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Bacardi Winter Series Event #1

A riveting single race on Sunday, December 17 determined the leaderboard for Bacardi Winter Series Event 1. The overcast sky that lingered from Saturday gave way to clearing skies on Sunday, with a westerly breeze exceeding 20 knots and gusts up to 30 knots on Biscayne Bay. Once again, the […]

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Epic Middle Day of J/70 World Championship

What happens when you combine 22 knots of breeze, planing waves, sunshine and 83 teams at the J/70 World Championship? Smiles all around the St. Petersburg Yacht Club in Florida, and exhausted sailors looking forward to two more days of racing! Tom Mallindine and Charlie Thompson’s Brutus III (GBR) excelled […]

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J/70 World Championship Thrilling Day Two

Two-time J/70 World Champion Peter Duncan’s Relative Obscurity (USA) ascended to the top of the leaderboard at the J/70 World Championship on Wednesday, with four races completed in the series. Including crew Victor Diaz-de-Leon, Scott Norris and Willem Van Waay, the team went 4,2 on the day to tally 25 […]

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Some Tricks, Some Treats to Start J/70 World Championship

Eighty-three teams from 15 nations have come together for the J/70 World Championship at St. Petersburg Yacht Club in Florida, launching on Halloween Day and continuing through Saturday, November 4. Following a short onshore postponement, the excitement took to the waters of sunny Tampa Bay for two races in winds […]

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Fall Brawl

Thanks to Paul Green for this report: The 11 boats that entered the Eastport Yacht Club Fall Brawl October 28-29 raced in light breeze and tides driven by a full moon. As we motored out to the racecourse on Saturday, the predictions for stable wind were not in our favor. […]

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Annapolis Fall Series

The Annapolis Yacht Club Fall Series took place over two weekends from September 30-October 1 and October 7-8. The first weekend was affected by the remnants of Hurricane Ophelia and was canceled. Then, the second weekend also started a bit wet, but concluded with good sailing conditions, enabling the Annapolis […]

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