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June 12, 20122012 Sperry Top-Sider Chicago NOOD Regatta Day 3Three beautiful days in a row on Lake Michigan.
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August 28, 2012Volvo Ocean Race: Scheds Change the GamePosition reports and fleet tracking for ocean races are fine and good for friends, fans, and the media, but on the racecourse, knowing what others are up to dilutes the challenge. Gaining Bearing from our July/August 2012 issue.
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March 14, 2013The Safety NetIf you have a good routine, you can always be prepared for the worst-case scenario at regattas. Well, almost always.
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October 19, 2011The Shape I'm (We're) InRuminations on cool-down runs and pin trading from steamy Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.
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June 26, 2012Typhoon National RegattaRon Mihills and his two sons, Rick and Brent Mihills, won the two-day, 5-race regatta with a record of 3-3-1-1-1 in the 19 boat Championship fleet. PRO John McCarthy presided over teams from as far away as Michigan, North Carolina, and Washington DC, and over 50 volunteers helped to make sure that everything ran smoothly.
Photo Credit: Diane Cook-Tench, Lin McCarthy, and Blanche Stevens.
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December 11, 2012C&C 101Boat of the Year Nominee
Photos by Walter Cooper
The C&C 101 is billed as a return to C&C’s racing roots, and for this they tapped young in-house designer Tom McNeill. Teased by dying winds and a shortened test sail, the judges sailed the boat on two separate days so as to give it a fair test.
Short-tacking up the shoreline of the Naval Academy, the boat accelerated quickly out of the tacks, and was responsive on the helm to subtle course changes, characteristics the judges liked. The build quality and interior were positives as well, but there numerous issues of which the judges were critical, including the mainsheet system, which was difficult to trim, and the cockpit ergonomics, which while wide, and open, were not comfortable (the floor being too low, for example).
The judging panel from our sister publication, Cruising World, however, found no such issues and were most impressed with its entry-level pricing—$175K—bestowing the boat with their Domestic Boat of the Year award.
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June 9, 20122012 Sperry Top-Sider Chicago NOOD Regatta Day TwoGreat day on Lake Michigan, but the winds did get shifty as the day went on.
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August 21, 2012Team GBR's 'Fine Art on Sail'Shape-shifters of the print world Eley Kishimoto--Mark Eley and Wakako Kishimoto--present a unique perspective on Olympic Star sailing. The pair will be the first artists in Britain to have their work on an Olympic Star class sail.
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February 26, 2013Maserati's RecordItalian sailor Giovanni Soldini, and a crew of eight, sailing aboard a VO70 called Maserati (ex-Ericsson 3) set a record when they reached San Francisco from New York in just 47 days (and 42 minutes).
Click here to read more about the passage and this historical clipper ship route.
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June 26, 2012Leukemia Cup Regatta at the Great Lakes Yacht ClubThe Great Lakes Yacht Club has raised over $500,000 since they began hosting their Leukemia Cup Regatta, and this year proved to be just as fruitful as years past. Nearly 30 boats sailed on May 19th in the three-race regatta on Lake St. Clair in order to raise funds for blood cancer research and patient services. The top fundraiser for the year was Trey Rose, a member of the Crescent Sail Yacht Club who raised $6,090 in memory of his co-worker John Balconi.
Photo Credit: LTN_Michigan
