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Marinersguide.com March, 15 1999 News |
| World Racing News |
| America's Cup The latest controversy, ESPN is threatening to withdraw TV coverage. Young America, The New York Yacht Club Syndicate has a sponsorship deal with Fox Sports Net. ESPN says they will not broadcast with a primary competitor's ads on Young America's boat and sails. Young America has been given 23 days to settle the matter with ESPN. The outcome of this disagreement will set precedence for yacht racing media coverage. Is it just an oversight that Young America is not listed on the Official America's Cup Web Site? The final Road to the America's Cup series was won by Team New Zealand amid broken boats and cancelled races. Well, what did you expect from 1992 America's Cup boats? |
| Around Alone As expected Autissier announced that she has retired from solo racing. Soldini has won leg 3 and Thercelin, with new mast, is continuing towards Punta del Este. |
| Other Important News |
| Captain Cook The HMS Endeavour, the ship used by Captain James Cook to explore the South Pacific 200 years ago is believed to have been found in Newport Harbor, Rhode Island. Renamed Lord Sandwich, it was sunk by the British during the American Revolution to block approaching French naval forces. |
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| Cruise the Chesapeake Bay Every month, especially this time of year, we get email asking about the Chesapeake Bay. So, we put together a description of our favorite places from Havre de Grace to Annapolis Cruising the Upper Chesapeake. |
| Video on the Web The long promised increased bandwidth is finally starting to happen. Accordingly, we have searched high and low for the best technology to bring you yacht racing videos. We settled on Indeo 5 from Intel, a progressive download system with good performance. You can view high quality videos if you are on a high speed connection and special low bandwidth videos for those still on modem dial-up lines. Of course dial-up users can view the high quality videos, but you have to be patient. Check out our sailing videos. |
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