
McKee Joins U.S. Olympic Effort
by Adam Cort, Posted March 5, 2013The U.S. Olympic sailing team has appointed two-time Olympic medalist Charlie McKee as its new high performance director.
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Apps for Sailors: Garmin BlueChart
by Donald McLennan, Posted March 4, 2013The free app is available from iTunes and includes high-quality world charts, route management, wind GRIB downloads and ActiveCaptain integration. Routes, tracks and waypoints can be wirelessly transferred between your iPhone, iPad and Wi-Fi-enabled chartplotter.
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Jeanneau 41DS
by Tom Dove, Posted March 4, 2013The new 41DS marries a deck saloon layout with its raised living space amidships, large windows and private cabins forward and aft, to a proven hull with fine sailing qualities.
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Windshifts: I Love this Time of Year
by Tim Kent, Posted March 4, 2013I love this time of year. In Wisconsin, April is when people prep boats to go back in the water. It has been a long, hard winter of reliving last year’s races at the bar, reading magazine stories about other people sailing in warmer weather, visiting ocean racing websites and yearning. And now it’s time for the northern sailor’s rite of spring: getting ready to launch.
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Flagship: Beneteau Oceanis 55
by Peter Nielsen, Posted February 28, 2013With the introduction two years ago of its revamped Oceanis line, Beneteau brought a whole new aesthetic to production boatbuilding.
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Facnor's flat deck furler on a J/111



























