Count on the 62nd Newport to Ensenada International Yacht Race starting Friday, April 24, to be clean and green.
The boat washing demonstration is scheduled from 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the BCYC dock. Ecover (pronounced eco-ver), the world’s largest producer of ecological cleaning products, will provide three attractive brand ambassadors for the demonstration and will have personnel available to answer boaters’ questions about its products that promise to ‘do the dishes, not the fishes.’
The race has been organized since 1948 by the Newport Ocean Sailing Association. NOSA Commodore Jerry Montgomery said, ‘Having Ecover as a ‘green’ sponsor is a natural association for sailors who practice the principles of keeping the seas clean.’
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A revolutionary Franco-Swiss “flying yacht” project that aims to smash the round-the-world sailing record has entered a new phase.
 Experts at Lausanne’s Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL) on Wednesday presented to the media a small prototype catamaran which they are helping to develop. It is based on the Hydroptère hydrofoil vessel – the world’s fastest sailing boat… Details
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Until the start of the inaugural Portimão Global Ocean Race in Portugal late last year, the longest distance race for a Class 40 was 4,300 miles in the 2007 edition of the Transat Jacques Vabre from Le Havre, France, to Salvador de Bahia, Brazil.
In the three legs of the Portimão Global Ocean Race completed so far, the Class 40s entered have sailed a total of 21,400 miles with the minimum leg distance of 6,900 miles and the maximum of 7,500 miles in the recent Leg 3. Although Class 40s were designed predominantly for transatlantic races, the boats are now proving robust, safe and fast in sea conditions that naval architects had not factored into the design equation… DetailsÂ
The iShares Cup 2009 fleet will feature 40 of the World’s best sailors, who between them have over 50 World Championship titles, 27 America’s Cup participations, 17 Round the World navigations and 14 Olympic campaigns. From inshore to offshore, from technical dinghy specialists to giant multihull gladiators, these sailors are riding high at the peak of their professional sailing careers.
Forty sailors across 10 teams are now officially confirmed for the 2009 series and it is anticipated that the competition will be intense in what has become sailing’s hottest property…Â DetailsÂ