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America’s Cup economic impact cut in half

March 12th, 2013

The America’s Cup will pump approximately $780 million into the Bay Area economy, generate about 5,500 jobs and lead to about $14 million in revenue for San Francisco, according to a soon-to-be-published report. “This is a good news story,” said Stephen Barclay, CEO of the America’s Cup Event Authority, who has seen a copy of


Guest Commentary

The fascination of sin

March 11th, 2013

From Iain McAllister, Peggy Bawn Press: As Adrian Morgan suggests (Scuttlebutt 3792), bring it on! Charles Paine Burgess, son of America’s Cup defender designer, Edward Burgess, brother of the J-Class Ranger’s designer, Starling Burgess – and himself an aeronautics engineer, rig designer and naval architect – wrote in 1935: “In the charter of the New


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From John Fretwell

October 10th, 2012

With all the supposed emphasis of this America’s Cup to convince the  general public that ours is an exciting spectator



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