February 20th, 2013
Regarding women sailing the 18 footers (Scuttlebutt 3778), I can’t speak for the JJ, but in the early 1970s a colorful all-girl crew who sailed under the name Boobs competed regularly in the Sydney Harbour fleet. While their efforts were not always crowned with success, they were a welcome and widely followed addition to the
February 20th, 2013
We are doing something right when we can celebrate accomplishments that aren’t recorded in the race results. Thanks for doing this with the Katie Love interview in Scuttlebutt
February 20th, 2013
Far and away the most fun per dollar I’ve had in 40+ years of sailing was on a 1941 Johnson E-Scow that a friend and I bought in 1973. It was spring of my sophomore year at the University of Washington, and there were already two old wooden E-Scows moored on the UW docks pretending
February 20th, 2013
While it was sad to see the news about PUMA leaving the sport (in Scuttlebutt 3778), I was always puzzled at them diving in as hard as they did. It is one thing to leverage sailing events for brand marketing, but did they really have to develop a full kit of gear? They are a
February 20th, 2013
Broken pencils are pointless
February 20th, 2013
Professional sailor and sailmaker Dave Ullman shook the earth over 25 years ago when he said how the sport needed