Mike Golding & Dee Caraffee top SA's 2007 Plaudits

Mike Golding’s daring feat of seamanship agained demonstrated his exceptional talent & ability. While Dee Caraffee accomplished what no woman has done before, albeit not for the lack of trying…

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The skirts have dropped...

This past weekend all teams revealed the underbodies of their respective boats. The shape of hulls and appendages (keels & rudders) are no longer a mystery, though the theories may be.

BMWOracle:Keel

ETNZ:Keel

Alinghi:Keel

+39 and Desafio:Keel

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Behind the Veil

This spring the skirts will come down. April 1st is 'unveiling day' for the 11 challengers for the 32nd America's Cup and in Round Robin One of the Louis Vuitton Cup, which kicks off April 16, the syndicates...
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Maximus & ABN AMRO dismasted

Race leader and round the world Volvo 70 ABN AMRO ONE skippered by New Zealand yachtsman Mike Sanderson loses mast first night out, and a short time later Charles St Clair Brown and Bill Buckley’s 30m maxi Maximus was also dismasted. …link

Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2006.. Now in its 62nd year, the Rolex Sydney Hobart ranks in world status with the Rolex Fastnet Race in England and the Newport to Bermuda Race in the USA. ~ RSHYR 2006 Leader board link

Hourly reports from Sail-World ~ link

Stuart Walker

At 83, Stuart Walker will skipper his slippery, 27-foot race boat, Duende, against 38 competitors from 12 countries in the
Soling World Championships on Chesapeake Bay this week. It's the 20th time he'll race the Worlds since 1969, when the Soling class was started. Sailing World subscribers are familiar with Walker and the thoughtful analysis of his monthly article.

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