Published on October 3rd, 2012
The Energy Team AC45 broke its mooring Saturday night and the boat drifted into San Francisco Bay before it was secured at Treasure Island. Fortunately, the boat has only suffered minor damage. “The Energy Team boat ... Read More →
Published on October 3rd, 2012
I agree with the premise of the article about the biology of sea sickness (in Scuttlebutt 3687). However, I believe the numbers quoted in the seasickness article don’t apply for sailing. Our experience with new sailors ... Read More →
Published on October 3rd, 2012
Zach Berkowitz is on to something with “No More Street Ball” (in Scuttlebutt 3687). The shortcoming of American youth sailing is as much spiritual as they are mechanical. Let kids go wild in fast boats without ... Read More →
Published on October 3rd, 2012
In Scuttlebutt 3687, Scott Ostler is right on when he says sailing has “devolved” from an adventure to another sport run by helicopter parents and coaches; how the crash-and-burn, push-over-the-edge by kids left to their own ... Read More →
Published on October 3rd, 2012
Santa Cruz, CA (September 30, 2012) Hungary’s Szabolcs Majthenyi and Andras Domokos took the 2012 Flying Dutchman World title, hosted by Santa Cruz YC (Sept. 25-30), with a day to spare. The 43-boat fleet completed nine ... Read More →
Published on October 3rd, 2012
The tight kinship that is created though sailing is well documented. Another example of this affinity took place in Davenport (Iowa) at the 51st Polar Bear Regatta; an occasion which celebrated the life of Don Wagner ... Read More →
Published on October 3rd, 2012
The Annual Regatta Organisers Conference and CSA AGM will take place on 20th and 21st October 2012 in St. Maarten. Attendees include regatta organizers and national associations across the Caribbean. Aside from the business of the ... Read More →
Published on October 3rd, 2012
The Canadian Yachting Association Nominating Committee has released the final list of candidates for the Board of Directors to be elected at the CYA Annual General Meeting on Saturday, October 27, 2012. The current Board of ... Read More →
Published on October 3rd, 2012
We’d be willing to bet that the youngest sailor in the 22nm Round the Rocks Race (on San Francisco Bay) was eight-year-old Jack Holden. Jack was crewing for his dad Michael in the 33-boat doublehanded spinnaker ... Read More →
Published on October 2nd, 2012
The 20th Grenada Sailing Festival Work Boat Regatta will be staged on Grand Anse Beach from February 1-3, 2013 and will provide two days of the most spectacular and competitive racing in wooden, bamboo rigged boats, ... Read More →
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