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Sloop Tavern Yacht Club Fall Regatta
October 31
The Sloop Tavern Yacht Club invites events starting and finishing at the north
you to participate in the STYC Fall mooring buoy and rounding various
Regatta. All sailors are invited to join marks between West Point and Spring
STYC for this traditional non-flying Beach. STYC members should also note
Offering sail check, repair, store
sails regatta. STYC will again also be that the NFS regatta (but not the FS
and cleaning with discounts
providing flying sails starts at the Fall regatta) is the final qualifying event for
for multiple packages.
Regatta in response to popular demand. this year’s Commodore’s Cup Trophy.
The Fall Regatta is round-the-buoys Additional regatta information can be
racing in Shilshole Bay with multiple found at: www.slooptavern.org/
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Jack and Jill Regatta A World First
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The Sloop Tavern Yacht Club’s Jack Some of the best professional sailing
and Jill Race was held on Saturday, teams, grouped together under the name
September 12. Sixteen boats participated WSTA (World Sailing Team Association),
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on a warm, sunny day in Shilshole and Louis Vuitton announce the creation
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becalmed, but with three clubs running The WSTA groups together the
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events in the bay, as well as numerous participants in previous Louis Vuitton
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fishing boats in the area, there was Cup regattas (K-Challenge (France),
plenty of entertainment to be found BMW Oracle Racing (USA), Emirates
Darwin says:
during the pre-start drifting. After a Team New Zealand, Mascalzone Latino
two hour postponement, the race was (Italy)) and welcomes newcomers
Hoist
started in a light northerly breeze. The such as Team Artemis (Sweden), Team
those
fleet was able to sail to Meadow Point Synergy (Russia), Joe Fly Italia (Italy)
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and most of the way to West Point before and Team French Spirit (France). Other
the northerly began to die. Race event teams will join the association in the
chair Dan Randolph and the crew on coming weeks.
Dirt S/V Runner pulled anchor and finished Entitled the Louis Vuitton World
doesn't
racers at West Point. Series, these regattas are a first in the
world of sailing and follow on from the
stand Div 1 NFS Louis Vuitton Pacific Series organized in
a Ghost
1 Sea Trek II Cata34 Tom Madden Auckland, New Zealand, last February.
2 Tenacious Pear 30 Ross Peterson The global success of this exceptional
of a 3 Blue Lullaby Newp28 John Endresen competition persuaded all the partners
chance
Div 2 NFS in this adventure to create a dynamic and
1 Bergen Viking J-35 Svein Ellingsen ambitious new race programme based
at 2 Blue Martini Olsn911 Laney Gale on the same concept and format.
3 Quixote Elan 40 Philip Mraz Ten teams will be invited to confront
4 S Lk Un Trolley Rock22-1 M. Mechaelis each other in successive duels over a
5 Kowloon Olsn911 K. Chin fortnight on two pairs of identical boats
SAIL & CANVAS CLEANING Div 3 FS chosen by lot. The racing boats were
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1 Suspence J-24 Melanie Edwards sailed in the 2007 LV Cup. This concept,
2 Moore Uff Da Moore 24 B&J Braden which demonstrates the desire to return
3 L. B. Dune Buggy SC27 Alex Simanis to the original spirit of "match racing",
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4 Tantivy J-109 Burnell, Stuart provides an exhilarating show and is
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5 Redfish Bluefish Rock22-1 J. Little easy for spectators to understand.
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6 Smilin Jack Morgan 27 John Wade The WSTA and Louis Vuitton plan
North Sails, Oregon UK Halsey, Anacortes
7 Freck Madtom Moore 24 A. Devita to organize several regattas a year.
8 Kiwi Express Farr 1020 R. Freywald
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