October 10th, 2012
With all the supposed emphasis of this America’s Cup to convince the general public that ours is an exciting spectator sport, I was disappointed to see that my TV Guide labeled the program “Yachting.” Hmm…Football or Yachting
October 10th, 2012
In addition to Paul Newell comments in Scuttlebutt 3690 in how those of us currently among the older generation “all learnt how to swim, sail, row, fish, paddle, dive, not get sun burnt, drive with an outboard, paint, varnish, race, surf”, I would like to add a few of my own. Is the current generation
October 10th, 2012
The video coverage of the latest AC World Series in San Francisco was absolutely superb. In the UK the live coverage is from midnight onwards so you sit in the dark in your dressing gown with a scotch and a cup of cocoa. Most of the niggles of previous series have been ironed out, but
October 10th, 2012
AC45 Commentary: The fastest boats, the best sailors, and the boring inaccurate commentary. Gary Jobson is good at interviewing sailors after the racing and should be relegated to that, instead of boring the listeners. Todd Harris has likely never raced a sailboat, doesn’t understand the mechanics of sailing, the wind, or the current. If the
October 5th, 2012
Many of us are aware that there are very few American’s who are members of the Oracle Team representing the U.S. in the 34th edition of the America’s Cup. And there are other countries in the competition that have few or no nationals on their teams. But when I read the short news brief in ‘Butt # 3690
October 4th, 2012
Not going to build a combined base because the looky-lous won’t walk that far (as reported in Scuttlebutt 3689)? This America’s Cup is already a fiasco with only three boats and is only one more reneged agreement or two crashes away from becoming a disaster. When the dust has settled, the Cup decided, the accounts
October 4th, 2012
I must take the dissenting view on Glenn McCarthy’s (Scuttlebutt 3688) opinion. I have just come to the end of my daughter’s involvement with youth sailing. She just graduated college this spring after sailing on her own since 6-7 years in the Opti. She is currently figuring out the next step, grad school, work, etc.
October 4th, 2012
Another element of sailing silos (Scuttlebutt 3688) is the approach to the Racing Rules. And I’m not complaining about the various changes over the past 15 years, here, though the attempt to make rules uniform for fleet racing and match racing and team racing don’t reflect the different nature of those three events. Much more
October 4th, 2012
In St. Croix we encourage boats to take kids onboard during regattas. This past March, Stan Joines bought my J/36 and we raced with six teenagers and won both the Rolex in St. Thomas and the BVI International regatta. The look in their faces on the podium was out of this world. The crowd was
October 3rd, 2012
Two items jumped at me in Scuttlebutt 3688 that needed comment: #1: In the letter’s section Roger Vaughan said, “This is not just about sailing. It reflects a national malaise. The concept of ‘risk,’ upon which this country was founded, has become a bad word in some ever-expanding circles.” No truer words were ever spoken!
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