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You be needin' some Crew ? or maybe you wantin' to be Crew ?
Get Signed Up HERE See the Spring Series Crew List HERE Mar 6

New entry - Conquistador Cup Regatta 2011 ?
Maybe it's just next year's Committee Boat

Many thanks to Bob Knowles the Regatta Chairman

There are no results for Sunday because
Sunday's race went over the time limit and
was abandoned with no boats finishing.

The Sunday Winner of the Conquistador Helmet &
next year's T Shirt Photo Honor is Alan & Dor Capellin
on their S2 7.9 that is unnamed. A photo of their
boat will be potsted here when it's available.

Click HERE to see Saturday's Race Results
Mar 10

ATTENTION PGSC MEMBER VOLUNTEERS
- PGSC Cleanup -
Saturday, March 13
9 am at Bayshore Live Oaks Park
Meet at 2 story Building with Restrooms
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So hard to even comprehend...
Despite the First Place winner crossing the finish line in Antigua quite a
while ago,the second place finisher arrived last Friday after 59 days,
16 hours and 17 minutes of rowing. That's TWO Months of rowing !
And the real mind boggler is there are a many rowers still at sea.

Here are a few of them :

    * Karukera   12 miles to Atlantic Rowing Race Finish
    * Vivaldi 58 miles to Atlantic Rowing Race Finish
    * Roberto Coin 157 miles to Atlantic Rowing Race Finish
    with 17 more rowers all the way down to
* Tess 1498 miles to Atlantic Rowing Race Finish

Check it out HERE

Gear failure puts finish to a close
Kiwi vs Italian encounter
American-based Kiwi Gavin Brady and his largely international team of Latin
Rascals took the fight to host Emirates Team New Zealand in their Louis Vuitton
Trophy race today, only to lose after a halyard Clip failed. Read more HERE.

Watch the video HERE

Eat and make a difference !
Gregg Marrapodi ( owner of Gregg's Auto in Punta Gorda ) is a well known supporter of the Conquistador cup and is a participant in the Relay For Life, the American
Cancer Society’s signature fundraising event. Now, Gregg is asking for your help.

This year Gregg has set a goal to walk 60 miles in this 18 hour walk, to help
support the American Cancer Society. He is asking for support of his efforts
with donations to the American Cancer Society. You can help by making
your tax-deductible donation payable to the American Cancer Society.

Another way you can support Gregg is really easy - EAT !
Sterling House at the corner of Marion and Bal Harbor in Punta Gorda is putting
on a pancake breakfast benefit to pledge money for Gregg's walk this year.
It will be Saturday March 20 from 9-to 11 am. Just go there and enjoy the food.

Sailing legend Sir Russell Coutts hints
at retirement from America's Cup racing
The four-time winner of yachting's top trophy yesterday said he was taking time
in the next two months to decide his future. Coutts was in New Zealand to talk to
the teams in the Louis Vuitton Trophy in Auckland on Waitemata Harbour, was
reluctant to commit to the 34th America's Cup. When pressed as to whether
that might mean leaving Larry Ellison's BMW Oracle Racing team before
defending the trophy won in Valencia, Coutts said "I'm really not sure".

Sunday, March 14, 6 Pm, After Race Picnic
Click HERE for Info

America's Cup 33 is history
In case you missed it all or just want to see it again -

Watch AC33 Race 1 HERE

Watch AC33 Race 2 HERE

Cup Presentation Ceremony is HERE

The Latest on the Legal Action -

After the Alinghi team lost the match, their club - Société Nautique De Genève’s (SNG) - has been asking for all litigation to end.

The new defender of the Cup, Golden Gate Yacht Club (GGYC), may still seek to pursue their breach of fiduciary duty action against (SNG), which in short means that SNG had been bad trustees of the America's Cup, and should possibly not have a right in the future to become a trustee again. This would mean SNG could no longer compete for the Cup.

The NY Supreme Court was set to welcome the parties on March 10th, but this has been postponed by the Court at the request of both parties as settlement talks continue. We'll tell you more when ther's more to tell.

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