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Peter Gilmour: The possibility of change

September 2nd, 2010

(September 2, 2010) Australian Peter Gilmour is a three-time season champion of the World Match Racing Tour (WMRT), and last fall joined a group of investors that purchased the tour. He remains actively involved in the tour as both a competitor and administrator, and shared with Scuttlebutt his thoughts regarding the use of multihull boats


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Ken Read – Checking in with the cat

August 30th, 2010

(August 30, 2010) Skipper Ken Read and the PUMA Ocean Racing team announced in April that the team would be returning for the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-2012 after placing second overall in the 2008-2009 event. Scuttlebutt checked in with Kenny for an update on their progress: What can you tell us about your boat? New


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What does age have to do with it?

July 22nd, 2010

By Nicholas Hayes, author of Saving Sailing: Twenty-five years of age is the mean defection year from sailing, but in reality it correlates more with transition into career, marriage, parenthood, so it could be anywhere between about 20 and 30. The key underserved groups are kids under 13, where sailors under-represent population by 70%, and


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Dean Brenner: Making Changes

July 12th, 2010

(July 12, 2010) Last week the U.S. Olympic Sailing Committee (OSC) announced it was discarding their tried and true, winner-take-all


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On making sailors

June 11th, 2010

Saving Sailing Author Nicholas Hayes continues to refine and improve the core ideas of his award-winning book. Let’s get two



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