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Les Voiles de Saint-Barth 2012 promises best-ever edition

Superyacht Times - Jan 23, 2012
While last year Highland Breezes owner Ben Kolff hosted his employees on board for a chance to experience the exciting and--in this location, anyway--exotic world of grand prix sailboat racing, this year he has a crew of "hard core yachties.

RYA Volvo Dinghy Show SailX Championship

Sail World - Jan 18, 2012
This exciting virtual regatta, powered by the inshore sailboat racing and training game SailX.com, is open to everyone. Heats take place in the seven weeks leading up to the Show, culminating with the live finals at the Show on the Volvo Main Stage ...

RC Aquanauts ready to sail if weather cooperates [ *** GALLERY *** ]

Peninsula Daily - Jan 22, 2012
So they did some model-sailboat racing at John Wayne Marina on Sequim Bay before moving to the pond shortly after the city added the demonstration park's pond. There, their model sailboats drift in the wind much like their real and much larger ...

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Sailboat Racing books

Sailing Smart: Winning Techniques, Tactics, And Strategies

by: Buddy Melges, Charles Mason
Sailing Smart is for every sailor who wants to increase his or her knowledge, understanding, and sailing expertise: the local day-sailor who wants a firmer grasp of the fundamentals, as well as the serious competitor who wants to be up on the latest, most innovative sailing techniques and racing strategies. Buddy Melges, one of the world's best-known sailors, has at last set down his highly original thoughts on how to sail well. He covers the full range of sailing experience, from the general to the specific, the basic to the highly sophisticated.
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Catamaran Sailing: From Start to Finish

by: Phil Berman

The classic guide to catamarans, updated to bring readers the latest for everyman's sailboat.

Fast, inexpensive, versatile, and exciting, catamarans are one of America's most popular pleasure crafts. Here is a complete course in catamaran sailing for the beginner and the semi-experienced sailor who wants to become more skilled in the arts of tuning, handling, and racing cats. Included are sections on buying a cat, learning the basics, heavy weather sailing, racing tactics, surfing, and more.
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Getting Started in Sailboat Racing

by: Adam Cort, Richard Stearns

A complete course in the fundamentals, Getting Started in Sailboat Racing dispels the sport’s elite aura and makes racing accessible to any sailor who wants to give it a try. This illustrated manual takes readers around the buoys, explaining the rules and tactics that govern starts, finishes, mark roundings, and boat-to-boat struggles for speed and advantage.

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Fundamentals of Sailing, Cruising, and Racing

by: Steve Colgate

For all sailors—novices and experienced racers alike—the acclaimed primer on sailing, cruising, and racing.

Stephen Colgate, the founder and president of the Offshore Sailing School, removes the mystery of sailing and reduces the techniques to basic, simple principles. He instructs the reader on all matters from how sails work under various conditions to night sailing and piloting, tactical problems and heavy-weather racing, emergencies, safety, boat control, and all other fundamentals.
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Exciting Sailing Footage

Various clips of big sailboat racing

 

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Alaska Cup Regatta Sailboat Racing: William H. Seward Yacht Club

2011 Alaska Cup Regatta. Sailboat racing on Resurrection Bay out of Seward Alaska at the William H. Seward Yacht Club. Footage is a mix up of the first and second days aboard Maniac, the ultimate winner of the regatta.

 

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Resurrection Bay Alaska Sailboat Racing, William H. Seward Yacht Club

On board Maniac and Cirrus for the first part of Race 1 on July 9, 2011. Racing with the yacht club in Seward Alaska on a beneteau FC10 and a Catalina 30 www.dongshow-productions.com http

 

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RC Sailboat Racing

ODOM one meter boats at Redan Pond 8-26-07

 

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Newport YC Tues night OD Sailboat racing: Vipers, Ensigns, and J22s

July 12 2011 Newport Yacht Club continuing series of Tues. night sailboat racing with current lineup of Vipers, Ensigns, S Class, and J22s