
Louis Vuitton Trophy Series to End in 2010
The January 2011 Hong Kong stop is cancelled. Will a November event in Dubai be the swan song for the World Sailing Teams Association? For Louis Vuitton as an America’s Cup sponsor?

The January 2011 Hong Kong stop is cancelled. Will a November event in Dubai be the swan song for the World Sailing Teams Association? For Louis Vuitton as an America’s Cup sponsor?

Ingrid Abery Photography/www.ingridabery.com

Meredith Block/www.melges20.com

© 2010 JOY | International Melges 32 Class Association

We were in the cheap seats, but we had a plan to improve the view.

Sander van der Borch/www.artemisracing.com

Photos by Ignacio Baixauli / RC44 Class

With winds streaking and shifting across the three racecourses of the Sperry Top-Sider Marblehead NOOD, good finishes were a matter of getting around the holes and getting around the marks.

Ingrid Abery snapped Austin Fragomen’s TP52 Interlodge at this Irish regatta. Read more about the event in SW‘s Finish Line forum.

The wind died, but the tide kept going, and as the finish line faded ever further, SW‘s Michael Lovett began listening to his inner weasel.

On one Tuesday night 24 years ago, two budding legends were reminded that shiny watches and fancy awards are nice, but no match for local knowledge and a little common sense. “Gaining Bearing” from our July/August 2010 issue

SW blogger Tim Zimmerman resolves to revisit the cruising side of his sailing identity.

The January 2011 Hong Kong stop is cancelled. Will a November event in Dubai be the swan song for the World Sailing Teams Association? For Louis Vuitton as an America’s Cup sponsor?

Ingrid Abery Photography/www.ingridabery.com

Meredith Block/www.melges20.com

© 2010 JOY | International Melges 32 Class Association

We were in the cheap seats, but we had a plan to improve the view.

Sander van der Borch/www.artemisracing.com

Photos by Ignacio Baixauli / RC44 Class

With winds streaking and shifting across the three racecourses of the Sperry Top-Sider Marblehead NOOD, good finishes were a matter of getting around the holes and getting around the marks.

Ingrid Abery snapped Austin Fragomen’s TP52 Interlodge at this Irish regatta. Read more about the event in SW‘s Finish Line forum.

The wind died, but the tide kept going, and as the finish line faded ever further, SW‘s Michael Lovett began listening to his inner weasel.

On one Tuesday night 24 years ago, two budding legends were reminded that shiny watches and fancy awards are nice, but no match for local knowledge and a little common sense. “Gaining Bearing” from our July/August 2010 issue

SW blogger Tim Zimmerman resolves to revisit the cruising side of his sailing identity.
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