October 10th, 2012
While I never had the pleasure of meeting Dr. Len Ruby, I found his obituary very touching and inspiring (in Scuttlebutt 3692). Clearly he led a life well lived. When I was kid and young adult, like many, I aspired to be like the professional athletes that I was a fan of. Now, as a 50+ year old “weekend
October 10th, 2012
Congratulations to Taylor Canfield for winning the Bermuda Gold Cup! Certainly he did not do this by himself…..who was on the TEAM? Let’s give them all Credit. Match Racing is about the Team, as much as the Skipper. COMMENT: Since details about the crew on each team for each event is typically not provided on the World Match
October 10th, 2012
I traveled to San Francisco and was at Piers 30-32 on Thursday (10-4-12) to catch a charter and watch the match racing on the water for the morning. I decided to head over to the Marina Green for the afternoon racing. Over 10 cabs turned me down to take me to the Marina district. I had to hoof
October 10th, 2012
In response to Scot Citrin and George Morris total trashing of television coverage (Scuttlebutt 3692), all I have heard for years on Scuttlebutt is about the lack of television coverage of sailing. Now that we have major coverage on weekends that is as good as any in decades, the naysayers start up. Can we please give it a
October 10th, 2012
With all the supposed emphasis of this America’s Cup to convince the general public that ours is an exciting spectator sport, I was disappointed to see that my TV Guide labeled the program “Yachting.” Hmm…Football or Yachting
October 10th, 2012
Americans John and Erika Heineken, siblings from San Francisco, are the 2012 Men’s and Women’s Kiteboard Course Racing World Champions,
October 10th, 2012
It was a perfect storm of events this week in San Francisco, highlighted by the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival, Fleet
October 10th, 2012
Remember the good old days, when public interest in the America’s Cup was as much about the racing as it
October 10th, 2012
Hamilton, Bermuda (October 7, 2012) – Young US Virgin Islander Taylor Canfield made a big statement of his future Alpari
October 10th, 2012
* Tiburon, CA (October 7, 2012) – Twenty-three teams competed in the 2012 Audi Melges 20 U.S. National Championship, hosted