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On standby for transatlantic record attempt

May 14th, 2013

French multihull sailor Francis Joyon and the 97-foot IDEC trimaran will be based at Dennis Conner’s North Cove harbor in New York City, and will wait for a weather window to challenge the solo transatlantic (west to east) Record. In 2008, Joyon and IDEC set the current solo, non-stop round the world record of 57


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Silver anniversary for Storm Trysail Club Block Island Race Week

May 14th, 2013

(May 14, 2013) – If there were a playbook for awesome summer sailing competitions, the Storm Trysail Club would surely have written it. As the club heads into its 25th presentation of Block Island Race Week, no less than seven classes have coordinated major championships to be held in conjunction with the event, and now


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U.S. Coast Guard releases 2012 Recreational Boating Statistics

May 14th, 2013

The U.S. Coast Guard released its 2012 Recreational Boating Statistics, revealing that boating fatalities that year totaled 651, the lowest number of boating fatalities on record. From 2011 to 2012, deaths in boating-related accidents decreased from 758 to 651, a 14.1 percent decrease; injuries decreased from 3,081 to 3,000, a 2.6 percent reduction; and the


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2013 Alpari World Match Racing Tour opens this week

May 14th, 2013

Langenargen, Germany (May 14, 2013) – Top match racing crews from around the world are gathering on the north shore of Lake Constance this week ready for the first salvos of the 2013 Alpari World Match Racing Tour, starting on Thursday. The Tour this year comprises six events, starting with Match Race Germany from this


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Newport Bermuda Race generated an estimated $20.8 million

May 14th, 2013

NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND (May 14, 2013) – The Bermuda Race Organizing Committee (“BROC”) has released the results of an economic impact study which shows that the 2012 edition of the biennial Newport Bermuda Race generated an estimated $20.8 million in local expenditures for Newport and Bermuda.  This world famous ocean race is run jointly by


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Possibly the largest Finn event… ever

May 14th, 2013

Next week (May 20-24), the Finn class returns en-masse to La Rochelle, France for the 2013 Finn World Masters. To date some 307 sailors from 27 countries have pre-entered and if all show up it is destined to be not only the largest Finn Masters ever, but also the largest Finn event ever. While the


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IMG Media To Distribute Alpari World Match Racing Tour Series

May 13th, 2013

IMG Media, a division of IMG Worldwide, the global sports, fashion and media company, has signed a long-term partnership with the Alpari World Match Racing Tour to increase global viewing of the leading professional sailing series. The engagement will see IMG Media distribute a series of highlights programmes from each event, as well as a


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Caribbean school wins High School Nationals

May 12th, 2013

Chicago, IL (May 12, 2013) – Twenty teams competed at the High School Doublehanded Championship on Lake Michigan (May 11-12). Both days saw winds over 20 knots at times, though the wind was far from locked in with both direction and velocity varying. What didn’t vary was the unseasonably chilly temperatures (wind chill in the


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Kirby Files to Cancel Laser Trademark and Sunburst Logo for Boats

May 10th, 2013

(May 10, 2013) – Bruce Kirby Inc. today filed the below petition to cancel US trademark registrations directed to both the word LASER and the Sunburst logo for boats. According to US Trademark Office records, these US registrations are owned by Karaya (Jersey) Limited based in St. Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands. Grounds for the petitions



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