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A-Cats bring multihull magic to Long Beach

August 9th, 2013

Long Beach, CA (August 9, 2013) – The upbeat of multihull racing launched by the current America’s Cup competition at San Francisco reaches 405 miles south to Long Beach this coming week with the International A-Class Catamaran North American Championship hosted by Alamitos Bay Yacht Club Tuesday through Friday, Aug. 13-16. No ballasted monohull “lead


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Baird, Swanson, Barton Win Chubb U.S. Junior Championships

August 9th, 2013

LaPorte, TX (August 9 2013) -The single- and doublehanded fleets tallied one more race each at the final day of racing for the Chubb U.S. Junior Championships. Thursday proved to be the last day of action for the triplehanded fleet. Nic Baird (St. Petersburg, Fla.) won his third consecutive race in today’s race and won


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Al Terhune wins Thistle Nationals

August 9th, 2013

Sandusky, OH (August 9, 2013) – With only one race on the final day for the 109 boats at the Thistle U.S. National Championship, it was all on with Chris Laboard and Al Terhune tied on points for the lead. But the anticipated battle never developed, with Terhune in the lead pack while Laboard was


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Defending champ Ian Williams leads Chicago Match Cup field

August 8th, 2013

Chicago, IL (August 8, 2013) – Ian Williams and team GAC Pindar lead the field at the end of a long and intense second day at the Chicago Match Cup. Last year’s winner at this event and the reigning World Champion of the Alpari World Match Racing Tour, Williams has already won the qualifying stage


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Chubb U.S. Junior Championships

August 8th, 2013

LaPorte, Texas (August 7, 2013) – The leaders in each division entering today at the Chubb U.S. Junior Championships remain on top following today’s races on Galveston Bay. Nic Baird and Jackson Wagner/ Mark Power are atop the Byte CII and Club 420 standings, respectively, while Liam McCarthy/ Noah Blacker/ Nevin Avila/ Emily Wright are


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470 World Championship – Finals Day 2

August 8th, 2013

La Rochelle, France (August 8, 2013) – Another day of big changes on the scoreboards at the 2013 470 World Championships in La Rochelle, France with some high scoring race finishes offsetting the lower point scores achieved by the leading teams. Claiming back their lead in the 470 Women are 2012 Olympic Gold Medallists Jo


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Leaders tied at Thistle Nationals

August 8th, 2013

Sandusky, OH (August 8, 2013) – PRO Jim Tichenor had his work cut out for him today at the Thistle U.S. National Championship. After successfully completing the qualifying series on schedule, and with day 3 (Wed) stormed out, he had to catch up today and he did just that. It was a long 3 race


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Bringing together industry leaders

August 8th, 2013

The International Sailing Summit has become the networking event for the sailing industry, cementing itself internationally, with a total of eleven summits taking place around the world, attracting many of sailing’s industry and sporting legends. The 2013 ISS on August 18-20 will give sailing industry professionals from around the world the opportunity to drive growth


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Ulrikkeholm undefeated in Lysekil quarterfinals

August 8th, 2013

Lysekil, Sweden (August 8, 2013) – Reigning Lysekil Women’s Match champion Camilla Ulrikkeholm of Denmark showed in Thursday’s tricky conditions on the Swedish west coast waters why she is the ISAF world-ranking number one. By winning both her two matches in the quarterfinal round-robin, she is now alone at the top of the score board


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ISAF Nations Cup – Day 2

August 8th, 2013

(August 8, 2013) – Denmark’s Nicolai Sehested and Australia’s David Gilmour skippered their countries into the semi-final at the Nations Cup in Middelfart, Denmark. Australia were unbeaten in all five matches to jump to the top of six-nation Group B. They finished the round-robin stage level on 8 points out of 10 with Brazil’s Henrique



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