tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57058587044800678822024-03-12T21:09:49.473-04:00Oak Orchard Yacht RacingK. Leonardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17244607027515035781noreply@blogger.comBlogger82125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5705858704480067882.post-79788451788769796342014-10-15T18:24:00.000-04:002014-10-15T18:24:33.704-04:00Underwater Obstruction at Oak OrchardThis underwater boulder has been hit a few times in recent memory. The first time I remember hearing about it was when my dad hit it with the Coronado 25' FOXFIRE back in the late 1970s.
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Video by John Smith aboard EMERAUDE.
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2012 Lake Ontario R-CLass Documentary at the NYC One Design Regatta<br />
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This Documentary was made during the 2012 Lake Ontario R CLass National Yacht Club One Design Regatta yacht race.<br />
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The Documentary features the following R-Class Sloop boats:<br />
Diana R-8<br />
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Vitesse R-3<br />
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The film was produced by architectural photographer Tomasz Majcherczyk of http://www.dashousephoto.com/K. Leonardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17244607027515035781noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5705858704480067882.post-3577470324415531132013-04-28T15:35:00.000-04:002013-04-28T15:35:40.131-04:00Emeraude - Cal 2-27 gets repoweredAfter having intermittent reverse gear for quite a few seasons, Ray Leonard replaced the worn transmission on his Farymann A-30, German made diesel engine. It was a beautiful spring day at <a href="http://www.lakebreezemarina.com/" target="_blank">Lake Breeze Marina</a>, and things went well as the engine was hoisted using a come-a-long attached to the boom. Within a couple hours the engine was fastened to the stringers and the shaft was coupled back together.<br />
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Rochester frostbiters to be in new documentary "Frostbiters".<br />
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Emmy award winning Thurston Smith directs an upcoming documentary called 'Frostbiters'.
"It explores the extreme sport of Frostbiting -- where it is done, who does it, and why."
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Thurston Smith is an Emmy Award winning director, writer, producer and editor. Thurston received his Emmy while still in college for producing "The Richmond Rage - History in the Making" (1997) a documentary about a young women’s basketball team. Thurston currently works as a Producer and Senior Avid Editor at Getty Images. Thurston has created countless spots and award winning demos for companies such as Aquafina, Discovery and Quest. He co-directed and edited for Disney's feature length film "Illumination 2000 - Reflections of Earth" which aired at Epcot for one year.K. Leonardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17244607027515035781noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5705858704480067882.post-71766327726812888642012-08-29T12:38:00.001-04:002012-08-29T14:41:02.290-04:00JFK's VICTURA50 years ago this month, information that Soviet missiles were found to be in Cuba was released to the American public. Here is a pictorial history of our then President in a place that he is quoted as saying was his favorite place to be - VICTURA.<br />
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"We are tied to the ocean. And when we go back to the sea, whether it is to sail or to watch - we are going back from whence we came."<br />
John F. Kennedy <br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"> Boat LOA: 26 Feet</span>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Boat Weight: 3500 lb</span>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Boat Builder: Crosby Yacht Yard in Osterville, MA</span>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Boat Launched: 1932, Joseph P.
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Dave Powers, a longtime friend of President Kennedy and founding curator of the Kennedy Library, wrote:<br />
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<em>Victura</em> was among the President's most prized possessions. A
gift on his fifteenth birthday, he sailed it as a young man, Navy hero,
Congressman, Senator, and finally as President. It was on the <em>Victura</em>
that he began winning races at the age of 15, and on which he taught
his wife Jacqueline how to sail. If the President wasn't sailing on <em>Victura,</em>
he was thinking about it as evidenced by his many doodles of the
sailboat. . . . When the President visited Hyannis Port, he was never
happier than when he was at the helm of <em>Victura.</em>
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K. Leonardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17244607027515035781noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5705858704480067882.post-77472833188251010052012-08-28T08:15:00.000-04:002012-08-28T08:30:17.614-04:00Olympic Sailing History - A Family AffairOut at Oak Orchard, not unlike many other places were club sailing takes place, sailboat racing is also part of family time. Sailing is a sport, or recreation that is uniquely suited to allow a wide range of people, from almost any age group to sail around the buoys, or just sail two miles out and two miles back as some people prefer.<br />
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Olympic history holds evidence that, in fact sailing is very much a family sport with some interesting firsts. One has to go back to Count Hermann de Pourtales of Switzerland, in the 1900 Olympic games for evidence. He was the oldest sailor in the games at 53. Sailing alongside was his wife, Helene de Pourtales at 33, the oldest woman in any of the 1900 Olympic sports. Helene became the first female Olympic medalist when Lerina (pictured below) crossed the line in a corrected time of 2 hours, 15 minutes and 32 seconds in Race 1 of the 1-2 Ton Class. The wife and husband sailing duo were also joined by their nephew Bernard and they added a silver medal to their collection in Race 2 after they finished behind the German boat Aschenbradel.<br />
Resource: <a href="http://www.sailing.org/17516.php">http://www.sailing.org/17516.php</a><br />
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This feat would be repeated by the British couple eight years later in the 7 Meter division. The skipper was Charles James Rivett-Carnac who, at the age of 55 in 1908, remains the oldest Briton to have won an Olympic gold medal in sailing. His wife, Frances Rivett-Carnac, was one of the crew, and became the first British woman to win an Olympic gold medal at sailing.<br />
Resource: <a href="http://propercourse.blogspot.com/2012/04/sail-over.html">http://propercourse.blogspot.com/2012/04/sail-over.html</a><br />
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Father and son Paul and Hilary Smart won a gold medal for the U.S. in 1948, sailing in the Star class. It’s a family feat not since repeated, in any sport, summer or winter.<br />
Resource: <a href="http://startsailingnow.com/">http://startsailingnow.com/</a> and <a href="http://savingsailing.com/2012/04/03/unlike-any-other-sport/">http://savingsailing.com/2012/04/03/unlike-any-other-sport/</a><br />
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Fast forward to 2012 with brother and sister, Zach and Paige Railey from Clearwater, Fla., birthplace of the Optimist dinghy: "We were pretty much those tan little hippie babies with bleach-blond
hair running around with their mom down at the beach," Paige Railey
said. "It just seemed like a natural thing for us to go into a sport
that was associated with the water. Our whole life was based around the
water." When Zach was 8, their family dentist suggested that his mother, Ann,
enroll him in a summer sailing program. Three years later, it was
Paige's turn. They both fell in love with the sport and began winning
regattas.<br />
Resource: <a href="http://sports.yahoo.com/news/sailing-siblings-zach-paige-railey-191026792--oly.html">http://sports.yahoo.com/news/sailing-siblings-zach-paige-railey-191026792--oly.html</a><br />
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<br />K. Leonardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17244607027515035781noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5705858704480067882.post-205301940489417022012-08-24T16:32:00.001-04:002012-08-24T18:34:29.023-04:00Sailboat Racing - Ronstan ClearStart Watch<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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It's always a good idea to have more than one watch counting down on a start. In some instances the clock that we are counting on to get us to the line may obscured by the flailing arms and off-balance bodies of the frantic crew, and perhaps with an extra clock running, a bowman could let the skipper know if it's going to be close.<br />
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Finding a countdown timer that doesn't have whole bunch of useless functions that invite disaster and also comes with a reasonable price tag is a pretty narrow search. However, the <a href="http://www.jamestowndistributors.com/userportal/show_product.do?pid=56847" target="_blank"><i>Ronstan ClearStart Sailing Watch</i></a> is just the ticket.<br />
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The watch is usually available at West Marine, but at the time of this post they were out of stock. A quick Google search will usually result in multiple places to purchase this $60 watch.<br />
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The size of the numbers on the dial is really nice and big for folks who don't want to wear their reading glasses during the start sequence. Also, the 5 minute, 3 minute, 1 minute and then every 10 second beeps are nice and loud. You can set the watch to count up the time after the start to find your elapsed time - all good stuff.<br />
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West Marine did a great job of showing the features of this watch in the following video: <br />
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Thanks to all participants for a fantastic 2012 racing season. Thanks also to Bruce Franklin for this evenings "Committee Cottage" shoreline start and finish times.<br />
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Spinnaker Fleet<br />
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Red Line ----------2-------55:03<br />
Emeraude ---------1-------54:04<br />
College Tuition-----DNR-----<br />
MoJo--------------3-----1:06:43<br />
Blast Wave-------DNR------<br />
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Genoa Only Fleet<br />
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Sciabola---------2------1:00:27<br />
Sea Dog---------DNR------<br />
Mariah-----------3------TBA<br />
Damas-------------DNR----------<br />
Advantage-------1-------1:00:07<br />
Col. 26-2---------DNR-----------<br />
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Many thanks to Mike Goheen, vacationing from his home state of Texas, for crewing aboard BLAST WAVE and then on board EMERAUDE.<br />
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Want to post crew pictures and thank-yous to your crew here on the racing page?<br />
Email any and all pictures along with captions and names to: <b>OurBoatingLife@gmail.com</b>.We'll make them available for any and all to see...<br />
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<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NPk-rUVKM_4/UDdxzgh89XI/AAAAAAAAB1k/4WZ_KFZwKpg/s1600/Mike+from+Taxas.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a>K. Leonardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17244607027515035781noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5705858704480067882.post-35132010871516038662012-08-16T20:15:00.001-04:002012-08-24T08:09:41.489-04:00Results of Race Four of Mid-Summer SeasonName------Place.-----Corr. Time<br />
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Emeraude ---------1-------50:44<br />
College Tuition-----2------53:57<br />
MoJo--------------DNR-----<br />
Blast Wave-------DNR------<br />
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Genoa Only Fleet<br />
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Sciabola-----------1-------54:28<br />
Sea Dog---------3--------57:34<br />
Mariah-----------4-------58:12<br />
Damas-------------DNR----------<br />
Advantage-------2--------57:22<br />
Col. 26-2---------DNR-----------<br />
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K. Leonardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17244607027515035781noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5705858704480067882.post-1316388354021915372012-08-16T07:54:00.001-04:002012-08-16T09:13:52.803-04:00J/24 Worlds - Rochester Yacht Club - Sep. 13-21<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Over 100 J/24 are expected in Rochester in less than a month.They will be starting on a single start line. Here at Oak Orchard it is crowded if four boats converge at the pin - this will be a wild scene. <br />
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Mike Ingham, a J/24 National Champion and North Sails rep from RYC took some time to talk about the J/24
Class, how races are going to be run in Rochester, and what it's going
to take to win here. For more information about the Worlds, go to
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Also, Mike Ingham has a YouTube channel with advice on tuning and sail trim at:<br />
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Promo music video for the race upcoming J/24 at Rochester. You can get a feel for what it would be like to<br />
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Jones writes:<br />
"...what does sailing embody that anyone loves, specifically, about the
Olympics? Where is the simplicity of the event that gives the impression
that anyone could participate? You need to be of a certain class with special access to sail. In an event that celebrates inclusion, it is the most exclusive"<br />
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Over 200 comments have been left on the page, so this seems to be an interesting topic. <br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Can be built for $150 - materials at Home Depot</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">PDRacer history link: </span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puddle_Duck_Racer">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puddle_Duck_Racer</a></span></td></tr>
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Information about the designer of the B-25:<br />
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LEIF BEILEY started sailing and surfing while in high school in southern California. As a teenager he built surfboards in his garage and sailed multihulls. After college he worked in the aerospace industry as an engineer. In 1988 Beiley founded Bboats, Inc. to build and market a production version of the B-25. This boat not only won many Grand Prix regattas, but was the first trailerable boat to be competitive in virtually all venues, winning such diverse events as the Colorado ILYA PHRF championship, Key West Race Week (twice), Trimble North Race Week and the Santa Barbara--King Harbor Race. While designing and building racing yachts occupied much of his time and energy, he continued to race.<br />
From <a href="http://www.bravurayachts.com/company_profile.htm" target="_blank">http://www.bravurayachts.com/company_profile.htm </a>K. Leonardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17244607027515035781noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5705858704480067882.post-82532969880559220112012-08-12T13:53:00.001-04:002012-08-13T09:21:23.359-04:00Oak Orchard Yacht Club Invitational - ResultsAugust 11th was a great day for racing.<br />
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Much thanks to John Brown, OOYC Fleet Captain for being in charge of the Invitational, Bob Elliot of GYC for heading the Race Committee, Bob Frost, RC member and his boat Frostiana, and Bruce Franklin, RC.<br />
A special thanks to the two mark-set boats with Bob and Kayleen Muscarella, and Dan and Marietta Schueth - that looked very tiring with shifting winds and multiple mark changes...<br />
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Video of mostly preliminary start activities along with some racing scenes. Video taken onboard EMERAUDE - Cal 2-27.<br />
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Sailing in the Olympics: Anyone from the US and Canada who has been following the sailing action is likely disappointed that North America got shut out of the medal stand completely. The last time this happened for the US was in 1936. Clearly the rest of the sailing world has gotten better and more countries are working hard to achieve Olympic success. But there is no way around the fact that this is a shock to NA sailing. I was exchanging notes yesterday with my good friend Jack Mathias, who sailed in the Olympics in 1976 for the US. Jack crewed for Norm Freeman in the Flying Dutchman class and went into the last day with a shot at a medal. He is obviously very interested in what went wrong and we’ll no doubt be hearing and reading much more in the coming months as the current program is dissected.<br />
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RCR Yachts<br />
Youngstown, NY<br />
<a href="http://www.rcryachts.com/">http://www.rcryachts.com/</a>K. Leonardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17244607027515035781noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5705858704480067882.post-66441330615371193092012-08-10T12:27:00.001-04:002012-08-10T12:27:35.439-04:00Nicholas Hayes - Olympians Need You to Go SailingNick Hayes, author of <a href="http://savingsailing.com/order/" target="_blank">Saving Sailing</a>, states that, "Olympic sailing success depends on a robust inter-generational recreational sailing population. Period. These data confirm it."<br />
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"If you compare the number of recreational sailors in the US to the number of medals earned per recreational sailor, you learn that one short generation (15-25 years) after sailing was at its peak popularity in the US, the US was fielding its most talented Olympic sailing teams. Soon after sailing began to fall in popularity, we began to perform more inconsistently, and eventually, we struggled to represent in international competition."<br />
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Read Nick's article and more at: <a href="http://savingsailing.com/">http://savingsailing.com/</a>K. Leonardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17244607027515035781noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5705858704480067882.post-17586330642169676292012-08-10T07:19:00.002-04:002012-08-15T16:12:14.594-04:00Results of Race 3 of Mid-Summer SeriesName------Place.-----Corr. Time<br />
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Emeraude ---------4-------45:39<br />
College Tuition-----1-------38:27<br />
MoJo--------------2-------41:27<br />
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Sciabola-----------2-------43:11<br />
Sea Dog-------------------DNF<br />
Mariah---------------------DNF <br />
Damas-----------DNR----------<br />
Advantage---------1-------41:24<br />
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Exciting evening of sailing. The winds and waves were equally strong, but the water was beautiful for swimming as I, the editor of this page found out on the second leg. EMERAUDE was running downwind nicely with sails to port. We dipped down into a troth of a pretty big wave and we were healing pretty good. EMERAUDE righted herself with enough force to throw me into the port lifeline. I was sitting just forward of the winch tending the jib sheet so it would not shake the rigging so hard when the jib flagged then filled from running down a wave. The righting action of the boat along with the filling of the jib combined to launch me into the upper lifeline which broke and sent me into the water. My dad, Ray spun EMERAUDE around and the crew snagged me out of the water. We continued on to 4th place. Needless to say, I will be wearing a PDF from now on. Falling off a boat is not just for the clumsy.K. Leonardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17244607027515035781noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5705858704480067882.post-24595755151174335002012-08-07T15:57:00.001-04:002012-08-07T16:01:25.007-04:00O.O. Represented at SeabreezeApparently there is a small boat out of Oak Orchard that escaped and ended up as part of a kiddie ride at Seabreeze. WAKE MAKER exceeding the 5 mph limit now causes yells of joy not anguish. <br />
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This picture was sent in by Darren Leonard.<br />
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College Tuition-----DNR-----<br />
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Sciabola-----------1-------57:35<br />
Sea Dog---------2------1:02:34<br />
Mariah---------------------DNF <br />
Damas-------------DNR----------<br />
Advantage-------3-------1:02:57<br />
Col. 26-2---------DNR-----------<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Bob Frost on his FROSTYANA with crew of Bruce Franklin, </span><br />
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<br />K. Leonardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17244607027515035781noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5705858704480067882.post-7688980977250423022012-07-30T11:48:00.000-04:002012-07-30T12:09:26.961-04:00Spinnakers at Oak Orchard - the jibe<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Thinking about spinnaker jibes brought back to memories of the 2010 Oak Orchard Yacht Club Invitational Regatta. The green boat is OOYC's EMERAUDE that I had the pleasure to be aboard that day. Seen here, we are sailing into a mass of spinnakers at the mark that my father, EMEARAUD's ownwer, had advised me to stay clear of. After just coming back from a twenty-year hiatus from sailing, I felt confident that we had room to maneuver. This was a slow-motion train wreck that ended well. If interested, the link to the rest of the photos is at: <a href="http://www.flickr.com//photos/46651213@N03/sets/72157624736510918/show/" target="_blank">http://www.flickr.com//photos/46651213@N03/sets/72157624736510918/show/</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I was searching tactics for jibing a spinnaker and found a bit of a different situation for the sailboat </span><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="long-title" dir="ltr" id="eow-title" title="t2ptv Blooper Reel: Big Boat Series 11, Expeditious">EXPEDITIOUS</span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="long-title" dir="ltr" id="eow-title" title="t2ptv Blooper Reel: Big Boat Series 11, Expeditious"> as she broaches with her spinnaker after attempting a jibe. In researching sailing tactics for the spinnakers, I watched this epic unfolding of events and wondered what could have made this situation better. I usually don't read comments for videos because they seem written by teenage boys who excel in the art of bad words and bad spelling, but this one had some interesting thoughts.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span class="long-title" dir="ltr" id="eow-title" title="t2ptv Blooper Reel: Big Boat Series 11, Expeditious">The video ends with the eventual grounding of EXPEDITIOUS.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">From <a href="http://sailingteams.ussailing.org/">http://sailingteams.ussailing.org</a>: </span><br />
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The primary portal for all Team activity and news is the website <a href="http://olympics.ussailing.org/">http://Olympics.USSailing.org</a> where the day’s news and results will be posted following competition, along with a photo gallery, video and audio interviews and Team Leader Dean Brenner’s special behind-the-scenes “<a href="http://olympics.ussailing.org/2012/07/18/at-the-helm-settled-in-england-getting-ready/">At the Helm</a>” blog. Video interviews with the Team will be posted to the website or subscribe to the Team’s YouTube channel<a href="http://www.youtube.com/USSailingTeam">http://www.YouTube.com/USSailingTeam</a>.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For more news throughout the day or to post a message to the Team or an individual athlete, follow the US Sailing Team on Facebook at<a href="http://www.facebook.com/USSailingTeam">http://www.Facebook.com/USSailingTeam</a> or on Twitter <a href="http://www.twitter.com/USSailingTeam">http://www.Twitter.com/USSailingTeam</a>. </span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">NBCOlympics.com has announced that it will broadcast the sailing competition live each day. The site has archived video and reports from the 2008 Games, including the video footage of Anna Tunnicliffe’s gold-medal winning medal race in the Laser Radial, and interviews with each member of the 2012 U.S. Olympic Sailing Team <a href="http://www.nbcolympics.com/sailing/index.html" title="http://www.nbcolympics.com/sailing/index.html">http://www.nbcolympics.com/sailing/index.html</a>.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To subscribe to the Teams daily reports through the <i>Medalist</i> newsletter, go to <a href="http://sailingteams.ussailing.org/News/The_Medalist.htm">http://sailingteams.ussailing.org/News/The_Medalist.htm</a></span></li>
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NBC has rights to stream live video of sailing events. To view the streaming live on your computer it seems like you will have to do the following:<br />
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