Mackinac race capsize takes lives of 2 sailors

2 die in Mackinac race Chicago Sun-Times. . . a 65 mile-an-hour gust of wind capsized their 35-foot yacht, the WingNuts, in six-foot waves shortly after midnight Monday during the Chicago to Mackinac race, there was nothing they could do to save their skipper and his girlfriend

Yacht Club Hosts Sunfish Regatta Patch.com Seven youth races will run two days, Wednesday and Thursday, with a dinner and awards ceremony after the races at the yacht club under a tent. Guest speaker is Dyer Jones, executive director of the Herreshoff Marine Museum/America's Cup Hall of Fame in ...

Yacht Club News August 2011 All At Sea Recently, St. Maarten 12-metre Challenge invited the children in the St. Maarten Yacht Club (SMYC) Youth Sailing Programme to sail on the magnificent America's Cup 12-metre sailboats in Great Bay, Philipsburg. The event was organized by the SMYC Youth ...

America's Cup: Team NZ protested for non-compliance by Cup organisers Sail World He said: 'For example we are an established team which has been in continuous operation since the 1987 America's Cup challenge at Perth. We have a campaign for the Volvo Ocean Race and we are competing in the Extreme Sailing Series. ... Sail World

The Myth of Going to Windward All At Sea It is not just your boat that doesn't sail to windward - none do. Zero. Not even racing yachts. Have you ever wondered why America's Cup boats have their underbody shrouded by fabric? That's to conceal their painted-to-blend-in propellers and their ...

Sailors Compete in USA & Europe Bernews Previous winners in the Laser Class in this event include America's Cup winners Dean Barker and Russell Coutts of New Zealand. Four other local Laser Radial sailors travelled to Brant Beach New Jersey to compete in the 2011 Laser Radial North American ... Bernews

America's Cup World Series : Countdown to Plymouth England BYM News (press release) The nine-day event will mark the second stop in the 2011-2012 America's Cup World Series, a new professional circuit that is bringing America's Cup level sailing to port cities around the globe. With its world-famous Plymouth Hoe, the city is an ideal ...