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The New Hallberg Rassy

Take a look at the new HR 412 presented by Yachting Monthly. I love the below deck furler allowing for a deck sweeping headsail, sporty! This is a beautiful boat featuring some of the latest...
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The New Volvo Ocean Race 2014-2015……

.......will have an all woman team. Awesome! Quite the line up as well. Boys you better step up your game. Remember, the new VOR boats will be one design. I can't wait! [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdroQqOuMVE&w=560&h=315]
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Keeping Up With The Cup

The Americas Cup gets rolling in less than 80 hours. Make sure you catch the live coverage of day one right here (courtesy of americascup.com and youtube.com) The teams have had some good time off since...
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Views From Aloft

Okay, guess where.............. Hanging a Furler at my Favorite Place to Work!   Leave a comment below if you know where this is........ Click The Image For...
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470 Team GBR in the 2012 Olympics

These guys seem nice enough. They are Olympic virgins, but seem to have what it takes. This dynamic duo missed a bronze medal by only two points. This is quite an achievement against the worlds...
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V.O.R. Take a Final Look….

A documentary highlighting the best footage from the 2011-2012 Volvo Ocean Race. This one deserves to be in your sailing vid archives. Take one last 1 hour trip with these boats and their crew. The race started in...
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First AC 72

Well, Team New Zealand did it. Check out the footage of the new AC 72 revealed and christened in the city of sails Auckland, NZ. Man, those things are going to be fast. It's okay to...
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Super Sailing Yacht of the Year

"Vertigo" is what you might experience if you are ever fortunate enough to step aboard this 224 ' mega sailing yacht. It doesn't seem that designer Philippe Briand and Alloy Yachts have left anything to be...
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Views From Aloft….

.....is what we will call this new category. It is very simple I take pictures every time I go aloft and share them. So here you go. Today's aloft mission was to install back stay insulators...
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Trans-At in Less Than 5 Days

Last week the Krys Ocean Race offered us a look at the new MOD 70's. Check them out as they race across the Atlantic, proving both speed and stability. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHXHIXekpxE&w=560&h=315]
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