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A Different Era – How It Used To Be

Published on October 4th, 2012

By Paul Newell, Sailmaker, Isle of Wight When I was growing up we had almost free range on the sea. My father (a boat builder and long shoreman) put the limitations down by saying “Stay in sight. If you can’t see me then I can’t see you. And only sail the distance you can comfortably ... Read More


Feature

Italians Eliminated From Match Racing

Published on October 4th, 2012

San Francisco (October 3, 2012) – Racing at the America’s Cup World Series San Francisco got underway today with seven races in the qualifying round of the match racing championship. With the wind gusting over 20 ... Read More


Feature

Another Agenda

Published on October 4th, 2012

The America’s Cup tends to attract two types of teams: those that can legitimately contend and those with another agenda. The China Team has another agenda. “I want to help resurrect the sailing culture that has ... Read More


Feature

Minoprio is Back

Published on October 4th, 2012

Hamilton, Bermuda (October 3, 2012) – Former Alpari World Match Racing Tour (AWMRT) Champion, Adam Minoprio, went unbeaten on the second day of racing at the Argo Group Gold Cup in Bermuda, an event he finished ... Read More


Feature

Promotion Through Partnership

Published on October 4th, 2012

By Martha Stewart I have become very interested in The Urban Assembly New York Harbor School, a wonderful small public high school located on Governors Island (in Upper New York Bay just off the southern tip ... Read More


Dock Talk

Luna Rossa Challenge to Launch AC72

Published on October 4th, 2012

It was announced that the Luna Rossa Challenge 2013 team will launch their AC72 catamaran on October 26 in Auckland, New Zealand. Additionally, the Artemis Racing team expects to be sailing their AC72 in San Francisco ... Read More


Dock Talk

Clarification

Published on October 4th, 2012

In Scuttlebutt 3689 it was reported that the gold medal won by Helena Lucas (singlehanded event) at the 2012 Paralympic Games was Great Britain’s first ever Paralympic sailing medalist. This information came from the International Sailing ... Read More


Guest Commentary

From Fredrick Roswold

Published on October 4th, 2012

Not going to build a combined base because the looky-lous won’t walk that far (as reported in Scuttlebutt 3689)? This America’s Cup is already a fiasco with only three boats and is only one more reneged ... Read More


Guest Commentary

From Roger Baker

Published on October 4th, 2012

I must take the dissenting view on Glenn McCarthy’s (Scuttlebutt 3688) opinion. I have just come to the end of my daughter’s involvement with youth sailing. She just graduated college this spring after sailing on her ... Read More


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