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Harbor Springs Melges 32 Nationals and You Gotta Regatta
Posted on July 28, 2010 under Regattas, Sail22 News
We’re in beautiful Harbor Springs, Michigan for the Melges 32 Nationals and You Gotta Regatta. Stop by the Sail22 Support Trailer to say hello! We’ll be out on the water taking photos and will have them posted on Sail22.com throughout the weekend. It’s looking like a great event!
-Becky & Ed www.Sail22.com
Sail22 Tips & Tricks: Chicago Mackinac Prep List
Posted on July 20, 2010 under Blog, Regattas, Sail22 News, Tips & Tricks
The 102nd Chicago Mackinac starts this Saturday and I have been in full Mac prep for the past week working with a large team for the Port Huron Mackinac race and am now prepping them for the Chicago Mackinac race. Ed is racing on the Farr 395 Mosquito again this year. Here is our Sail22 [...]
Sail22 Tips & Tricks: A Way to Lighten Your Boat
Posted on June 29, 2010 under Product Review, Products, Rigging, Tips & Tricks
Sail22 Tip & Trick: Using aluminum ferrules is a great way to lighten up the purchase on vangs, backstays and other systems. You can buy ferrules or sometimes even just use sailmakers thimbles. The breaking strength on a ferrule is much higher than a wire block and they are less expensive and much lighter.
Sailmakers Thimble [...]
Newport Shipyard RC 44
Posted on June 24, 2010 under Sail22 News, Travel
I have to say, one of my favorite places to visit in Newport, RI is the Newport Shipyard. You never know what you’re going to find there and there are always beautiful boats to look at.
We’ve heard a lot about the Russell Coutts 44’s for awhile, but never had the chance to see the [...]
Sail22 Tips & Tricks: Melges 24 Custom Parts
Posted on June 22, 2010 under Products, Sail22 News
Sail22 is in Newport, RI this week for the 2010 Melges 24 Nationals and thought we’d feature some of the custom parts we have available for the Melges 24. All three make life on the Melges 24 easier!e
Sail22 Tack Deflector: Another piece of bling for your boat! The Sail22 Tack Deflector prevents the tack of [...]
C Scow Nationals Day 2 Afternoon Photos
Posted on June 19, 2010 under Photography, Regattas, Sail22 News
A few photos from the two races this afternoon. The sneak peek gallery can be found here and will be updated this week with all the photos (once all 1000+ are tagged with sail numbers for search). Make sure to check back at Sail22.com for more! Also, make sure to check out Sailgroove for videos [...]
C Scow Nationals 2010 Final Results
Posted on June 19, 2010 under Photography, Regattas
Congratulations to Andy Burdick, Jim Gluek and Debbie Gluek on winning the 2010 C Scow National Championships at Lake Chautauqua, NY. Congrats are also due to Tim Krech for a close second place, Ed Eckert in third, Frank Davenport in fourth and George Kutschenrezter on finishing fifth. Full results are below. Click here for the [...]
C Scow Nationals Day 2 Race 1
Posted on June 19, 2010 under Photography, Sail22 News
In our sneak peek Sail22 gallery of C Scow Nationals are a few photos from Day 2, Race 1. We’re in for lunch right now and headed out to try and get two more races in. Check them all out here!
C Scow Nationals Photos from Chautauqua Lake
Posted on June 18, 2010 under Photography, Regattas
C Scow Nationals started this morning on beautiful Chautauqua Lake. Three races were completed today in moderate to light breeze with Andy Burdick and Jim Glueck of Melges Performance Boats leading. Chris Love, from Sailgroove is here doing great videos of the event and I’m out taking photos. Check out a few from today and [...]
Sail22 Tips & Tricks: McLube Hullkote
Posted on June 15, 2010 under Products, Sponsors, Tips & Tricks
We’re off to the C-Scow Nationals this weekend at Chautauqua Lake and figured we share a favorite Sail22 Scow Spa trick. Did you know that McLube’s Hullkote is not only great for go fast bottoms, but also works as an amazing degreaser and cleaner?
The great thing about Hullkote is that it is citrus based [...]
