American, Canadian, and British skippers and their teams each won a Paralympic division at Sunday’s third and final round of racing at the U.S. Disabled Sailing Championships (USDSC) in St. Petersburg, Fla.
This US Sailing National Championship, hosted by the St. Petersburg Yacht Club, featured racers competing in one of three Paralympic classes: 2.4mR (singlehanded), SKUD-18 (doublehanded), and Sonar (triplehanded). Canadian Bruce Millar (Richmond, B.C. CAN) won the 2.4mR fleet, U.S. Sailing Team AlphaGraphics (USSTAG) sailors Scott Whitman (Brick, N.J.) and Julia Dorsett (Westchester, Pa.) were winners in the SKUD-18s, and British skipper John Robertson (Portland, Dorset, GBR) and his crewmates Hannah Stodel and Steve Thomas captured the Sonar division. A 10 knot Southwesterly breeze greeted the competitors this morning on Tampa Bay. Each fleet completed seven races through three days of competition, including three on Sunday … Details
Lee Stone a British Jet Skier from Chesterfield, England has clinched his fifth World title having been crowned IJSBA Pro Freestyle World Champion for 2010 after competing at the International Jet Sport Boating Association World Finals in Lake Havasu City, Arizona.
The 19 year-old was one of 15 RYA National Jet Skiers to represent the UK at the 29th Annual World Finals. 667 entries from 36 states of the USA and a total of 37 Nations attend the games in a bid for 48 World Titles, including 43 closed-course racing classes, three slalom classes as well as Pro Freestyle and Amateur Freestyle provided World Champions at the eight day competition … Details & Pictures
That most legendary of high-performance marques, the Cigarette Racing Team, is situated in Florida, just a few kilometres south of Fort Lauderdale and the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show.
Consequently, Cigarette regards the show as virtually being ‘home ground’ and as such the company will be going in with its throttles wide open. The Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show is set for its five-day spectacular from October 28 through November 1. This marks the 51st edition of the show, widely regarded as the world’s largest in-water boating exhibition.
The Cigarettes produced by the legendary company may … Details
American, Canadian, and British skippers and their teams each won a Paralympic division at Sunday’s third and final round of racing at the U.S. Disabled Sailing Championships (USDSC) in St. Petersburg, Fla.