March 11th, 2013
San Pedro, CA (March 10, 2013) – California Maritime Academy’s Keelhaulers won half of the 10 races to earn their victory at the sixth Port of Los Angeles Harbor Cup/Cal Maritime Invitational Intercollegiate Regatta (Mar 8-10), which attracted 10 teams from across the nation to race in Catalina 37s. Equally impressive as Cal Maritime’s win
March 10th, 2013
Contact: Christopher or Julie Howell E-mail: howell@j105.org Bill Zartler’s Solaris Repeats as J/105 Midwinter Champion Seabrook, TX, March 10, 2013 – Bill Zartler and his Solaris team will be keeping the title of J/105 Midwinter Champion. Despite placing seventh in Sunday’s only race, Solaris hung on for the two-point victory and back-to-back Midwinter Championship trophies.
March 10th, 2013
WHEN WOMEN WEAR BRUISES TO WORK Some of us bruise more than others, and when those bruises leave the sailing scene and enter the work place, not everybody knows you to be a weekend warrior. A story by Hilary Oliver in Adventure Journal explains… ———————————————————————- One June afternoon, Katie’s boss quietly cornered her in her
March 10th, 2013
Muscat, Oman (March 8, 2013) – It may not have been high speed racing on the final day of the Extreme Sailing Series opening Act today but it was as tense as it gets, and in classic Extreme Sailing Series style, it came down to the final race for the winner to be decided. Defending
March 10th, 2013
The inaugural Women’s International Match Racing Series has further defined its entry and scoring process for the 2013 season. A dozen teams are expected to be competing for the Overall Series Prize Pool in excess of $50,000 as well as prize money at each event. — Details
March 10th, 2013
St Petersburg, FL (March 8, 2013) – Forty-four boats competed in the Thistle Midwinter East Regatta (Mar 3-8), with seven races completed on Tampa Bay. Skip Dieball with crew Jeff Eiber and Abby Freeman won the first race, and kept the pressure on to take the title by 14 points over second place Mike Ingham
March 10th, 2013
Miami, FL (March 9, 2013) Niklas Zennström and the Ran Racing team secured the Gaastra 52 World Championship title on the final run of the last race of the series after a thrilling showdown off Miami’s South Beach up against 52 SUPER SERIES champions and former world champions Azzurra. Quantum Racing won the tenth and
March 10th, 2013
This year the Offshore Racing Rule will be expanding to three regional championships for 2013 for boats with current ORR certificates. The regions are East Coast Championship, Great Lakes Championship, and West Coast Championship. In addition, all entries to these championships will be eligible for the ORR National Championship. Yachts with ORR certificates will automatically
March 10th, 2013
SUN BLOCK AND RUM DRINKIES Miami, FL (March 9, 2013) – March 9, 2013 (Miami, Fla.) – Five one-design fleets, awash with competitors representing over a dozen nations, concluded six days of racing as the 2013 BACARDI Miami Sailing Week (BMSW) presented by EFG Bank wrapped up today. With points tight among the top contenders
March 9th, 2013
TRAGEDY IN CALIFORNIA…AGAIN SAN DIEGO — One person is dead and five others were rescued by a San Diego-based Coast