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June 26, 2012
The Worrell 1000 once was a hero’s arena for small cat racing on the Atlantic coast. When the Worrell blew away, a 500-miler replaced it, for a while, but now the only long distance, beach cat race to be found happens south of the heart of Texas. Jeremy Leonard, Surf City Catamarans, shares his story [...]
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June 25, 2012
I’ve always loved the phrase, “answer the guns.” It took something away when race committees at the America’s Cup—in Valencia, for example—went to blowing horns instead of firing guns to signal start and finish. Never mind that the visual signal governs, and the sound signal, whatever it may be, is an aid. In not much [...]
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June 19, 2012
Posting a $200,000 performance bond is no guarantee that Team Korea will be on the starting line of the Louis Vuitton Cup with an AC72 catamaran, but post they did this week, and they say they intend to be exactly that — on the starting line for the America’s Cup challenger eliminations when racing starts [...]
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June 11, 2012
oooKAY. Today I got a press release on behalf of the African Diaspora Maritime regarding its legal action against the Golden Gate Yacht Club, Defender and Trustee of the America’s Cup. Said press release describes the situation as, “one man’s two-year attempt to integrate the upcoming 34th America’s Cup.” Which doesn’t go far toward building [...]
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June 3, 2012
“Five corsairs on a dream boat” is Alain Thébault’s description of himself and crew as they prepare for the first-ever transoceanic sailing record attempt on foils. California-Hawaii. Los Angeles-Honolulu. Their 59-foot trimaran, L’Hydroptere DCNS, has never before been far from France, but this flagship of all foilers worldwide holds the absolute speed record over one [...]