Ever wanted to have your own majestic wooden racing yacht? Now is your chance!

Members of the Victory Class of racing yachts are proud of their traditions. They welcome newcomers, and for wooden-boat lovers there’s an exciting opportunity to join them. The class has a boat that needs restoring, and wants to give it to a Practical Boat Owner reader who is prepared to give it lots of TLC.

So if you are a keen amateur woodworker who would like to sail a classic day-racer, there’s a hull that could be yours. When the hull is completed, there’s a rig and sails on offer, too. For a chance to win this restoration project, check out the August issue of Practical Boat Owner, on sale now!

Alinghi, with their prerogative as defenders for The Cup, have laid down new rules for the next challenge.

Size Matters – America’s Cup 33^rd Challenge

Many people have encouraged a change in the yacht design to bring the contest back to a question of innovation and technology as well as crew abilities. A 90 footer needs as many as 21 energetic crew on board, and the additional length will give extra speed and competition in winds from 8 to 30 knots.

Spain or Italy?

Jul 8, 2007
On July 12th, thirteen young Caribbean sailors are scheduled to be in Portmouth Olympic Harbour, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, to compete in the 2007 Volvo World Youth Sailing ISAF World Championship. These young sailors, hailing from Barbados, Bermuda, USVI, BVI, St. Lucia, and Trinidad will join over 200 sailors from other parts of the globe, and a veritable “who’s who” in sailing as past notable competitors include American’s Cup skippers, Chris Dixon (NZL), Russell Coutts (NZL), Dean Barker (NZL); Olympic medallists, Robert Scheidt (BRA), Amelie Lux (GER), Ben Ainslie (GBR), Nick Rogers (GBR) and Siren Sundby (NOR); Volvo Ocean Race, sailors Stuart Bannatyne (NZL) and ISAF Youth World Champions, Great Britain’s Sally Cuthbert and Poland’s Zofia Klepacka.

A new Classic Regatta has been scheduled to take place in Grenada on the third weekend of February, from the 21st through the 24th. The Grenada Classic Yacht Regatta will be a four-day event (3 race days) organized in cooperation with Fred Thomas of Shipwrights Ltd. who held the Wooden Boat Regatta in Grenada for several years. The organization will also work closely with the Grenada Yacht Club, the Marine and Yachting Association of Grenada, The Government, local hotels, marinas and businesses.

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