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document.write ('MAINTAINING A GOOD BALANCE');
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document.write ('U.S. Star skipper Mark Mendelblatt and crew Brian Fatih is competing this');
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document.write ('week at the Rolex Miami OCR, and will represent the U.S. at the 2012');
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document.write ('Olympics. Here is an interview Mark provided for the Harken website:');
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document.write ('I don\'t practice as intensely as some people do. I\'m not the kind of person');
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document.write ('professionally. It\'s easy to burn out, but I always enjoyed the competition');
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document.write ('and matching up against the best guys - that always kept me going. ');
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document.write ('my wife, Carolina Borges-Mendelblatt [a competitive windsurfer], is super');
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document.write ('involved with my campaign. I guess I\'m not burning out because I\'m not');
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document.write ('sailing too much and things are going well, both on the water and at home,');
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document.write ('* What chapter of your sailing career has been the most fun? ');
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document.write ('College sailing! It\'s a time when you do lots of racing, you make friends');
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document.write ('* What\'s your favorite college-sailing memory?');
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document.write ('The top moment was when we (Tufts University) won the Team Racing Nationals');
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document.write ('at Old Dominion in 1993. I teamed up with skippers Nick Trotman and Josh');
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document.write ('Adams and our crews. The final day of racing was in heavy air and we were');
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document.write ('up against Navy; they used their heavy-air crews, while we were sailing');
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document.write ('with our same teams. It came down to the last race, which we won. For me,');
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document.write ('* You\'ve sailed AC boats and maxis. What gravity pulls you to the Olympics?');
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document.write ('I always wanted to participate in the Olympics, so I give it a try every');
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document.write ('four years. Sometimes I have a better chance than others, but I\'ve been');
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document.write ('fortunate to have always been one of the top guys in one of the Olympic');
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document.write ('a big challenge, but if you can go to the Olympics, it\'s a big honor. ');
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document.write ('* What triggered your matriculation from Lasers to Stars?');
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document.write ('I always wanted to sail Stars and I was getting a little old for the Laser');
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document.write ('double-handed boats before, so sailing with a crew wasn\'t new. Still,');
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document.write ('sailing with someone else is always a challenge, and you have to work');
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document.write ('together. My crew right now - Brian Fatih - is an easy-going and');
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document.write ('Read on: http://www.harken.com/Interviews/MarkMendelblatt.php');
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document.write ('FINALS TO BE DECIDED ON FRIDAY');
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document.write ('Miami, FL (January 26, 2012) - A final showdown awaits three Paralympic');
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document.write ('Miami OCR, which has, thus far, gifted sailors with four days of sublime');
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document.write ('sunshine and satisfying winds. The event is the only one of seven ISAF');
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document.write (' "It\'s looking pretty exciting," said Brazil\'s Star sailor Robert Scheidt,');
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document.write ('who with crew Bruno Prada has perhaps one of the most impressive sailing');
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document.write ('No one has been proving that theory better than Sweden\'s Fredrik Loof/Max');
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document.write ('Salminen who yesterday trailed Scheidt/Prada by two points and today tied');
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document.write ('teams posting 26 points, Norway\'s Eivind Melleby/ Petter Moerland Pedersen');
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document.write ('are nipping at their heels with only 29 points.');
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document.write (' "Today we didn\'t have a great day," added Scheidt. "The first race was');
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document.write ('good because we were coming from behind, but the second race we wanted to');
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document.write ('start at the boat and got jammed there, so we had to start behind the pack');
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document.write ('and play catch-up the whole race. We managed to hold our lead, but there');
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document.write ('As will happen at the Olympics, only the top-ten boats after tomorrow\'s');
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document.write ('racing will be allowed to progress to Saturday\'s single medal race, which');
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document.write ('will determine gold, silver and bronze medals. -- Read on:');
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document.write ('Results: http://rmocr.ussailing.org/index.php/results/');
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document.write ('COMMENT: When American Anna Tunnicliffe\'s team was eliminated on Thursday');
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document.write ('encouragement to American Sally Barkow\'s team who had advanced to the');
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document.write ('semifinals. Too many sailors only provide updates when things are going');
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document.write ('well, or when they want money. Props to Anna, Molly, and Debbie for their');
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document.write ('MATCH RACING IS HOT!');
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document.write ('You should try it! US Sailing\'s Sailors of the Year are both top Match');
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document.write ('Racers. It\'s in the Olympics, and also that cup thing is a match race.');
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document.write ('What\'s it all about? Learn about Match Racing with Dave Perry\'s Match');
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document.write ('Find out about the FREE Welcome to Match Racing DVD and learn how to host');
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document.write ('OLYMPIC SAILING EVENTS SEEN AS MIXED BLESSING ');
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document.write ('Local businesses in Weymouth and Portland fear disruption and loss of');
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document.write ('Asked what he is most looking forward to in Olympics year, Dave Caddy, the');
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document.write ('owner of the Kingfisher Marine chandlery store on the quayside in Weymouth,');
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document.write ('does not hesitate. "The closing ceremony. I can\'t wait until it\'s over and');
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document.write ('we can start getting back to normal," he said.');
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document.write ('"I don\'t see the upside for us. It is going to disrupt our business and');
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document.write ('make sailing look like an elitist sport. They say it\'ll put us on the map');
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document.write ('but that\'s rubbish. Can you remember which city in China hosted the sailing');
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document.write ('event at the 2008 games? No, nobody can."');
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document.write ('Of course, the London 2012 organisers and the local authorities, Dorset');
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document.write ('county council and Weymouth and Portland borough, see it very differently.');
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document.write ('They believe the sailing events being staged in Weymouth bay and Portland');
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document.write ('harbour will lure an extra 30,000 visitors every day, bringing millions');
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document.write ('"But they are pissing a lot of people off in the process," said borough');
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document.write ('councillor John Birtwhistle. "It feels a bit like Locog [the games');
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document.write ('organising committee] is taking over Weymouth and Portland and the councils');
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document.write ('are prepared to roll over and let them do whatever they want." -- The');
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document.write ('Guardian, read on: http://tinyurl.com/Guardian-012612');
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document.write ('OPPRESSIVE HEAT AND FICKLE WEATHER ');
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document.write ('(January 26, 2012; Day 5) - In contrast to the port tack beat for the first');
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document.write ('four days of this leg, the last 24 hours have been nothing short of');
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document.write ('dramatic. The weather forecasts continue to be complex and are often');
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document.write ('anything but consistent. "The navigators are all scratching their heads as');
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document.write ('the grib files are far from dealing with the present situation," CAMPER');
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document.write ('navigator Will Oxley commented.');
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document.write ('Following the shuffle of squall-induced 40 degree shifts, the upwind course');
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document.write ('toward the gateway of the Malacca Strait has the fleet once again on port');
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document.write ('tack. Telefonica has the high lane, Camper has the low lane, with PUMA and');
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document.write ('Groupama centered between them. And they\'ve all been in sight of somebody.');
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document.write ('The heat is a frequent comment coming off the boats. "Everyone\'s finding it');
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document.write ('hard to deal with and the only pleasant time is on deck at night," notes');
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document.write ('Groupama skipper Franck Cammas. "To get some sleep in our bunks, we\'re');
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document.write ('kitted up with little fans and we\'re lucky to have a white deck in contrast');
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document.write ('to Puma or Camper, who must be suffering even more down below on their');
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document.write ('Besides the oppressive heat and fickle weather, a fear among the fleet for');
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document.write ('Leg 3 was avoiding the trash in the water. PUMA is the first to report an');
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document.write ('incident, colliding yesterday with ocean debris that cost the team distance');
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document.write ('while causing minor damage to their leeward daggerboard.');
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document.write ('The fleet is expected to arrive at the entrance to the Malacca Strait by');
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document.write ('noon Friday, and the order could be shaken up again during this 500 nm trip');
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document.write ('Standings as of Friday, 27 January 2012, 01:01:02 UTC');
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document.write ('1. Telefonica (ESP), Iker Martinez (ESP), 1794.5 nm Distance to Finish');
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document.write ('2. CAMPER (NZL), Chris Nicholson (AUS), 2.8 nm Distance to Lead');
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document.write ('3. PUMA Ocean Racing (USA), Ken Read (USA), 4.6 nm DTL');
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document.write ('5. Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing (UAE), Ian Walker (GBR), 38.5 nm DTL ');
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document.write ('6. Team Sanya (CHN), Mike Sanderson (NZL), 72.0 nm DTL ');
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document.write ('Tracking/Standings: http://www.volvooceanrace.com/en/racetracker/rdc.html ');
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document.write ('Video reports: http://www.youtube.com/user/volvooceanracevideos');
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document.write ('Race schedule: http://tinyurl.com/VOR-2011-12-schedule ');
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document.write ('BACKGROUND: During the nine months of the Volvo Ocean Race, which started');
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document.write ('in Alicante, Spain (Oct. 29) and concludes in Galway, Ireland during early');
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document.write ('July 2012, six professional teams will sail over 39,000 nautical miles');
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document.write ('around the world via Cape Town, Abu Dhabi, Sanya, Auckland, around Cape');
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document.write ('Horn to Itajai, Miami, Lisbon, and Lorient. Teams accumulate points through');
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document.write ('AMERICA\'S CUP - SMOOTH SAILING AHEAD ');
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document.write ('While it\'s too early to know if the America\'s Cup will fulfill its goal of');
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document.write ('attracting significant commercial and spectator interest, it has succeeded');
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document.write ('in being an acceptable topic at Oregon State University. Here is an article');
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document.write ('Grab your Topsider\'s, the environmental challenges keeping the 34th');
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document.write ('America\'s Cup in San Francisco at bay have been tossed overboard. All');
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document.write ('environmental impact report challenges were cleared by the Board of');
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document.write ('Supervisors on January 25th. It\'s time to raise the sails for the third');
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document.write ('stop on the new America\'s Cup World Series in 2012 and the biggest sailing');
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document.write ('event on the planet, The America\'s Cup, in late summer 2013. ');
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document.write ('The hope for a 140-foot JumboTron-carrying barge in Aquatic Park for the');
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document.write ('America\'s Cup was sunk after members of Telegraph Hill Dwellers, GG Audubon');
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document.write ('Society, Sierra Club, and Dolphin Swim & Boat club blasted the plan. Yet');
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document.write ('sails were raised as the elimination of that "red herring" proposal helped');
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document.write ('secure the Board of Supervisors\' unanimous rejection of two environmental');
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document.write ('impact report appeals. ');
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document.write ('What makes this the most exciting news for sailing, hi-tech and speed');
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document.write ('enthusiasts from around the world is the arena that has been set for this');
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document.write ('"Superbowl of Sailing." For the first time in its 161 year running,');
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document.write ('America\'s Cup racing can be seen from shore. Better yet, the wind will be');
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document.write ('free for spectators flocking in from around the globe to witness what');
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document.write ('promises to be the most exciting multihull sailboat racing in history. --');
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document.write ('Read on: http://forum.sailingscuttlebutt.com/cgi-bin/gforum.cgi?post=13202');
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document.write ('JOIN THE WINNER\'S CIRCLE');
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document.write ('Congratulations to these Hall-rigged winners at Key West Race Week: Quantum');
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document.write ('Racing (TP52, IRC 1), Antilope (Grand Soleil 46, IRC 3), Teamwork (J/122,');
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document.write ('PHRF 1). Hall Spars & Rigging can help with your quest for the winner\'s');
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document.write ('circle, too. Start with a pre-season inspection of your standing rigging.');
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document.write ('Hall service techs can come to your boat, or rigging can be shipped to us');
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document.write ('for a full inspection and any needed repairs. Work received in February');
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document.write ('will be ready before the spring racing season begins. Contact Hall Spars');
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document.write ('today - the winner\'s circle awaits. http://www.hallspars.com');
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document.write ('SAILING SHORTS');
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document.write ('* (January 26, 2012) - A new transatlantic race for women has been launched');
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document.write ('by one of Britain\'s most enthusiastic private sailing backers. Property');
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document.write ('developer Tony Lawson yesterday announced that he would be running a');
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document.write ('two-handed race from Plymouth to Antigua to help promote women\'s sailing.');
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document.write ('The race is called the Women\'s Offshore Worlds will be on 28 October in');
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document.write ('30ft one-design Beneteau Figaros. -- Yachting World, read on:');
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document.write ('* ISAF is seeking bids from organisers around the world to host ISAF');
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document.write ('Nations Cup Regional Finals during 2012-13 and the ISAF Nations Cup Grand');
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document.write ('Final in 2013. The ISAF Nations Cup, which was first introduced to the');
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document.write ('world in 1991, is based on a series of Regional Finals with the top crews');
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document.write ('meeting at a Grand Final. The aim of the event is to broaden the');
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document.write ('availability of match racing and provide international competition for');
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document.write ('national authorities and sailors at reasonable cost, whilst acting as an');
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document.write ('incentive for national match racing programmes. -- Read on:');
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document.write ('* Over six months after the slaying of Canadian Richard Oland in his uptown');
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document.write ('Saint John office in New Brunswick, the case remains shrouded in mystery.');
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document.write ('No one has been charged in the murder, and a judge recently ruled search');
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document.write ('warrants executed in the case must remain sealed. Despite the silence');
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document.write ('surrounding the investigation into the July 7 homicide, Saint John Police');
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document.write ('Force Chief Bill Reid remains confident his department can solve the case.');
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document.write ('Oland was an active racer with his Southern Cross 52 Vela Veloce. --');
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document.write ('PHOTOS OF THE WEEK');
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document.write ('This week we feature The Vineyard Race, annually hosted by Stamford Yacht');
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document.write ('Club in Stamford, CT held on Labor Day weekend. The 238-mile course in Long');
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document.write ('Island Sound has attracted the finest sailors and fastest boats for over 70');
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document.write ('years, and its intricacies and challenges bring them back time after time.');
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document.write ('During the 2011 race, they held their inaugural photo contest. Here are');
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document.write ('some of the entries: http://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/photos/12/0127/');
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document.write ('SEND US YOUR PHOTOS: If you have images to share for the Photos of the');
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document.write ('VIDEO OF THE WEEK');
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document.write ('The 49er made its debut at the 2000 Olympic Games, appropriately in that');
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document.write ('the skiff design by Julian Bethwaite was deeply rooted in the history of');
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document.write ('sailing at the venue of Sydney, Australia. While skiff class racing was');
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document.write ('prevalent down under, the 49er broke barriers with its international');
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document.write ('The double handed twin trapeze 49er continues its Olympic history, having');
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document.write ('been selected for the 2016 Games as the equipment to be used for the Men\'s');
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document.write ('Skiff event. This week\'s video takes you onboard the 49er with two of the');
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document.write ('U.S. teams: http://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/media/12/0127/');
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document.write ('* This week\'s episode of \'America\'s Cup Uncovered\' heads to Auckland to');
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document.write ('check in with Luna Rossa Challenge. The Italian team has just launched');
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document.write ('their new AC45 and we hear what skipper Max Sirena has planned for training');
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document.write ('with Emirates Team NZ. While in New Zealand we stop by the factory to');
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