August 1st, 2013
Lake Minnetonka, MN – (August 1, 2013) by Howard Noreen The Wayzata Community Sailing Center (WCSC) celebrated the christening of 12 new Laser Performance 420Z sailboats on the evening of July 29. The new fleet’s christening began with an open water sailing event, and WCSC staff brought adults and children out sailing the new boats.
August 1st, 2013
August 1, 2013 – Report by Erika Heineken One of my favorite times of the year is my annual pilgrimage to British Columbia for the Canadian National Championship. If you’ve never been to Squamish, put it on your list! The only way to the launch site, aka The Spit, is to rumble down a gravel
August 1st, 2013
There is a moment when the yachts racing in this year’s America’s Cup go from being mere boats to something more like flying machines. It happens at around 17 knots, or 20 miles per hour, when both hulls of the carbon-fiber catamarans rise out of the water and the entire craft skims over the surface
August 1st, 2013
August 1, 2013 – With two days of scheduled racing remaining for the 52 SUPER SERIES at Palma, Mallorca’s showcase 32nd Copa del Rey MAPFRE, Quantum Racing’s lead grew a little more thanks to back to back wins in typical Palma sea breeze conditions. As a crew Quantum Racing have never won the prestigious Copa
July 11th, 2013
San Pedro, CA (July 11, 2013) – Unseasonably overcast rainy skies greeted the 21 starters today in the 2013 Transpacific Yacht Race from Los Angeles to Honolulu, or the Transpac. The teams representing Australian, Canada, Japan, and the USA set off at 1300 local time from the start line off Point Fermin in San Pedro
July 11th, 2013
Oakcliffe, NY (July 11, 2013) – Stephanie Roble from Chicago and Swede Anna Kjellberg are both undefeated in the lead after the first day of round-robin racing in New York Women’s Invitational. The very light winds challenged the competitors and allowed only three full flights to be run. When the inaugural Women’s International Match Racing
July 11th, 2013
NEWPORT, R.I. (July 11, 2013) – Sail Newport, Rhode Island’s Public Sailing Center, is set this weekend to host the 29th edition of New England’s premiere one-design event – the Newport Regatta® in conjunction with BACARDI® Newport Sailing Week presented by EFG Bank – from July 12-14, 2013. Variety is surely the spice of life
July 11th, 2013
(July 11, 2013) – Artemis Racing is disappointed that the Jury’s decision leaves uncertainty. Artemis Racing is here to compete and remains confident that a solution will be found allowing for a safe regatta that all can compete in. Our team is working hard and we are currently in the midst of completing the structural
July 11th, 2013
“We respect the decision of the America’s Cup Jury,” said Grant Simmer, ORACLE TEAM USA General Manager. “We continue to support the Regatta Director and we believe all teams have benefited from his review. We don’t have an issue complying with the Class Rule, and we will be ready to race under the rules affirmed
July 11th, 2013
By Tim Dick I like to race sailboats, but I’m not a “one design” kind of guy (where absolutely identical boats with identical sails & identical crew weights race together) because I don’t get to use any ingenuity, creativity or technology. The problem is, outside one-design racing, yacht racing has failed. “Development-class” yacht racing holds
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