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Published on February 20th, 2013
Kiteboard course racing continues to grow, and while kiteboards ably compete on a typical buoy course, they have enough unique attributes that required the establishment of Appendix F – Kiteboard Racing Rules – in The Racing ... Read More →
Published on February 20th, 2013
In the March 2013 issue of Practical Sailor magazine, they rated the performance of more than 50 different kinds of bottom paint. Some of the best performing antifouling paints in their most recent test were hard, ... Read More →
Published on February 20th, 2013
Photographer Sharon Green has launched a youth fundraising program, offering her famous 2013 Ultimate Sailing Calendar at a significantly reduced price to allow junior sailing programs to resell for profit. Contact crew@ultimatesailing.com or (800) 827-3186 for details. Supplies ... Read More →
Published on February 20th, 2013
The 27th Calema Midwinters Windsurfing Festival, including the 2013 Techno 293 North Americans Championship, will take place Merritt Island, Florida, USA February 28-March 3. The Calema Midwinters Festival brings together World Cup pros, Olympic class competitors, ... Read More →
Published on February 20th, 2013
(February 19, 2013; Day 2) – The first finishers in the RORC Caribbean 600 race are expected in the early hours of Wednesday morning, with every possibility that at least one record will be broken. Peter Aschenbrenner’s ... Read More →
Published on February 20th, 2013
Winning Group 2013 JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff Championship, Race 3. Today’s race sponsored by Fisher & Paykel Tuesday, 19 February 2013 Sydney Harbour The defending champion Gotta Love It 7 team gave a faultless display in ... Read More →
Published on February 20th, 2013
(February 19, 2013; Day 102) – Eighty miles off Cape Finsterre, remaining quietly patient but on a state of high alert due to the high level of shipping traffic, Italian skipper Alessandro Di Benedetto is content ... Read More →
Published on February 20th, 2013
There were two mistakes in Scuttlebutt 3778: 1) The intro to Dave Perry’s report on the definition change of Mark-Room mistakenly included a reference to “the new Trash rule”; and 2) The Curmudgeon’s Observation stated that ... Read More →
Published on February 20th, 2013
Regarding women sailing the 18 footers (Scuttlebutt 3778), I can’t speak for the JJ, but in the early 1970s a colorful all-girl crew who sailed under the name Boobs competed regularly in the Sydney Harbour fleet. ... Read More →
Published on February 20th, 2013
We are doing something right when we can celebrate accomplishments that aren’t recorded in the race results. Thanks for doing this with the Katie Love interview in Scuttlebutt ... Read More →