Yacht owners flee South Carolina over taxes
Posted on November 01, 2010 Large yachts that summered in Charleston, S.C., have begun their seasonal southern migration, partially to avoid large tax bills that would arrive if they were…
HOW SAILING BRINGS FAMILIES TOGETHER
Doris and Steve Colgate of the Offshore Sailing School have been perfecting the art of sailing instruction vacations and sailing lessons since 1964. Here they provide some insight about family…
US Sailing President Gary Jobson talks – where to from here? Part 1
US Sailing – where to now? A Conversation with the President (Part One) Sailing in the U.S. is at an interesting crossroads: participation is down, competing rating rules are creating…
J/Newsletter Sept 9th, 2010
September 9th, 2010 J/122 Best 41′ Record In 2010 (Newport, RI)- FLYING JENNY VI she was. And flying on WINGS and a prayer she was, too. And while SKYE was…
Tips on how to try sailing (DiscoverBoating.com)
Media Contact: Dana Fennewald 312.946.6256 312.946.6256 dfennewald@nmma.org Beat the Heat with Easy Ways to Cool Off on the Water Boating experts offer convenient, affordable options to get feet wet this…
Motion Sickness and Biofeedback (reprinted from Scuttlebutt)
Motion sickness, to quote Dr. Patricia S. Cowings, of NASA’s Ames Research Center, “won’t kill you – you just wish it would.” She and a colleague have discovered that a…
10 BEST PLACES TO LIVE AND BOAT (reprinted from boatingmag.com)
Somewhere the grass is always greener and the water always bluer. The question: Don’t such thoughts have more to do with fantasy than reality? Maybe not. Boating Magazine investigated boating…
BOAT TEST:: 2010 Beneteau Swift Trawler 34 By Richard Thiel
BOAT TEST:: 2010 Beneteau Swift Trawler 34 By Richard Thiel Franco-American Beneteau introduces a single-engine cruiser that’s got some American soul. I admit to harboring a prejudice when it…
J/111 One-Design Hatched
Dave Reed, Editor at Sailing World, had a chance to catch up with both Jeff and Stu Johnstone at J/Boats regards J/111 developments and perspectives on this next-generation one-design class. …
J/111 New (Faster) Kid?
(Lymington, England)- Andrew Hurst, Editor of SEAHORSE, wanted to know more about how the J/Boats Design Team identifies target markets, brain-storms the creation of the design and develops the ultimate…