Published on July 7th, 2013
One hundred nineteen teams are entered in the 2013 J/80 World Championship in Marseilles, France, with teams representing 12 countries (France, Spain, USA, England, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Sweden, Poland, Switzerland, Russia, and Oman/ United Arab Emirates). The sailing schedule starts with a the practice race Monday, July 8th followed by five days of racing with ... Read More →
Published on July 7th, 2013
The marketing tagline for the 34th America’s Cup started as the “Summer of Sailing” but then someone got a hold of it and changed it to the “Summer of Racing”. Maybe we should now play it ... Read More →
Published on July 7th, 2013
The conspiracy theorists believed the AC72 rule changes presented by America’s Cup Regatta Director Iain Murray were made to accommodate non-class legal rudders being trialed by the Oracle Team USA defense team. So Scuttlebutt asked the ... Read More →
Published on July 7th, 2013
The Italians are “a bunch of spoiled rich kids dressed in Prada gear. I think it’s just wrong that they should think that by threatening the event and threatening race officials that they’re going to get ... Read More →
Published on July 7th, 2013
Skunked: The original plan on July 5 was for the teams to compete in a fleet race, and then it was changed for each team to solo race the course to post the best time. But ... Read More →
Published on July 7th, 2013
By Cynthia Ross, Visual.Ink.Communications San Francisco, CA (July 7, 2013) – The holiday weekend opened with a bang, at the much heralded America’s Cup Park at Pier 27-29. Flanked by colorful catamarans, the AC45s dancing on ... Read More →
Published on July 7th, 2013
(July 7, 2013) – With five singlehanded entrants for the first ever Mini 650 Pacific Challenge, only three of the 21-foot offshore boats were at the July 6 start, with now just two competing in the ... Read More →
Published on July 6th, 2013
San Francisco, CA (July 6, 2013) – Luna Rossa Challenge 2013 confirms that it will not race against Emirates Team New Zealand on the 7th of July. This was to be the opening race of the ... Read More →
Published on July 6th, 2013
Hi, I’m an America’s Cup skipper, and I’d rather be anywhere else than standing aside these guys. Photo by Carlo Borlenghi/Luna Rossa at the America’s Cup Press Conference on July 5, ... Read More →
Published on July 6th, 2013
Marstrand, Sweden (July 6, 2013): Champagne flowed again for Bjorn Hansen and his eWork Sailing Team, after another nail biting day on the water resulted in the local heroes winning Stena Match Cup Sweden for a ... Read More →