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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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
Published on August 8th, 2017
Toms River, NJ (August 8, 2017) – Barnegat Bay is the place to be for youth sailing this week as the 2017 Chubb U.S. Junior Sailing Championships will feature three days of racing for the historic ... Read More →
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 →
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 →
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 →