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Ken Read on the America’s Cup

Racing Three-time America’s Cup veteran Ken Read shares his thoughts on the direction of the America’s Cup. For the rest of the story from sailingworld.com CLICK HERE!

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first contact

Steve and Dave Clark’s father-son UFO project is perhaps the most exciting thing in singlehanded sailing since, well, the first foiling moth.  Here’s the full 45-minute presentation about the...

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VIDEO: Getting High is Cool

This doesn’t suck. Video published on Sep 12, 2016 For the rest of the story from Scuttlebutt Sailing News CLICK HERE!

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2016 Paralympic Sailing: How to Watch

Racing Racing will run from September 12 to 17. For the rest of the story from sailingworld.com CLICK HERE!

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International One Design Champs – Images and Video from San Francisco

Images and video by John Navas from the International One Design Championships, sailed from the San Francisco Yacht Club, California, USA For the rest of the story from sail-world.com CLICK HERE!

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Rio 2016 – Images from Day 1 – 2.4 Mtr and Sonar Classes

Richard Langdon of Ocean Images was on hand in Rio de Janerio to record the Day 1 action at the Paralympics for World Sailing in the three man Sonar keelboat and the singlehanded 2.4Mtr classes. For...

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How to Build it So They Will Come

Whenever local one design or handicap racing fleets flourish, it’s generally due to the work of the people who most benefit – the sailors. This report by Steve Bodner is textbook ‘plug ‘n play’...

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Olympic Prospects Pondered at Formula Kite Worlds

Weifang Binhai, China (September 13, 2016) – Light breezes tantalised racers at the Formula Kite (foil) World Championship for a second straight day, but remained stubbornly insufficient to get off any...

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Craziness on Lake St. Clair

by Mark Thornton, LakeErieWX Whether it’s a beer can race or a top tier regatta, weather often adds a bit of excitement to sailboat racing. This was particularly true for Windsor Yacht Club’s Wednesday...

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Solid Day for Canada at Paralympic Games

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (September 13, 2016) – The unpredictable nature of sailing reared its head in Guanabara Bay on day two of the Rio 2016 Paralympic Sailing Competition as only one race apiece was...

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back to the ak

Jake Beattie and the folks at Northwest Maritime Center folks are once again showing why they’re some of the best race organizers in the sport with this promo of the 2017 Race 2 Alaska and a big...

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Fresh Conditions at A Class North Americans

Newport, RI (September 13, 2016) – After winds struggled to develop yesterday as the 2016 Zhik A Class North American Championship got underway, today saw winds in the high teens with relentless waves...

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Spotlight on San Francisco for Big Boat Series

San Francisco, CA (September 13, 2016) – Since it began in 1964, the Big Boat Series has been widely recognized as the premier West Coast regatta. Never content to rest on its laurels, it’s no surprise...

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Rio 2016 – Light winds challenge para fleets

All three fleets at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games sailing competition were challenged with a long postponement and tricky weather conditions on Day Two of racing on Guanabara Bay. After being cleared...

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US Teams Selected for Red Bull Foiling Generation

Fifteen talented youth teams from across the country have been chosen to participate in the first ever US Qualifier for the Red Bull Foiling Generation sailing competition. The US Qualifier will be...

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Meeting a Previously Unmet Need

Two one design classes, both designed by Nat Herreshoff over a century ago, will be lining up September 17 for a new national title. While the Bullseye and H-12 have held national championships before,...

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Royal Canadian Yacht Club Defends Canada’s Cup

Toronto, ONT  – After a lack of wind on day three kept the Canada’s Cup teams off the race course, 5 to 7 knot winds today saw Defender Royal Canadian Yacht Club seal their victory in the 24th edition...

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Normandy Channel Race – Six retirements in 24 hours

The Normandy Channel Race fleet have just endured a very taxing 24 hours with six retirements… For the rest of the story from Sail Web CLICK HERE!

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you spin me right round

Check out this video! From the Facebook. Jesus. For the rest of the story from Sailing Anarchy CLICK HERE!

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“i’m not handicapped”

We’d love to know how that statement can be made, not only in good conscience, but ANY conscience, and not have people go ape shit. We blame US Sailing. We blame Dee Smith. We blame his enablers,...

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