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Chicago Strictly Sail
Posted on January 31, 2010 under Blog, Product Review, Products, Sponsors, Travel
I had never been to the Chicago Strictly Sail show before, so I wasn’t sure what to expect. Chicago is a water loving community and the city has done a very nice job of making the waterfront accessible to everyone. The show in Chicago is held in Navy Pier, which is quite unlike the show [...]
November Already?!?!?
Posted on November 16, 2009 under Photography, Sail22 News, Sponsors, Travel
Can it really be November already?? What a busy year this has been and how the time has flown by! We are gearing up for the next several weeks which include heading the the Melges 24 Atlantic Coast Championships this coming weekend, Thanksgiving with our families in Culver, several meetings in Atlanta and then the [...]
Short & Sweet SailingUpdates.com
Posted on October 23, 2009 under Photography, Regattas, Sail22 News, Sponsors
Sail22 and Sail22Gear.com are happy to bring you updates from the race course at the Melges 24 Worlds through SailingUpdates.com. We’ve used Twitter and Facebook in the past to let everyone know what is going on at the J-24 Worlds and Farr 40 North Americans. We’ve had lots of comments, requests and suggestions. We plan [...]
Viper Lake Lanier Regatta Report from Team Jackpot
Posted on October 23, 2009 under Regattas, Sail22 News, Sponsors
Here’s an update from Jackpot, sponsored by Sail22Gear.com:
As we packed up and headed south from the cold that had now settled in Detroit Michigan, we thought about the warmer times that lay ahead of us in Lake Lanier, Georgia. We arrived at the Yacht club early Friday morning to rig Jackpot and head out to [...]
Teams End Sail22 Tuning Regatta with a Look at All Conditions
Posted on October 12, 2009 under Photography, Regattas, Sail22 News, Sponsors
Light air on Sunday provided the Sail22 Melges 24 Worlds Regatta Competitors a glimpse at the full range of breeze they may experience at the Worlds later in October. At the 10am start, the breeze was around 5 knots, but tapered off on the second downwind leg. Uka Uka managed to win race 6 of [...]
Sail22 M24 Tuning Regatta Day 2 Report
Posted on October 11, 2009 under Photography, Regattas, Sail22 News, Sponsors
Another great day on the water today for the Sail22 Melges 24 Worlds Tuning Regatta. Conditions were ideal with 18-22knots breeze early and a little lighter late in the day before the breeze built again. We were able to run 5 full races with 2 starts per race and for kicks we threw in another [...]
Sail22 M24 Tuning Regatta Day 1 Report
Posted on October 9, 2009 under Photography, Regattas, Sail22 News, Sponsors
It was a beautiful day for day one of the Sail22 Melges 24 Worlds Tuning Regatta in Annapolis. Teams were able to get in four races with thirteen starts in total in a nice southerly sea breeze of 12-15 knots with puffs up to 20 knots. Throughout the day 18 teams participated and were coached [...]
Preview Day 1 Sail22 Melges 24 Tuning Regatta
Posted on October 9, 2009 under Regattas, Sail22 News, Sponsors
Day One of the Sail22 Melges 24 Worlds Tuning Regatta is today. Teams gathered at the Annapolis Sailing School last evening to finalize registration, pick up bow numbers and meet about today’s practice racing. We will run short course races with lots of extra starts to help teams get ready for the weekends regatta format. [...]
Henri Lloyd Sail22Gear.com Store!
Posted on October 4, 2009 under Sail22 News, Sponsors
Announcing our newest addition to Sail22…our mobile Henri Lloyd Store!!! You’ve heard us talk about Sail22Gear.com for a little while and here it is! The trailer was finished on Friday afternoon and the graphics applied yesterday. Finishing touches will happen when it arrives in Annapolis on Monday. We will have a full inventory of Henri [...]
Flash Gordon Wins Farr 40 North Americans!
Posted on September 28, 2009 under Photography, Regattas, Sail22 News, Sponsors
Congratulations to Helmut Jahn’s & Evan Jahn’s Flash Gordon on winning the 2009 Farr 40 North American’s sponsored by Rolex. Bob Hughes’ Heartbreaker was second overall and in third was Don Wilson’s Convexity. Defiant, owned and skippered by Grant Hood had two bullets in the first two races of the day, but unfortunately had to [...]
