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America’s Cup: One Race Two Wins

August 6th, 2013

(August 6, 2013) By Matt Sheahan, Yachting World At last – a lead change in an AC34 race. I don’t mean to sound flippant, but lets face it, while the boats have been as spectacular to watch as the rate at which the crews are climbing the learning curve, the one thing we haven’t seen


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Smooth Sailing At Sports Bar

August 6th, 2013

(August 6, 2013) – The America’s Cup races may have gotten off to a stumbling start, but the event’s “pop-up” sports bar at Pier 27 in San Francisco is sailing along nicely. A collaboration among restaurant vet Eric Rubin, San Francisco builder Karl Hasz and mixologist Scott Beattie, the America’s Cup Sports Bar is an


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Keeping Up With Anna Tunnicliffe

August 6th, 2013

Best known for her succes as an Olympic Gold Medalist, world class Laser Radial sailor world class women’s match racer, Anna Tunnicliffe is mixing it up in 2013 with a few new pursuits, like the 49er and … CrossFit. Here Dan Cooney, former Associate Executive Director of US Sailing, chats to Anna about her latest


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Black Watch Wins Ames Cup In Castine Classic Regatta

August 6th, 2013

Castine, ME (August 5, 2013) – In the fourteenth annual Castine Classic Yacht Regatta, Black Watch, a 67.8’ Sparkman & Stephens yawl built in 1958, sailed by Peter Kellogg and Lars Forsberg, led a fleet of 40 classic yachts to win the coveted Ames Cup. The Ames Cup honors the memory of Richard Glover Ames


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French Skipper Le Berre Undefeated In Lysekil Women’s Match Racing

August 6th, 2013

Lysekil, Sweden (August 6 2013) – She hasn’t raced at all since the Match Racing World Championships in Sweden last year, but the absence has obviously not affected her skills. After the first day of round-robin in Lysekil Women’s Match, French skipper Anne-Claire Le Berre has won as many matches as sailed, four, and is


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Oakcliff Sailing Center: From Zero To US Sailing Team Official Sailing Center

August 6th, 2013

Not one to let moss grow underfoot, renowned yachtswoman Dawn Riley has swapped a successful career as a pro sailor and set her sights on creating the Oakcliff Sailing Center in Oyster Bay, NY, a (relatively) new training center for those seeking a career in the business of sailing, whether it be sailboat racing or


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Lack Of Wind Halts Racing At Cowes Week 2013

August 6th, 2013

The fourth day of this year’s Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week saw a change in the weather, with blazing sun but a long postponement while competitors waited in vain for a stable sea breeze to fill in. An indefinite postponement was lifted at 1130, when the signals for a building south-westerly sea breeze were looking


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Nations Cup In Middelfart Promises To Go Off With A Bang

August 6th, 2013

(August 6, 2013) – After an opening ceremony at Hindsgavl Castle tonight (Tuesday, August 6) overlooking the beautiful field of play on Fænøsund, canons will sound the start of the ISAF Nations Cup Grand Final match racing on Wednesday morning at 1000hrs (CET) in Middelfart, Denmark. Follow the racing live. The final is on Saturday,


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Three join America’s Cup Hall Of Fame

August 6th, 2013

San Francisco, CA (August 6, 2013) – Three distinguished members of the America’s Cup family were inducted into the America’s Cup Hall of Fame on Monday night. Grant Simmer, Lucy Jewett, and the late Noel Robins received the honor at a ceremony in San Francisco. More on each of the inductees is below, from our


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The Young American Looking To Do A ‘Hansen’ In Chicago

August 6th, 2013

Chicago, USA (Tuesday 6th August): Taylor Canfield and his USone team are pulling out all the stops for a home victory at the Chicago Match Cup, stage four of the 2013 Alpari Match Racing World Tour taking place this week in Chicago. Canfield is sailing director at the Chicago Match Race Center (CMRC), the event



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