We would like to welcome Team USA45 Racing’s newest member Sam Hallowell! We were able to catch up with Sam for a quick Q&A to get to know more about him: What is your background in sailing? What did you typically sail as a junior sailor? I have grown up sailing in Newport on Lasers and 420’s but have found my love for sailing on larger faster boats. At the age of 17 I did my first Bermuda race on an STP 65. Since then I have been able to penetrate the professional sailing world sailing mostly on TP52’s Melges 32’s and other custom IRC boats. Recently, I have been given the great opportunity to run the bow on Steve Benjamin’s boats as well as Blue Yankee which is one of the most successfully campaigned programs on the east coast.

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Tiburon, CA – May 16, 2013 – At last night’s council meeting The Town Council approved an agreement with Team USA45 Racing to become the “Official Home of Team USA45 Racing Challenger for the 2013 Red Bull Youth America’s Cup.” Team USA45 Racing is one of two American teams that was selected by ORACLE TEAM USA to represent the U.S. in the Red Bull Youth America’s Cup, a yachting race for young sailors taking place in San Francisco from Sept. 1 through 4, 2013 in San Francisco. Racing will take place in the same high performance, wing-sailed AC45 catamarans that are used in the America’s Cup World Series. Nine teams from seven countries will be represented, including the two teams from the U.S. and teams from Australia, New Zealand, France, Portugal, Sweden and Switzerland. Team USA45 Racing will arrive in

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