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1 week ago | 
windcheckmagazine.com | Chris Szepessy
From the basics to 2 new hands-on courses added for experienced boatersOLD SAYBROOK, Conn., May, 6, 2025 – Recreational boaters are beginning to return to the waters of Long Island Sound. Are they prepared? Maybe they know their docking skills aren’t the best – a basic need for boating but a spectator sport for many. Or perhaps they want more confidence while handling the Sound’s choppy waters.
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1 week ago | 
windcheckmagazine.com | Chris Szepessy |Vincent Pica |Joe Cooper
Aquador Boats, known for their premium Scandinavian design and exceptional craftsmanship, are now available in the U.S., exclusively distributed by SailTime. This marks a major milestone for boating enthusiasts seeking stylish and high-quality vesselsAquador models will be available for direct retail purchase as well as through PowerTime, SailTime’s powerboat ownership and membership program.
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1 week ago | 
windcheckmagazine.com | Chris Szepessy |David Dellenbaugh |John K. Fulweiler |Benjamin Cesare
By Aurora “Rory” Meunier MottPhotos by the author and Erica LushWho knew that a meeting over coffee would lead to a plane ticket to France? At the end of December 2024, I was invited to a breakfast meet and greet with my friend Ellie Menezes (with whom I’ve been sailing for about five years), Joe Cooper (my Prout Sailing coach) and shorthanded offshore racer Erica Lush. I’d heard of Erica and wanted to know a bit more about what she does as a sailor.
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1 week ago | 
windcheckmagazine.com | Chris Szepessy |Benjamin Cesare |John K. Fulweiler |Vincent Pica
Lagoon Catamaran, the world-renowned builder of premium cruising catamarans, is proud to announce the appointment of its new exclusive dealership for the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic U.S. The new dealership, operating under the name Signature Catamarans, will serve discerning sailors and yacht owners from Virginia to Maine.
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1 week ago | 
windcheckmagazine.com | Chris Szepessy |Tom Darling |Joe Cooper
Editor’s note: In mid-March, four sailors from Connecticut and Rhode Island traveled to the Principality of Monaco to compete in the Tropheé Virginie Hériot, an all-women’s regatta hosted by the Yacht Club de Monaco and sailed in J/70s. The event celebrates Virginie Hériot (1890-1932), who was known as ‘Madame de la Mer.’ She is the first woman to win an Olympic Sailing gold medal, as part of a mostly male 8 Metre team at the 1928 Amsterdam Games.
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1 week ago | 
windcheckmagazine.com | Chris Szepessy |Joe Cooper |Benjamin Cesare |Vincent Pica
Our friends at Sound Sailing Center won their class at the 51st St. Thomas International Regatta in their Caribbean racer/cruiser Tatihou, a 2012 Jeanneau 409. Club members had sailed Tatihou from Connecticut to Bermuda and on to St. Thomas in December, as they have done for many years, and have now notched their second win in the Jewel of Caribbean Racing, hosted by the St. Thomas Yacht Club March 28-30.
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1 week ago | 
windcheckmagazine.com | Benjamin Cesare |Chris Szepessy |John K. Fulweiler |Joe Cooper
Well April was busy, just like we said it would be. CT Spring Boat Show was a blast despite a typical spring mix of sun, rain, breeze on and decent 60s temps. The Annapolis Spring Sailboat Show had much of the same. But with that all out of the way, it’s time to get serious about the prep-and-go time of year!This is a Marion Bermuda Race year as well as Storm Trysail Club Block Island Race Week for you big boat sailors, but there are a host of events happening between now and June.
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1 week ago | 
windcheckmagazine.com | Chris Szepessy
New “club” boat is versatile, affordable and funBill Crane, Karl Ziegler and a group of influential marine industry experts and professionals launched the Storm Marine Group last year to take institutional boat building to the next level, and the Storm 18 is their first major product. Their 18-foot lifting keel sloop will be formally released soon, fulfilling the need for a new Ideal 18.
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1 week ago | 
windcheckmagazine.com | Chris Szepessy
‘Lessons from the Wizard’ Focuses on CharacterQuicklier Film Partners, the team that produced MELGES: The Wizard of Zenda, is releasing a new educational film for sailing schools. Lessons from the Wizard is an instructional film that focuses on the attitude and character of a sailor. The trailer is available for viewing on Vimeo. Like the full-length documentary, this 50-minute video chronicles Buddy’s extraordinary sailing career.
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2 weeks ago | 
windcheckmagazine.com | Chris Szepessy
Miller’s Launch opens its second TowBoatUS on-water towing port on Staten Island; Helping recreational boaters get safely home 24/7STATEN ISLAND, NY, May 1, 2025 – Miller’s Launch, a commercial marine service provider on Staten Island’s northeastern Stapleton waterfront has opened it’s second on-water towing and assistance port for recreational boaters, TowBoatUS Staten Island.
