Well, they did it! Benoît Lequin and Pierre Yves Moreau sailed a 20 foot sport catamaran (beach cat) from New York to Lorient, across the Atlantic and into sailing history. As crazy as it sounded, what seemed an impossible feat is now the reference time to beat. With a time of 18 days, 18 hours, 52 minutes and 45 seconds, the total distance travelled on the little open catamaran was 3628 miles. “It is true that the boat is small, but the project was ambitious,” Benoît said at the finish.
Before leaving New York Benoît told us his goal for crossing the Atlantic was simply to make it across safely, and that he and Pierre Yves had … Details, Pictures & Video
The true spirit of competitive sailing will be on display when some of the most courageous athletes from the United States will convene for three days of racing on Cos Cob Harbor for the 2009 U.S. Disabled Sailing Championship (USDSC). This year’s championship, hosted by the Riverside Yacht Club and sponsored by Rolex Watch U.S.A. and Dry Creek Vineyard, will be held on Sept. 11-13, 2009 in Riverside, Conn. The U.S. Disabled Sailing Championship is the only national sailing championship for disabled sailors. Competing sailors will compete for US SAILING’s prestigious Chandler Hovey Trophy and Judd Goldman Trophy.
Managed by US SAILING, the sport’s national governing body, the event is open to any sailor with a physical disability. Participants have included… Details
Another video from PUMA Ocean Racing’s around the world adventure. Â
During the 37,000 miles around the world, our sailing team saw some insane waves and weather conditions. Â Both Ken Read and Rick Deppe have compared the contant water stream to being hit with a firehose. Â Sounds like fun doesn’t it? Â
Now experience the conditions from the comforts of your computer screen without ever getting soaked!!!
If you want to sail with the PUMA Ocean Racing team, you better get used to being soaking wet for days at a time. Life on a Volvo 70 not dry- but the sailing must go on.
Golden Gate Yacht Club’s new uber-lawyer, David Boies, has filed an Appeal with the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court over the decision handed down on 3 August and also refers to the Appeal Court Decision of 7 April.
Essentially Boies is questioning Kornreich’s view that the Deed of Gift allows the Defender to change the rules of the regatta anytime up to the start of the first race.
In fairness to Societe Nautique de Geneve, the Defender, they have said they will not do that, and will instead …Â Details & Pictures