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When looking back over the last year at racing and at the results of the Chesapeake Bay Yacht Racing Association (CBYRA), much has happened.
October can be the perfect time to work outside with boats and water and not end up with cold fingers as you cozy up your dinghy for the winter.
Each fall racing sailors on the Chesapeake gear up for some of the best on-water competition of the year in a series of championship regattas.
St. Mary’s College sailor Leo Boucher has had an excellent year of competition in the ILCA (formerly Laser) class. Leo started sailing Optis at the age of nine.
Spithill and his SailGP USA crew clawed their way into the finals of the Cadiz Sail GP regatta with a gutsy performance in qualifying races that saw the US boat finish no higher than...
The Hampton Roads Sunfish Challenge and Dinghy Distance Race ran another successful sailing dinghy event on Saturday, September 17.
Team USA won a SailGP sailboat racing event for the first time amid the sun-dappled shores of the French Riviera last weekend
Communications can make or break a sailing team’s success. Follow these tips and themes that lead to good group communications. 
Thoughts on how to survive when you get caught out in a squall but want to keep on sailboat racing. ~By Dave Flynn of Quantum Sails

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