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Symmetry

Photo by OnEdition

Camera: Canon EOS-1D Mark IV

Lens focal length: 300 mm

ISO: 100

Aperture: f/3.5

Shutter speed: 1/2,000 second

Location: The Needles, Isle of Wight, England

This "Images" photo originally appeared in the September 2012 issue.

Talkin boats with Jim & Jeff Leishman

Jim and Jeff Leishman The Leishman brothers are co-owners of Pacific Asian Enterprises, the builder of Nordhavn yachts in Dana Point, Calif. The Leishmans grew up in Dana Point, messing about in boats at the local marina and learning to sail on a Santana 22. Neither Jim nor Jeff lost his childhood passion for boats.

Bertram thinks big with a new facility

Bertram will be able to more comfortably build its largest boats at the new Merritt Island, Fla., location. For sale next spring: The first-ever Bertram — a 54 convertible — built with a resin-infused superstructure, deck and hull sides. The transition from open- to closed-mold construction is made possible by the legendary builder’s move from Miami to a new 37-acre site in Merritt Island, Fla., where it’ll build more and better boats in larger buildings.

Finding: Ill-fated sailors ran into island cliffs

A US Sailing panel confirmed what the Google Spot track shows: The four sailors who died ran into North Coronado Island. It was a hard grounding on North Coronado Island that caused the deaths of the four-person crew aboard the Hunter 376 Aegean, a US Sailing review panel has concluded. Aegean was competing in the Newport-to-Ensenada Race, one of the West Coast’s major sailracing events.

U.S. sailors eye gold at London Olympics

The 2012 Olympics will feature a women's match racing event for the first time in the Elliott 6m Class. As some 380 sailors from around the world converge on England’s south coast July 29-Aug. 11 for Olympic competition, the United States’ best hope for a gold medal rests with a three-woman team that will be racing in the first-ever Olympic women’s match-racing event in Kiwi Greg Elliott’s 6-meter keelboat design.

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