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Laird Durham has owned boats on the Bay and Delta for almost 50 years. He now lives on the Napa River, where he has restored a 50-year-old wooden ketch designed by John Hanna. Laird is a free-lance business writer. To view his website to to www.ljdurham.com.

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SNG back in Court trying to reset the America’s Cup to the UAE, or to postpone it.

Wednesday, November 25th, 2009

New York, NY, November 25, 2009 – Societe Nautique de Geneve (SNG) asked the New York State Supreme Court Appellate Division roday to reverse...
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A Tall Ship will join the A list at Newport, RI. Could San Francisco be next?

Wednesday, November 25th, 2009

Today, Wednesday November 25, 2009, the 132-foot steel hull of the Oliver Hazard Perry will be towed from Newport Harbor, R.I., to Providence, where...
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The Italian team in Azzura win the Louis Vuitton Nice trophy

Sunday, November 22nd, 2009

The yacht Azzura, sailed by the Italian team from Yacht Club Costa Smeralda in Sardinia, won the Louis Vuitton Nice trophy today, Sunday, November 22,...
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USA BMW Oracle team finishes in sixth place in Louis Vuitton Nice

Saturday, November 21st, 2009

Emirates Team New Zealand will race the Italian team in Azzurra in the final of the Louis Vuitton Trophy Nice tomorrow, Sunday, November 22. Azzurra...
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BOR 90 bow sprit breaks during test of headsails

Thursday, November 19th, 2009

On Wednesday, November 18, the BMW Oracle team did upwind testing of soft sails to use with the wing sail. Included in the test program were...
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The best look yet at the BOR 90 wing

Tuesday, November 17th, 2009

The BMW Oracle Racing BOR 90 trimaran remained on its mooring platform in San Diego Harbor on Monday, November 16, 2009, but some of the crew members...
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BMW Oracle BOR90 wing tests impressive

Monday, November 16th, 2009

After a day of maintenance on Saturday, the BMW Oracle trimaran was flying its wing in tests Sunday, November 15, 2009, in San Diego under the...
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BOR 90 draws a crowd in San Diego Harbor

Saturday, November 14th, 2009

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...
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USA win Friday keeps them in the hunt for Louis Vuitton Nice trophy

Friday, November 13th, 2009

The USA boat sailed by BMW Oracle Racing won the first of two matches in the Louis Vuitton Nice regatta on Friday, November 13, against the Swedish...
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USA drops to fifth place at Louis Vuitton Nice

Thursday, November 12th, 2009

With the races again curtailed by light winds, that turned Cote d'Azur's Baie des Anges into a mill pond, the BMC Oracle USA team lost to...
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