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Bembridge Illusion St George's Day, Woodford Long Distance Race and Bill's 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 BHYC's racing, the race officers then spent the best part of an hour chasing the breeze as it went round all points of the compass with the 16 Illusions dutifully following the Committee Boat ...

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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 ENE'erly. With quite lumpy conditions outside the harbour, it was wisely decided to keep inside and enjoy the smooth waters. After three months of no sailing, it was not surprising that the first start saw a n...

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 publications. When covid-19 interrupted daily life, students’ schedules were upended, and Scagliotti’s lo...