Sailing Shorts: August 8

Published on August 9th, 2012

Shoreacres, TX (August 8, 2012) – The third day at the Lightning North Americans banked two more races for the 55 boat fleet. With a throw-out now included after six races, Jody Lutz moved up the standings from third position to now take the lead. Racing continues through Friday. Full report …
San Francisco, CA (August 8, 2012) – After the first day of racing at the 2012 Chubb U.S. Junior Championships, the early leaders are Addison Hackstaff in the Byte CII, Christopher Ford/Daniel Ron and Patrick Floyd/A.J. Libby are tied in the Club 420, and Michael Madigan/ Jimmy Madigan/ Jack Thompson/ Johannes McElvain in the J/22. Racing concludes on Friday. View the results …
One hundred thirteen entries from 11 countries and five continents are entered in the Globaltech Formula 18 World Championship to be hosted by Alamitos Bay Yacht Club Sept. 7-15, the class’s first world championship in the USA. The headliners include defending champion Darren Bundock of Australia and past Olympic silver medalists Pease and Jay Glaser. Full report …