2021 Melges 24 World Championship Dates - April 10-17
02.07.2020 IM24CA World Council Elected Vice Chairman Asia Pacific and Accepted Two Class Rule Changes
30.03.2020 Possibility of Holding the Melges 24 Worlds in Miami in Late 2020 Under Consideration
16.03.2020 CANCELLATION of the 2020 Melges 24 World Championship
14.03.2020 2020 Melges 24 Worlds - Communication From IM24CA Chair
13.02.2020 Melges 24s, Strong, Top to Bottom
29.11.2019 Thank you, Jens Wathne! Welcome, Laura Grondin!
11.11.2019 IM24CA World Council - Annual General Meeting 2019 - summary and voting results
25.09.2018 2018 M24 NorAm Tour Champions
26.11.2016 2016 Melges 24 Worlds: Passion Powered by Dark Energy

Laura Grondin has been in IM24CA Executive Committee since November 2017 -  Treasurer since 2017 Annual General Meeting and IM24CA Chair since 2019 Annual General Meeting.

US Sailing 2021 Rolex Yachtswoman of the Year Nominee

US Sailing 2022 Rolex Yachtswoman of the Year Nominee

 

2018 Melges 24 North American Ranking

II Corinthian - Dark Energy USA850 -  Laura Grondin

Results

 

 

Laura Grondin - 2019 Melges 24 Worlds in Villasimius, ITA

Laura Grondin - 2019 Melges 24 Worlds in Villasimius, ITA

Pierrick Contin
Laura Grondin's Dark Energy at the 2019 Melges 24 Pre-Worlds in Villasimius, Italy

Laura Grondin's Dark Energy at the 2019 Melges 24 Pre-Worlds in Villasimius, Italy

Zerogradinord - Mauro Melandri
DARK ENERGY USA864 of Laura Grondin with Matt Ray, Rich Peale, Taylor Canfield and Cole Brauer - 2020 Melges 24 Charleston Open

DARK ENERGY USA864 of Laura Grondin with Matt Ray, Rich Peale, Taylor Canfield and Cole Brauer - 2020 Melges 24 Charleston Open

Daniel Bergey
Laura Grondin and her DARK ENERGY USA864, with tactician Taylor Canfield and Scott Ewing, Rich Peale and Serena Vilage - Bacardi Winter Series 2020-2021 Event 2

Laura Grondin and her DARK ENERGY USA864, with tactician Taylor Canfield and Scott Ewing, Rich Peale and Serena Vilage - Bacardi Winter Series 2020-2021 Event 2

Bacardi Invitational Regatta
Laura Grondin's team Dark Energy with her crew Taylor Canfield, Rich Peale, Scott Ewing and Cole Brauer - Bacardi Cup Invitational Regatta in March 2021

Laura Grondin's team Dark Energy with her crew Taylor Canfield, Rich Peale, Scott Ewing and Cole Brauer - Bacardi Cup Invitational Regatta in March 2021

Matias Capizzano
Laura Grondin's Dark Energy USA864 - The Southernmost Regatta 2022

Laura Grondin's Dark Energy USA864 - The Southernmost Regatta 2022

Walter Cooper Photography
Laura Grondin's team Dark Energy with her crew Taylor Canfield, Rich Peale, Scott Ewing and Cole Brauer - Melges 24 Gold Cup 2021 - Charleston, USA

Laura Grondin's team Dark Energy with her crew Taylor Canfield, Rich Peale, Scott Ewing and Cole Brauer - Melges 24 Gold Cup 2021 - Charleston, USA

Caroline Rochford
Laura Grondin's Dark Energy features tactician Charlie Smythe, Cole Brauer, Scott Ewing and Richard Peale.

Laura Grondin's Dark Energy features tactician Charlie Smythe, Cole Brauer, Scott Ewing and Richard Peale.

Paul Todd - outsideimages.com
DARK ENERGY USA864 of Laura Grondin with Taylor Canfield, Rich Peale, Scott Ewing and Cole Brauer - Bacardi Invitational Winter Series 2021-2022 Event 1

DARK ENERGY USA864 of Laura Grondin with Taylor Canfield, Rich Peale, Scott Ewing and Cole Brauer - Bacardi Invitational Winter Series 2021-2022 Event 1

Katrina Zoe Norbom
DARK ENERGY USA864 of Laura Grondin with Taylor Canfield, Rich Peale, Scott Ewing and Cole Brauer - Bacardi Invitational Winter Series 2021-2022 Event 1

DARK ENERGY USA864 of Laura Grondin with Taylor Canfield, Rich Peale, Scott Ewing and Cole Brauer - Bacardi Invitational Winter Series 2021-2022 Event 1

Katrina Zoe Norbom
Laura Grondin's Dark Energy USA864 - The Southernmost Regatta 2022

Laura Grondin's Dark Energy USA864 - The Southernmost Regatta 2022

Walter Cooper Photography
Laura Grondin, the owner of Dark Energy USA864 - The Southernmost Regatta 2022

Laura Grondin, the owner of Dark Energy USA864 - The Southernmost Regatta 2022

Hannah Lee Noll
Laura Grondin's Dark Energy USA864 - The Southernmost Regatta 2022

Laura Grondin's Dark Energy USA864 - The Southernmost Regatta 2022

Walter Cooper Photography
Laura Grondin on Dark Energy, where the tactical choices are entrusted to Taylor Canfield, had a good day thus far winding out the day in third after three races at the Melges 24 Worlds 2022

Laura Grondin on Dark Energy, where the tactical choices are entrusted to Taylor Canfield, had a good day thus far winding out the day in third after three races at the Melges 24 Worlds 2022

Matias Capizzano
Laura Grondin's Dark Energy USA864 - Bacardi Winter Series 2021-2022 - Event 2 - Miami, FL

Laura Grondin's Dark Energy USA864 - Bacardi Winter Series 2021-2022 - Event 2 - Miami, FL

Katrina Zoe Norbom
Laura Grondin's Dark Energy USA864 - Bacardi Winter Series 2021-2022 - Event 2 - Miami, FL

Laura Grondin's Dark Energy USA864 - Bacardi Winter Series 2021-2022 - Event 2 - Miami, FL

Katrina Zoe Norbom