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The New US Olympic Sailing Program

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 By Airwaves Writer Zach Brown

A lot has happened since the London 2012 Olympic Games.  The heads of US Olympic sailing went into a deep meditation to reflect on the positives and negatives of the last few quadrenniums.  Olympic reviews took place, new leadership began, and plans were created in November 2012.  The result of this introspection is a general attitude change, and it’s already evident in 2013.  It’s in the air; you can taste it, see it, and for some, you can grasp it.  The new US Olympic sailing attitude is inclusive and technical.  [Read more…] about The New US Olympic Sailing Program

2013 J/24 Midwinter Championship Final Results

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1 Sail Name Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Race 4 Race 5 Race 6 Race 7 Race 8 Race 9 Race 10 Points
2 5235 Mollicone, John / Healy, Tim / Becker, Geoff / Rabin, Dan / Borges, Gordon 8 3 1 1 2 2 1 2 1 [21/DNS] 21
3 5362 Welles, Will / Bowen, Rich / Snow, Chris / Reggio, Anderson / Borrer, Dan 2 1 5 4 6 1 2 3 [8] 2 26
4 5287 Bream, Peter / Abdullah, Paul / Griffin, Scott / Smith, Scott / Gilliam, Tucker 6 2 [12] 10 1 3 4 1 5 11 43
5 5448 Ingham, Mike / Hoelzer, Max / Paisley, Sarah / Ikle, Scott / Dexter, Bill 1 4 2 2 8 4 5 12 6 [13] 44
6 58 Parker, Tony / dierdorf, ross / niblock, james / white, carter / gold, barbara 5 [20] 3 7 9 8 6 6 2 1 47
7 5432 Odenbach, Travis 4 7 [11] 5 7 5 3 4 7 5 47
8 2918 Jankowski, Chris 9 10 14 [17] 4 6 11 9 9 4 76
9 799 Brown, Robby / Vilardabo, Nate / Hyatt, Ron / Regan, Karen / Wilson, Jonathan 3 5 13 6 11 16 [17] 5 15 3 77
10 3223 Smith, Darby 7 6 7 [18] 13 7 12 13 3 12 80
11 5351 Poulson, John / Till, Chip / Britts, Rob / Prior, Bryan / Whitney, Maybe [13] 8 8 8 10 12 8 11 12 7 84
12 3203 Guarnieri, Jim 14 11 4 11 3 [17] 13 16 4 9 85
13 4190 Malone, Brian & Kat 12 9 6 13 [14] 11 7 10 13 8 89
14 3147 Wiedeke, Ted / Challoner, Stu / Miller, Owen / Crocket, Chris / Keene, Mel 10 13 10 9 [16] 10 16 8 14 10 100
15 5350 Ravenswaay, Paul Van [21/RAF] 18 18 16 5 9 9 7 11 16 109
16 4550 Sullivan, Gretchen / Helming, Sarah / Demers, Jessica / Dambrie, Nick / Hopple, Peter 15 15 9 12 12 13 14 15 [18] 15 120
17 4202 Mcnamara, Frank / Snelgrove, Don / Powley, John / Hennessey, Mary / Dooley, Kevin 16 16 16 14 15 14 [18] 14 10 6 121
18 592 Heaton, John / Poast, John / Anderson, Dave / Martinez, Daniel / Geoghan, Ritchie [21/RAF] 12 15 3 17 15 10 20 17 14 123
19 154 Kresge, Daniel / Kresge, Daniel / Jeremiah 11 14 17 15 [18] 18 15 17 16 17 140
20 3880 Jeffs, Matthew / Bresett, Nathan / Richards, Ted / Nelson, Tom / O’Bryan, Mike 18 17 19 19 [20] 19 19 18 20 18 167
3636 Izmirlian, John / forney, david / Reemlin, mark / doug 17 19 [20] 20 19 20 20 19 19 19 172

 

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Youth Sailors, Take Notice. Meet The New Turbo 420

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Mildly resembling that mad scientist from Back to the Future, both in action and in thought, Fran Charles continues to push our community, and sometimes drag others, toward sailing innovation. Because it is often very comfortable to get stuck in the past, using antiquated ideas, equipment, and rules, over and over again, it is important to guard against complacency, and to look forward to new innovation and progress. For several decades now, through the MIT Sailing Pavilion, Fran has done just that, tirelessly focusing on making sailing better, more accessible, and more fun, especially for those that are the future of our sport: young sailors. From carbon Techs, FJ innovations, colored boats & sails, team racing management, to Fireflies, Fran has kept the thought curve moving forward. This latest innovation, however, will launch this spring much further north, at Mount Desert Island in Maine, where Fran serves as the summertime sailing master. In what will surely be an exciting development for the youth sailing world, Sail1Design introduces you to youth/institutional sailing’s Flux Capacitor, the Rondar Turbo 420, a 420 hybrid that in its development assumed (almost) nothing, re-evaluated everything, employs very modern construction techniques. This platform promises to be a great deal of fun for kids. This boat is being developed now at the Rondar boatbuilding facility in Peabody, Massachusetts. Sail1Design plans to cover, first hand, the first ever high school regatta held in Turbo 420’s. Stay tuned right here. [Read more…] about Youth Sailors, Take Notice. Meet The New Turbo 420

Melges 20

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The Audi Melges 20® fulfills the need for a more compact, yet spacious, fast, well-built sportboat. With its introduction, Melges Performance Sailboats is proud to deliver the next generation of sailboats. An exclusive Reichel Pugh keelboat design, it is advanced in every respect. It will be simple to sail, made with high-quality materials, and easy to rig. It will be beautiful and have a wide appeal to many ages and skill levels.

  • Comfortably accommodates two to four crew
  • No crew weight restrictions
  • No sailmaker restrictions
  • The boat and rig will be a strict one design

The same great standard features found on other Melges products — like the Melges 17™, Melges 24™ and Melges 32™ — will be included on the Audi Melges 20. These include a smooth, comfortable deck with a clean, simple layout complemented by a truly cutting-edge design and new, easy, advanced rig setup.

Visit www.melges20.com for additional information about the Audi Melges 20, including downloadable line drawings, design notes and philosophy.

PRODUCT OVERVIEW
LENGTH 20 ft 6.096 m
BEAM 7 ft 2.133 m
DRAFT 4 ft 6 in 1.374 m
WEIGHT 1,146 lbs 520 kg
SAIL AREA
MAIN 172 sq ft 16 m2
JIB 88 sq ft 8.2 m2
SPINNAKER 430 sq ft 40 m2
CREW

Sail1Designers of the Month – Brian Porter and the Melges 24 Full Throttle Crew

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By Airwaves Writer Martha Pitt

            January 21st – 25th marked the 2013 Quantum Key West Race Week, and over the five-day period, numerous new champions one- design champions were born. Though the number of competitors has been down in the past few years, 2013 has nonetheless been marked as one of the most competitive in event history. To further highlight the success of the event this year were fantastic conditions – great weather and breeze spanning across all five days, allowing for a lot of good, competitive racing. Standing out among the champions was Brian Porter skippering the Melges 24 Full Throttle. Porter and his crew of Andy Burdick calling tactics, Sam Rogers trimming the spinnaker, and Matt Woodworth on the bow sailed an impressively consistent regatta, winning six of the twelve races, and finishing out of the top three only once! Close on their heels was Alec Cutler of Bermuda aboard hedgehog, but the Full Throttle crew was able to maintain their lead through the last race, not letting Cutler extend and finish out of reach, despite hedgehog winning the final race of the event. Cutler finished just three points behind Porter. Bora Gulari on West Marine Rigging/New England Ropes finished in third, Argyle Campbell on Rock n’ Roll in fourth, and Don Wilson on Convexity rounded out the top five. [Read more…] about Sail1Designers of the Month – Brian Porter and the Melges 24 Full Throttle Crew

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