October 10th, 2012
Last year Australia’s Steve Brewin won his second A-Class Catamaran world title, besting a field of 96 competitors to secure the top spot at the 2011 A-Class Catamaran World Championship in Aarhus, Denmark. This October he looks to defend his title when the A-Cat fleet arrives in Islamorada, Florida for the 2012 Ronstan A-Class Catamaran World Championship. Well over 100
October 10th, 2012
The Canadian Yachting Association High Performance review is under way this week with a stacked agenda in Toronto, ON. Discussions will continue from the strategic work already developed earlier this year at the HP summit in Toronto. The spring summit was the starting point for developing a High Performance Plan for the next Olympic quadrennial and beyond. Input has been
October 10th, 2012
Sailing World magazine has announced their nominees for the 2013 Boat of the Year awards. The BOTY awards recognize and honor the best new sailboat models introduced to the North American market. Sailing World nominated 14 performance-oriented models for its awards. Nominees include the Bavaria B/One, C&C 101, Carkeek HPR40, Dufour 36 Performance, Harbor 30, J/70, K1, McConaghy 38, Motive
October 10th, 2012
Beneteau Group elevated Wayne Burdick to president of the holding company for Beneteau’s U.S. group entities and tapped Laurent Fabre, formerly director of sales and marketing for Beneteau’s North American powerboats division, to replace Burdick as president of Beneteau America. Under Burdick’s direction as president of Beneteau in North America since 1997, the company became the leading brand of high-quality
October 10th, 2012
* Tiburon, CA (October 7, 2012) – Twenty-three teams competed in the 2012 Audi Melges 20 U.S. National Championship, hosted by the Corinthian Yacht Club on October 5-7. Michael Kiss’ Bacio team of Chris Rast and Willie McBride closed the event strongly, taking the title without needing to compete in the eighth and final race.
October 10th, 2012
Rovinj, Croatia (October 7, 2012) – The 2012 RC44 season tour concluded at the RC44 World Championship, with surprise winner
October 10th, 2012
Burnham-on-Crouch, Essex (October 7, 2012) – Ben Saxton and Alan Roberts, representing the RS200 class, are the new Endeavour dinghy
October 5th, 2012
Long Beach, CA (October 4, 2012) – The first stop of the 2012-2013 California Dreamin’ Series will be held October
October 5th, 2012
(October 4, 2012) – The newest version of Techscore – Techscore 3 – has been released, according to Mitch Brindley,
October 5th, 2012
Rovinj, Croatia (October 4, 2012) – A lengthy opening day of the Adris RC44 World Championship proved challenging for PRO Peter