Hi! You don’t need to read this article!
Not that you ever thought you needed to read anything else I ever wrote, but the only thing I’m going to say today is something really silly. Nonetheless, I think this bears repeating: Big Boats need more room to turn than Little Boats.
Got that? Good!
Since I get paid by [...]

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This week’s ACA32 races were pretty exciting. Yuukie Onmura, Liv Leigh, Manul Rotaru, and joepie Korobase all competed. The skippers were fairly evenly matched and traded wins back and forth while racing the familiar NYC B-1A Course around Vella Lavella Island. Here’s the course map, in case somehow you’ve forgotten:

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Sailor? Has a shadow fallen over your hull making you feel listless and leeward? Do you find yourself pulling up the sheet because your jib just isn’t stiff anymore, and it’s getting hard to keep your spinnaker inflated?  

Well, never fear; I’ve got something new for you! This past month Armchair Binder (#AC01) kicked off the new NYC Tuesday Night ACC Sailboat Races. [...]

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I had a chance to watch part of yesterday’s ACA32 races at NYC. Cynthia Centaur is the Race Director for this weekly series, and the start gun usually goes off at 11:00am each Tuesday.

 This year’s ACA Cup contenders Cynthia Centaur and M1sha Dallin skippered their ACA32 racers. Epicurus Emmons, another contender from the 2007 ACA Cup, showed [...]

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This posting catagory will contain AC Boat Results and Commentary. This includes the ACA32 Racer and Oyen’s AC Boat. Post your results and or comments here as a comment.
Photo credit: MarkTwain White

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