June 20th, 2013
By Cory E. Friedman, Scuttlebutt legal analyst “Don’t you know what’s goin’ on out there? This is no Sunday School picnic!” – Night of the Living Dead, Public Domain 1968. “Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water…,” – Jaws 2, Universal Pictures 1978. Until recently the shambolic mess that
June 20th, 2013
By Tim Dick I like to race sailboats, but I’m not a “one design” kind of guy (where absolutely identical boats with identical sails & identical crew weights race together) because I don’t get to use any ingenuity, creativity or technology. The problem is, outside one-design racing, yacht racing has failed. “Development-class” yacht racing holds
June 20th, 2013
By Joe Cooper, WindCheck The scene: A lovely Sunday afternoon on our favorite body of water…steering our boat upwind. The sails are trimmed just so, the boat is at about 12-15 degrees of heel, feels great and you know it is going “fast” without looking at the TV on the binnacle. Quick question: How many
June 20th, 2013
By Glenn McCarthy Just like the mentally challenged guy standing on the street corner talking to himself, we in the sport of sailing talk to ourselves. Most event hosts don’t bother with press releases, write stories or even get the results on a website, or with great delay getting them up on the website or
June 20th, 2013
The report ‘You May Ask Yourself, Well, How Did I Get Here?‘ published on June 19, 2013 was initiated when Scuttlebutt editor Craig Leweck received a letter from David M. McClatchy, Jr., where Dave was reflecting on how the sport of sailing had changed through the course of his lifetime, and was curious what others
June 19th, 2013
Lou Sandoval is a passionate sailor and co-founder/co-owner of Karma Yacht Sales, a successful Beneteau dealership on Lake Michigan in Chicago. He is also very active in the marine industry. Here is an excerpt from an interview where he was asked how it can be made easier for a kid sailing an Optimist dinghy today
June 19th, 2013
By Craig Leweck, Scuttlebutt Whenever the question is asked about the current state of the sport, the Talking Heads song
June 19th, 2013
Stanley Parris, who lived in Bermuda for several years, was the first to finish the singlehanded leg of the Bermuda
June 19th, 2013
Here is a summary of the current situation with the America’s Cup: * The event’s Protocol, dated Sept. 13, 2010,
June 18th, 2013
Whether it’s for a weeknight beercan race, or the Summer Sailstice celebration on June 22, bringing along non-sailors is the
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