The second most important college sailing competition of the year was held over the weekend of May 1st and second, and for the second consecutive year the action was dominated by schools from the East Coast. Â
From the 200+ active racing programs that compete under the auspices of the Intercollegiate Sailing Association (ICSA), 36 schools were seeded based on performance, into one of the two semi-final rounds of the ICSA/Gill Coed National Championship: the ICSA National Championship Eastern semi-finals which took place at the College of Charleston (Charleston, South Carolina) or the ICSA National Championship Western semi-finals at the University of Washington (Seattle, Washington).Â
For the 18 schools competing at each location the stakes were high … Details
Coastguard Boating Education now have available the first of a new series of online, interactive education modules.
Small craft, inclusive of Kayak and powered water craft currently represent the fastest growing sector of the market with their users over represented in the drowning statistics.
In an effort to provide a safety service to the community directly targeting those people, Coastguard Boating Education has introduced an on-line interactive kayaking module on  … DetailsÂ
 April 15, 2010 — Flying over the ocean in a boat – is it possible? Yes, the world’s fastest sailing yacht, the Hydroptère trimaran, reaches speeds of up to 51.36 knots (95 km/h)
Abby Sunderland, One of two 16-year-old girls on different quests to sail around the world alone, nonstop and unassisted, has announced she will head to Cape Town, South Africa, to repair a faulty autopilot system.
The high-school junior from Thousand Oaks, Calif., Stressed on her blog that she will continue her journey after making repairs and seek to become simply the youngest person to solo-circumnavigate the planet in a sailboat … Details