Archive for the ‘Sailing’ Category
Stranded in Acapulco. Beset by rigging problems in Cape Town. Knocked down near Cape Horn. Jeanne Socrates endured her fair share of setbacks in her quest to sail around the world alone without any stops and outside assistance. But in the end, she persevered.
It was Monday at 2:26 a.m. Pacific time when Socrates and her 38-foot cutter Nereida ghosted across the finish line just outside the harbor of Victoria, British Columbia, to the blaring of air horns and hardy spectators applauding and waving glow sticks on the breakwater. After nearly 260 days and more than 25,000 miles she had … More
With the Golden Gate Bridge looming to his right, Emirates Team New Zealand skipper Dean Barker hit the starting line and immediately got his 72-foot catamaran speeding across the tops of the waves on hydrofoils.
The America’s Cup challenger trials were underway on San Francisco Bay and the Kiwis were clearly in control.
Of course, it helped that there was … More
Vicky Ellis (30) is the only woman out of the twelve professional skippers leading amateur teams in the race and only the third female skipper in the 17 year history of the Clipper Race.The only professional female sailor competing in the 2013-14 edition of the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race has been selected as the skipper for the Swiss yacht entry.
Following a rigorous selection process Vicky, from Bristol in the UK, has been chosen to lead … More