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Published on July 17th, 2013
(July 17, 2013) – Artemis Racing this week completed the structural testing on its second AC72. The team turned the platform upside down, placed it on dollies and then used heavy weights and hydraulic rams to torque it. The current timetable has Artemis Racing hitting the water early next week. If conditions permit, the team ... Read More →
Published on July 17th, 2013
Something Fun for Everyone EDGARTOWN, MASS., MARTHA’S VINEYARD (July 17, 2013)—The Big Boat Buoy Races that comprise the first segment of the annual Edgartown Yacht Club Race Weekend begin this Thursday, July 18 and continue through Friday, July 19 on Edgartown Outer Harbor and Nantucket Sound. Twenty nine boats in IRC and PHRF (Spinnaker, Non-spinnaker ... Read More →
Published on July 17th, 2013
UK Sailmakers International, the owner of the UK Sailmakers name, trademarks and proprietary sailmaking software, has just been purchased by a large group of UK Sailmakers’ loft owners. This will be a unique business model in ... Read More →
Published on July 17th, 2013
Marion, MA (July 17, 2013) – Dana Rohde (Richmond Hill, GA) wasted no time in surging to an early nine point lead through four races on Day 1 of the U.S. Junior Women’s Singlehanded Championship (USJWSC). ... Read More →
Published on July 17th, 2013
Sixty-eight teams are competing in the Flying Scot North American Championships in Mooresville, NC, hosted by Lake Norman Yacht Club on July 15-19. The Flying Scot North Americans got off to a very light-wind start. On ... Read More →
Published on July 17th, 2013
(July 17, 2013) – US Sailing will award a Hanson Rescue Medal to six sailors who risked their lives in an attempt to rescue a woman from a minivan that drove into San Francisco Bay on ... Read More →
Published on July 17th, 2013
Limassol, Cyprus (July 17, 2013) – Racing followed the schedule on the third day at the ISAF Youth Sailing World Championship with warm winds and waves for the 350 sailors from 61 nations. The breeze kicked ... Read More →
Published on July 17th, 2013
Riva del Garda Trento, Italy (July 17, 2013) – A fantastic start to the 51st World Optimist Championships: Italian Dimitri Peroni leads after two races with sunshine and winds of 15-18 knots, neck and neck with ... Read More →
Published on July 17th, 2013
We will spare you the repetitive facts that the 34th America’s Cup is not yet the event we were promised. In fact, this edition is a shocking embarrassment when put aside other prominent events that organizers ... Read More →
Published on July 17th, 2013
(July 17, 2013) – There was nothing quick about getting to the finish line in the extreme light wind conditions sailors faced in the 105th Chicago Yacht Club Race to Mackinac, presented by Veuve Clicquot. But ... Read More →