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The Great Lakes 52 Series To Start This Weekend!

Published on 07-08-2020 04:05 PM

The long awaited resurgence of 52's is about to get underway with the Bayview Mackinac Challenge. 7 boats have answered the call,
two of which are PAC ...

Lucky Dog Dominates Lakewood RS21 NA Championships

Published on 06-22-2020 05:21 PM

Seabrook, TX- The inaugural RS21 North American Championships hosted by Lakewood Yacht Club featured a competitive fleet of 17 teams with 24 races sailed over 3 days. The Lucky Dog Racing Team helmed by Travis Weisleder with crew Chandler Self, Marcus Eagan, and John Bowden dominated the event winning 11 of 15 races sailed.

The final day was separated into Gold and Silver fleet sailing 3 races ...

Drown Victim Of Dillon Lake Tragedy Identified

Published on 06-16-2020 12:53 PM

Dillon resident Paul Kresge identified as man who drowned in Dillon Reservoir.
Image © Elaine Collins

DILLON — The man who died after falling into Dillon Reservoir has been identified as 66-year-old Paul Kresge of Dillon, according to the Summit County Coroner’s Office.

Article by ...

Great Lakes 52 Series Getting Rescheduled

Published on 06-16-2020 12:37 PM

As with many regattas world wide, the COVID-19 pandemic has cause havoc on many sailing events and the newly formed GL52 Series is no exception!

Yet there is hope on the horizon, with today's ...

Tragedy Strikes Dillon YC Regatta

Published on 06-15-2020 11:25 AM

1 person missing after boat capsizes on Dillon Reservoir during regatta
Report ByLibby Stanford

At around 2:30 p.m., a rainstorm caused gusts of wind, which blew the boat over. The National Weather Service ...

The Hand Resurfaces For Great Lakes 52' Series

Published on 01-24-2020 08:34 AM

Great Lakes 52 Fleet grows and launches new series

Great Lakes (January 22, 2020) 2020 will launch the first Great Lakes 52 Season Series (GL52 Season Series). The growing premier monohull big boat racing fleet has achieved critical mass in ...

A Surprisingly Powerful Cold Front Wreaks Havoc On Harvest Moon Regatta

Published on 10-12-2019 01:35 PM

The Annual slightly offshore 145 nm race from Galveston to Corpus Christi along the Texas Shore line
was rudely interrupted Friday night and early Saturday morning as a more powerful that projected
cold front descended of the water with 131 boats registered. 2 boats require USCG Rescue ...

Lake Erie Glows In Late September For J-70 North Americans

Published on 09-30-2019 10:15 AM

September 25th

Postcard conditions on Lake Erie greeted teams for the first day of the J/70 North American Championship at Edgewater Yacht Club in Cleveland, OH. A south breeze from 12-16 knots and gusts in the 20s equaled perfect planing opportunities. Adding in sunny skies and temperatures in the 70s, everyone relished the three races to kick off the Championship. Oivind Lorentzen’s team on Nine (Lucas Calabrese, ...

An Eerie Night On Lake Erie

Published on 09-12-2019 03:00 PM

LORAIN -- Eight people were rescued from Lake Erie after their boat capsized during a thunderstorm on Wednesday.

According to the Northern Border Initiative, the 36 foot long catamaran capsized about five miles from shore.
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5o5 North Americans 2019: A USA Sweep Of Top 7

Published on 08-29-2019 02:09 PM

Hosted by the Kingston Yacht Club located on the St Lawrence River mouth at Lake Ontario's north eastern shores in Ontario Canada,
the 2019 5o5 North American's entertained 39 crews from primarily Canada and the USA. 10 races were held over 4 days and when all was
said and done, the teams from the US commanded 7 of the top places with the usual suspects sitting upon the podium, Mike Martin and Adam Lowry
continuing their dominant roll, taking the golden biscuit with a mere 19 points utilizing ...

The Windy City Blows To The Delight Of J-111 World Participants

Published on 08-23-2019 09:56 AM

Martin Roesch Velocity is all knotted up with Peter Wagner's Skeleton Key for 1st place, both with 32 points after 6 races
at the 2019 J-111 Worlds hosted by the Chicago Yacht Club, with Rob Ruhlman's Spaceman Spiff and Andrew& Sedgwick Ward's Bavo
both with 37 points in 3rd and 4th. 2 more races on schedule ...

Islander Zapped, Burnt And Sunken In Fatal Blow From Heavens

Published on 07-26-2019 10:17 AM

Captain Randy Banger Sr. was motoring in Boca Ciega Bay at the time the fire call came over his marine radio on Saturday evening, July 20, he said. When he realized that no help was needed for a rescue effort, he filmed a short, close-range video of the fire-fighting action from the back of his boat. This is ...

La Nina Sinks Again

Published on 04-24-2019 03:52 PM

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — A docked replica of a Christopher Columbus ship that sank in 2017 days after Hurricane Harvey struck Texas has swamped again.

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Polar Vortex Makes Lake Michigan A Frozen Wonderland

Published on 01-31-2019 10:35 AM

The Washington Post's Angela Fritz puts together this piece and many more photos to go with

Photo © Jim Funk

With temperatures 50 degrees below the freezing point of water, the shoreline of Lake ...

Beacon Be Gone

Published on 01-08-2019 02:17 PM

MANITOWOC, WI – A historic Lake Michigan lighthouse beacon is no more after massive waves washed it into open water on Monday.
The South Pier Light Navigational Beacon, ...

The Final Bullet Wins It

Published on 10-10-2018 08:53 AM

STRUNTJE LIGHT CLINCHES WORLD TITLE IN FINAL RACE OF
FARR 40 CHAMPIONSHIP
German's first bullet of the regatta underscores consistency and competitiveness of 2018 fleet

CHICAGO, IL (October 9, 2018): The culmination of the 2018 Farr 40 World Championship served up nail-biting competition, coming down to the final race of the event as Wolfgang Schaefer's Struntje light edged out Alex Roeper's Plenty ...

Light And Lumpy In Chi-Town

Published on 10-08-2018 10:19 AM

ECSTASY & AGONY ON DAY TWO OF FARR 40 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

CHICAGO, IL (October 6, 2018): The point spread grew at the top of the Farr 40 World Championship leaderboard on Day Two with Enfant Terrible finishing at the front of the fleet for while Plenty fell to third. Three races were run in a confused sea state of 4-6 foot waves with wind decreasing throughout the day from 16 down to 11 knots.

Hailing from Australia, Gordon Ketelbey's ZEN had never raced in Chicago prior to this year's Worlds. ...

Plenty Of Wind And Rain For Day 1 Farr 40 Worlds

Published on 10-07-2018 09:38 AM

EUROPEAN TALENT DISRUPTS PLENTY'S FLOW AT DAY 1 OF
FARR 40 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

CHICAGO, IL (October 6, 2018): Patience paid off for Day 1 of the Farr 40 World Championship Day 1 in Chicago, Illinois. After a brief shoreside postponement, the fleet headed out for steep waves and winds of 15-20knots. The northeast winds brought in the standard cooler air with storms threatening on the horizon.

Chicago Yacht Club's Leif Sigmond and Marcus Thymian's, Norboy, leads the Corinthian fleet only two points ahead of Gordon ...

Farr 40 Pre-Worlds :Chicago Proves To Be A TOO Windy City

Published on 10-04-2018 11:23 AM

Sweet shots from Farr 40 Worlds in Chicago. Racing was abandoned today due to 7.5-foot seas and wind in excess of 25+ knots.
A practice race is scheduled for tomorrow and official racing starts Saturday!

all images © sara proctor/www.sailfastphoto.com/Chicago Yacht Club

Plenty seeks fourth crown as competitive 14-boat fleet gathers at
Chicago Yacht Club for 2018 Farr 40 World Championship

CHICAGO - Alex Roepers is extremely proud of each and every one of the three world championships he's captured as an owner-driver within the prestigious Farr 40 Class Association.

If Roepers and his top-notch ...

We Put Em Up And God Takes Them Down

Published on 08-05-2018 05:23 PM

J-24 Sailing at the Lake Dillon Open Regatta, Colorado at 9,017 is the highest organized sailing in the nation.

During Sunday's opener, ...

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