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Published on August 18th, 2012
When it comes to offering cutting edge grand prix racing, the Rolex Big Boat Series in San Francisco never seems to skip a beat. This year, the event – scheduled for its 48th edition on September 6-9 – will be adding performance catamarans to the already dense roster of monohulls sailing in IRC and one-design ... Read More →
Published on August 18th, 2012
* Kingston, ONT (August 16, 2012) – CORK International Regatta completed today for the 281 youth entrants from Canada, USA, Mexico, and Bermuda competing in four events. Winners were Alexander Burke (Laser), Kalin Hillier (Laser Radial), ... Read More →
Published on August 18th, 2012
Some of the random photos from the sport received this week at Scuttlebutt include aerial arrival, dragons, 2000, kid stuff, back flip, all terrain, 5 o’clock somewhere, and cruising speed. Here are this week’s photos: https://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/photos/12/0817/ ... Read More →
Published on August 18th, 2012
This week’s video is a parody titled “I’m Bringing Sailing Back”, a sort-of music video that uses Justin Timberlake’s song ‘Sexy Back’. The dialogue begins like this…. First dude – “Dude, this is so chill.” Second ... Read More →
Published on August 18th, 2012
Scuttlebutt strongly encourages feedback from the Scuttlebutt community. Either submit comments by email or post them on the Forum. Submitted comments chosen to be published in the newsletter may be limited to 250 words. Authors may ... Read More →
Published on August 18th, 2012
“The world is a dangerous place to live in, not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don’t do anything about it” – Albert Einstein... Read More →
Published on August 17th, 2012
Weymouth and Portland, U.K. (August 11, 2012; Day 14) – The final two day of the 2012 Olympic Sailing Regatta on Friday and Saturday completed the Men’s and Women’s 470 Medal Race, and the Women’s Match ... Read More →
Published on August 17th, 2012
This week’s video is a parody titled “I’m Bringing Sailing Back”, a sort-of music video that uses Justin Timberlake’s song ‘Sexy Back’. The dialogue begins like this…. First dude – “Dude, this is so chill.” Second ... Read More →
Published on August 15th, 2012
The United States didn’t win an Olympic sailing medal for the first time since the 1936 Berlin Games… the boycott of the 1980 Games notwithstanding. This shutout was not the plan they had hoped for at ... Read More →
Published on August 13th, 2012
Fifteen countries medaled in the ten sailing events at the 2012 Games. Great Britain: 1 Gold, 4 Silver, 0 Bronze; 5 Total Australia: 3 Gold, 1 Silver, 0 Bronze; 4 Total Netherlands: 1 Gold, 1 Silver, ... Read More →