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12 Metre Reunion – September

Newport, RI, USA, March 30, 2010 – New York Yacht Club Commodore David K. Elwell Jr. announced today that the club will host a new event this summer, the America’s Cup 12 Metre Era Reunion, September 16th to 19th at Harbour Court, NYYC’s on-the-water clubhouse in Newport. During the 12 Metre era (1958-1987), over 83 12 Metre teams competed as contenders or defenders for the 10 America’s Cup matches during the period. The America’s Cup 12 Metre Era Reunion will be a celebration of the yachts, the crews, syndicate members and the times, considered by many to be a golden era in the history of the America’s Cup.

Headliners expected to attend the America’s Cup 12 Metre Era Reunion include such iconic figures as Ted Turner, William Ficker, Buddy Melges, Ted Hood, Halsey Herreshoff, Malin Burnham, Sir James Hardy, Alan Bond, Bruno Trouble, Pele Petterson and Bruno Bich to name a few. Regatta Co-Chairs include 12 Metre veterans such as Gary Jobson, Jeff Neuberth, Jan Slee and Tom Whidden. More

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Bermuda One-Two Skippers’ Forum

By Roy Guay

We had the Spring Skippers’ Forum 20 March at the Newport Yacht Club. 22
people showed up on a gorgeous spring weather day (didn’t last long though).

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AC34

The first rendering of what an AC34 village might look like was circulated Friday during a meeting of the America’s Cup Rhode Island 2013 Planning Committee. The group is being directed by Keith W. Stokes, executive director of the R.I. Economic Development Corporation.

The image is interesting to look at but it’s just a starting point. The proposal that will eventually be presented to Larry Ellison’s group will probably look a lot different and include several alternative locations. The plan could also include spreading the syndicate bases over several Newport locations or even putting it somewhere north of the bridge but that sounds unlikely.

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Forum brings together superyacht industry

tradeonlytoday – The Newport Harbor Corp., creator and producer of the Newport Yachting & Lifestyle Collection, hosted a “Founders Forum” earlier this month that included a cross section of superyacht industry leaders, from brokers and builders to charter firms and marketers.

The purpose of the forum was to create a partnership between event producer NHC and the industry. The new event is slated for 2011.

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Warmer climates

Leighton O’Connor was in St. Thomas, for the Rolex Regatta over the weekend and sends this nice image of Interlodge.

She is owned by Austin and Gwen Fragomen of Newport and placed 2nd in the IRC Division.

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RIBCRAFT to sponsor 2010 ISAF Women’s Match Racing World Championship in Newport

Marblehead, MA – RIBCRAFT, the leading builder of professional grade rigid inflatable boats (RIBs) for sailing programs and yacht clubs, announced today an agreement with the New York Yacht Club (NYYC) to supply RIBs and sponsor the 2010 ISAF Women’s Match Racing World Championship to be held this September in Newport.

RIBCRAFT will supply a fleet of RIBCRAFT® 5.85′s for the Match Racing World Championships to serve as umpire and support boats for the event. RIBCRAFT was a leading sponsor of the ISAF Team Racing Worlds in 2005 under a similar agreement.

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SAIL’s Top 40 Sailors who made a difference

SAIL magazine marks its 40th anniversary and decided to highlight the 40 sailors who’ve had the greatest impact on our sport over the last four decades. Six Rhode Island dudes make the list.

• Eric Goetz
• Everett Pearson
• Rod and Bob Johnstone
• Ted Hood
• Garry Hoyt

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RIMTA West Bay Open House, April 10

Waterline gets some boat orders!

Portsmouth RI – The St. Francis Yacht Club has chosen the J/22 as the club’s new platform for match and team racing. USWatercraft was selected to build a fleet of 10 new boats, which will be delivered this year. These evenly matched boats will provide the StFYC the perfect platform to run great match racing & team sailing events.

And Waterline Systems will build J/80′s

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Not Newport

Thanks to everyone involved with WayPoint Rhode Island for their efforts to bring the Volvo to Newport. It’s too bad Miami beat us.

However they are not giving up. The campaign to Bring the Volvo Ocean Race 2014-2015 North American Stop To Newport has already started on Facebook.

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Coastal Living Magazine is back for Newport Regatta

300 boats and about 1,500 sailors!

Sail Newport announced that Coastal Living magazine has signed on as Title Sponsor for the Coastal Living Newport Regatta. The national magazine has partnered with Sail Newport for the past three years and the 2010 event is scheduled for July 9-11.

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Scott Ferguson Presents – Wing Night

Join Sail Newport to hear about the AC33 experience from Scott’s perspective as manager of design of BMW Oracle’s mast and rig…

Jamestown’s Scott Ferguson is a 3-time US Collegiate All-American in Sailing (University of Michigan) and the 2009 Winner of the Laser Standard Master Worlds. Scott was the mast designer for Luna Rossa’s AC 32 Campaign and also worked on the breakthrough rig designs on Young America (2000) and the Telefonica VOR Boats in 2008-2009. (more…)

Marina appears to be on EG town land.

projo.com – For more than 30 years, Ken Harris’ modest marina with its gray shack on the edge of Greenwich Cove has offered a low-priced, no-frills place for dozens of families to keep their small boats. But this spring, because of questions about state and local permits, he may be forced to close.

Officials at the state’s Coastal Resources Management Council say they can find no evidence that Harris ever obtained a CRMC permit to open his marina. And, they say, he has no proof that he owns the shoreside property. It appears to be East Greenwich town land. More