Capsize: the trimaran MOD 70 Virbac Paprec has capsized October 10th 2013 while training for the Transat Jacques Vabre. the skipper Jean PIerre Dick and his crew Roland Jourdain are safe.
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In October 2005, Liz Clark sailed out of the Santa Barbara harbor. She was alone and she was going to sail around the world. Almost two years later, not long after she crossed the Pacific in her Cal 40, Swell, I had the good fortune of climbing aboard with Liz to adventure through some remote islands in French Polynesia. We scored legitimately perfect waves with nobody around, caught dinner off the side of the boat and were gifted black pearls by locals. It was, in fact, paradise — coconuts and all. Two weeks later I … More
The 2013 Weymouth Speed Week will kick off in the Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy, on the 12th October.
The oldest and longest-running speed sailing event in the world, held annually since 1972, challenges competitors to sail as fast as they can over a distance of 500 meters, with their speed being recorded as the average speed over that distance.
Windsurfers and kiteboarders will … More
America’s Cup – The greatest sports comeback in the history of sports happened last week in San Francisco. Probably going widely unnoticed here seeing we really don’t cover water sports and local sailing, something I believe should change.
There is a steep history of the America’s Cup on the East Coast and in Jersey waters for years as it was defended right in our own Raritan /Hudson Bays of Sandy Hook, defended by a then small little club now known as the New York Yacht Club.
For years we defended it in … More