The sailing season in New England got of to a windy and early start in 2010.
New boards are being tested and early results are excellent.
On May 5th a newboard hit 55.5 over the 100m. Top speed is  … Details
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It’s the eve of Jessica Watson’s return to civilization, after seven months spent sailing around the world, and the 16-year-old Australian brims with excitement.
“It’s like the day before Christmas except I don’t ever remember getting this excited about Christmas,” she posted on her blog.
An estimated 50,000 fans will cheer as the intrepid mariner docks at the Opera House and steps wobbly from a 34-foot pink sailboat on which she will have lived, with stuffed animals as her only companions, for 210 days … Details
Before women’s Olympic match racing, before Ellen MacArthur, before the Yngling Girls – there was the Women’s Team.
The brainchild of 1992 America’s Cup winner and business maverick Bill Koch, the 1995 America3 women’s team brought together top female athletes from across the country, with an unprecedented goal; to race at the same level as the top male sailors in the most prestigious yacht race in the world – the America’s Cup.
On May 28 and 29, the team will reunite in San Diego, celebrating the 15th anniversary of their remarkable achievement. The weekend’s activities include a Friday sail with local junior sailors and a dinner Saturday night at the San Diego Yacht Club, honoring team founder Koch …Â Details