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MYS Suggested Reading for the Sailor
January 20th, 2011 | Adventure, Sail, Seatrials & design reviews | Michael James | No Comments
The Racing Sailor – Winning Tactics For Small Sailboat Racing “Highly Recommended.” – Video Librarian. Learn how sailboats work, how race courses are laid out, how to sail faster and win from our motion-realistic animations! Featuring a combination of live-action footage and computer animation, this comprehensive production demonstrates winning tactics for small sailboat racing. The [...]
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Forty-Two new Beneteau First 40s in the Sunsail Fleet
January 19th, 2011 | Adventure, Sail, Seatrials & design reviews | Michael James | No Comments
Sunsail is replacing their fleet of SunFast 37s with 42 new Beneteau First 40s for the 2011 season. To accompany this they have also launched a new product line called ‘Sunsail Racing’, aimed at making yacht racing accessible to everyone, with a worldwide charter racing calendar. While Port Solent in the UK will be the [...]
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Notes from Farr Yacht Design on the Beneteau First 35
January 18th, 2011 | Sail, Seatrials & design reviews | Michael James | 1 Comment
Design #622 First 35 The BENETEAU First 35 (Design 622) is the little sister of the BENETEAU First 40 by Farr Yacht Design launched in 2008. The efficient, modern interior arrangement is based on a fairly standard and well-proven layout with a central saloon, the galley to port, navigation station to starboard, V-berths forward and [...]
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Check out Sail on a New Beneteau 40
January 15th, 2011 | Sail, Seatrials & design reviews | Michael James | No Comments
I had the pleasure of doing a check out sail on a new Beneteau 40 the morning of 1/14/2011 with her new owner. It was a cold morning here in St. Pete @ 40 something degrees but it turned into a truly beautiful morning sail on Tampa Bay. The new Beneteau 40 with the classic [...]
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Beneteau Sense 50 Sea Trials in St. Petersburg
January 13th, 2011 | Sail, Seatrials & design reviews | murrayyachtsales | No Comments
While the rest of the country was cursing the cold front that brought immobilizing snow, I was fortunate enough to spend some time in St. Petersburg sailing through the “cold” front in shorts with brisk winds and mid 70 temperatures. Note the rooster tail at 10+ knots in the photo below. Monday 1/10/11 Winds South 12 [...]
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J/100 Reviews
January 1st, 2011 | Sail, Seatrials & design reviews | Michael James | No Comments
Sail Magazine Sailing World Magazine: 2005 Overall Boat of the Year Sailing Anarchy 48 Degrees North
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J/105 Reviews
January 1st, 2011 | Sail, Seatrials & design reviews | Michael James | No Comments
Why Buy a J/105 Sail Magazine Sailing World Magazine Perry Design Review Perry on Design Wikipedia
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Rod Johnstone and the new J/95
January 1st, 2011 | Sail, Seatrials & design reviews | Michael James | No Comments
The J/95 opens up a new world to sailors who may have otherwise thought that high performance in shallow water was the special preserve of power boats. With the J/95 you can explore the many new harbors and shallow bays and estuaries AND enjoy the thrill of sailing a fast, sleek sailboat. The J/95’s performance hull [...]
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J/97 VIDEO
January 1st, 2011 | Sail, Seatrials & design reviews | Michael James | No Comments
J/97
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Interview with Jeff Johnstone
January 1st, 2011 | Sail, Seatrials & design reviews | Michael James | No Comments
INTERVIEW WITH JEFF JOHNSTONE @ THE NEW J/111
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