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Tachyon III, Kanzunori Komatu's Santa Cruz 52, with members of the Japanese Olympic Sailing Team on board, led the parade out of the basin. Like each of the 18 Transpac 09 race boats that followed, Tachyon III was escorted out of Rainbow Harbor's entrance by paddlers from the Kahakai Canoe Club. Free Range Chicken, Bruce Anderson's deluxe Perry 59, was the final Transpac race boat to leave the pier. ..
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Mason Woodworth
Day 4 of the Mark Foy championship started after a 1 hour delay under overcast skies and building wind. A small amount of rain was a fair price to pay for 15 knots of westerly wind.
After two tries race 5 got away on a boat favoured line. Good starts were rewarded as a backing wind brought the boats from the left side of the course to the windward mark in front. ..
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Richard Gladwell
Sail-World has been advised by normally reliable and knowledgeable persons who have seen Alinghi's new America's Cup Defender, and who have been briefed to a degree by Alinghi personnel.
They report that the the new Alinghi multihull is, as expected a scaled up 'LeBlack' concept catamaran. ('LeBlack' being a 41ft multihull owned by Ernesto Bertarelli).
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World Match Racing
Fantastic racing conditions allowed the organizers of Match Cup Sweden, Stage 5 of the World Match Racing Tour, to complete the repechage round which saw Johnie Berntsson (SWE) Berntsson Sailing Team and Sebastien Col (FRA) French Match Racing Team/K-Challenge emerge as the final two skippers that will join Mathieu Richard (FRA) French Match Racing Team, Peter Gilmour (AUS) YANMAR Racing, Torvar Mirsky (AUS) Mirsky Racing Team, Damien Iehl (FRA) French Match Racing Team, Magnus Holmberg (SWE) Victory Challenge and Philippe Presti (FRA) French Match Racing Team in the Quarterfinal Round, scheduled for tomorrow.
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VOR
Torben Grael’s sailing CV makes impressive reading. Five Olympic medals (two gold, a silver, two bronze), six world titles and a Louis Vuitton Cup. And now, victory in the Volvo Ocean Race. ..
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Lynn Fitzpatrick
Boats in Divisions 3, 4 & 5 start their Transpac 09 race today. Before they head out for the most enduring and greatest ocean race in the world they have a lot of decisions to make. Crews from each of the 19 boats are looking toward their navigators to determine what route they are going to take initially, so that they can decide which sails to take and which to leave behind. While the navigators work through their strategy, the rest of the crews are out purchasing odds and ends and loading food onto their boats for the passage.
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Three Sheets Northwest
They’ve been made of grass, cardboard and even popcorn. Sometimes they float; occasionally they don’t.
Organizers of the Lake Union Wooden Boat Festival are never sure what type of inspired creations might emerge during the Quick and Daring competition, a longtime festival favorite.
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Lynn Fitzpatrick
In Division 6, Relentless, the One-Design 35 being doublehanded by Tim Fuller and Erik Shampain, remains out in the lead and J World is closing in on them. Relentless has slowed to 3.9 knots while J World and the rest of the Division 7 boats are cruising along at 5.3 to 6.7 knots.
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Kristen Lane
K.Lane: I am here with Mark Strube who’s a member of Team Brick House 539 where he does the bow. He’s fresh off a victory at Kiel in the competitive Olympic Star class. Mark, first off congratulations on a strong win in Kiel. That’s a big time event to win and you did it convincingly. Tell us how you did it?
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Tracey Johnson
Released in June, 'Etchells, capturing the spirit' is a wonderful book about the people, the place and the competition of the Etchells Australian Winter Championship in Mooloolaba from 2004 through to 2008.
Through Peter Duncan’s stunning photographs of this icon event and Tracey Johnstone’s words, four years of Etchells racing from the winters and World Championship in 2004 through to the 2008 winters, is captured in this limited edition coffee-table style book.
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Eric Sharp / Free Press
Some non-sailors trying to understand what’s happening in the America’s Cup have emailed to say that they are puzzled by the ability of trimarans and catamarans to sail faster then the wind. The answer is explained by some relatively simple physics.
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Helen Middleton-Stewart
Despite growing up on the Hamble I had never done the Round The Island Race before so when folks in Weymouth were asking me what boat I was intending to sail round in my answer of "a Melges 24" was met with inevitable comments on the lack of facilities and general comfort. On leaving the house at 06.00 with grey sky, little breeze and drizzle, I have to say that the selection did seem a little foolhardy...
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Justin Chisholm
Brothers Brian and John Porter and their Full Throttle program have been at the top of the Melges 24 domestic and international regatta scene since the inception of the class. 2009 sees no let up in their passion for the Melges 24 and shortly after this article was put together the siblings edged a three way tie with Dave Ullman and Bruce Ayres to win the US National Championship title for a record setting fourth time. ..
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