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plans to build a Cape cod Knockabout

when I was 12 Bud McIntosh helped me make a plywood sail boat. I’ve been a furniture maker and carpenter for over 20 years now and I’d like to try […]

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Yale

Yale Cordage is the best stuff out there…

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Segmented Starting Lines Rule

Ken: Last August I was the principal race officer for the Shark World Championship regatta. I was led to the concept of a segmented starting line by a member of […]

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clarifications on four-bot start line technique

Thanks all for your comments Tim, We signal individual recall with horn and flag X from Signal boat. We also fly X from all line boats until all racers are […]

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Four Boat Staring Line

Interesting Article Thankyou. Question: How did you manage signalling individual recalls, by each section of line, so flag & sound signal on each starboard end boat? and if you had, […]

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multiple starting boats

How fair is it to have 13 to 17 foot long inflatable boats in the middle of the starting line. I assume they are considered legal obstructions and cannot be […]

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4-boat start line

Thanks all for the comments. For Steve P., the line was not from A to D but from A to B, B to C, and C to D; as diagrammed […]

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General Recalls and Black Flags by Ken Legler

We were on the water during the recent Opti New Englands and were very impressed by the efficiency of the starting line. The races went off like clockwork. It was […]

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4 Boats

Hi Great article, good ideas, maybe this should be the new standard. Sounds also like it would be well to train race committes, or have them train themselves, as much […]

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Black Flag article

I really like your article and agree with most of the sentiments, especially the reason fo r using ‘I’ flag. I am, however, concern by teh contradictory comments: “…we dropped […]

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shark 606

I owned shark 606 “windrift for mant years sailing out of RoyalHamilton yacht club. She was built in 1967. Ibought her in 1972′ My wife and I raced her with […]

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what could go wrong

Ken, Great piece you share with the world. Advise for sailors of all ages, team or fleet should take to the race course every time. “Mast fouling” new to us […]

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8 un-rigged new CFJ's

hulls alone, what value? $30K-40K? Are you interested? One buy, quick sale to a club! Molded from Vanguard’s, former mold recently. Unclaimed by Performance Laser as of this date. Up […]

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sailing

Keeping in touch with the sailing world from southern calafonia.

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nationals

Way to go Nado

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San Juan 21 sails

Main and jib sail for san juan 21 made by noth sails excellent condition in their bags both for 200 call or email (51-809-3877

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College Sailing: What Could Go Wrong?, by Ken Legler

Sometimes the weight helps. In last years co-ed Nationals, the heavy boat won the B division overall. Adjusting to a heavy crew works. The only problem is that there are […]

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F 18 to Formula 18 Catamaran

Wondering if you could change the title in the side from “F 18” to “Formula 18 Catamaran”. Also it would be nice to update the picture to one of the […]

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Full Results

To view a full set of results for this regatta, please follow the link: http://www.etchellsfleet20.org/2010_jag/2010FLS_results.html

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