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International Rolex Regatta Dates Set, St. Thomas, U.S.V.I.
Every year the International Rolex Regatta provides great Tornado Catamaran sailing along with other one-design classes in a beautiful island setting.
Friday, March 26 - Sunday, March 28, 2004 -Returning to the Caribbean racing calendar with its unique blend of island-style hospitality, competition and camaraderie, the St. Thomas Yacht Club’s International Rolex Regatta will celebrate its 31st year in 2004. The event features handicap and one-design racing in a beautiful setting; professional race management; and dependable Caribbean tradewinds.
Catamaran Sailors Rescued off Virginia Beach
Virginia Beach, VA, Thursday November 13 th 2003 -- Jef and Christian, two experienced catamaran sailors who have known each other since childhood, decided to go for a sail. Jef sails a NACRA 5.2 and Christian (a long time Hobie 16 owner) a Hobie 14. On Thursday, November 13 th, 2003, with high winds in the forecast, the two sailors decided that their combined 310 pounds would be put to good use on the NACRA 5.2, so Christians Hobie 14 stayed on the beach.
They had sailed the NACRA from the same spot the previous weekend with winds in the twenties and very high waves. During that sail the box of emergency flares Jef normally carries on the NACRA 5.2 had been lost at sea. On this Thursday, a gust of 44.9 mph had been reported at 8:00 am, but by the time our sailors launched the boat into unusually flat surf at 2:00 pm, the Oceana station was reporting sustained 27.6 mph with gusts up to 38.
Hobie Backs the Hobie Alter Cup in 2004, 2005
The Alter Cup Committee has accepted a proposal from the Hobie Cat Company to provide boats for the 2004 and the 2005 US SAILING Multihull Championship regattas for the Hobie Alter Cup. The 2004 event will tentatively be hosted in June of 2004 in the Long Island Sound area, and sailed on the Hobie 16. The 2005 event will be sailed in April or May 2005 in Southern California on the Hobie Tiger.
2003 Qualifying and ladder events throughout the US are mostly complete, and a roster of teams that will be invited to compete in the 2004 Hobie Alter Cup will be finalized in January 2004. The list of qualified teams will be posted on the Alter Cup website at www.ussailing.org/alter. A schedule of 2004 qualifying events for the 2005 Hobie Alter Cup in California will be posted on the website in the early spring 2004.
2003 Qualifying and ladder events throughout the US are mostly complete, and a roster of teams that will be invited to compete in the 2004 Hobie Alter Cup will be finalized in January 2004. The list of qualified teams will be posted on the Alter Cup website at www.ussailing.org/alter. A schedule of 2004 qualifying events for the 2005 Hobie Alter Cup in California will be posted on the website in the early spring 2004.
Tybee 500 - On The Scene Reports
| May 12, 2003 - Ismoralda, FL to Hollywood, FL TheBeachcats.com is proud to bring you our first on-the-scene reports from the Tybee 500 long distance race now in progress.
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International Catamaran Challenge Trophy Update
SEA CLIFF, N.Y. (April 30, 2003)--The Trustees for the International Catamaran
Challenge Trophy (ICCT) announced today that the 2001, 2002, & 2003 Alter
Cup champion, Matt Struble, and his crew in the 2003 event, W.F. Oliver, will
compete for one of the 10 U.S. defender spots for the ICCT this September in
Newport, RI. From Italy, two-time A-Class World Champion Egidio Babbi with crew
Daniele Saragoni have posted a bid to secure the opportunity to challenge for
the trophy.
2003 International Rolex Regatta
By Barby MacGowan
St. Thomas, USVI -- It was the Caribbean, but that didn't mean sailors were laid back when they hit the starting line at St. Thomas Yacht Club's 2003 International Rolex Regatta in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Tough competition, warm tropical breezes, blue-water courses and a mix of island culture and energy were on tap from March 28-30 as the annual event celebrated its 30th edition with a new look and a notable increase in entrants-97 to be exact.
St. Thomas, USVI -- It was the Caribbean, but that didn't mean sailors were laid back when they hit the starting line at St. Thomas Yacht Club's 2003 International Rolex Regatta in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Tough competition, warm tropical breezes, blue-water courses and a mix of island culture and energy were on tap from March 28-30 as the annual event celebrated its 30th edition with a new look and a notable increase in entrants-97 to be exact.
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