Welcome to this new column devoted to the less well known world of the Big Cat Cup. The Big Cat Cup is a smaller and less well known cup than the Flying Tako Cup or the recent vast Flying Fizz World Cup each of which have legions of participants. Each series of the Big Cat [...]

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Here is archival footage of the Gold Cup Quarter Finals of the World Fizz Cup. This is part one. What is archival footage? It contains the same great video coverage as our full coverage but at a medium resolution. Also there is no attempt to create pacing and/or use interesting special effects to enhance the [...]

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SILVER Cup semi finals were held by SYC this Saturday… and all spectators enjoyed the races…
9 sailors were competing in 3 semi-finals, with a Scoring System based on ISAF Appendix A, best 4 of 5 races (worst result is discarded).  In each semi-final, the winner advances to the SILVER - FINAL.
Semi finals results (pdf [...]

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(The wind articles will continue next, but I just had to publish this, since it has been waiting very patiently.)
Don’t ask, don’t tell?
How do you learn to sail better or race faster? The same as “how do you get to Carnegie Hall”, right? “Practice, practice, practice”. Well, yeeeessss, but what about asking questions of those [...]

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Today (May 15th) the third iteration of Second Convention commences at Artificial Isle. A virtual convention in Second Life with live music, sailboat racing, tugby, discussion panels and a celebrity roast (SLebrity Roast) of Marktwain White at 7pm PDT tonight.

The convention is three days in length and open to all to attend, if the [...]

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The SPRING 2008 WORLD FIZZ CUP started in April 25 th and will end in June 8th.
Some key numbers (red dot line shows where we are today):

At the conclusion of the Qualification phase, the twelve top ranked skippers advance to the GOLD quarter finals of the FLYING FIZZ WORLD CUP where they will participate [...]

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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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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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2008 World Fizz Cup - Qualification round 1 of 6- FIYC - FY04
Description: “Cruising in Sailor Cove”, very first race of the 2008 World Fizz Cup. Easy start for this very first race, a way to learn Fizz handling, sails settings, and get used of high speed (on this course, Fizz will go at more [...]

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