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Class of 2017: Bill Bentsen

Published on August 8th, 2017

The U.S. National Sailing Hall of Fame selected eight people in 2017 to join the 57 previously-recognized individuals who have been enshrined since the first class in 2011. Among this group to be officially inducted on ... Read More


Dock Talk

Testing at World Test Event

Published on August 8th, 2017

Aarhus, Denmark (August 8, 2017) – The Hempel Sailing World Championships 2018 Test Event began today in the Bay of Aarhus, commencing a week of preparations for sailors, Race Officials and event organizers, prior to the ... Read More


Video

Get Hammock for Thunderstorms

Published on August 8th, 2017

What is the right thing to do if you are caught in a thunderstorm on a sailboat over the open water? Well, the canned answer is, “Don’t let that happen” and do your best to make ... Read More


Dock Talk

The Races within the Fastnet Race

Published on August 8th, 2017

(August 8, 2017) – After Tony Lawson’s MOD70 trimaran Concise 10 blazed into Plymouth this morning, first boat home in the 603nm Rolex Fastnet Race, the first monohull arrival in the 47th edition came tonight with ... Read More


Feature

Determined to Make a Difference

Published on August 8th, 2017

Judy Robinson was a long-time member of Lakewood Yacht Club in Seabrook, Texas and an active supporter in her club’s Harvest Moon Regatta, a popular fall race that extends 150 miles from Galveston to Port Aransas. ... Read More


Feature

Same Accident, Same Reservoir

Published on August 8th, 2017

A fatal sailboat accident this past weekend in east Texas recalled a 1982 incident in which a Longview attorney was killed when his boat’s mast also hit a power line at the same reservoir – Lake ... Read More


News

First Finish at 47th Fastnet Race

Published on August 8th, 2017

(August 8, 2017) – Unchallenged, Concise 10 blazed into Plymouth this morning, first boat home in the 47th Rolex Fastnet Race. Tony Lawson’s MOD70 trimaran crossed the finish line off Plymouth breakwater at 05:55:00 BST with ... Read More


Feature

Wisdom from the Trail

Published on August 7th, 2017

The genesis of the 505 class was in 1953 with the creation of the 18-foot ‘Coronet’ dinghy designed by John Westell. This sailboat competed in the selection trials in 1953 for a new two-person performance dinghy ... Read More


Feature

Windsurfing Is Alive, Well and Progressing

Published on August 7th, 2017

While windsurfing has been eradicated from too much of North America, it thankfully remains part of the culture (counter-culture?) on San Francisco Bay. Latitude 38 editor Tim Henry headed to one of his favorite windsurfing spots ... Read More


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