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Improved ORACLE TEAM USA Boat Back in the Water

It’s been a long time in coming, but ORACLE TEAM USA hit the water on Monday in its ‘better than new’ AC72, named 17. After conducting load testing over the ...
On February 5, 2013 / By Andrew Cross
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Team NZ to Boycott Pre-Cup Regattas

Team New Zealand will boycott most of next year’s America’s Cup pre-regattas as the team believes it will be a distraction from the main event. In what is ...
On January 4, 2013 / By Andrew Cross
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Video of the Week: TNT 34

Check out these awesome clips of the TNT 34 taken during a sail from Imperia to La Spezia before the test for European Yacht of the Year! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8VPXWOm7mE ...
On November 9, 2012 / By Andrew Cross
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Rolex Big Boat Series Adds Multihulls

For centuries, sailing has been known for the stately progression of billowing white triangles and trapezoids across an azure sea. But 2012 may become known as the year ...
On October 2, 2012 / By Andrew Cross
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On the Fence? Sample a Cat!

Catamarans are becoming increasingly popular, but they sail and handle in a completely different way than monohulls. As we age, comfort becomes more important and many folks are ...
On September 27, 2012 / By Andrew Cross
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Across the Med by Bill Fitzgerald

Lessons learned along the way…I took my catamaran, Simba, from the factory in La Rochelle across the Bay of Biscayne down the coast of Portugal to Lisbon with ...
On January 21, 2011 / By Andrew Cross
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Modern Multihulls

New designs dazzle with innovationMultihull designers are an amazingly creative bunch, always looking to the future instead of clinging to the past. The crop of new designs in ...
On January 21, 2011 / By Andrew Cross
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America’s Cup in Cats

In the multihull community, a collective cheer went up back in mid-September when Russell Coutts of BMW Oracle Racing and the Golden Gate Yacht Club announced that the ...
On January 21, 2011 / By Andrew Cross
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Navimatics with ActiveCaptain for iPhone/iPad

This past week, Navimatics’ iPhone and iPad apps – Charts&Tides, was released by Apple. The app includes full, integrated, offline and synchronized support for ActiveCaptain.. Needless to say, ...
On January 14, 2011 / By Andrew Cross
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Trazzler.com Teams Up With Seacology

Can travel make us better people? Can it make the world a better place? Is it possible to make a positive contribution to a community just by having ...
On January 14, 2011 / By Andrew Cross
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Abby Sunderland sets sights on new sailing attempt

Abby’s adventure seems to be on every news station including the Weather Channel and now she’s added fuel to the fire by posting that she will try again. ...
On January 14, 2011 / By Andrew Cross
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Tips for Preparing Your Yacht for A Hurricane

The weather prognosticators are predicting an active Atlantic Hurricane Season and with a low pressure system having already formed off of the African Continent and is 500 miles ...
On January 14, 2011 / By Andrew Cross