The 14-year-old sailor Laura Dekker begins today her challenge to become the youngest person to sail solo around the world.
Dekker’s dream will set sail from Lisbon, Portugal, in a two year adventure through the waters of the world.
“I am not really afraid”, Laura told media before departing from the Den Osse docks, in … Details
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In 1993, at Bodega Bay, Russell Lon took his last ride on Longshot, his custom Ketterman built trifoiler, which had just been outfitted with new foil wings. She bolted out of the gate a blasted up to near 50 knots when the back stay parted and she ‘blew up’ scattering pieces about the harbor.
Russell emerged shaken but unscathed. Longshots parts were gathered and eventually trucked to Southern California.
Russell soon followed another passion, in protecting the environment and has spent the past 15 years working with projects such as  …  Details & Pictures
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After four months at sea, on an arduous journey that spanned 8,000 miles of Pacific Ocean, the crew of Plastiki has delivered its environmental message on a sailboat made of bottles.
The 60-foot catamaran, which was constructed with 12,500 recycled plastic bottles, sailedinto Australia’s Sydney Harbor on Monday to complete a journey that began in San Francisco with the hope of raising awareness about the threat plastic poses to the environment … Details
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