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You be needin' some Crew ? or maybe you wantin' to be Crew ? Get Signed Up HERE See the Summer Series Crew List HERE  Apr 24
The
June Membership Meeting of the Punta Gorda Sailing Club will be held at
the Punta Gorda
BOAT CLUB at 802 W. Retta Esplanade.
Don't
forget to come to the new location for the
June, July, August and September meetings. We'll see you there!  America's Cup World Series 2012 Comes to Venice, Italy History and technology, tradition and innovation, progress and sustainability: Today’s Venice is a story of the old and the new, the ancient and modern. Just like the America’s Cup, the oldest trophy in international sport, that has a new, exciting, modern look. Embracing the ‘new’ America's Cup is the evidence of this duality in Venice, with the world's most prestigious sailing competition coming to the world’s most extraordinary city. Read more HERE  May 18 Miami gives sailors time to regain strength The weary Volvo Ocean Race sailors should return to action in Miami in better shape than in months after finally getting a chance to rebuild physical strength that has been ebbing away over half a year of sailing. This training in Miami will given them a bit of a jump. It will bump them up another 10 to 15 per cent. They’ll be fresher. Read more HERE May 18 Oracle boat gashed by the other Oracle boat during training session in Venice As
heavy rain and wind swept Venice, Italy, overnight and into the
morning, further details came available about that big gash in the side
of one of San Francisco’s two entries in the America’s Cup World
Series. It was an unfortunate case of internecine conflict, as Oracle
Racing USA’s Team Bundock (named for skipper Darren Bundock) hit fellow
Oracle Racing Team Spithill while both rounded a downwind course
mark.
Read more HERE May 17Editor's note - They used that word - internecine. I had no idea what it meant - did you? It means it means an occurance that is "mutually destructive".  On the East Coast, a Sailing Regatta with Carbon Neutrality On May 11, fifteen two-man teams from around the globe set sail in boats on a clear day from Charleston, S.C., in a race driving them up the eastern seaboard. Most boats are currently heading for New York Harbor or are already there, where they'll hold a Pro-Am event before departing for the final leg of competition on May 19, which culminates in Newport, R.I. with two days of inshore racing at the end of the month. Read more HERE May 17 Red Bull could fill America's Cup with cool Thursday’s America’s Cup event was billed as a special announcement, but when a 45-foot racing catamaran with a 66-foot wing sail featuring the Red Bull logo is plunked down in Union Square, any element of surprise quickly disappears. But the race organizers have pulled off a major addition to the 2013 sailing events with plans for a two-week Red Bull Youth America’s Cup on San Francisco Bay for sailors aged 19-23. Read more HERE May 18Windfinder wind forecast - Try clicking the "Superforecast" Link.  |
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HERE
to see Our Club's 2012 Flag Officers 
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HERE
to see Our Club's Bylaws 
Feb 3
2011-2012
BOTY Final Results 
