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Yacht designers, engineers meet
(espn) One, two or three hulls? More than 60 feet long, or right around 90? In
the most significant step toward creating a new class of boat for the
34th America's Cup, some of the world's leading yacht designers and
engineers on Tuesday discussed three different options: multihulls of
approximately 66 and 82 feet (20 and 25 meters) and a monohull class of
up to approximately 89 feet (27 meters). READ MORE
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(newport-now) Finally, il mostro is home. After sailing nearly 55,000 miles en route to a second-place finish in the 2008-09 Volvo Ocean Race, Team Puma’s custom Volvo Open 70 is back where it all started. READ MOREELAN WINS AT AMERICAN YC SPRING SERIES
(northsails) Powered by a 100% North Sails inventory, John Hammel and crew score 9 bullets in 11 races. John Hammel of Arlington, MA, and crew aboard his Beneteau 36.7 Elan
had a banner weekend in Rye, NY, winning the American Yacht Club Spring
Series, both in class and the coveted 1888 Trophy for best level
performance.34th America’s Cup – new vision revealed
(americascup.com) The oldest trophy in international sport: re-energised by unprecedented collaboration between the Defender and the Challengers
Puma Ocean Racing team set for 'Everest of sailing' event
(gulf news) Dubai: The Puma Ocean Racing team will participate in the Volvo
Ocean Race 2011-2012 after placing second overall in the 2008-2009
competition. The race, known as the "Everest of sailing", begins in October 2011
in Alicante, Spain, and ends in Galway, Ireland, in June 2012. READ MORESailing | Co-ed team takes first at home on Mystic Lake, fifth at Roger Williams
(Tufts Daily) With members of the co-ed sailing team split up this weekend between
home and road races at the Ferrarone Team Race Intersectional and the
Mystic Lake Invitational/Central Series Three, the lack of a full roster
failed to deter the Jumbos from capturing one of their best finishes of
the young spring season. READ MOREAmerica's Cup court case ends
(espn) The America's Cup has finally sailed away from one of the most bitter chapters in its 159-year history. The
new trustee, San Francisco's Golden Gate Yacht Club, announced Friday
that it and vanquished trustee Societe Nautique de Geneve agreed to
drop their remaining legal actions against each other, the remnants of
a 2½-year court fight between two of the world's richest men. READ MORE
Ribcraft to sponsor ISAF World Championship
(soundings) Ribcraft has reached an agreement with the New York Yacht Club to
supply RIBs and sponsor the 2010 ISAF Women's Match Racing World
Championship in September. READ MOREYachting: Coutts hints at quitting America's Cup
(nzherald) Sailing legend Sir Russell Coutts has hinted at retirement from America's Cup racing. The four-time winner of yachting's top trophy yesterday said he was taking time in the next two months to decide his future. READ MORER.I. could be back in the America's Cup race
(projo) The spectacle of
America’s Cup yachts flying anew across Rhode Island Sound became more
than a shot in the dark after software billionaire Larry Ellison — who
apparently bought Astors’ Beechwood Mansion on Bellevue Avenue recently
— won the 33rd America’s Cup challenge on Sunday in Valencia, Spain. READ MORE