They are lining up in Osprey Reef and Bulia sims for the anticipated opening of Union Passage connecting the western and southern USS-SL. Photos in Bulia this morning show a growing tent city of skippers itching to be the first to cross the border. Likewise skippers in Osprey Reef are toeing the start line.
It’s understandable given [...]

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 An Article by Nber Medici

I have been so pleased with the international character of sailing in SL (as well in RL…but that is another story). If you look at USS-SL, you see that we have a Japanese Yacht Club (thanks to the efforts of Taku Raymaker), a French Yacht Club (thanks to the tireless Bea [...]

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SILVER Cup quarter finals were held by SYC this Week End..
18 sailors were competing in 3 groups of 6, with a Scoring System based on ISAF Appendix A, best 4 of 5 races (worst result is discarded).  In each group, the 3 top ranked of them advance to the SILVER semi finals
In group 1 [...]

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Here is a video from yesterday’s World Fizz Cup action in Sailor’s Cove. If you click on the screen (not on the arrow part) you will be taken to the YouTube page for the video where you can click on “watch in high quality”.

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Ten boats set sail from Hollywood last Saturday morning. The morning was bright and clear. The crews were in high spirits. With that many Tradewind brigantines on the water it was no wonder that as race director I had my doubts how the start would go. Well, it went GREAT.
Before the crews raised anchor and [...]

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We lifted anchor in the predawn darkness and raised the sails, turning Amaya around. It was chilly. I had fur at least. The sky was unusually bright, and the water sounded somehow muffled past the hull. Indigo was stretched out on the port bench, fiddling with her camera.
“You know, I know [...]

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We have tweaked the Passages Rules and Regulations. The new rules can be found on the Rules and Regulation Page under the Passages section of this web site, here.
The main changes are:
1. The East option requires the addition of Start to South Rock before a captain heads for East Rock. The West option is unchanged [...]

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Lots of racing news in the past few days! Let me give quick shout-outs for a few of them!
Wednesdays at Mowry
Mowry Bay Yacht Club’s sailing program is really taking off, with expanded waters, greatly improved sim-crossings, and an enthusiastic new race committee. The regular Wednesday evening races last night were tremendous fun. Mowry’s always [...]

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While preparing for the new Passages Race, we discovered a problem with the Start Line script that causes errors in race wind. The error occurs in all boats, but is worst on the Passages Line when sailing a large boat like the Trudeau Tradewind.
Thank you to Cynthia Centaur for figuring this out, and coming up with [...]

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I was dancing over at the Mowry Bay YC the other night and ran into MTW…who readily acknowledged that I’ve been a little scarce on column posting lately. Thank heavens for Calamity Jane Fossett! She’s been carrying these pages. I have no real excuse save it’s that time of year - Merry [...]

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