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December 13, 2012RS Venture: Best Recreational DinghyFor casual racing, club sailing, and messing about with the family, RS Sailboats delivers the goods with its Venture, a versatile and nimble dinghy for the sailing masses.
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December 13, 2012Boat of the Year 2013From 15 new designs, Sailing World’s Boat of the Year judges distinguish six boats ready to take on the racecourse in 2013.
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November 5, 2012London’s Collective SpiritA community project built and based in Emsworth, England, for the London Cultural Olympiad, the Collective Spirit is a 30-foot encapsulation of over 1,200 donated family heirlooms and parts of U.K. history.
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October 26, 2012Luna Rossa AC72 LaunchLuna Rossa's AC72 was launched on Oct. 26, 2012, in Waitemata Harbor in Auckland, New Zealand. The hulls of the Italian challenger were built at the Persico Marine facility in Northern Italy. Most of the components, including the 130-foot tall wing sail, were built in New Zealand.
Skipper Max Sirena commented in an article on americascup.com: “We will not go out sailing in 25 knots on day one,” he said. “In the AC72, there are a lot of tricky systems to test. It is not just the structural part. There are the foils, the rudder systems, the wing – a lot of systems to check before we can start to push.
“We are excited to jump into the water. It is hard to keep the crew under control, because they want to push, but we need to push smartly.”
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August 9, 2012From the Archives: Countdown to 2000In this article from our January 1996 issue, John Reichel predicts what we can expect from yacht design as the turn of the century approaches.
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June 26, 2012We Are Go For Launch, People!After a winter's worth of Saturdays and about a hundred sheets of sandpaper, the Sled is ready to splash.
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June 12, 20122012 Sailing Industry StudyThe annual report from the Sailing Company—publisher of Sailing World and Cruising World, includes studies on the bareboat charter industry, North American import sailboats, and North American sailing industries.
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May 7, 2012Twenty Years of J/24sJeff Johnstone looks back at the boat that "started it all" for his family's company. From our April 1997 issue.
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April 6, 2012Fueled by AdversityThe members of the first class inducted into the National Sailing Hall of Fame each reveal that a little hardship on the way to the top might just be a good thing. "Jobson Report" from our April 2012 issue.
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April 8, 2011First Licks on the Farr 400Bill O'Malley, the guy charged with selling the Farr 400 one-design in the U.S., takes a trip to Dubai to see what he has to offer.
