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Even in unfamiliar conditions, the Outrigger Canoe Club had a familiar finish last weekend.

Outrigger paddled through the fog and cold to win the open men’s division of the Catalina Crossing U.S. Championships on Sunday off California.

Outrigger completed the 31-mile course from Catalina Island to Newport Beach in 3 hours, 59 minutes, 4 seconds.

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Golden Gate Yacht Club’s Head of External Affiars, Tom Ehman has released the following statement following yesterday’s unexpected release of the so-called ‘secret agreement’ between the International Sailing Federation and Societe Nautique de Geneve, and the advantage they believe it confers on the Defender (SNG/Team Alinghi)

Golden Gate Yacht Club (GGYC) re-asserts its reasonable request that the 33rd America’s Cup be sailed under the undoctored International Sailing Federation (ISAF) rules and not some hybrid version which the Société Nautique de Genève (SNG) has tailored for its own benefit under the scope granted to it in the secret agreement struck with ISAF…  Details

Video Kayak – fishing kayaks and surf breaks – A brief video of the differing techniques used by four kayak fishers when dealing with the small surf on return to their beach after fishing…

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Forty seven-year-old Australian “adrenaline junkie” Sean Langman will attempt to break the 50-knot sailing speed barrier with his half sailboat, half plane, after a serious crash last summer.

Langman, a shipyard owner and yachtsman, is intent on beating the French-set record within the next few weeks, with the “Wot Rocket,” a canoe-style pod with a nine meter-long rigid sail.

The Wot Rocket is waiting for confirmation from the World Sailing Speed Record Council to attempt, once again, an unprecedented technology known as “supercavitation”…  Details & Pictures