Great Prices on Sails

Our SailDawg friend, Louisa from Canada, travels to Hong Kong regularly and found a sailmaker with great prices and great sails. They have a spec sheet on the website that you can complete, submit and they will send you a quote… http://www.leesails.com/

Four special boats start a rare Tahiti Race

Sunday June 22 LOS ANGELES—Four extraordinary boats of past and present glory will write a new chapter in West Coast sailing history Sunday when they set sail in the Transpacific Yacht Club’s 13th running of the 3,571-nautical mile chase to Tahiti. http://www.transpacificyc.org/

It Works: Women’s Sailing Conference

The National Women’s Sailing Association’s 7th annual Women’s Sailing Conference, held June 2 in Marblehead, Massachusetts, was an over-the-top success, according to more than 100 participants. http://tinyurl.com/4orr7j

Beat the Wrap

Many furling gear problems can be traced to one simple cause. The last thing you want from your furling gear is for it to jam up in a rising breeze – or at any other time, come to that. I must be some kind of roller-reefing Jonah, because it’s happened a few times on boats I’ve been sailing aboard. On two of those occasions, halyard wrap was to blame. http://tinyurl.com/4ysbww

2008 Newport to Bermuda Race

Almost 200 boats entered this race which was completed on June 24. SailDawg Miles was aboard the J42 Dolphin. Chech out the results. http://tinyurl.com/3wh8gw

How Much TV Coverage of Olympic Sailing?

Wondering how much air time NBC plans for sailing coverage during the Olympics in China? Wonder no more. Sailing is one of 22 events going large—webcast online at nbcolympics.com—and shrinking at NBC broadcast television. http://tinyurl.com/4seuo8

A Crossover You’ll Want to Take to the Races

With the new Beneteau First 45 you can race hard today and cruise easy tomorrow. A boat review. Standing dockside at the Strictly Sail Pacific Boat Show last spring, I couldn’t help but sneak peeks of the new Beneteau First 45, there to make its North American debut. http://tinyurl.com/67kwcv

WHAT’S IN YOUR ABANDON SHIP KIT?

Sailing is supposed to be fun. No one likes to think about a sailboat capsizing. And, likely it won’t. But it’s good practice to equip your boat with an ‘abandon ship’ kit, anyway. http://xrl.us/czap5

TEAM RACING TIPS – PORT LAYLINE WEATHER MARK APPROACH

Have you ever had trouble getting around the windward mark cleanly? This article discusses how to handle rounding the windward mark from the left side of the course, when approaching on the port tack layline. http://www.teachingteamracing.com

US SAILING announced

That the yacht charter company The Moorings has donated $5,000 to the U.S. Paralympic Sailing Team, which is the prize money The Moorings had received after winning the 2007 John Southam Award forExcellence in Media Communications. http://tinyurl.com/3kzycm

Corona del Mar, CA (June 13, 2008)

Twelve teams from the United States, Brazil, New Zealand, Australia and the United Kingdom have been selected by the Balboa Yacht Club to compete in the 42nd annual Governor’s Cup. http://tinyurl.com/3kzycm

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