Monthly Archives: August 2011

A Moment for Chubby Love

By admin | Published: August 25, 2011

As nicknames go, “Chubby” wouldn”t sign affection— Unless applied to the S&S yawl Chubasco that helped shape the face of yachting as we know it on the California coast. South. North. Yonder to Honolulu. Chubasco was launched in 1939 and honored on Wednesday night with a model—begun nearly half a century ago, completed at last—donated [...]

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From the Pacific, with Love and Fear
(for the future)

By admin | Published: August 7, 2011

It was a hopping weekend, of course, with the opening races of the America’s Cup World Series in Cascais, Portugal, and that worked, but I am not going to attempt to add to those doings in this space, today. Let me take the day off, instead, by way of pointing out that the six vaca [...]

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State of Play

By admin | Published: August 2, 2011

Capsize, anyone? Beyond aerodynamic efficiency, wings bring one special, not so obvious quality to multihull sailing — flotation. The forward element and each of three flaps in the aft element of an AC 45 wing are airtight and buoyant. As long as the wing stays in place, the boat will not turn turtle. Think thin, [...]

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