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June 4, 2011Our Sport, in a Nutshell, in DetroitAt the Sperry Top-Sider Detroit NOOD, the best part about sailboat racing is on display for the TV viewing public.
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October 3, 20112011 Melges 24 U.S. National Championship"Not often does it come down to the last gybe as to whether or not you win a championship," says Bora Gulari, whose New England Ropes team narrowly defeated Nathan Wilmot and Conor Clarke's Embar team at this 38-boat affair on Wisconsin's Lake Geneva.
Read about the racing in our Finish Line forum.Photos © 2011 JOY | U.S. Melges 24 Class Association
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September 26, 2011Not Dark YetThe George O'Connell Fall Bay Regatta lets racers stretch the sailing season in the Lake Erie Islands.
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September 29, 20112011 ISAF Grade 1 Chicago Match Cup
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August 15, 20112011 Chicago Match Race Center Grade 2 InvitationalIn stormy conditions off Chicago's Navy Pier, San Diego's Bill Hardesty defeated New Zealand's Laurie Jury in the finals.
Photos by Isao Toyama/ Chicago Match Race Center.Read about the racing in our Finish Line forum.
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July 15, 2011One Thursday Night in ClevelandNights like last are both the cause of, and cure for, my end-of-summer dread.
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August 8, 2011These Are the Good Old DaysAt Bay Week in the Lake Erie Islands, the spinnakers are rainbow colored and Steve Perry wails late into the night.
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June 22, 2011Chicago YC Hosts Neill Advanced Sailing ClinicThe four-day 420 clinic attracted some of the best youth sailors in the country.
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June 21, 20112011 Cleveland Race WeekCleveland Race Week's One-Design Weekend included racing for Tartan Tens and six other classes; the regatta's second weekend hosts races for juniors, women, and handicap divisions.
Photos by Michael Lovett
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June 6, 2011How Napoleon Caused the Detroit NOODAccording to Leo Tolstoy, and me, the French leader has a lot to do with one-design sailing on Lake St. Clair.

