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Two Wins for Annapolis Team Racing

August 1st, 2013

East Greenwich, RI (July 31, 2013) – Annapolis Team Racing has won the 2013 CJ Buckley Team Race and the Club 420 Association National Youth Team Race Championship. Under crystal blue skies on the shore of Narragansett Bay the parents of CJ Buckley today presented the National Youth Championship Team Racing trophy to Annapolis Team


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Cruise Ride Not In Breach Of Rules

August 1st, 2013

(August 1, 2013) – Team New Zealand will not be punished for this week’s joyride with Tom Cruise, America’s Cup organisers have confirmed. Regatta director Iain Murray this week issued a notice reminding teams of the safety regulations and responsibilities when carrying guests on board following Team NZ’s highly successful publicity stunt involving the A-list


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World’s First Fleet of 420Z Sailboats Christened

August 1st, 2013

Lake Minnetonka, MN – (August 1, 2013) by Howard Noreen The Wayzata Community Sailing Center (WCSC) celebrated the christening of 12 new Laser Performance 420Z sailboats on the evening of July 29. The new fleet’s christening began with an open water sailing event, and WCSC staff brought adults and children out sailing the new boats.


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Johnny Heineken Wins Canadian Kiteboarding Nationals

August 1st, 2013

August 1, 2013 – Report by Erika Heineken One of my favorite times of the year is my annual pilgrimage to British Columbia for the Canadian National Championship. If you’ve never been to Squamish, put it on your list! The only way to the launch site, aka The Spit, is to rumble down a gravel


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A Sea Of Change For The America’s Cup

August 1st, 2013

There is a moment when the yachts racing in this year’s America’s Cup go from being mere boats to something more like flying machines. It happens at around 17 knots, or 20 miles per hour, when both hulls of the carbon-fiber catamarans rise out of the water and the entire craft skims over the surface


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Racing to the Pink Pony Bar

July 31st, 2013

While the Chicago to Mackinac Race proved to be a nightmarish event with light winds, oppressive heat, and carnivorous flies, the Bayview to Mackinac Race (starting on July 20) was much more receptive to its participants. On the longer of the two courses (there is a 204nm and a 254nm) was Tim Lewin, who enjoyed


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The Last Youngstown Level Regatta

July 31st, 2013

By Don Finkle, event founder/chairperson How do you do justice to describing an event –Youngstown Level Regatta – that has been a Lake Ontario fixture for most of the last 40 summers, almost from the 20 boat beginning in 1974? Well you really can’t, not in the time and space allowed here anyway.  All the


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29er Worlds – Change of Leaders in the Finals

July 31st, 2013

Aarhus, Denmark (July 31, 2013) – With the fleet now split into Gold, Silver, Bronze and Emerald, competition at the 2013 29er World Championship heated up with every race on the line. Three races were held on the four courses simultaneously but with differing winds as they were spread across Kaløvig Bay. With a noon


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Canada’s largest keelboat regatta

July 31st, 2013

Competitors from across Canada and the Eastern Seaboard will descend on the picturesque village of Chester, Nova Scotia for Canada’s largest keelboat regatta – Chester Race Week. Hosted by Chester Yacht Club on August 14-17, a full schedule of events with boat tours, live music, great food, races and a racing seminar from J/Boat designer,


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Quantum Racing extend after Coastal Race win

July 31st, 2013

Palma de Mallorca, Spain (July 31, 2013) – Doug DeVos’ Quantum Racing team moved two more points ahead of Rán Racing at the top of the standings for the 52 SUPER SERIES regatta at the 32nd Copa del Rey Mapfre, their reward for winning a surprisingly challenging but nevertheless interesting 29 miles coastal race out



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