Hydrofoil Sailboats are one of the most impressive watersports out there!  There are not many sailboats that can go faster than the wind.  C-Class Catamarans are a very open class of Sailboat Racing with only a few limitations (same hull used on both sides, a width and length limitation).  Other than that, it is completely up to the designers.  Materials, weight, and sails are un-regulated. Â
It’s no wonder that the sport is ruled by Aerospace Engineers.  Engineers who sail in their spare … Details
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Gibraltar – With the stealth that perhaps only a teenage girl (or maybe international spy) can manage, 14 year old Dutch sailor Laura Dekker snuck away from dock this weekend, setting off on her attempt to become the youngest person to sail around the world alone. As you may know, Laura has been battling for some time to attain the permission to take off on her voyage. The bullheaded young teen even went so far as to run away from home at one point, terrifying her parents who finally found her in St Maarten, shopping for a yacht! You would think that being labeled a teenage runaway would have ended her hopes of being found responsible enough to sail around the world alone, but Laura came home to convince her mother, and then the Dutch courts and social services, that she was a person capable of handling her boat by herself all the way around the globe. She didn’t, however, convince the Portuguese police  … Details
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The event will start on Saturday 16th October.
The plans to do all speed timing using GT31 GPS units are all now in place. Manfred Fuchs, the expert behind the software that calculates the speeds from the GPS data, has very kindly made some changes specifically for Weymouth Speed Week to allow us to set optimal courses and develop an integrated results generation system. The first part of this new system is the on-line registration – so please ensure you complete your details accurately … Details
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18ft Skiff International Regatta is scheduled to start on Sunday.
The powers ruling the next America’s Cup want to make sailing a spectator sport, they need look no farther than their own front yard for a primo demo with the ninth annual 18ft Skiff International Regatta starting Sunday.
The fast and frighteningly unstable three-person boats winging it in reliably brisk breeze will make that point in the natural amphitheater fronting the host St. Francis Yacht Club and its next door neighbor, the Golden Gate Yacht Club. The latter now owns the sport’s top prize through the efforts of its representative, the BMW Oracle Racing team of software tycoon Larry Ellison …Â Details & Wild Pictures
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