Monthly Archives: August 2013

Dock Talk

Ulrikkeholm wins Lysekil Women’s Match

August 11th, 2013

Lysekil, Sweden (August 10, 2013) – By securing her third successive victory in Lysekil Women’s Match, Camilla Ulrikkeholm will further strengthen her top position on the ISAF match racing world ranking. In the Lysekil finale, the Dane beat Lucy Macgregor with a 3-1 score, but the British team still takes the Terry J Kohler Perpetual


News

470 World Championship – Finals Day 3

August 11th, 2013

La Rochelle, France (August 9, 2013) – Two races today and the eight-boat Medal Race line-up is determined, after one of the trickiest race days yet. Massive wind shifts favoured those who kept their heads out of the boat to seize the advantage. Tomorrow, 10 August, will mark exactly one year since Jo Aleh/Polly Powrie


News

Gearing up for 75th Lightning North American Championship

August 11th, 2013

Up to 80 Lightnings from as far south as Sao Paulo, Brazil will descend on Cedar Point Yacht Club (CPYC) in Westport, CT for the 75th Lighting North American Championships (NAs) on August 17-23. The list of planned participants includes World Champions, America’s Cup skippers, Olympians, and Yachtsmen/Yachtswomen of the Year winners. With over 15,470


Dock Talk

Club 420 Triple Crown Championship

August 11th, 2013

After three weeks, two countries and over individual 26 races at three major events, the Club 420 Association has awarded the coveted Triple Crown Awards for the 2013 summer season.  This is the first season of the series championship which recognizes the top teams and the top individual athletes, both skippers and crew, who accumulate


Feature

Breaking News: Gender barrier broken

August 11th, 2013

(August 9, 2013) – You know a club is exclusive when they won’t even let the Queen in. For almost 200 years Britain’s Royal Yacht Squadron has had a strict men-only policy, meaning even its patron, Queen Elizabeth II, was denied entry. But it seems the tide has finally turned for the world’s most prestigious



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