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Congressional Cup Gives Sailors & Spectators A Taste Of The Wild, Wild, West

Day2 LONG BEACH, CALIF 19 APRIL 2018 - - More round-ups than a Western movie thrilled spectators, and challenged competitors, on Day Two of the Long Beach Yacht Club Congressional Cup regatta. Dean Barker (USA) and Team American Magic continued to hold the reins at the top of the leaderboard, as racing continued into the second Round Robin.

As the breeze rocketed up to 18 knots, there were wipe-outs, collisions and protests ...

Team SHK/Scallywag pulled up to the dock at the bustling Itajaí Race Village at mid-afternoon on Thursday, completing its delivery trip from the west coast of Chile.

The boat had previously made landfall in Chile after retiring from Leg 7 following the loss of crew member John Fisher, with a delivery crew taking on the task of getting the boat to Itajaí.

Now the team is in a race against time to be ready for the Leg 8 to Newport, Rhode Island on Sunday afternoon.











Neil Cox, the Head of the Boatyard, ...

Towed since Sunday, the Maxi Banque Populaire joined late yesterday the port of Casablanca after traveling the 130 miles that separated it from the coast.
The technical ...

News
17 April 2018
​John Williams, Owner of Ranger, Passes Away

The J Class is deeply saddened by the news that John A Williams, the enthusiastic owner of Ranger, passed away suddenly on Monday, 16th April.

John, ...

A COMPANY director has been crushed to death by his own 29ft sailing yacht after it fell on him.

The 56-year-old man had been carrying out general repairs beneath the half-tonne ...

An even 100 shorthanded crews signed for the Single Handed Sailing Society's
"Round The Rocks" race on Saturday. A 19.3 nm jaunt from the Berkeley Circle, up and over
"The Rock" Alcatraz, and up to Harding Rock and then north the Bothers, leaving all to starboard,
then back south leaving Red Rock to port and finishing in the Potrero Reach at the RYC Race Platform.







Conditions were as expected, light to medium at start with winds in the ...

Niklas Zennström's new Carkeek designed Fast40 RAN built at Carrington Boats in Hythe UK, Readies for the launch.







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Vestas 11th Hour Racing arrives into Itajaí
The blue boat docked into Brazil on Monday after being delivered from the Falkland Islands under jury rig
April 16, 2018
14:23 UTC
Text by Jonno Turner

Vestas 11th Hour ...

An extra race on Saturday due to Sunday forecast



Concern about what Sunday might bring made Saturday all the more important at Sperry Charleston Race Week 2018. Forecasts call for a front to move through town and there is no way to predict how much racing will be completed on the final day. As the skies darkened over Charleston Harbor on Saturday evening, the leaders had to feel good about their position while the followers were hoping for an opportunity to change the final standings.

“We’re still in the hunt. Hopefully, we’ll get two or three more races tomorrow and be able to improve our position,” said Savasana skipper Brian Keane, who holds fourth place in J/70 class.

Plans had called for the J/70 fleet to conduct three races ...