Published on October 10th, 2012
In response to Scot Citrin and George Morris total trashing of television coverage (Scuttlebutt 3692), all I have heard for years on Scuttlebutt is about the lack of television coverage of sailing. Now that we have major coverage on weekends that is as good as any in decades, the naysayers start up. Can we please give it a ... Read More →
Published on October 10th, 2012
With all the supposed emphasis of this America’s Cup to convince the general public that ours is an exciting spectator sport, I was disappointed to see that my TV Guide labeled the program “Yachting.” Hmm…Football or Yachting... Read More →
Published on October 10th, 2012
Americans John and Erika Heineken, siblings from San Francisco, are the 2012 Men’s and Women’s Kiteboard Course Racing World Champions, held in Sardinia, Italy on October 2-7. Additionally significant is this World Championship follows the International ... Read More →
Published on October 10th, 2012
It was a perfect storm of events this week in San Francisco, highlighted by the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival, Fleet Week, professional football, professional baseball playoffs, and a panoply of parades and festivals celebrating Columbus Day. ... Read More →
Published on October 10th, 2012
Remember the good old days, when public interest in the America’s Cup was as much about the racing as it was about the sound bites from Dennis Conner, Ted Turner, or Tom Blackhaller? They’re back. Coutts, ... Read More →
Published on October 10th, 2012
Hamilton, Bermuda (October 7, 2012) – Young US Virgin Islander Taylor Canfield made a big statement of his future Alpari World Match Racing Tour (AWMRT) intentions today, taking a 3-0 victory over Johnie Berntsson at the ... Read More →
Published on October 10th, 2012
* Tiburon, CA (October 7, 2012) – Twenty-three teams competed in the 2012 Audi Melges 20 U.S. National Championship, hosted by the Corinthian Yacht Club on October 5-7. Michael Kiss’ Bacio team of Chris Rast and ... Read More →
Published on October 10th, 2012
Rovinj, Croatia (October 7, 2012) – The 2012 RC44 season tour concluded at the RC44 World Championship, with surprise winner John Bassadone (GBR) along with tactician Vasco Vascotto (ITA) and his Peninsula Petroleum team taking the ... Read More →
Published on October 10th, 2012
Burnham-on-Crouch, Essex (October 7, 2012) – Ben Saxton and Alan Roberts, representing the RS200 class, are the new Endeavour dinghy Champion of Champions. Twenty-two year-old Saxton from Grafham Water Sailing Club, and Roberts from Hayling Island ... Read More →
Published on October 10th, 2012
In addition to Paul Newell comments in Scuttlebutt 3690 in how those of us currently among the older generation “all learnt how to swim, sail, row, fish, paddle, dive, not get sun burnt, drive with an ... Read More →
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