August 10th Update – With Nantucket’s Boat Basin, and mooring field at near capacity, and ferry traffic at its peak. The 40′ Concordia Yawl, “Winnie of Bourne”, after sinking in the channel Friday morning, was raised today by a crane onto a barge. During the New York Yacht Club Cruise Regatta in Nantucket, “Winnie of …
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Senior chief Matt Welsh of U.S. Coast Guard Station Brant Point said the collision between “Winnie of Bourne” a 1952 Concordia yawl, and the 46-foot Swan Dragon, occurred outside the harbor around 10:20 a.m. “Winnie of Bourne” received “catastrophic” damage, Welsh said, including a two-foot-by-two-foot cracked seam and two-inch hole, and sank while attempting to …
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Jack Kennedy once wrote. “Star boats were exceedingly tricky to sail because of their tall masts and narrow hulls” Joseph P. and John F. Kennedy were avid Star Class sailors during the pre- war years of the 1930s. As members of the now inactive Nantucket Sound Fleet, the Kennedy’s brothers were competitive and competent racers, …
– Corinthian Classic Yacht Regatta (August 9th-10th – Corinthian Yacht Club) International 110 Class Association National Championship Regatta (August 11th-15th – Eastern Yacht Club) The International 110 class with be celebrating there 75th diamond anniversary in Marblehead, MA. Four 110s, POWWOW, WILD THING, NOMODOMA EAST and GOOD FOOT, and one International 225 DAGGER, all have …
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Three Regattas Down East Through the Magnificent Waters of Maine – The invitational series contains two feeder races (mandatory dinghy in tow) and the crown jewel of the series The Eggemoggin Reach Regatta. All three regattas epitomizes the best of sportsmanship and safe sailing and where the impetus is to have a “FUN” race with …