{"id":4983,"date":"2012-12-10T18:57:25","date_gmt":"2012-12-10T23:57:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/?p=4983"},"modified":"2012-12-10T18:57:25","modified_gmt":"2012-12-10T23:57:25","slug":"year-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/?p=4983","title":{"rendered":"THIS YEAR, LAST YEAR"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-4983 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/untitled-3-Version-3.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/untitled-3-Version-3-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4984\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/untitled-3-Version-3-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/untitled-3-Version-3-48x48.jpg 48w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4984'>\n\t\t\t\t&#8220;J&#8221; BOATS RUNNING 2011\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/untitled-3-1-Version-2.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/untitled-3-1-Version-2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4985\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/untitled-3-1-Version-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/untitled-3-1-Version-2-48x48.jpg 48w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4985'>\n\t\t\t\tRANGER\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/untitled-6.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/untitled-6-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4986\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/untitled-6-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/untitled-6-48x48.jpg 48w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" 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href='https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/salisbury-house-11-17-12-16.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/salisbury-house-11-17-12-16-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4990\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/salisbury-house-11-17-12-16-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/salisbury-house-11-17-12-16-48x48.jpg 48w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4990'>\n\t\t\t\tLUNA ROSSA \n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/salisbury-house-11-17-12-5.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/salisbury-house-11-17-12-5-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4991\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/salisbury-house-11-17-12-5-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/salisbury-house-11-17-12-5-48x48.jpg 48w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4991'>\n\t\t\t\tTEAM NEW ZEALAND ON THEIR SIDE\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/salisbury-house-11-17-12-43.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/salisbury-house-11-17-12-43-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4992\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/salisbury-house-11-17-12-43-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/salisbury-house-11-17-12-43-48x48.jpg 48w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4992'>\n\t\t\t\tBEARING AWAY\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>When I was growing up in Newport there were very few boats and no sailing events in Newport. I had to travel to sail in big regattas and on big boats. The America&#8217;s Cup took place every 3 years, but nothing like it is today.<\/p>\n<p>I am constantly in awe of what is happening in the sailing world today, in particular in Narragansett Bay. It is truly a treasure, one of the finest places anywhere in the world to sail. But growing up, all the activity was in Long Island Sound both for dinghys and big boats.<\/p>\n<p>In 2011 the &#8220;big&#8221; event was the &#8220;J&#8221; class regatta. big and majestic. 160 tons and 130 feet long. In sharp contrast in 2012 was the america&#8217;s cup 45 catamarans, at a little over 3000 pounds and 45 feet long.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When I was growing up in Newport there were very few boats and no sailing events in Newport. I had to travel to sail in big regattas and on big boats. The America&#8217;s Cup took place every 3 years, but nothing like it is today. I am constantly in awe of what is happening in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/?p=4983\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">THIS YEAR, LAST YEAR<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[1529,591],"class_list":["post-4983","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-americas-cup","tag-j-class-yachts","tag-ac45"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4983","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4983"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4983\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4995,"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4983\/revisions\/4995"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}