Over the past six weeks of Fizz Cup sailing, we’ve all watched as nearly 6 dozen sailors competed in hundreds of races spread over four large sailing communities. The size and global expanse of the competition truly merits the title of “World Fizz Cup.”
So much great sailing took place, that I fear many truly great [...]

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A lot has been said about the 2008 World Fizz Cup in these pages.
As Rear Admiral MarkTwain White predicted long ago, Fizz ‘08 has turned out to be the largest and the best organized sailing competition — by far — in the history of Second Life sailing.
This past weekend saw an intense [...]

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Got your Sailing for Life 2008 teeshirt yet?
Well? What are you waiting for?
Relay for Life is a world-wide fundraiser for the American Cancer Society. In the past 20 years, RFL has raised more than $1.5 Billion USD for Cancer research, which is certainly nothing to sneeze at.
SL-RFL is equally impressive; it’s one of [...]

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Although Rear Commodore White was on shore leave Saturday, five stalwart skippers converged on Starboards Yacht Club that morning to toast him in absentia and race the Passages Course.

Epicurus Emmons and ahjep Kattun won the dice toss for first and second starting positions. They decided to compete sailing Daemon Shepherd’s new Green Turtle Tjalk. Ahjep [...]

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The weather for sailing hasn’t cooperated very well these past two weeks, but the Fizz fleet’s been out there nonetheless, fiercely competing in the World Cup 2008 qualification rounds.
After five rounds, Masahisa Greenwood’s pulled ahead of the fleet, with Yuu Nakamichi just astern. Here’s the full skipper ranking after the conclusion of Saturday’s competition [...]

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In a surprise announcement, SYC Commodores MarkTwain White and Nber Medici this morning discussed their plan to transfer the management of Starboards Yacht Club to a newly appointed SYC Steering Committee headed by two new Commodores, Chad Sawson and Aislin Keynes.
Explaining this change, emeritus Commodore White briefly detailed the remarkable history of SLSailing’s success over [...]

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The Fizz Cup opened at full throttle this past Friday with Round One of qualifying races at Fishers Island Yacht Club. Nearly 70 skippers signed up for the event, so the large race fleet was split into five separate groups that each competed at different times on the FY04 course. After a full [...]

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–WORLD FIZZ CUP —
IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR CUP SKIPPERS
Introduction
I would like to take this opportunity to clarify things and to put an end to some controversial discussions. I am of course talking about the “pumping” effect or “Fizz cheat” you have heard about — decisions must be taken quickly, and here they are, I will [...]

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According to Bea Woodget, a review of the initial qualification races in the 2008 World Fizz Cup reveals that some skippers are using “pumping and rolling/rocking” to increase their average lap speed. Director Woodget thinks this is clearly illegal, though not explicitly covered in the present Rules set. What’s “Pumpin’ and Rollin’,” you ask? Well… [...]

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A sharp warning blast broke the early calm that usually characterizes Plum Gut this morning, as all eyes turned toward the race course to watch the opening Fizz Cup 2008 qualifying fleet explode across the Start Line.
Taku Raymaker was today’s Race Director and handled things flawlessly. Of course Bea Woodget, the Cup Director, was also [...]

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