May 28th, 2013
As if San Francisco didn’t need more bad news. The memory remains vivid of the America’s Cup training accident on May 9 that totaled the Artemis Racing AC72 and killed one of its crew. Then a jumper last week reminded us that the Golden Gate Bridge is the most popular place on the planet for
May 27th, 2013
In sports, it’s one thing to break a record. It’s quite another to break it when you are the record holder. At the Storm Trysail Club’s 68th annual Block Island Race, which started on the Friday (May 24) afternoon of Memorial Day weekend, George David’s (Hartford, Conn.) 90’ Rambler finished the 186 nautical mile course
May 27th, 2013
“So my guess is that a ridiculously reduced event (34th America’s Cup) with three boats because it’s too expensive is about to become an even more ridiculously reduced event, two boats, us and Prada. I just don’t even know how (Artemis Racing) get a boat. I mean they’ve got a new boat but it’s all
May 23rd, 2013
St. Petersburg, FL (May 23, 2013) – The Sperry Top-Sider/ICSA Women’s National Championship continued today in St. Petersburg, Fla. on Tampa Bay co-sponsored by the University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, Eckerd College and St. Petersburg Yacht Club. Eighteen collegiate teams from across the nation are vying for the national title, the Gerald C. Miller
May 23rd, 2013
By Glenn McCarthy The latest and hottest boat with huge sales just hit town. The underlying question is, “What will be its longevity?” Fiberglass boats last forever, pretty much. Will this be additional boats on the starting line, or will this just replace the older fleets causing those boats to disburse? How do you keep
May 23rd, 2013
By Michelle Slade, SailBlast It’s been anything but plain sailing for the America’s Cup Event Authority, organizers of the 34th America’s Cup and San Francisco, the host city, but, if nothing else, San Franciscans will love AC34 for what it leaves behind. A full year of battle was fought to craft a deal that was
May 23rd, 2013
Mark Twain wrote, “If you don’t like the weather in New England, just wait a few minutes.” Same can be said for the 34th America’s Cup. This event has seen more changes than a teenage girl has moods. The event – which has repeated ad nauseum that it will feature “The Best Sailors on the
May 22nd, 2013
(May 22, 2013) – Structural reviews of AC72 boats and wings, a 10-knot lower wind limit (23 knots maximum) and enhanced sailor safety equipment are among the 37 recommendations issued today to increase safety during the Summer of Racing at the 2013 America’s Cup. Many of the recommendations are intended to increase the personal safety
May 22nd, 2013
The Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association (ICSA) is the governing authority for college sailing competition throughout the United States and in some
May 22nd, 2013
We still wait to hear the basic cause for the America’s Cup training accident incurred by challenger Artemis Racing on