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Regattas

The 33rd Museum of Yachting Classic Yacht Regatta

The 33rd Museum of Yachting Classic Yacht Regatta took place over Labor Day weekend in Newport, Rhode Island. A favorite event in the community, sponsored by Panerai Classic Yachts Challenge, the regatta is limited to classic wooden yachts.

40th Opera House Cup Regatta Aboard Heroina

In mid-August, the island of Nantucket becomes the beehive around which competitors and spectators of Nantucket Race Week and its finale, The Opera House Cup Regatta, buzz.

A Decade of Beach Starts

The Great Texas Catamaran Race, or GT300, has now marked a full decade of thrills, spills and bumps and bruises. Carrying on the tradition established by such beach cat classics as the Worrell 1000, the GT300 is a 300-mile marathon run…

Bayview One Design Regatta

A Gathering of the Classes: There’s a new one-design kid in town—the Bayview One Design Regatta, which hosted more than 200 boats off Detroit, Michigan, on Lake St. Clair in early June.

Weymouth 2012 Good for Other Teams

While the U.S. experience at the 2012 Olympic regatta in Weymouth fell very much under the “agony of defeat” category, the experience was plenty thrilling for many of the other countries taking part.

Pocket Cruisers Reunite in Havasu

Back in days gone by, before rumbling speedboats and thundering Spring Break coeds discovered Lake Havasu, this was a place for sailing. A wide spot on the Colorado River 448 feet above sea level (a product of the Parker Dam), Havasu was a desert haven with vistas of jagged peaks and winters infused with sunshine and warmth.

The Philadelphia Cup Regatta

The Philadelphia Cup Regatta returns on September 29 on the Delaware River with a series of one design races between the Betsy Ross and the Walt Whitman bridges, two of the city’s most famous and picturesque bridges.

Full Report on Farallones Race Tragedy

US Sailing has released a full report on the Farallones race accident, along with the following press release. See what one of our editors had to say on the topic at Sailfeed.com.

Olympic Windsurfing: Not Dead Yet?

Don’t write off Olympic windsurfing just yet. A firestorm of opposition to the International Sailing Federation’s decision to dump the event in favor of kiteboarding at the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro makes it highly likely that there will be another vote.

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From the Editor: Watch Change

I have a confession to make: I recently read one of John Kretschmer’s books for the first time.  You’d think someone who’s made a career

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This Day in History: Tracy Edwards

Tracy Edwards led the first all-female circumnavigation during the 1989/90 Whitbread Round the World Race and has been a bold advocate for women and girls ever since. 

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