In the waters just off of Martha’s Vineyard, 11 teams from six nations raced in the Rolex Farr 40 North American Championship. Nico Poons of Monaco and his predominantly Dutch crew aboard Charisma sealed their victory with just 25 total points. They finished out of the top two only twice throughout the four day series. Photo Credit: Daniel Forster, http://DanielForster.com
After a morning postponement, the 2013 Sperry Top-Sider Marblehead NOOD gets underway with 10 knots of breeze and lumpy seas. Here are highlights from across all circles. The spinnaker set of the day can be found at the 10m:20s mark.
Edgartown Yacht Club’s three-day Race Weekend brought full-on action with over 20 knots of breeze. During the 54.7 nautical mile ‘Round-the-Island Race, 62 teams battled it out, but 90 foot maxi yacht _Rambler _took home the Concord Cup for fastest time around the island, recording the fastest time for circumnavigation during the event to date. Photo Credit: Michael Berwind
The breeze came in for the 11th annual C. Thomas Clagett, Jr. Memorial Clinic & Regatta, where 36 sailors with disabilities sailed 23 boats in three Paralympic classes on Narragansett Bay. The event has a reputation both as a training ground for Paralympic hopefuls and a perfect environment for developing raw disabled sailing talent. Click here to visit the event website. Photos: _Clagett/_Thornton Cohen
It’s the Sailing World edit staff’s hometown fleet, and once a season we’ve got race-committee assistance duty. Once the pin and finish mark were set, what else to do than sit back and watch. And snap a few pics of a solid three-race spring series night on Rhode Island’s Narragansett Bay.
The Class 40s of the 2013 Atlantic Cup are headed to Newport, R.I., for Memorial Day. You can catch the racing, plus a film co-hosted by the event.
Bruce Kirby, Inc., creator of the Laser, filed suit in a Connecticut District Court last month, the latest move in an attempt to claim past due royalties from the Laser’s American and European builder (LaserPerformance), and take ownership of the tooling. Here’s the official complaint in its entirety, which makes a compelling argument in his favor. LaserPerformance owner Farzad Rastegar, has not made any public statements regarding the complaint.
College students gear up for a regatta in Gloucester, Mass., but rather than practicing roll tacks and starts, they’re perfecting boat design and coding.
The folks at SailFlow have graciously agreed to provide all competitors in the 2013 Sperry Top-Sider Marblehead NOOD Regatta with complete access to all weather data.
Eight championship events, including the IRC and HPR North Americans, will be held at the Storm Trysail Club’s Block Island Race Week this June. Over 150 boats have signed up for the 25th anniversary of the biennial event. New fleets include classic boats, doublehanded boats, and Gunboats. As usual, the regatta will include an 18-mile around-the-island race. Click here to visit BIRW’s website [Click here to watch footage from the 24th edition.](http://www
Final results from the 2013 Sperry Top-Sider Marblehead NOOD Regatta.
The SpeedDream 27 takes all the go-fast accoutrements of modern yacht design and blends them into one radical concept. Tech Review from our November/December 2012 issue.
In the waters just off of Martha’s Vineyard, 11 teams from six nations raced in the Rolex Farr 40 North American Championship. Nico Poons of Monaco and his predominantly Dutch crew aboard Charisma sealed their victory with just 25 total points. They finished out of the top two only twice throughout the four day series. Photo Credit: Daniel Forster, http://DanielForster.com
After a morning postponement, the 2013 Sperry Top-Sider Marblehead NOOD gets underway with 10 knots of breeze and lumpy seas. Here are highlights from across all circles. The spinnaker set of the day can be found at the 10m:20s mark.
Edgartown Yacht Club’s three-day Race Weekend brought full-on action with over 20 knots of breeze. During the 54.7 nautical mile ‘Round-the-Island Race, 62 teams battled it out, but 90 foot maxi yacht _Rambler _took home the Concord Cup for fastest time around the island, recording the fastest time for circumnavigation during the event to date. Photo Credit: Michael Berwind
The breeze came in for the 11th annual C. Thomas Clagett, Jr. Memorial Clinic & Regatta, where 36 sailors with disabilities sailed 23 boats in three Paralympic classes on Narragansett Bay. The event has a reputation both as a training ground for Paralympic hopefuls and a perfect environment for developing raw disabled sailing talent. Click here to visit the event website. Photos: _Clagett/_Thornton Cohen
It’s the Sailing World edit staff’s hometown fleet, and once a season we’ve got race-committee assistance duty. Once the pin and finish mark were set, what else to do than sit back and watch. And snap a few pics of a solid three-race spring series night on Rhode Island’s Narragansett Bay.
The Class 40s of the 2013 Atlantic Cup are headed to Newport, R.I., for Memorial Day. You can catch the racing, plus a film co-hosted by the event.
Bruce Kirby, Inc., creator of the Laser, filed suit in a Connecticut District Court last month, the latest move in an attempt to claim past due royalties from the Laser’s American and European builder (LaserPerformance), and take ownership of the tooling. Here’s the official complaint in its entirety, which makes a compelling argument in his favor. LaserPerformance owner Farzad Rastegar, has not made any public statements regarding the complaint.
College students gear up for a regatta in Gloucester, Mass., but rather than practicing roll tacks and starts, they’re perfecting boat design and coding.
The folks at SailFlow have graciously agreed to provide all competitors in the 2013 Sperry Top-Sider Marblehead NOOD Regatta with complete access to all weather data.
Eight championship events, including the IRC and HPR North Americans, will be held at the Storm Trysail Club’s Block Island Race Week this June. Over 150 boats have signed up for the 25th anniversary of the biennial event. New fleets include classic boats, doublehanded boats, and Gunboats. As usual, the regatta will include an 18-mile around-the-island race. Click here to visit BIRW’s website [Click here to watch footage from the 24th edition.](http://www
Final results from the 2013 Sperry Top-Sider Marblehead NOOD Regatta.
The SpeedDream 27 takes all the go-fast accoutrements of modern yacht design and blends them into one radical concept. Tech Review from our November/December 2012 issue.
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