April 16th, 2013
Scientists are baffled as to how a group of small fish native to Japan survived a journey across the Pacific after they were found on a boat swept away by the 2011 tsunami and washed up last month on the coast of Washington state. The batch of striped beak fish – five in all –
April 16th, 2013
The 12th International Sailing Summit (ISS) will take place August 18-21, 2013, at the St. Francis Yacht Club in San Francisco, CA. The event is organized by Sail America—the trade association for the U.S. sailing industry – and will give sailing industry professionals from around the world the opportunity to drive growth in the industry,
April 15th, 2013
Edgewater Public Marina in Cleveland has let customers know that it will be closed for the 2013 season as it repairs the heavy damage Hurricane Sandy inflicted last October. The rebuild will cost at least $4.3 million, and the state is short of money, time and materials to rebuild the 300-slip facility. About 200 boats
April 15th, 2013
The Case Book – Interpretations of the Racing Rules of Sailing (RRS) 2013-2016 has been published on the ISAF website. The Case Book complements The Racing Rules of Sailing 2013-2016, which came into effect on 1 January 2013, and provides details on the application of the RRS to around 100 scenarios. The principal aims of
April 15th, 2013
Four Olympic torches, including one signed by five-time Olympic sailing medalist Sir Ben Ainslie, are among the 80 items to be auctioned during a two-day public sale on April 27-28. London 2012 organisers are staging a clear-out of hundreds of items that were used during the Games. – Full report
April 15th, 2013
Charleston, SC – April 12-14, 2013 Sixteen International Moths descended on James Island Yacht Club for the class’s 2013 North American Championship. Sponsored by Gorilla Rigging, the regatta was the culmination of the 2013 winter series. Regatta organizer Anthony Kotoun (Mach 2 / MSL 16) stole the show, posting 12 points in 9 races and
April 14th, 2013
It was Northern California versus Southern California as St. Francis Yacht Club and Newport Harbor Yacht Club faced off in challenge match race event on San Francisco Bay. Each club brought forth teams with skippers aged 20+, 40+, 60+, and a flag officer for a series of match races in J/22s. This inaugural series went
April 14th, 2013
Naples, ITA (April 14, 2013) – In advance of the AC World Series program this week (Apr 18-21), Emirates Team New Zealand today won the locally organised Coast Parade Trophy on the Bay of Naples, which took the fleet of nine AC45s on a light air 21-mile coastal race along the picturesque Naples coast line.
April 14th, 2013
Nassau, Bahamas (April 12, 2013) – Trailing by two points going in the final day of the 2013 Star Western Hemisphere Championship, Americans Augie Diaz/ Arnis Baltins bulleted both races to take the title among the 21 team field. Germans Hubert Merkelbach/ Gerrit Bartel, who had held the lead, posted a 11-2 to finish in
April 14th, 2013
(April 14, 2013) – Morgan Larson and his Swiss team Alinghi sailed a faultless regatta at Act 2 of the Extreme Sailing Series™ in Singapore (Apr 11-14) on one of the most memorable stadium race courses the Extreme 40 fleet have ever sailed on to claim overall victory. Typically light wind Singaporean conditions allowed for
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