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Harken Announces Promotions Within Its Global Marketing Team
Submitted by admin on Thu, 08/05/2010 - 14:15.(Harken) August, 2010 Pewaukee, WI-Harken today announced a reorganization of its global marketing team. This reorganization sees two internal promotions. Mark Wiss accepts the position of Global Sales and Marketing Director by adding marketing responsibility to his previous role as Global Sales Manager. Cathy Schnitzler is promoted to Global Marketing and Communications Manager.
Post to TwitterWest Marine is supplier for historic ocean race
Submitted by admin on Tue, 06/01/2010 - 14:35.
(tradeonly) West Marine was named the official supplier of the Newport Bermuda Race. Today, West Marine opens its flagship store in Middletown, R.I. The new
store will provide Newport Bermuda Race sailors free transportation
between the Newport waterfront and the store during the week before the
race, which starts June 18. READ MOREStorms snapped Clipper Round the World Race yacht's mast
Submitted by admin on Tue, 04/13/2010 - 14:45.
(andoveradvertiser) DRAMATIC storms snapped the mast of one of the Clipper Round the
World Race yachts and would have ruined the competition but for a
Hampshire logistics firm. Segensworth-based PSP managed to ship a replacement 15m mast from
Devon to San Francisco in five days so the race could continue. READ MOREYacht limps into SF bay with broken mast
Submitted by admin on Wed, 04/07/2010 - 12:21.(abc) Crew members competing in a grueling around-the-world yachting race are
in San Francisco, but stormy conditions at sea caused at least one boat
to limp into the bay with a broken mast. READ MORE
America's Cup finally out of courts into the water
Submitted by admin on Fri, 02/05/2010 - 13:17.
(Reuters) A
quality that has made the America's Cup one of the world's most
enduring contests has been its ability to reinvent itself, and that
will be on show again when two space-age yachts race off Spain next
week. READ MOREKey West 2010: Picture perfect start for Day 1
Submitted by admin on Tue, 01/19/2010 - 13:26.
(sail world) Mother Nature flipped the switch just in
time for Key West 2010, presented by Nautica. The unseasonably chilly
temperatures gave way and competitors in the 23rd edition of North
America’s most prestigious winter regatta were greeted by Chamber of
Commerce conditions on Monday. 'This shapes up to be the warmest race
week here in Key West in recent memory,' event director Peter Craig
said. READ MOREAmerica's Cup descends into further chaos
Submitted by admin on Fri, 01/15/2010 - 14:16.
(AFP) The America's Cup, tarnished by a battle of egos and legal wrangling,
has been plunged into even more confusion just weeks before its 33rd
edition is scheduled to begin in the Spanish port of Valencia. READ MOREJabin on Ramrod lifts 2009 Melges 32 Gold Cup
Submitted by admin on Mon, 12/07/2009 - 14:30.
(sail-world) Congratulations are in order for Rod
Jabin (Annapolis, MD.) on Ramrod as he and his crew consisting of
tactician Gavin Brady, Mike Beasley, Joe Gibson, Ted Kaczmarski, Kate
Torgeson and Ray Wulff are the 2009 Melges 32 Gold Cup Champions .'We
rocked it! We really didn't expect this.' said Jabin after racing. 'I
love the downwind run in this boat. The feeling that you get while
crossing boats at 15 knots is just incredible. This is pure
exhilaration.'In second overall is Joe Woods (Torquay, UK) on Red and
in third is current U.S.BOR 90 draws a crowd in San Diego Harbor
Submitted by admin on Tue, 11/17/2009 - 13:55.
(examiner) BMW Oracle Racing's trimaran moored in the San Diego harbor is fully
crewed, 24 hours a day, with its rigid wing up. When the boat isn't
sailing the boat flys two small sails that help orient the boat into
the wind. READ MOREAmerica’s Cup Race Can’t Be Held in UAE, Judge Says
Submitted by admin on Wed, 10/28/2009 - 12:59.
(Bloomberg) The America’s Cup sailing race to be
held in February can’t be staged in the United Arab Emirates
because the competition’s rules dictate that it take place that
month in the southern hemisphere, a New York judge said. READ MORE