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Day 2 Lightning North American Championships

August 20th, 2013

(August 20, 2013) – Long Island Sound treated sailors to breeze once again today! Another beautiful day with 6-10 knots from the South/Southwest. The final races of the qualifying series were completed. Debbie Probst, Jenna Probst and Mikayla Warde from the Buffalo Canoe Club won the Blue Fleet Race while Charlie Wardwell, Colin Kirby and


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O’pen BICs Hit AC Racecourse

August 20th, 2013

San Francisco, CA (August 20, 2013) – When the second AC72 Challenger Finals races were postponed Saturday and Sunday due to “too much wind”, twenty-five youth sailors in O’Pen BICs hit the water at the America’s Cup Village Marina Green. They entertained the spectator crowd directly off the grand stands with the first ever O’Pen


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Allegations Laughable Says ETNZ

August 20th, 2013

By Warren Douglas, Emirates Team New Zealand San Francisco, CA (August 20, 2013) – Allegations by Oracle that Emirates Team New Zealand had trespassed to gather information has been dismissed by the team as laughable. Oracle alleged in a protest to the Jury that members of Emirates Team New Zealand and Luna Rossa had trespassed


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CORK Olympic Classes Regatta Day 4

August 20th, 2013

Kingston (Lake Ontario), Canada (August 20, 2013) – Day four of the Cork Olympic Classes Regatta (OCR) saw another day of great sailing conditions with 12-15 knots of breeze from the southwest. After 12 races, David Wright (CAN) sits in first with 20 pts in the Laser NA Grand Prix. In the Radial NA Grand


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Frankie Dair/Gavin Abraham Win 2013 Lido 14 Junior Champs

August 20th, 2013

(August 18, 2013) – National Class Championship Week wrapped up on Saturday at Santa Monica Windjammers Yacht Club where eight very talented young sailors competed in six races to determine who was going to be the 2013 Lido 14 Junior Champion. As the day started, the PRO talked to the teams and decided to throw


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2013 Lightning North American Championships Underway

August 19th, 2013

(August 19, 2013) – Long Island Sound surprised everyone today! A nice Southwest breeze of about 8-12 knots allowed the Race Committee to run 3 great races on the first day of the Lightning North American Championship. 58 teams traveled from as far as Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Colorado, Florida and Texas to compete in the


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2013 Newport Bucket Regatta Superyachts Ready to Race

August 19th, 2013

Newport, RI (August 19, 2013) – The Newport Shipyard will be the center of the Superyacht racing world this weekend as classic and contemporary yachts gather for this annual event. Executive Director Ian Craddock shares everyone’s enthusiasm about the upcoming regatta: “2013 will write another great chapter in Bucket history. The superyachts are always a


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Stars Return For Argo Group Gold Cup Challenge

August 19th, 2013

By Laurie Fullerton Hamilton, Bermuda (August 19, 2013) – For match race sailors, the coveted King Edward VII Gold Cup Trophy (October 8-13), awarded to the winner of the Argo Group Gold Cup, is a golden road to one of sailing’s holy grails, the America’s Cup. The legacy of this event has its unique rewards


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International Jury To Conduct Rule 69 Hearing Over Oracle AC45s

August 19th, 2013

(August 19, 2013) – The International Jury issued two Jury Notices on Monday morning, both relating to the “unauthorised modification of AC45 yachts.” JN101 says that “The Jury has decided to conduct a hearing under the Racing Rules of Sailing (America’s Cup) rule 69.1 to determine if allegations (that persons associated with ORACLE TEAM USA


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Windczar Wind Wizards Win J/111 North Americans

August 19th, 2013

Chicago, IL (August 18, 2013) – The last day of the International J/111 first North American Championships dawned with the prospect that just about any team in the top six boats could win the regatta. With a promising breeze flowing in from the east at dawn onto the spectacular Chicago shoreline and slowly building for



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