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BAADS Karma vs. Bad Karma

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


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Storm Trysail Club’s 68th Block Island Race

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


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QUOTABLE: Kiwi boss expects Swedes to be permanently sidelined

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


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ICSA: Friday Finale for Women’s Nationals

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


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The Tale of Three Fleets – Sustaining the Fleet for the Long Run

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


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Being the Host: All Good in the City

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


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AC34: Facing the Music

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


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Regatta Director presents safety recommendations

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


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AC34: None of this is true

May 22nd, 2013

We still wait to hear the basic cause for the America’s Cup training accident incurred by challenger Artemis Racing on



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