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Next Monday, we are having Bill Tripp, the designer of the new Catalina 48, as our guest on our podcast. We think it is quite cool that Catalina is endeavoring to enter this crowded, competitive field. Tripp’s designs are growing on us, and this one looks to be quite nice.
Can’t wait to hear all the deets! Our podcasts are located here.
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On this day in 1851, the schooner America won the 100 Guinea Cup, which would then be renamed the “America’s Cup” in her honor. American boats went on to win The Cup until 1983, the longest winning streak in modern sports history…
For a full history of the Auld Mug, click here.
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The Mediterranean has lived up to its reputation, transforming the sprint to Cartagena into a crawl. After storming through Gibraltar at 30 knots, Paprec Arkéa this morning were drifting at barely a knot, watching as Biotherm and Holcim-PRB slipped past.
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With legal action underway following the youth sailing program accident that killed three people in Miami, Peter Swanson reviews some of the information in this report for Loose Cannon:
The Hobie catamaran run down by a barge late last month was effectively adrift and unable to get out of the way, even though her skipper could see the 200-ton commercial combo coming at them, according to the lawyer suing on behalf of one of the victims.
The barge ran over the 17-foot Hobie, capsizing it and resulting in the deaths of three girls, ages 7, 10 and 13, who had been learning how to sail. They were participants in a sailing program sponsored by the Miami Yacht Club and under the tutelage of a 19-year-old camp counselor.
Attorney Judd Rosen of Miami represents one of the survivors, a nine-year-old. (Six were on board. The counselor and a fifth girl also survived.)
Rosen said the engineless Hobie was unable to maneuver to avoid the barge because of light air. “They could see the barge. They just couldn’t move the boat to get out of the way,” he said. – Full report
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The Protocol for the 2027 America’s Cup has been agreed between the Challenger of Record, the Royal Yacht Squadron and the Defender, the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron.
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