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Bluebottle will once again soon compete in racing events.

Bembridge Illusion St Georges Day, Woodford Long Distance Race and Bills Barrel by Mike Samuelson 3 May 07:08 BST 1-2 May 2021 Saturday, the penultimate day of racing of the 2020-2021 Illusion season was a frustrating one! The forecast was for light cyclonic conditions and that was exactly what was delivered! Having made the decision to remain in the harbour to reduce interference with BHYCs racing, the race officers then spent the best part of an hour chasing the breeze as it w...

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Bembridge Illusion Easter Egg Cup 2021 by Mike Samuelson 5 Apr 13:32 BST 2-3 April 2021 Although entry was restricted to Island sailors only and we used a RIB as the Committee boat rather than Sea Breeze, it was great to be able to get back on the water again. On Saturday 18 local boats took advantage of the almost perfect conditions - a cloudless sky and a steady F3/4 ENEerly. With quite lumpy conditions outside the harbour, it was wisely decided to keep inside and enjoy the sm...

In Vermont, one hyperlocal newsroom aims to fill a void Record ceased publication at the end of March, Waterbury, Vermont, was on its way to becoming another news desert. At the time, Lisa Scagliotti—a longtime Waterbury resident who used to work as managing editor of two of the Record’s sister weeklies—was running a journalism internship program at the University of Vermont: training students, offering editing and feedback, and helping aspiring journalists place work in local publicati...

Home Malone, 4610 Magazine St. Home Malone and Mignon Faget, both on Magazine Street, have installed storefront floats to bring Carnival to shoppers and passers-by.  Home Malone is festooned with decorative elements from its own shop and those created by Stronghold Studios, complete with their silhouetted “Throw Me Somethin’ Mister” revelers. Kristen Malone said they put their creative minds together and the result is a team effort.    In keeping with Audubon Riverside theme “There...

Last year there were 10 entries for the Christmas Cracker, this year there were 19 racing on Saturday and 18 on Sunday, which, given current circumstances, again shows the strength and resilience of the fleet. Mind you, an Illusion is the ideal boat to self isolate when afloat! On Saturday, the SSWerly F5 gusting F6 breeze allowed a reasonably long course and with Class Captain Mark, who had loaned his boat to his son Alex, doing the mark laying, there were no complaints! A clean start for the ...