May 10th, 2013
The tragic death of Artemis Racing’s Andrew “Bart” Simpson was an accident waiting to happen, according to America’s Cup expert Peter Lester. British Olympic gold medallist Simpson was on board the Swedish AC72 boat when it capsized in San Francisco Harbour today and Lester believes that his death could be just the tip of the
May 9th, 2013
By Fin Beven It doesn’t seem that long ago, but it has been. It was 1958, and I was 12. I totally enjoyed sailing in dinghies, and still do. None of us had coaches. At Los Angeles Yacht Club, we had Naples Sabots, Guppys, and the DinKitten, which was slightly bigger and faster than either
May 9th, 2013
This past weekend the American Youth Sailing Force team (aka The Force) became the first Red Bull Youth America’s Cup team to capsize an AC45. They’d gone out hoping for a windy training day and got just that, with winds in the high teens and low twenties. Setting up for a gybe set in a
May 8th, 2013
The Atlantic Cup presented by 11th Hour Racing is a dedicated professional Class 40 race held annually in the U.S. The 2013 edition starts with a doublehanded leg on May 11 from Charleston, SC to New York, NY (648 nm), and another doublehanded leg on May 18 from New York to Newport, RI (260 NM).
May 8th, 2013
For the high schools in the U.S., the completion of the spring semester is also time for the Interscholastic Sailing
May 8th, 2013
Maybe going to the southernmost point in the continental U.S. only once for Key West Race Week in January is
May 8th, 2013
The Herreshoff Marine Museum / America’s Cup Hall of Fame today announced the identity of the next three inductees to
May 7th, 2013
The May 2013 edition of Poolside, the newsletter of the Royal Ocean Racing Club rating office, offers this reminder regarding
May 7th, 2013
The Red Bull Youth America’s Cup is a new event under the umbrella of the America’s Cup Event Authority, to
May 7th, 2013
The sky might not be falling, but it has changed color. The sport of sailing has not been immune to
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