March 10th, 2013
St Petersburg, FL (March 8, 2013) – Forty-four boats competed in the Thistle Midwinter East Regatta (Mar 3-8), with seven races completed on Tampa Bay. Skip Dieball with crew Jeff Eiber and Abby Freeman won the first race, and kept the pressure on to take the title by 14 points over second place Mike Ingham
March 10th, 2013
Miami, FL (March 9, 2013) Niklas Zennström and the Ran Racing team secured the Gaastra 52 World Championship title on the final run of the last race of the series after a thrilling showdown off Miami’s South Beach up against 52 SUPER SERIES champions and former world champions Azzurra. Quantum Racing won the tenth and
March 10th, 2013
This year the Offshore Racing Rule will be expanding to three regional championships for 2013 for boats with current ORR certificates. The regions are East Coast Championship, Great Lakes Championship, and West Coast Championship. In addition, all entries to these championships will be eligible for the ORR National Championship. Yachts with ORR certificates will automatically
March 8th, 2013
* Miami, FL (March 7, 2013) – Racing at the Gaastra 52 World Championships was abandoned today when winds proved too little to complete a fair race. Race 5 of the series was started in very streaky and shifty conditions, and after over an hour and within only 300 metres of the shortened finish line
February 20th, 2013
Photographer Sharon Green has launched a youth fundraising program, offering her famous 2013 Ultimate Sailing Calendar at a significantly reduced price to allow junior sailing programs to resell for profit. Contact [email protected] or (800) 827-3186 for details. Supplies are limited
February 20th, 2013
The 27th Calema Midwinters Windsurfing Festival, including the 2013 Techno 293 North Americans Championship, will take place Merritt Island, Florida, USA February 28-March 3. The Calema Midwinters Festival brings together World Cup pros, Olympic class competitors, beginner sailors and all other levels in between. Classes are available for all skill levels and type of equipment
February 20th, 2013
(February 19, 2013; Day 2) – The first finishers in the RORC Caribbean 600 race are expected in the early hours of Wednesday morning, with every possibility that at least one record will be broken. Peter Aschenbrenner’s 63-foot trimaran, Paradox, with multihull legend Cam Lewis on board, is on record pace and will need to cross
February 20th, 2013
Winning Group 2013 JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff Championship, Race 3. Today’s race sponsored by Fisher & Paykel Tuesday, 19 February 2013 Sydney Harbour The defending champion Gotta Love It 7 team gave a faultless display in the 10knot North-East wind to take out Race 3 of the Winning Group 2013 JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff Championship
February 20th, 2013
(February 19, 2013; Day 102) – Eighty miles off Cape Finsterre, remaining quietly patient but on a state of high alert due to the high level of shipping traffic, Italian skipper Alessandro Di Benedetto is content to wait until the winds pick up on Wednesday to propel him the final 400+ miles to the finish
February 20th, 2013
There were two mistakes in Scuttlebutt 3778: 1) The intro to Dave Perry’s report on the definition change of Mark-Room mistakenly included a reference to “the new Trash rule”; and 2) The Curmudgeon’s Observation stated that Napoleon died in battle. He actually died of stomach cancer while a prisoner on St. Helena
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