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The Cynic Starr 40 A semi-regular new new feature at here SA is The Cynic, an anarchist who prefers to remain anonymous and who, so far, seems to find nothing good in the sport. Good times! Did you "anarchists" go and don your overpriced matching crew gear as you read the results of the relatively recent Farr 40 Worlds on your favorite sailing websites? We're you fantasizing that it was you there amongst the glitterati, collar upturned, coke spoon in pocket, and Rolex watch gleaming, rubbing shoulders with the rock stars that you were paying to rub shoulder's with? Oh goody! Then this is for you. Speaking of cyber sailing, I have noted, with some small joy, that this site didn't seem to spend many words covering the event. Perhaps your esteemed Editor was too busy with his Chinese Junk to care? Or maybe it was carefully calculated indifference to the event? Very clever, Mr. Editor, if that was the case, but sadly it wouldn't appear that such actions will enamor you with The Beautiful People. Ah yes, the event. Most call them Farr 40's, I prefer to call them Starr 40's, A class so littered with highly paid jigs, support members, sailors, sail makers and Rock Stars as to be somewhat ridiculous. Make that completely ridiculous. Could these wealthy owners back out of the slip without writing a check first? The answer is of course irrelevant, as that is not the name of the game. The name of the game is money. And the racing, while close at the sharp end of the carefully manicured fleet, how is it possible that the same two boats almost always win? The wealthy Eye-talian (who quite tragically for him, is the lesser rich of the other Eye-talian) and though he is a poor sister in the America's Cup to the wealthier Eye-talian, he routinely beats the wealthier Eye-talian in the Starr 40's. And the wealthy Anglo whose boat seems to bark in name only is the other continuos winner. Please add a highly suspect protest, jury and decion to guarnatee the win of the wealthy (but not the wealthiest Eye-talian) during said recent World Championship. Shall we talk about the boat, the Starr 40? Slow, outdated, build issues, sketchy rules enforcement all add up to the perfect rich guy race boat. One that offers the wealthy plenty of opportunity to spend more than the other wealthy guy, while being guided around a race course by his pricey tactician. Ah, but all that money guarantees nothing! Paying the nanny to have one's hand held (gently, gently) around the race course often returns nothing other than the ego stroke. Witness the legendary Paul Cayard on Warpath. Much spent, little accomplished. The goal is not to bury the Cayard's of the world, they are simply following the money. After all, do you believe that their version of a good week of racing is one spent holding the rattler in front of the baby's face, making silly faces and cooing "Goo goo ga ga", hoping that they won't cry? I am quite certain that you already know the answer. Hoever, now dangle check for $5,000 at the end of the week, and the only thing you'll hear from the Pros is what great racing it is. No, the goal here is to call out the Starr 40, a class has been one of the largest purveyors of the type of whoredom which runs rampant in the class. But it is an institutionalized system that allows not just the Starr 40 class, but so many others that are run by money, egos, greed and Rolex watches. As your Editor might say, "Good Times." 05/13/08 |

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Turtled 05/13/08 |

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The Biz License to ill For
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The Planet Good News? Given that virtually every piece of environmental news is bad, we were pretty surprised to see this one. U.S.
Coastal Waters Less Toxic Than 20 Years Ago 05/13/08 |

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Boat
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AGX This afternoon at 9 minutes and 13 seconds past two o'clock, the log clicked onto 30,000. It read 30,041 when I sighted British land once more - an hour ago, in the pink tinged dusk I saw Unst, northernmost of the Shetland Islands some 20 miles west - my first sighting of UK territory from the deck since the Cornish coast faded behind me in the mist on a drizzly November morning in 2005." On October 28th 2005, Adrian Flanagan set sail aboard his 38 ft stainless steel sloop Barrabas to attempt the first ever single-handed, vertical circumnavigation westwards via Cape Horn and the Russian Arctic. Inspired at the age of 15 by Sir Francis Chichesters epic voyage in 1966/67 on Gipsy Moth IV, Adrian knew that the challenges ahead would test the limits of his endurance. He became only the 14th solo yachtsman to successfully double Cape Horn westwards against wind and current, recorded the first nonstop UK to Hawaii (18,000 nm) and is the only yachtsman to have ever sailed Russias Arctic Coast along the Northern Sea Route single-handed. Read it. 05/13/08 |

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AC Breaking It Begins....Now! Justice Cahn has just ruled that the countdown to the date of the next Americas Cup starts today. According to our calendars, that would be march 2009. Gentlemen, start your, uh, lawyers! Read the ruling. 05/12/08 |

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Transat Halted! Actually,
the 2,800 mile Artemis
Transat solo "sprint" race across the Atlantic, from Sutton
Harbor Plymouth England to Rowes Wharf, Boston USA is underway and going
well. Potentially a fascinating race, this one bears watching. And we'll
be sure to let you know if the boats get "halted" again... 05/12/08 |

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AC Back to the Future Everything has been said about the need to change the America's Cup with one main goal in mind: To leave the 19th century and make it into the 21st century. One solution being considered is to remove the organization of the event by the winning Yacht Club and entrust it to an independent organizer, for an event scheduled every two or three years. This vision would give greater visibility to the event, which in turn would make it more attractive to sponsors. The permanent staff employed full-time would allow the America's Cup to be conducted as a great professional sporting show. Does the above remind us of the current trophy holder, Ernesto Bertarellis vision?? - Well, not really!
Doing some researches on the subject, it is interesting to note that Ernesto Bertarelli has not been the first to envisage modernizing the America's Cup. He was not the first to ask a city to pay a fee, nor the first to consider "selling" the event to the highest bidder. He was not even the first to place the America's Cups organization in the capable hands of an independent management company. In fact Ernesto Bertarelli has not invented anything. From
1990 to today Unfortunately, the San Diego Business Journal reported some financial difficulties in August 1991: "The poor financial health of the America's Cup Organizing Committee is very worrying". The SDB Journal confirmed the financial strife in July 1992 with the following statement: "The ACOC 180s creditors could receive between 13% and 38% of their debt under the plan discussed recently." Modernizing
the Cup Formula
One Style Two
years cycle Similarities
between Bertarelli and Ehman Some of these changes, implemented for the 32nd Americas Cup, cannot be considered other than a huge success. It seems clear that studying the similarities between Tom Ehmans projects and Ernesto Bertarellis realizations, the current legal battle is incomprehensible and the America's Cups aficionado are entitled to wonder: Why both sides are so opposed today?
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Race Report The French 400 Our friend Lyn Hines is back with a new report and pics. Enjoy.
This is the annual running of the French Naval College Grand Prix, the brainchild of Alain Daoulas, former Open 7.50 sailor and sail designer. This regatta is different in that it is based in a true military installation with naval officers, cadets, scuba divers and helicopters everywhere.
The race committee was happy to get in 4 races today, but the look on most crews faces was like: this isn't what it said in the brochure..... or our skipper lied to us..... Being one of the biggest gatherings of European sportboats, the leeward mark roundings were a little noisy, but it might have had more to due to the weather, trying to make soaked spinnakers fly, strong current and being soaked. 05/12/08 |

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We're Screwed! California tax proposals
target beer-loving, pornography-watching yacht owners Truly, this is the headline we've all been dreading, and unlike above, we're not kidding! SACRAMENTO
-- As state leaders hunt for politically palatable solutions to the swelling
budget shortfall, some Democrats are proposing unorthodox ways to generate
cash. Strip clubs, six-packs, grocery bags and iTunes downloads are all
in their sights as alternatives to broad income or sales tax hikes. So
are gas guzzlers and yachts. Read
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Blackhawk Down The SA community is vocal and not shy about voicing criticism, and if there has been one photographer who has been received a lot of it, it has been BoatPix. Often ragged on for (among other things) flying too low over race courses, this story must be then considered highly ironic. Helicopter
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Team Speed
This year's Tybee 500 is very talent laden and includes several Tybee and Worrell 1000 veterans. In this fleet where mere seconds separate the teams, any advantage is needed over the competition. Anything to aid in the comfort of the sailors is vital. Comfort equals endurance, and endurance equals increased concentration and less fatigue on the water. Team Velocity is kept in comfort with support from DryUV's line of excellent gear. The sailors wear a ProWick wicking layer under their lifejackets, and then covered by KoreDry rash guards. For Team Velocity information, please visit their website at www.velocitysailing.com and thanks to Amy Turns for the photo. 08/12/08 |

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Transats Setting out from Yokohama last Thursday at 5h5545 UT, Gitana 13 is set to make the Chinese port of Dalian over the course of this Sunday. Lionel Lemonchois and his seven crew, who were positioned 125 miles from their goal at 1645 UT, will in this way establish a new reference time between Yokohama and Dalian, by covering 1,215 miles of the theoretical course in less than 4 days.
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Big Pimpin' Rock It Our newest advertiser, RockBox, make something called the Advanced Mobile Performance Box. We're not smart enough to figure these things out, so here's what they have to say about it, and be sure to read all the way to the bottom for an anarchist deal. First of all, the RockBox AMPD was designed by serious racers for serious racers. Weve all been racing our entire lives and put the features in it that we use to win races! We might be a little biased, but with its graphic screen, remote control, and graphical user interface its the most advanced portable system available. Our goal is to build the best product, not cheapest.
A few of the features that set the RockBox AMPD apart from others are: *
Largest screen and digit size available The RockBox AMPD also has the largest number of function available, even some that you cant get in a permanently installed system. The RockBox AMPD functions are: ·
Big Digits Plus· Count down timer, Starting line distance, Data logging. Setup menus to change preferences while in use.
Other notable features of the RockBox AMPD are that it has adjustable damping, magnetic variance setting to show degrees magnetic, data transfer and firmware upgrading PC software, and over 24 hours battery life on regular AA batteries.
Also, were already working on new functions. Everyone will be able to easily load these new functions into their RockBox AMPD as we release them.
Until June 1st, or we run out of inventory, wed like to offer a discount to the SA community. Enter the coupon code SArocks during checkout at our online store and get $50 off the regular price! 05/12/08 |

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Ain't Superstitious... 05/11/08 |

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Race Results The
Hunter and the Hunted Ben Ainslie talked about the start of the race: The wind came in very quickly and so did the start. From the get go my plan was to give Guillaume (Florent) a hard time in the pre-start as I needed to get a few points on him. We had a few incidences where I was on starboard and he on port, but the Jury decided to give me a penalty anyhow. At the end it worked out fine because it distracted him and I was able to start in the middle of the line with good speed. Ainsle then spoke about the week in Maremma stating: On the whole it was a great week, but with very shifty and changing conditions. It was good training for what the situation in Qingdao will be like.
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Aye Candy 05/10/08 |

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Ten Hut! 05/10/08 |

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E Ticket 05/09/08 |

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AC Another Win From the GGYC PR machine: The
Golden Gate Yacht Club (GGYC) said today it is pleased the Appellate Division
of the New York Supreme Court has today rejected a further effort by the
defender to stay proceedings pending its upcoming appeal. 05/09/08 |

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Post of the Week Motivated 05/09/08 |

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SA Feature SA Tube We have partnered up with Magnify a "community video platform" company to put together a video page for you anarchists (there is also a Video button in the main toolbar on this page). Hopefully this page will enable you to have a single place to view, gather, upload, and download videos. This is our first stab at this, and we'd like make sure that it works well. Magnify is happy to work with the community so be sure to let us know what you like and don't like. Thanks. Oh and yes there are advertising opportunities on the video page! 05/09/08 |

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On Point Letter to the IOC: Jaques
Rogge, President Cc:
Members of the International Olympic Committee 7th May 2008 A PETITION CONCERNING THE 2012 SAILING REGATTA Dear Mr. Rogge We ask that IOC intervene to ensure that the 2012 Olympic Sailing Regatta include a Multihull Event so that it genuinely presents the wide range and diversity of sailing as claimed by ISAFs President, Goran Petersson. Multihulls represent a large branch of the sport, accounting for between a tenth and a third of global participation depending on the basis of calculation and have been part of the Regatta continuously since 1976. However the Commission now requires that the Regatta be reduced from 11 to 10 Events. Last November ISAF chose to do this by eliminating the only Multihull Event, rather than any of the two Keelboat, two Windsurf or six Dinghy Events. As explained in our Report, it appears that ISAF did so because multihulls are politically weakest, not least representative, least telegenic or least suitable for the Olympics. In the view of your former colleague and previous ISAF President, Paul Henderson, The most interesting observation is to see how many MNA's are now saying that their delegates were instructed to vote in the best interest of their specific country winning medals - not in the best interest of our beloved sport. Surprise! Surprise! Holier than thou pontifications are quite hollow methinks. Read on. 05/09/10 |

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Sailor Chicks of the Week This was our third year running the Mug Race in Bobs F24 Mk1 Wet Monkey. We got soundly trounced the first year, and have won the last two now - that is first in Class as our lowly Tri can not compete with the big RC30 nor even the RC27s. But winning overall all isnt what this race is about. At least it wasnt for about 160 boats this year. For some, it is about the challenges and rewards by doing a long distance race like this. For most....yeah, its the party!
The racing course is split about in two by the Shands bridge with only 44 ish feet clearance so some years ago they split the race into two courses. The original South Course that starts in Palatka and the North Course for the tall ships that starts by the Buchman Bridge (Orange Park) and travels basically to the Shands bridge and back. Both courses are the exact same length at 38.6 miles, but are scored separately.
This years version brought what most considered unusual winds. The forecast was for 4 to 5 at the start, building to 7 to 8 for most of the day and then ending with about 10 plus in the late afternoon. All from the S SE. They were mostly right, except for the lack of any wind mid afternoon for many, but not all of us, that came back as the sea breeze from the NW. The race is really more of a pursuit with its reverse handicap start. The first boat started at 7:30 AM and boats continued across the start line until the last and the fastest at 10:30 AM. This year, all found some wind at the start. The girls on Ruckus started just 4 minutes ahead of us and, like most, they went for a safe boat end start. We opted for the pin end and were rewarded with more wind.
Rather than do a blow by blow, lets just say that it sure seemed like most everyone was having fun. The boats ranged from a sailing canoe, a windsurfer, a lee boarded heavy cruiser, every 21 to 28 foot sloop you can think of, Hobies galore, A Cats, Flying Scots, a few tris and the bigger RC cats. And even more cats, small monos; pretty much anything that has a sail is welcome.
As far as we are concerned, this was the best of our three mug races. Our goal was to win class and to beat all the monos over the line. Win class we did, the latter we did not., but we did have fun sparing with a few boats. At one time, we had a Tripp 26, Wyle Wabbit, Etchells and several other monos keeping pace with us. The Tripp 26 was well sailed, though not without its problems. A spinnaker on the loose requiring a trip up the mast, and a grounding or two. Wet Monkey was a touch faster most of the time, but covering more ground. The Tripp would gain, then lose depending on the wind. They finally managed to avoid a big hole we found for ourselves and we couldnt quite catch them before the finish. The hole was actually the change of the wind as when the sea breeze kicked in, the direction was N NE.
As mentioned earlier, the Tripp 26 did very well and won its class (PHRF Spin A) they were followed by a S2 7.9, a Cal 9.2 and the Etchells. First mono hull over the line, however, was a Hunter 21.6. A boat sailed by rock stars, Don Stagg and Steve Pettengill to be precise. An interesting note is that by the only mark to be rounded for the entire race, there were several crab pots just waiting to attack. And attack they obviously did. By the time we rounded only one crab pot was left. And yes, we managed to miss it!
The couple of Rudder Club women on a Hobie 18 were the fastest women on the course, followed by their daughters on a Hobie 16. Oh, and the intrepid crew of Ruckus? They learned a lot. Like, do not let loose the spin halyard as deciding who goes up the mast takes some time as does actually retrieving the halyard. Asymmetricals really do not like DDW, IE, learn the angles. Gibing the Assy takes teamwork, and yes, it is easier when you have wind! It is fun passing lots of other boats. Ruckus can be very fast, but man, does she demand your respect! The backstay must be used and playing that traveler is hard work. To be honest, while the crew was disappointed by their result - 5th in the 5 boat Spin A class - I think they did great. It was really only the fourth time any of them sailed the boat. It was the first time all of them were on the boat together as a crew, one crew member (foredeck) was sick so they had new jobs, and they did it on what is actually a difficult b oat to learn, especially coming from larger, heavy displacement keel boats. If you look at their overall finish, they certainly have nothing to be embarrassed about. And, unfortunately, they learned that even if they did not have the right of way, but wanted it, all they had to do was bat their eyes, shrug and the offending boat moved out of their way. PHRF racers every where, look out! At least this technique wont work on the WOW series!
So, thats the Mug Race from our view. It is challenging as it throws pretty much every condition you can think of at you in the course of 38.6 miles. Patience and concentration is rewarded. Just want to have a good time, hey, that works too as anyone who finishes is a winner and the party will go on no matter what. The Rudder Club does a great job organizing and running what is really a complex event. The parties are great, the food hot and tasty and the beer has never run out. What more can you ask for! The results can be found at www.rudderclub.com as well as more pictures. 05/09/08 |

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The Monster 05/09/08 |

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Big Pimpin' Change is Good Spring is a time of change, so we thought a change was in order. With increasing traffic to our website, due in large part to our SA advertising, DIMENSION-POLYANT recognized the need to upgrade our website to better provide information to you, the sailor. We've completely updated our website to fully integrate product information with applications so sailors can see exactly what they're getting when they order DIMENSION-POLYANT fabrics. Our entire product line is laid out with printable PDF's for both the sailor and sailmaker to study and save. Our newsletter, DP Forum, is also available in printable form to follow the progress of DIMENSION-POLYANT as a whole, including our industrial, surf and outdoor divisions, as well as getting insight into how the company runs. Keep
an eye on the site, over the next few months we'll have more information
on our newest membrane string sail developments as we demo test sails
built in our new pilot plant in Putnam, CT. Our newest laminate product
will offer a new direction for any sailmaker to provide state of the art
membranes to the sailing public. 05/09/08 |

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Low Rider 05/08/08 |

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Insight We received this from one of our most active anarchists, and it is a revealing and very thorough report on the ISAF decision to eliminate the multihull class from the 2012 Olympics, put together by United Kingdom Catamaran Racing Association late last year. ISAF Council Selection of Olympic Events 2012 Executive
Summary Intense
controversy has been caused by the November 13 2007 decision at ISAF Council
in Estoril to exclude any Multihull Class from the 2012 Olympics. 05/08/08 |

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Channel Island Rocket
Man Other Mothies looking for a top spot at what should be a carnival of an event at Worlds in Weymouth this July will be scared to see how far Bora has come, but anyone who starts training on the water only two days after the ice melts deserves to kick some ass! Bora is the USA's best hope for a good showing in the Moth class, which is one of our favorites. The USA team will also include George "Bear" Peet (ABN AMRO 2, RAMBLER), and Pete Becker (SA'er BECKS). Bora still needs some help getting to England, so if you're interested in sponsoring SA's top hope, let us know. For more about Bora's Moth campaign, check out wetandreckless.blogspot.com. 05/08/08 |

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Olympics Sign Us Up!
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The End is Near As most of you know, we like to monitor the power boat world, specifically the mega yacht end of things. A bizarre, gross, elite and fairly disturbing commentary on the consumptive abuse perpetrated by a segment of society that should be embarrassed by their behavior. This however takes it to a whole new level. Ever heard of Shadow Yachts? No, well maybe you're better off if you never have and never will, but nonetheless, you simply have to get a load of this..... 05/08/08 |

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The Biz Gotta Be The Shoes...Maybe Not Puma has obviously made a pretty substantial effort to get into the sailing game via their clothing line and their VOR sponsorship, yet it isn't paying off, at least not yet: Pumas worldwide branded sales, which include consolidated and license sales, rose currency neutral 0.5% for the first quarter. In reporting terms, branded sales reached € 741.2 million ($1.11 bn) versus € 762.1 million ($998.7 mm). Footwear sales were down by 4.6% to € 404.1 million ($605.2 mm). In the U.S. market, sales were down 14.2% to $ 134.1 million ($145.8 mm), affected by the continued moderate environment in the mall-based business. Orders for U.S. end-of-quarter declined 20.8%... 05/08/08 |


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Rubber Match 05/07/08 |


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Changing Partners Ger
O' Rourke and his team (including a few Anarchists) have had great results
with their Cookson 50 "Chieftain." The boat has changed
hands, and now sites in Dun Laoghire, near Dublin, in her new livery.
After buying a boat that was advertised for $850,000, you'd think that
new owner Adrian Lee might've spent a bit more time and money on the new
graphics for "Lee Overlap Partners," which couldn't possibly
look any more plain. Regardless,
we wish Lee and crew luck with their new, cool ride. 05/07/08 |

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Uh, I Don't Think So... 05/07/08 |

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Sailor of the Month Our buds at Seahorse demand your participation in their Sailor of the Month contest. Anarchists always come up with the best candidates, So give it some thought and jump in and give us your vote. Thanks y'all! 05/07/08 |

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69 Rules 05/06/08 |

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Pongwacket So who would be the one guy on the planet to buy a boat that virtually no one else would? Hint: he already owns one white elephant. And he just bought another. Yep, that would be Frank Pong, owner of the 115' Juan K designed nightmare Maiden Hong Kong, and now the proud owner of the very bastardized (Juan K strikes again!) 90' plus Pyewacket. One look at Pyewacket says freak show - a boat that is now so odd looking - huge ugly wings, insanely tall rig, insanely deep keel and very fragile looking, that we're not sure what one would do with it. It will be interesting to see what Pong chooses to do. Maybe he can use it for parts for the Maiden... 05/06/08 |

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Race Report King Con Gavin Brady (who we hope to have write for us on occasion) gives the tale of the tape as he wins his fourth Congressional Cup! The Congressional cup is like running a marathon and then finishes with the 100 meter hurdles event. You first race two rounds which consist of 18 races over four days and then the semi finals and finals are the first team to win two races which are over in a little over one hour. By winning the rounds we were given the opportunity to pick who we would race and pick which side we could enter from. Picking the end was the easy one but who to race is never a nice choice. We picked Scott Dickson because Johnie Berntsson was sailing very fast and won all his races the last day of the rounds and Philippe Presti had just slipped into the top four and was looking dangerous with his second life in the event. As always the semi finals with Scott was very close with lead changes and close boat on boat action. Scott and his team had being gearing up for this years event and it showed with his crew work and boat speed. It seemed like Scott was a bit faster upwind and we had speed on them downwind so this kept the boats close. We were able to close the deal with two wins and Johnie also won his semi final against Philippe with two wins. Going into the first race of the finals the call on our boat was to lead in and take the left. This sounds simple but we started to get the feeling that Johnie had the same plan and both boats ended up early at the pin end with Johnie rolling us with 20 seconds to go. Our only option was to push hard and the umpires penalized Johnie and his team for not keeping clear of us. Because this happened just before the start gun and had they had kept clear they would have been over the start line early the umpires gave them two penalties. This gave us the chance to jump out to an early lead and win the race. The second race was in more wind and we found ourselves in a long dial up and running out of time to get free. With only 40 seconds to go before the start Johnie gave us just enough room to swing out bow inside them and get free to the right. I think we missed them by about 2 inches in the end. The boats never got more than two boat lengths apart which meant we had to defend hard on the runs with reach to reach gybes and close lee bow tacks upwind and held the lead to win this year's event. We represented the Moneypenny sailing team this year and sailed with members of the program that will sail on Jims Swartz new STP65. In fact Jim sailed with us in this year's event which was his first match racing event so maybe we will see a match racing event in the 65's in the future! Also sailing this year was Chris Larson, Rodney Daniel, John Ziskind and Sofuku Kazuhiko. 05/06/08 |

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AC BMW/VPLP French ship designers Van Petegem Loriot Prevost are working with Oracle to design a new multihull boat for the US syndicate's America's Cup duel with Swiss champions Alinghi, Oracle said Monday. "The French multihull community in general are leaders in these yachts and we are benefiting greatly," Oracle design coordinator Mike Drummond said in a statement, adding the French firm has designed yachts that break speed records. Read the story. 05/06/08 |

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Big Pimpin' Finally Here We have waited patiently for these guys to arrive at SA, and today they have. We are quite happy to have Ullman Sails onboard with us as our most recent advertisers. Their product is good, they are active in nearly every class, and hell, even Ed bought some for his Ranger 29 a few years ago! Here's some info they'd like you to know:
For over 35 years, Ullman Sails has been devoted to helping our customers reach their sailing goals. The group is proudly unique, bringing together individual sail lofts from all over the world that specialize in serving their local markets. With a rich combination of skilled designers and master sailmakers, we together to ensure every Ullman Sails customer benefits from our international collaboration. Ullman
Sails was founded in 1968 by David Ullman, one of the world's greatest
competitive sailors. A three-time World Champion in the 470 and the current
Melges 24 World Champion, Dave is still an integral part of the Ullman
Sails group. Serving as President of Ullman Sails International, he also
directs the Ullman design team - a select group of sailors with equally
impressive credentials, extensive experience, and sailmaking expertise.
And all of them are accessible. Contact a local loft and see for yourself.
In addition to a local sales rep, you could also be talking to the current
three-time J/24 European Champion; an Olympic silver medalist in the Tornado
class in 2004; or a seasoned offshore sailor who has competed in more
Sydney to Hobart Races than you can count on two hands. Check it all out
at www.ullmansails.com 05/06/08 |

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Bad News We sometimes look around for news in our sport, but man did today have a bunch of bummers... Four
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