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Shackles & Cringles — Fall/Winter 2023
December 01, 2023
The Canadians in Thornbury, the Internationals in Abersoch, six racing couples on what makes it work, and a tribute to David Weaver.
Shackles & Cringles — Summer 2023
August 01, 2023
Ontario Championships in Hamilton, the Westwood Regatta on Lake Ontario, a Day 1 dispatch from the Internationals in Abersoch, and the Canadians regatta calendar.
Shackles & Cringles — Spring 2023
May 01, 2023
An extra-long issue — the improvised Midwinters after Sarasota's Red Tide cancellation, a slice of Albacore history from Manitoba, and David Weaver's memories of racing in the class's early decades.
Shackles & Cringles — Winter 2022
December 01, 2022
The new Rondar-built Albacore takes shape in the UK, a Scout troop brings seven donated hulls back to life, and a season-end thank you to the volunteers.
Shackles & Cringles — July 2022
July 01, 2022
Two recaps of the North Americans on Lake Ontario, plus the Ontario and Canadian Championship schedule.
Shackles & Cringles — May 2019
May 01, 2019
The 2019 Albacore Internationals are coming to Shelburne, Nova Scotia — plus Barney Harris's definitive trailering tips for the road trip out.
Shackles & Cringles — Year-End 2018
December 01, 2018
A thank-you to the season's volunteers, the 2019 regatta calendar, and the incoming CAA executive team.
Shackles & Cringles — Summer 2017
August 01, 2017
A tribute to Peter Duncan, sail-trim advice from George Carter, a Weymouth Internationals recap, and three generations of the Martin family racing Albacores in Ottawa.
Shackles & Cringles — Fall 2016
September 01, 2016
A deep dive on reading and using wind shifts, Paul Clifford on racing tactics leg by leg, Andrew Alberti on the rules at a crowded windward mark, and how two clubs are getting more people on the water.
Shackles & Cringles — Spring 2016
May 01, 2016
George Carter on the hunt for a new Albacore builder, Barney Harris's HAPCO mast manufacturing project, race management fundamentals, and two members on joining the fleet.
Shackles & Cringles — Winter 2016
January 15, 2016
Checking Assumptions on the racecourse, a dilettante's guide to wooden boat maintenance, two takes on a wild Buffalo Canoe Club Canadians, and a big photo roundup from the 2015 season.
Shackles & Cringles — Fall 2015
September 01, 2015
Downwind sailing tips from Sarah Hudson, the rules that govern overtaking, an Ontario Championships recap, and a sailor's guide to beating low back pain.