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America’s Cup Live Broadcasts This Weekend

If you have the time and interest you can tune in to the live broadcasts of the America's Cup series races from Venice this weekend. Quite a treat to hear the familiar "Guys, we got a cluster f**k here" spoken by a highly paid athlete in an Australian accent.

It's an amazing sight with the Cup catamarans racing in the narrow confines of the bay in front of lovely and historic Venice.

You can find the races at http://www.youtube.com/AmericasCup.

Shipwrights’ Race Is In a Week!

The 21st annual Shipwrights’ Race is coming right up on Saturday, February 25th. Round up your hibernating crew or pick up some fresh crew here on this site or at the skippers’ meeting and get ready for a fun race with wacky trophies and valuables prizes.

You’ll have the choice of three fleets — [...]

Mike Berman Shoots the 2011 CMR

From the deck of MARTHA, Mike Berman shares his pictures of the 2011 Classic Mariners Regatta. Check his web site for more great pictures, Michael Berman Photography.

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Watch out 505′s: The Swift Solo is Coming to P.T.

2011 Swift Solo North American Championships in Port Townsend

On July 8, 9, 10 the Northwest Maritime Center will be hosting a series of races for the Swift Solo Class. The Swift Solo is a high performance three sail single-handed skiff designed in 2000 by Bram Dally. The boats are mostly owner-built out of cedar. The class was formed in 2003 and has a championship each year. Last year was in the Columbia Gorge. This year the event is in Port Townsend. The boats will sail off the Maritime Center pier beginning at noon on Friday, July 8 and 11 a.m. on Saturday and Sunday.

The boat is S-glass/carbon Kevlar construction with a cedar core (instead of foam) for durability and a long competitive life. It has a self-tacking jib and a mainsheet that controls the trim of the jib with the main. The sail plan is roughly similar to a 49er with an asymmetrical spinnaker that is self-dousing. Here’s what Julian Bethwaite had to say about the boat:

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The People That Make It Happen

There is a dedicated team that made the recent Classic Mariners’ Regatta a reality. All sorts of things need to be done, and one of the unexpected items that needed “doing” this year was the making of new bases for the found CMR trophies. The trophies have been around since 1988. (The first CMR [...]

Thank You Mr. Weatherman

MORNING FLIGHT at the 2011 Classic Mariners' Regatta

We waited a long time for a weekend like this last one. Sunny, clear, warm, and absolutely perfect wind. Like they say, it doesn’t get any better than that.

There were 38 registrants for the Classic Mariners’ Regatta, as well as 7 for the rowing race on Sunday. Two were from Canada and a number from out of town. The race results are as follow

Committee’s Choice Award: Lady Van (R-Boat from Canada)for sailing the perfect race, for coming down from Canada to do it, and for practicing all last week to ensure their victory.

Ruling Class (those boats built to a “rule”, the R-boats and IOD, and 6-meters)

Lady Van (R-boat) Barry Van Leewen
Lulu (6-meter) Craig Downey
Pacemaker (6 meter) Adam Henley

Racing Class A

Sirocco (Yankee one design) Steve Scharf
Martha (CrowninShield schooner) Robert D’Arcy
Lotus (Concordia Yawl) Chris Grace

Thunderbirds

Dorado Hans Daubenberger and family
CocoSolo John Carey
Rowdy Jerry Fry

Cruising Class B

Aura Ward Fay
Vito Dumas Alex Spear
Cubana Don Haviland

Schooner Class

Alcyone Sugar Flanagan
Nylla Brian McGinn
Grail Jeff Smith Jr.

Class C

Sharon L Tupper Griffith
Lorraine Bob Denney
LaBoheme Jeff Kelety

Nine boats participated in the rowing race. On the short course,17 year old Cooper Parrish won in his Aleut kayak. On the long course, Steve Chapin’s two- person Pocock shell came in first.

Full results after the break

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