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"Convexity" wins the Verve Cup

CHICAGO – 2009 Chicago Yacht Club Verve Cup Offshore Regatta is pleased to announce Donald Wilson from Chicago, skipper of Convexity, as this year’s overall winner of the Verve Cup. This year’s regatta was also host to three fleet championships, and t… Continue

Another fantastic day of racing was the reward for racers who took to Lake Michigan for day two of CYC's Inshore Verve. Some teams were fighting to hold their positions from yesterday, and others were trying to move up, but quality racing was the name of the day for all. Unique to a windy Chicago southwesterly was the pressure increase as the boats approached shore; a race might start in 12kts and build to 20 at the windward mark, only to drop moving down the course! On Shields 88, we nickmamed… Continue