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This America’s Cup is NOT just about the racing

June 3rd, 2013

To make sailing a spectator event, to really get the locals to embrace the competition, you better plan to have more more than just the races. An example was the Korea Match Cup last week on the World Match Racing Tour, where the event was part of the Gyeonggi Hwasung Marine Festival. The race venue,


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Entries now open for Annapolis Bermuda Race

June 3rd, 2013

The 19th biennial Annapolis Bermuda Race (A2B) will start June 6, 2014, and entries to compete in the race are now open. Formerly the Bermuda Ocean Race, A2B begins in Annapolis and finishes 753 nautical miles later in Bermuda. Open to any single or multi-hulled sailing yacht of more than 28 feet, there will be


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Thank you, Bart

June 3rd, 2013

By Sir Ben Ainslie The last few weeks have been the most upsetting, the most painful and the most bewildering of my life. The sport of sailing has lost other talented people down the years to whom I have been close, but nowhere near as close as I was to Andrew ‘Bart’ Simpson. Our friendship


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For all of you NOT racing in the America’s Cup

June 3rd, 2013

The 34th America’s Cup, which begins on September 7, will be preceded by the 2013 U.S. Multihull Championship on San Francisco Bay. Hosted by Sausalito Yacht Club (Calif.), racing in Hobie 16s will be September 3-8. Entry is open to all U.S. Sailing members. Details here



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