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May 30, 2011
I wonder. Should Emirates Team New Zealand succeed in supplanting Team Artemis as Challenger of Record for AC34—I mean, of course, should the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron succeed in supplanting the Royal Swedish Yacht Club—will they, as representatives of all the challengers, continue the practice they began in Valencia in 2007 of speaking only [...]
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May 24, 2011
It popped up in my Inbox, a reminder that nominations close on June 1 for the first-ever inductees to the National Sailing Hall of Fame, and this time around it clicked. Darn tootin’ I have a candidate to nominate and, let’s see, they have rules, must be at least 45 years old or can be [...]
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May 19, 2011
As May West once observed, too much of a good thing can be wonderful. So, rather than choose between two finalist candidates for a summer internship in the design department of the America’s Cup Event Authority, the ACEA took both. We’re talking about two capable, worthy kids, so why not. The setting was the annual [...]
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May 16, 2011
Lots of people passing along the San Francisco cityfront have noticed a stately black schooner with tall, raked spars—a replica of the America that won the 100 Pounds Cup, now known as the America’s Cup, way back in 1851—tied up at the Golden Gate Yacht Club. Troy Sears, who usually keeps the boat in San [...]
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May 12, 2011
After fielding three challengers for the 2007 America’s Cup match in Valencia, Italy seemed ripe to play the role of Challenger of Record until the European economy went off the cliff and Vincenzo Onorato could not come up with a solid sponsor and so announced today: “Dear Friends and Supporters, with deep sorrow I have [...]
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May 8, 2011
Thought of the day: I put up my hand, and I am assured that I can get a ride next month on an Oracle Racing catamaran on San Francisco Bay. Now I wonder, how many pages is the release form? While Artemis and China Team are off to Valencia to train, pending World Series action [...]
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May 5, 2011
Oracle AC45s coming to San Francisco Bay in June, see below With history’s second prolonged, spirit-killing America’s Cup court battle still ebbing from the collective bloodstream, I can honestly say that I’ve never seen the future of America’s Cup racing more in play. And with it, the future of the sport. Love it or leave [...]
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May 4, 2011
Feliz Quattro de Mayo. It’s a big day for birthdays. At the
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May 2, 2011
Completing phase one, the winners were selected last Sunday in the 42nd annual high school design competition of the Architectural Foundation of San Francisco. Friendly reminder: The challenge was to imagine a student pavilion for the 2013 America’s Cup Village. Let’s tip our hat to the two schools who each had two winners, Lowell and [...]