Published on June 30th, 2013
By Dean Barker, Skipper ETNZ (from Barker’s blog dated June 30, 2013) Well, again a long time between posts. It would be fair to say though there has been a fair amount happening in the last couple of months. I have been in San Fran now for about 6 weeks. It has been great to ... Read More →
Published on June 30th, 2013
An America’s Cup AC45 wingsail catamaran will feature in a race against a car in the record-breaking BBC Top Gear show. The Cat vs. Car episode airs in the UK Sunday June 30th, and in the US on July 8th, followed by the other 212 countries around the world where broadcast BBC Top Gear is ... Read More →
Published on June 30th, 2013
By Michael Rudnick (June 30, 2013) – One of the largest fleets duking it out in the Baltic Sea this past week at Kieler Woche (Kiel Week) in Kiel, Germany was the 159-boat I-420 fleet. Team USA had 3 boats finish in the top 10, as well as the #1 women’s boat, in the 4-day, ... Read More →
Published on June 30th, 2013
(June 29, 2013) – Challenging wind and the twists and turns on the race course brought some shuffles in the standings Saturday as Ullman Sails Long Beach Race Week wound down to the last two races for all classes Sunday. The West Coast’s largest keelboat regatta, co-hosted by the adjacent Long Beach and Alamitos Bay ... Read More →
Published on June 30th, 2013
Chicago (June 29, 2013) – Lake Michigan delivered breeze-on, big-wave and overall spectacular racing conditions today at the Chicago Match Race Center’s Chicago Match Cup Grade 2 Qualifier, which whittled down the 12 teams from five nations to the eight quarterfinalists. Tomorrow’s knockout series will determine who receives the last open invitation to the Chicago ... Read More →
Published on June 30th, 2013
(June 29, 2013) – The breeze switched on in a big way today at the 11th annual C. Thomas Clagett, Jr. Memorial Clinic and Regatta, where 36 sailors with disabilities, sailing 23 boats in three Paralympic classes on Narragansett Bay, showed what they were made of. “The Clagett,” as it is affectionately called, is sailing ... Read More →
Published on June 29th, 2013
(June 28, 2013) – New York – New York Yacht Club Commodore Thomas J. Harrington announced an important addition to the Club’s professional staff: Stuart Streuli will be the Director of Communications. The appointment reflects the mission of the NYYC and initiatives of Commodore Harrington and fellow flag officers – namely “state-of-the-art communications and technology ... Read More →
Published on June 29th, 2013
NEWPORT, R.I. (June 28, 2013) – Although stormy weather and heavy fog taunted Narragansett Bay this morning, competitors were not ready to take a rain check on the first day of racing at the 11th annual C. Thomas Clagett Jr. Memorial Clinic and Regatta. Held at Fort Adams State Park in Newport, R.I., the event ... Read More →
Published on June 29th, 2013
The U.S. Coast Guard has issued the America’s Cup with the Marine Event Permit required to conduct America’s Cup racing on San Francisco Bay this summer. “This is an important and necessary step for the America’s Cup,” said Iain Murray, independent Regatta Director for the America’s Cup. “I’d like to thank the United States Coast ... Read More →
Published on June 29th, 2013
The breeze really kicked in on for the final day of racing at the RC44 Sweden Cup in Marstrand. Forecasters had predicting anything from 12-30 knots from the south, east or west; as the 12 competing RC44 teams headed out to the race course no-one knew quite what to expect. Ironbound (USA) won the only ... Read More →
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