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ACA-SL Cup

Interview with Naeve Rossini

February 10, 2010

For the past three weeks the attention of much of the SL Sailing Community has been focused on the 2010 ACA-SL Cup.  We’ve been involved as participants, as observers, as judges, and as videographers and photographers.  What a great event!  While Quirky Torok was the overall organizer of the ACA-SL cup,  ”behind-the-scenes” Naeve Rossini was [...]

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Trapez Breen brings Cup home

February 6, 2010

. Trapez Breen and her Dolly Deluxe were confirmed as 2010 Champions after they defeated Chad Sawson (Texas Twister) in the final stage of the 33rd ACA SL CUP. In the consolation final, nobuko Criss (Engine’s) defeated takabou Destiny (Destiny 2). We will comment these races more in detail later, and you will be able to relive them on [...]

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3, 2, 1 …

February 6, 2010
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2007 ACA Cup – Interview with Leon Falta

February 4, 2010

Leon Falta has burst onto the SL Sailing scene and will be up against nobuko Criss in the bracket on Saturday Feb 6th.  I was able to score this interview with this outstanding newcomer.  Thanks so much to Leon for agreeing to talk with me. 1) Hello Leon, first congratulations for your qualification for the [...]

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Breaking News

February 3, 2010

America’s Cup & Jules Verne Trophy

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Saturday Night Fever

February 1, 2010

At each major event, I am always amazed (or amused or annoyed), to read comments with a flood of superlatives on the races, competitors, their sportsmanship … A torrent of “best ever seen“, “wonderful“, “best skippers” and even “fantastic“… It is certainly sometimes justified, there are accents of sincerity, perhaps a certain “savoir-vivre” in some [...]

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Let’s Zep in

January 29, 2010

In the Air: BLIMPS , On water: ACA33, On the air: ACA33 Racers will rock you, DON’T MISS IT ! In recent weeks, Blake Sea was invaded by competitors who train hard for this event. A first outcome will be this Saturday. Only 8 of them will earn their ticket to the final rounds scheduled a week later. To help [...]

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SL-ACA Cup: double challenge for finalists

January 27, 2010

The SL-ACA Cup will use both Fleet racing for series, and Match Racing for finals. Occasion is given here to focus on the main differences between these two race formats.

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2007 ACA Winner – Eugene Sodwind Interview

January 24, 2010

As all of you are aware by now, the ACA-SL Cup is just about to kick off. As I was thinking of the 2010 edition of the ACA Cup in SL, my mind drifted back to the ACA Cup in 2007. I was very excited to read Mark’s article which gave a bit of the [...]

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Breaking news

January 22, 2010

Hollywood, January 21 st: Official boat revealed Just as you were getting used to the 2.52, the management of the SL-ACA CUP has announced that an update to the 2.53 is available, and that this release will be the official boat to be raced at the 33rd ACA Trophy. Fixed issues are mainly regarding the [...]

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