Old (fast) Dogs
Posted on July 22nd 2010 - Kimball Livingston
In the prognostications I saw, Phil McGain wasn’t even listed as a contender for this week’s Windsurfing National Championship. Why would he be? McGain ...
Wishes & Dollars, Whither AC?
Posted on July 19th 2010 - Kimball Livingston
Shedding more light on why a city in Italy, or Spain, or Rhode Island, or California, might want to host the next America’s Cup, the ...
UK Olympians Lead on Fluff, Too
Posted on July 14th 2010 - Kimball Livingston
Britain, already a leader in funding Olympic athletes to live and train as professionals, has made a move to sneak ahead on style points as ...
Tulloch Wins Match Racing Title
Posted on July 12th 2010 - Kimball Livingston
Some days you really enjoy opening the Inbox.
Today, for example, I find this from Genny Tulloch . . .
We just finished up four ...
AC-N-SF: Do You Believe?
Posted on July 8th 2010 - Kimball Livingston
One hurdle to staging the next America’s Cup on San Francisco Bay is the locals’ expectation that we’ll F it up, given the opportunity. There’s ...
Normal to Not Be Normal
Posted on July 6th 2010 - Kimball Livingston
Jeff Lebesch (left) and Adrian Johnson, first and second finishers in the Singlehanded Transpac. © Kathe Hashimoto Photography
No matter where you go in the world ...
Pacific: Beginnings and Endings
Posted on July 5th 2010 - Kimball Livingston
Consummate veteran Skip Allen, who has won California-Hawaii races crewed, doublehanded, and solo, maintains that doublehanded is the hardest, harder even than singlehanded because when ...
A Smaller AC Class Mono/Multi
Posted on July 2nd 2010 - Kimball Livingston
The defenders of the America’s Cup today released narrower parameters for the next racing class, still keeping open the question of whether it will be ...
What’s Never Been Done
Posted on July 1st 2010 - Kimball Livingston
The problem:
The wind will carry you Dead Down Wind, but DDW is slow.
DDW is especially “slow” in a fast race boat sailing against similar ...
Only in San Francisco
Posted on June 28th 2010 - Kimball Livingston
Okay, most places where people sail, you wouldn’t see this mix of geography, seabreeze, and sailing types. Beyond that, the quiz of the day goes, ...