Monthly Archives: April 2013

News

Scuttlebutt Optimist Contest

April 23rd, 2013

Courtesy of our friends at McLube, this week Scuttlebutt is giving away HullKote Speed Polish to a lucky Optimist sailor. To enter, post in the comments below your… Name Sail number Home waters Entries close Friday at noon PDT. Have  you read the latest Scuttlebutt newsletter? Read it Subscribe to it  


Dock Talk

Oracle splashes second AC72

April 23rd, 2013

(April 23, 2013) – America’s Cup defender Oracle Team USA today christened and launched their second AC72 in a ceremony at their team base at Pier 80 on San Francisco Bay. Judith Sim, Oracle Corp.’s chief marketing officer, smashed a bottle of Moet across the bowsprit. The team later began the sea trials which were


Feature

OLYMPICS: Does more money mean more success?

April 23rd, 2013

By Roger McMillan, editor Sailing has been the major beneficiary in a ‘redistribution of wealth’ announced by the Australian Sports Commission. On the back of its three gold medals at London 2012, sailing’s government funding is up 16.7% while swimming (down 5.8%) and athletics (down 3.8%) have paid the price for poor performances at the


Video Contest: Voters Needed

April 23rd, 2013

Almost 700 entrants have registered so far for the 13th year of Defi Wind, a major windsurfing competition which takes



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