Another short but sweet AC33 video

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Let’s see Miami’s Amphitheatre

Volvo 2011/12 update

Brad Read sent over the attached charts with the plan for sailing the in port races inside Narragansett Bay. This is part of the proposal to bring a Volvo Stopover to Newport in the spring of 2012. They have scenarios for NW, SW and NE breeze. Each race course would offer great viewing from a bunch of vantage points. Each would also send the boats right by our webcams!

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The Governor takes it on

Office of the Governor - Governor Carcieri, Speaker Fox, and Senate President Paiva-Weed Create the America’s Cup Rhode Island 2013 Planning Committee

Governor Donald L. Carcieri, House Speaker Gordon Fox, and Senate President M. Teresa Paiva-Weed today announced the creation of the America’s Cup Rhode Island 2013 Planning Committee. Coordinated through the Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation, the Planning Committee is responsible for developing a proposal for Rhode Island to host the next America’s Cup.

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Equal time – LNG and the America’s Cup

LNG Fact Check - Response to claims of Attorney General Patrick Lynch regarding LNG shipments and the prospect of Newport hosting the next America’s Cup.

On February 24 Newport Now published an article titled “Attorney General: Bring Back The Cup, Not LNG.” In the article Attorney General Patrick Lynch suggests that the Weaver’s Cove LNG Project “could take Newport out of the running to host one of the world’s most prestigious events,” the America’s Cup. General Lynch also references “…recent economic impact studies showing that the 2007 America’s Cup race in Valencia, Spain, created 70,000 jobs and billions of dollars in revenue.”

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J/105 Narragansett Bay Championship Tour

(Newport, RI)- Fleet 14 (southern New England) will run a J-105 Narragansett Bay 2010 Championship Tour consisting of three closely-spaced regattas that typically draw competitors from Marblehead to Annapolis:

• July 10-11 Coastal Living Sail Newport- Newport, RI
• July 17-19 Rolex NYYC Race Week- Newport, RI
• August 7-8 West Passage Regatta- Wickford, RI

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Ice fisherman rescued by hovercraft

Yikes!

North American sailboat sales declined 53 per cent in 2009.

ibinews.com - Sales by North American sailboat manufacturers fell to US$258m in 2009, a 53 per cent decline compared to 2008. Overall unit sales fell by 38 per cent to 7,076 units, according to a study by The Sailing Company.

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America’s Cup Mania

If you have not had enough of the speculation here is a bunch of it.
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Newport Bermuda Race Chooses NYYC as Headquarters

bermudarace.com – The Bermuda Race Organizing Committee has announced that the pre-race race headquarters for the 47th Newport Bermuda Race will be the Robert G. Stone Jr. Sailing Center at the New York Yacht Club’s Newport clubhouse, Harbour Court. Crews may use the clubhouse and its facilities before the race’s start on June 18, 2010.

The announcement was made by Bjorn Johnson, chairman of the Bermuda Race Organizing Committee. “After an intensive selection process we chose the New York Yacht Club’s Sailing Center as the best possible site for our Newport headquarters. The club’s generous offer is only the most recent event in a long, healthy relationship between the NYYC and the Newport Bermuda Race. For years the race has been started by the club’s race committee, and many NYYC members (including me) have raced to Bermuda.” Details

IYRS Career Day – March 6

One-Day Event in Newport to Feature Green Marine Technology Expert

Newport (R.I.) – The Fifth Annual Marine Industry Career Day on March 6 at the International Yacht Restoration School in Newport will again be the singular event in Rhode Island where marine industry professionals and career seekers can meet area employers and learn about job and training opportunities in the field. But this year, IYRS has broadened the scope of the event beyond current career opportunities. Career Day will cast an eye toward the future with a special presentation by marine technology expert Nigel Calder, who will talk about green technological advances on the horizon for the global marine industry.

“Technology in our world is changing so rapidly. We wanted Career Day to be a valuable opportunity for education-to help career seekers stay ahead of the curve by learning about advances in marine technology from a leading expert, and about the career opportunities that will emerge as a result,” said Susan Daly, VP, Marketing of IYRS. (more…)

Newport Volvo Stopover – update

Cape Town has been confirmed as the first port of call for the 2011-12 Volvo Ocean Race. It is the first of a series of port announcements with the entire race route being revealed by the end of March. So we have to wait a few more weeks. Story

LaserPerformance Partners with Simon Cooke

Portsmouth RI. LaserPerformance last week announced that its parent company Full Moon Holdings, will partner with Infused Foils. Infused Foils is led by Simon Cooke and is known world-wide for producing high performance centerboard’s and rudders for a variety of products including the Optimist, i420 and Olympic level 470.

This acquisition will allow LaserPerformance to offer their customers the very best foils on the market regardless of the boat they sail. “I am very excited about the addition of Simon to the LaserPerformance family. Simon has done groundbreaking work in developing innovative foils. Having him on board is a great asset,” said Devin Kelly, President of LaserPerformance.

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The Teaching Ship

NEWPORT, R.I. Oliver Hazard Perry Rhode Island (OHPRI), the non-profit organization that is building Rhode Island’s Education at Sea Tall Ship, has announced that an Educational Symposium will be held Friday, March 12, 2010, from 1p.m. to 4p.m at the University of Rhode Island.

The event, co-hosted by OHPRI, the University of Rhode Island Foundation and the Newport Chamber of Commerce and funded by the van Beuren Charitable Foundation, is designed to explore how educators can create customized courses by combining academic and experiential programs on board the SSV (Sailing School Vessel) Oliver Hazard Perry.

When completed in 2012 the OHPRI will sail as a 207-foot, three-masted, square-rigged Class A school ship.

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2010 Calendar

It took some time but we have most of the 2010 events plugged into our calendar. This year is packed with stuff to do. I think that you will like our calendar because it is easy to read and actually looks like a calendar. Check it out here. Let us know if you have an event we missed here.
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Bristol Companies involved

Hall Builds Parts for Innovative Cup Winner

Hall supplied numerous carbon elements for the ingenious wing sail, including the leading and trailing carbon elements on the “flap.” Hall also supplied seamless tubes for the bow sprit and daggerboard supports, as well as other carbon parts. This was the third consecutive win for Hall products in the America’s Cup; Hall built the masts for Alinghi in 2003 and 2007.

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