Texas Offshore Racing Circuit The Texas Offshore Racing Circuit (TORC) concluded on July 26 with Galveston Bay Cruising Association's Texas Race Week (TRW) offshore Galveston. In addition to TRW, the TORC consists of two offshore distance races each of approximately 90 miles. Winds ranged from 5-15 on Thursday to Saturday's 12-19. Surprisingly the weather was…
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Ugotta Regatta
Ugotta Regatta The Ugotta Regatta, sponsored by Credit Suisse, took place from July 26-28 at Little Traverse Yacht Club in Harbor Spring, MI. Six J/105s competed. For the tour of bay on Saturday, the course was 18 miles under overcast skies with variable winds building to 18 knots over 4 hours. Mac/Bayview winner Perydactal (Mark…
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Marblehead NOOD
Marblehead NOOD Robert Slattery's Ghost tallied a perfect six bullets in six scored races (dropping a fifth in race 4) to dominate the 19-boat J/105 fleet at the Marblehead NOOD over the weekend. Fred deNapoli's Allegro Semplicita placed second with 21 points. 2012 winner Charlie Garrard on Merlin rounded out the top three with 26. Complete…
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Rockland Castine Regatta
Rockland Castine Regatta Two great days of racing took place this past weekend at the 3rd Annual Rockland Castine Regatta hosted by Rockland Yacht Club. In all 32 boats made it to the line for the start on both days. There were two cruising classes, three racing classes, a shorthanded division, and a multihull division…
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