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Team USA Wins Two
Sep 08, 2008 at 12:17PM
Source: About.com
The Paralympic Regatta has begun in Qingdao and Team USA is off to a great start. Nick Scandone (Newport Beach, Calif.) and Maureen McKinnon-Tucker (Marblehead, Mass.) battled out the increasingly challenging...
Paralympic Sailing Starts Soon
Sep 04, 2008 at 12:33AM
Source: About.com
The 2008 US Paralympic Sailing Team has arrived in Qingdao, China in preparation for the start of the paralympic summer games. Barely weeks after the close of the Summer Olympic...
Wind -- "The Prevalent Fuel of Tomorrow"
Aug 25, 2008 at 04:34PM
Source: About.com
Two British visionaries are on the verge of breaking the world land-speed record for a wind-powered vehicle. Using a hi-tech composite machine named "Greenbird," the two will try to beat...
Dutch Dump Whomper, US Doesn't
Aug 15, 2008 at 08:04PM
Source: About.com
The Dutch Tornado team has decided not to use the controversial "upwind spinnaker" which they unveiled several weeks ago. In a big gamble (perhaps brought on by a Dutch bluff?),...
Controversial Sail Gets Olympic OK
Aug 12, 2008 at 10:57AM
Source: About.com
Tornado class sailors have been given the "all clear" to use a controversial new sail in Olympic racing. The International Sailing Federation (ISAF) said Tornado teams could use the upwind...
This is That Time...
Aug 05, 2008 at 10:26AM
Source: About.com
U.S. Olympic Laser sailor Andrew Campbell recently updated his blog with a post describing the atmosphere at the Olympic sailing venue in the last few days leading up to the...
Secret White House Weather Briefing for U.S. Sailors?
Jul 29, 2008 at 04:31PM
Source: About.com
Maybe it's just me, but when coincidences happen on Pennsylvania Avenue, are they really just coincidences? Take last week's White House bash for America's Olympians. Of the 600 U.S. athletes scheduled...
2008 Olympics Sailing Blog
Jul 26, 2008 at 01:59PM
Source: About.com
It's Back... Just when they thought it was safe to go back in the water, Olympic sailors in Quingdao are reporting that the green algae that plagued the racecourse earlier this...
Sailing Into Space
Jul 25, 2008 at 03:40PM
Source: About.com
While the Dutch Olympic catamaran team are busy parading their upwind spinnaker around the waters off China, NASA scientists have announced a little innovation of their own -- a sail...
Dutch Whomper
Jul 24, 2008 at 08:30PM
Source: About.com
The sailing movie "Wind" had a forgettable story line but it did add an unforgettable word to the sailing dictionary: "Whomper." For those who have chosen to erase the movie...
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