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Airborn Foiler and Thomas Tison: foiling dinghy logistics and design

Production of the Airborn Foiler is scheduled to start in May 2026 with first deliveries in July 2026 and an initial production cap of 50 units in year one; an inaugural event is booked for autumn 2026 in the South of France.

5 min·13 Mar

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WISH Program opens spots for female high‑performance coaches

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Applications for the WISH Program close on March 12, and candidates must submit a coaching and sailing CV plus a one‑page cover letter to [email protected].

4 min·13 Mar

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Latitude 38 Spring Crew List Party — San Francisco

Golden Gate Yacht Club opens the waterfront gate at 6:00 p.m.

5 min·13 Mar

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Haven Boatworks: Restoration, Repair, and Haul-out

The Port of Port Townsend's 300-ton Travelift defines the practical limits of haul-outs at Haven Boatworks, allowing the yard to handle everything from small runabouts to substantial commercial hulls for scheduled maintenance and emergency repairs.

4 min·13 Mar

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Ficker Cup Skippers Set for Long Beach Regatta

Organizers will stage the fleet of Catalina 37 type boats for the Ficker Cup at Long Beach Yacht Club berths, with on-site rigging windows and shore support scheduled to minimize downtime between match races.

4 min·13 Mar

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Sausalito Crab Festival: Docks, Boats and Community

Clipper Yacht Harbor and Gabrielson Park managed concentrated dockside traffic on festival day, with scheduled launches and two sport-fishing charters — Hog Heaven and Outer Limits — running hourlong Bay cruises to shuttle visitors, while temporary vendor berths and pedestrian flow plans kept quay congestion to a minimum.

4 min·13 Mar

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March Sailing Stories & Three Bridge Recap

Fleet staging at Fort Mason required precise timing and a 15–20 minute transit through the East Basin before the start: on the final January day, 277 of the 303 registered boats actually launched for the Singlehanded Sailing Society's 2026 Three Bridge Fiasco, spread across 31 classes with 10 one-designs and a mix of doublehanded and singlehanded entries.

4 min·13 Mar

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Good Jibes #232: Pacific Cup, Lauducci Story, Honolulu Jail

The Pacific Cup’s start-to-finish logistics demand precise provisioning for a 2,070-nautical-mile offshore run, customs clearance for Hawaiian entry, and coordinated marina berthing windows in San Francisco and Honolulu—practical constraints that form the backbone of the segment “Will AI Win the Pacific Cup?

4 min·13 Mar

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Blake Oberbauer’s Shift from Bay Sailing to College Competition

Transporting a family J/105 from Tiburon to Hanover implies coordinating roughly 3,000+ miles of overland logistics, trailer permits, regional towing rules, and temporary storage — all before the first practice on Mascoma Lake.

4 min·13 Mar

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US Open – Offshore: St. Barths to Newport Route

May 9 departure from St.

4 min·13 Mar

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How the 2.4mR levels the playing field for solo sailors

A standard SUV can tow one or two 2.4mR boats, and many crews even manage transport with midsized cars, making regatta logistics unusually simple for a competitive one-design class.

4 min·13 Mar

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MarineMax takeover tussle reshapes marina and supply dynamics

MarineMax operates a logistics footprint of more than 130 locations — about 70 dealerships and 65 marina facilities — which makes any change of ownership a complex exercise in physical asset transfer, inventory positioning, and dealer/franchise relationships across regional markets.

4 min·13 Mar