Clean Regatta Pledge protecting clean waters and shores

America's Cup partners with environmental sustainability program Sail World By making the Clean Regattas Pledge, regattas, yacht clubs, and sailing programs commit to protecting clean waters and shores. Participants vow to fulfill, and encourage others to fulfill, the goals and requirements of Clean Regattas, and to work to ... Gary sailor recalls first Mackinac race as he prepares for regatta nwitimes.com Kevin Lynch will never forget the 2001 Chicago Yacht Club Race to Mackinac. It was the Gary resident's first one as a skipper. One of his crew members had to climb up to untangle the boat's spinnaker, a sail that fills with wind and balloons out in ...

Are boat owners funding America's Cup fiesta? Plymouth Herald It seems insensitive to me that the council is spending chargepayers' money on attracting theAmerica's Cup World Series to Plymouth in September, where the world's media will be present, and at the same time proposes to place huge increases on the ...

Newport nonprofit partners with America's Cup to support sustainability Providence Business News The America's Cup authority is partnering with Sailors for the Sea in its “CleanRegattas” program, which provides certification that indicates independent third-party verification that a yacht club, sailing program or regatta is environmentally ... Providence Business News

Old-school sports journalist who wrote acclaimed book on boxing Irish Times He covered more than 400 world title fights but also wrote about the Americas' Cup yacht races, Super Bowl football and basketball. In 1997, he began writing a weekly column for The Irish Times . In 1985, he received the Nat Fleischer award for ...