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ICSA: College Dinghy Nationals – Day 1 report

May 28th, 2013

St. Petersburg, FL (May 28, 2013) – Today was the first day of the ICSA/Gill Coed National Championship, co-hosted by the University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, Eckerd College and the St. Petersburg Yacht Club. The top eighteen collegiate sailing teams in the nation reported to the regatta venue on Tampa Bay in St. Petersburg,


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Injured crew in Figawi Race

May 28th, 2013

A participant in the 42nd Annual Figawi Race Weekend was injured about 12 miles from shore shortly after 1 p.m. Saturday, when he was struck in the head by the spinnaker pole. A nearby RIB brought the man to the end of the Hyannisport jetty, where the Hyannis Fire Department’s emergency personnel were waiting. The


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BAADS Karma vs. Bad Karma

May 28th, 2013

As if San Francisco didn’t need more bad news. The memory remains vivid of the America’s Cup training accident on May 9 that totaled the Artemis Racing AC72 and killed one of its crew. Then a jumper last week reminded us that the Golden Gate Bridge is the most popular place on the planet for


PHOTO: Belly of the Whale

May 28th, 2013

In case you hadn’t seen the underside of the MOD70 class boat. Here is Jean-Pierre Dick’s VIRBAC-PAPREC 70. Not sure



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