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Article: Red Jacket regatta set Sunday in Rockland
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- Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME
- Article date:
- July 17, 2007
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ROCKLAND - Atlantic Challenge's Community Sailing Program will
host the fourth annual Rockland Red Jacket Youth Sailing Regatta on
Sunday, July 22, at its Main Street facility on Rockland Harbor.
Sailors from five Penobscot Bay sailing programs will participate
in the one-day regatta which was started three summers ago to promote
youth sailing and foster sportsmanship, teamwork and sailing skills.
The youth sailing clubs of Atlantic Challenge, St. George, North
Haven Casino, Vinalhaven Island Sail and Camden Yacht Club will
participate in the volunteer-run event.
Sailors will race in single-person, 8-foot dinghies called JY Club
Trainers, and two-person, 15-foot sloops called 420s. Each race ...