TUNNICLIFFE Triumphs To Win Laser Radial Gold- Editor H2ONotes [ 8/20/2008 - 07:35 ] #  Anna TUNNICLIFFE won the USA's first gold medal of the 2008 Olympic Sailing Competition following a magnificent comeback in the Laser Radial Medal Race held today.At one stage in today’s Medal Race Anna TUNNICLIFFE had fallen back to ninth but she battled back, reading a big shift on the second upwind leg and eventually crossing the finishing line in second place to secure the gold medal. Aged just 25, the world #1 skipper can now add Olympic gold to her list of achievements. more...
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Sailor, knocked from boat, rescued 12 hours later- Editor H2ONotes [ 8/19/2008 - 21:19 ] # GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — A sailor rescued after he fell into Lake Michigan says one of the worst moments of the 12-hour ordeal came near the end, when a Coast Guard helicopter seemed to have its spotlight on him, only to turn away.
"I heard the rotors and looked east and here was this magnificent whirlybird," James Nelson said after his rescue early Monday. "I waved my arms, but I sank underwater. I could see the spotlight hit my arms. By the time I surfaced it was heading west. more...
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Why do people sail?- Editor H2ONotes [ 8/18/2008 - 07:04 ] # Can't speak for the rest of you sailors out there. I know why I sail, though today still unable to sit "normal" almost a month after my Black Fly turned Staph Infection incident from doing the Chicago-Mackinac race, an experience which has overshadowed the pages and pages of notes on the amazing time otherwise had. How a "microscopic" negative can so easily undo a 50 foot boat load of fantastic memories is beyond me. The experience has me reminding self "why I sail." more...
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Verve Cup Offshore Regatta: Boats battle light winds and time limits- Editor H2ONotes [ 8/17/2008 - 07:37 ] # Sunny skies and light air characterized the second day of the 2008 Verve Cup Offshore Regatta, presented by Audi. Sailors battled to finish two races within their allotted time limits and worked to stay focused during the delays between races.
Light air sailing is always a challenge, but the sailors remained in good spirits. “Well, we got our money’s worth,” Shawn O’Neill smiled and shrugged aboard Eagle after the first race. During the first race of the day, the breeze died and many boats raced into the final minutes before the three-hour time limit expired. “Shortening the course was the right move,” O’Neill added commending the Race Committee. more...
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Progressive Presents the I-LYA Bay Week Regattas sponsored by GMC- Editor H2ONotes [ 8/13/2008 - 21:37 ] # 
South Bass Island, Ohio (August 13, 2008) – With the conclusion last week of the 2008 Inter-Lake Yachting Association (I-LYA) Bay Week Sailing Regatta, presented by Progressive and sponsored by GMC, an annual rite of summer on the Great Lakes has been marked by hundreds of competitors aboard 90 sail boats of varied sizes. This is not a typical regatta – the Monday to Wednesday race schedule virtually ensures that the racers have planned their participation to coordinate with some vacation time. And the location, Put-in-Bay, the quaint Victorian resort on South Bass Island, Ohio, is also a significant factor in attracting high caliber sailors who enjoy the tactical racing among the surrounding islands on Lake Erie. more...
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The Windward Leg- Editor H2ONotes [ 8/13/2008 - 16:42 ] # The Windward Leg
by Brian Hancock
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| And they’re off! The start and the first windward leg are the most important stages of any race and will set the stage for things to come.
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So, you got a good start, or perhaps your didn’t. Either way the first windward leg of any race is critically important and no matter where you find yourself in the fleet there are ways to be among the leaders by the windward mark. Let’s look at the start and the first 15 minutes of any race to develop an overall strategy of how to attack the windward leg.
You’ll want know which side of the course to favor and which competitors are the most important to watch. These should have been discussed between you and your crew long before the start gun fired so that once racing your game plan becomes your guiding plan. But first you need to concentrate on boat speed. more...
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Sailor’s Superior Loop Caps Off Challenging Great Lakes Circumnavigation- Editor H2ONotes [ 8/13/2008 - 16:41 ] #  On a sunny afternoon in late June, Paul Johnson trailered his 23-foot Precision Albion into the Houghton County Marina parking lot, where he cheerfully and efficiently went about the business of raising the mast and making other preparations to launch at the boat ramp. The Pennsylvania license plate and boat registration numbers piqued my interest. Obviously this sailor was a long way from home. So what drew him to a Lake Superior port on Michigan’s Keweenaw Peninsula?
Come to find out it was the start of a 981-mile circumnavigation of Lake Superior and the “grand finale” to an adventure Paul began in 2002. His goal is to travel around all five Great Lakes. “Mother Superior is my grand finale,” he says. If all goes well, Paul will complete his loop in late August back at Houghton County Marina. more...
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Small Changes, Big Improvements- Editor H2ONotes [ 8/13/2008 - 16:39 ] #  Tony Bessinger / Sailing World
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A Fresh Take on Offshore Racing- Editor H2ONotes [ 8/12/2008 - 17:14 ] #  By Herb McCormick / Sailing World
Quite literally, I got my first taste of the difference between ocean racing on the briny blue and Great Lakes racing on a freshwater sea several hours prior to the July 19th start of the 100th edition of the classic Chicago-Mac Race. For that's when, quite by accident, a fellow crewmember aboard Todd and Ryan Howe's Open 60 trimaran Earth Voyager flicked my cell phone into the drink. The ensuing plunge into Lake Michigan's cool, clear water to retrieve the damn thing was, well, bracing, but the post-swim revelation was equally eye opening. I wasn't salty, sticky, scratchy, or clammy. Now that, I thought, was something I could get used to. more...
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Team 7 - Half-way and Third Overall- Editor H2ONotes [ 8/12/2008 - 13:43 ] # Qingdao, China - August 11, 2008 - After two more races today we are at the halfway point of our Olympic Games and we’re tied for third overall, although the tie-breaker puts us in fourth place. We are 16 points behind the leaders but there are a lot of races ahead of us, including the double-points Medal Race.
Everyone has speculated about drifting conditions here in Qingdao but so far it hasn’t happened. It’s been every bit as difficult as we expected, with light shifty breezes and strong current to contend with but we’ve got off the first six races with only minor delays. Now we’ve got a day off to regroup and analyze our first-half performance and bounce back for a strong second half. more...
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Lasers Begin Whilst 470s Lead Aussie Charge On Day Four In Qingdao- Editor H2ONotes [ 8/12/2008 - 13:39 ] #  Australia holds the overall lead in three events after a star showing from its 470 sailors on day four of racing at the 2008 Olympic Sailing Competition in Qingdao.The Men’s and Women’s One Person Dinghy events joined the show on Fushan Bay today, with both the Laser (Men) and Laser Radial (Women) fleets completing their first two races. The windsurfers in the RS:X fleet and 470 two person dinghies also completed races 3 and 4 of their Opening Series with China’s Jian YIN continuing to lead the way in the Women’s Windsurfer event. The Finn, Yngling and 49er fleets all had a day off the water, giving them the opportunity to recover and prepare for their return to the racing area tomorrow. more...
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Debbie Capozzi- Editor H2ONotes [ 8/12/2008 - 13:34 ] #  For Yngling crew Debbie Capozzi, growing up on the shore of Long Island, New York, was all about being on the water. Capozzi and her family lived within walking distance to the yacht club, and that is where she spent her summers: sailing Optimists or Sunfish or Laser Radials from the water's edge, and racing local junior events on Great South Bay. ..more
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GTYC Demolition and Reconstruction- Editor H2ONotes [ 8/12/2008 - 13:18 ] #  GTYC Demolition and Reconstruction – Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2008 – Demolition of the charred remains of the Grand Traverse Yacht Club, located in Greilickville on the NW side of Traverse City, has begun and should be wrapped up by Wednesday.
Construction of the new Clubhouse will begin shortly. The April 16th fire, whipped by 35+ knot winds, raced through the roof structure, but left much of the memorabilia and pictures untouched, except for minor smoke and water damage. The rendering shows the proposed design which will be built on the same footprint. The old lawn mower factory served the membership well for 42 years and many of the memories will be preserved with the memorabilia and pictures.
GTYC is primarily a small boat sailing club with strong Laser, Interlake, and PHRF Handicap fleets. The membership includes sail, power, and even some non-boaters and in addition to racing, has a strong cruising group. The Club is open year-round on Wednesday and Friday evenings and regatta weekends. For more information, visit www.gtyc.org.
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Carrie Howe Sails in the 2008 Olympics- Editor H2ONotes [ 8/7/2008 - 06:52 ] # 
| By Annie Gowen |
| Updated August 6, 2008 |
When Carrie Howe and two other college-aged teammates surprised the sailing world in 2003 by piloting 21-foot yngling keelboat to victory in the prestigious Rolex Olympic Classes Regatta in Miami, U.S. Sailing Coach Gary Bodie had two words for it: "dumb luck."
"He said it in a really nice way," Howe, 27, recalls, chuckling. "He was trying to make other people feel better about getting beat by a bunch of college kids. We laugh about it now. He's still our coach sometimes."
Five years later, Howe and her team – including skipper Sally Barkow and jib trimmer and tactician Debbie Capozzi – are a little older and far more battle-tested, currently ranked fifth in the world in yngling class sailing. And this year, Howe is fulfilling a lifelong dream as her team vies for a medal at the 2008 Olympics in China.
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In wake of partnership, Dane's sailing smooth- Editor H2ONotes [ 8/3/2008 - 13:58 ] #  NEW ORLEANS(AP) - At 6-foot-3, 220 pounds, John Dane III is a big man who builds some of the biggest yachts in the world for some of the richest people anywhere.
Is the 58-year-old living his dream? He will in August, when he takes to the Yellow Sea on a small, two-man sailboat off the Chinese port of Qingdao.
An avid sailor since he was a 10-year-old learning with his father at the historic Southern Yacht Club in New Orleans, Dane finally made the U.S. Olympic team after seven tries. more...
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